1979 New York Giants: 6-10-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (135 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (102 points scored, 193 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Perkins
237 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 323 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 190 401 1,954 (27) 4.25 15 22 498 1,820 (22) 3.7 12 3,774 (28) 40
Defense: 253 463 2,926 (17) 5.91 22 21 618 2,452 (22) 4.0 14 5,378 (19) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Joe Pisarcik QB 4 6'4 220 27 3 New Mexico State 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 16 6'5 235 28 7 Michigan State 11 Phil Simms QB 12 6'3 216 24 R Morehead State 13 Dave Jennings P 16 6'4 205 27 6 St. Lawrence 15 Randy Dean QB 16 6'3 195 24 3 Northwestern 18 Joe Danelo K 16 5'9 166 26 5 Washington State 22 Ray Rhodes DB 15 5'11 185 29 6 Tulsa 23 Odis McKinney DB 15 6'2 187 22 2 Colorado 24 Terry Jackson DB 16 5'10 197 23 2 San Diego State 25 Ray Oldham DB 15 6'0 192 28 7 Middle Tennessee State 28 Beasley Reece DB 16 6'1 195 25 4 North Texas State 29 Eddie Hicks RB 14 6'2 210 24 R East Carolina 31 Ernie Jones DB 5 6'3 180 26 4 Miami 33 Bobby Hammond RB 4 5'10 170 27 4 Morgan State 34 Tony Green RB 4 5'9 185 23 2 Florida 34 Zachary Dixon RB 3 6'0 200 23 R Temple 38 Billy Taylor RB 16 6'0 215 23 2 Texas Tech 39 Bob Torrey RB 6 6'4 230 22 R Penn State 41 Todd Christensen TE 1 6'3 230 23 1 Brigham Young 44 Doug Kotar RB 16 5'11 205 28 6 Kentucky 45 Alan Caldwell DB 16 6'0 176 23 R North Carolina 48 Ken Johnson RB 9 6'2 220 22 R Miami 51 Frank Marion LB 16 6'3 228 28 3 Florida A&M 53 Harry Carson LB 16 6'2 235 25 4 South Carolina State 54 Dan Lloyd LB 13 6'2 225 25 4 Washington 55 Brian Kelley LB 16 6'3 222 28 7 California Lutheran 56 Jim Clack C 16 6'3 250 32 9 Wake Forest 57 John Skorupan LB 14 6'2 225 28 7 Penn State 58 Keith Eck C 13 6'5 255 23 1 UCLA 59 Randy Coffield LB 9 6'3 215 25 3 Florida State 60 Brad Benson OT 10 6'3 258 23 2 Penn State 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 1 6'3 275 29 4 Tampa 63 Doug Van Horn OG 15 6'2 245 35 13 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 13 6'1 255 30 8 Grambling 65 Dan Fowler OG 1 6'5 260 23 R Kentucky 68 J.T. Turner OG 16 6'3 250 26 3 Duke 69 Roy Simmons OG 16 6'3 264 22 R Georgia Tech 70 Gary Jeter DE 16 6'4 260 24 3 Southern California 71 Gordon Gravelle OT 4 6'5 252 30 8 Brigham Young 72 Gordon King OT 7 6'6 275 23 2 Stanford 73 Jeff Weston DT 16 6'5 250 23 R Notre Dame 74 Tom Neville OT 14 6'4 250 36 14 Mississippi State 75 George Martin DE 16 6'4 245 26 5 Oregon 76 Jim Pietrzak C 3 6'5 260 26 5 Eastern Michigan 76 Calvin Miller DT 11 6'2 250 26 1 Oklahoma State 78 Gus Coppens OT 9 6'5 270 24 1 UCLA 79 Mike McCoy DT 3 6'5 275 31 10 Notre Dame 80 Phil Tabor DE 15 6'4 255 22 R Oklahoma 80 Emery Moorehead TE 13 6'2 210 25 3 Colorado 81 Cleveland Jackson TE 2 6'4 230 23 R Nevada-Las Vegas 81 Tom Mullady TE 2 6'3 232 22 R Rhodes 83 Earnest Gray WR 16 6'3 195 22 R Memphis 84 Gene Washington WR 2 5'9 170 26 1 Georgia 84 Al Dixon TE 5 6'5 220 25 3 Iowa State 84 Steve Odom WR 6 5'8 174 27 6 Utah 85 Jim Robinson WR 11 5'9 170 26 4 Georgia Tech 86 Johnny Perkins WR 13 6'2 205 26 3 Abilene Christian 87 Gary Shirk TE 16 6'1 220 29 4 Morehead State 88 Dwight Scales WR 15 6'2 182 26 4 Grambling 89 Loaird McCreary TE 11 6'5 227 26 4 Tennessee State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Phil Simms 265 134 50.6 1,743 6.58 13.0 13 4.9 14 5.3 39 319 66.0
Joe Pisarcik 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 12.5 2 1.9 6 5.6 17 123 39.0
Randy Dean 26 11 42.3 91 3.50 8.3 0 0.0 2 7.7 3 23 19.9
Dave Jennings 2 2 100.0 48 24.00 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gary Shirk 31 471 15.2 2 Earnest Gray 28 537 19.2 4 Billy Taylor 28 253 9.0 4 Doug Kotar 25 230 9.2 0 Johnny Perkins 20 337 16.9 4 Ken Johnson 16 108 6.8 1 Dwight Scales 14 222 15.9 0 Jim Robinson 13 146 11.2 0 Emery Moorehead 9 62 6.9 0 Al Dixon 2 18 9.0 0 Brad Van Pelt 1 20 20.0 0 Loaird McCreary 1 7 7.0 0 Cleveland Jackson 1 7 7.0 0 Joe Danelo 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Billy Taylor 198 700 3.5 7 Doug Kotar 160 616 3.9 3 Ken Johnson 62 168 2.7 0 Phil Simms 29 166 5.7 1 Emery Moorehead 36 95 2.6 0 Randy Dean 8 56 7.0 1 Dave Jennings 2 11 5.5 0 Joe Pisarcik 1 6 6.0 0 Earnest Gray 2 2 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Steve Odom 15 327 21.8 0 Tony Green 12 214 17.8 0 Bobby Hammond 11 230 20.9 0 Jim Robinson 7 140 20.0 0 Billy Taylor 6 131 21.8 0 Beasley Reece 6 81 13.5 0 Eddie Hicks 3 51 17.0 0 Doug Kotar 2 39 19.5 0 Emery Moorehead 1 16 16.0 0 Frank Marion 1 14 14.0 0 Randy Coffield 1 12 12.0 0 Earnest Gray 1 0 0.0 0 Dan Lloyd 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Steve Odom 9 26 2.9 3 0 Jim Robinson 6 29 4.8 4 0 Bobby Hammond 6 21 3.5 3 0 Tony Green 3 17 5.7 0 0 Dwight Scales 2 3 1.5 0 0 Beasley Reece 1 8 8.0 0 0 Terry Jackson 1 5 5.0 1 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 QB Phil Simms 164 Morehead State 2 36 WR Ernest Gray 90 Memphis 4 90 DE Phil Tabor 56 Oklahoma 5 117 TE Cleveland Jackson 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 6 145 RB Bob Torrey 14 Penn State 6 158 RB Eddie Hicks 17 East Carolina [pick acquired from PHI] 7 172 TE Steve Alvers 19 Miami 8 200 DB D.K. Perry SMU 8 201 OG Roy Simmons 58 Georgia Tech [pick acquired from DET] 9 227 LB Tom Rusk Iowa 10 256 OG Dan Fowler 1 Kentucky 11 282 DB Mike Mince Fresno State 11 284 RB Ken Johnson 9 Miami [pick acquired from DET] 12 310 OG Tim Gillespie North Carolina State
Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Mel Land)
Transactions:
| 07-14-1979 | Reggie Harrison retired |
| 08-01-1979 | traded Jack Gregory to Browns for Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-02-1979 | claimed Bill Fifer on waivers from Saints |
| 08-02-1979 | claimed Ken Randle on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Greg Murphy on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Larry Gillard on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Steve Alvers on injured reserve |
| 08-20-1979 | placed Bobby Hammond on injured reserve |
| 08-20-1979 | placed Randy Coffield on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Dan Doornink to Seahawks for Seattle's #7 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Gus Coppens on waivers from Rams |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Todd Christensen on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Tony Green on waivers from Redskins |
| 11-26-1979 | placed Dan Lloyd on injured reserve |
| 11-27-1979 | placed Emery Moorehead on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17-23 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 14-27 0-2-0 09/17/79 at Washington Redskins L 0-27 0-3-0 09/23/79 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 13-17 0-4-0 09/30/79 at New Orleans Saints L 14-24 0-5-0 10/07/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-14 1-5-0 10/14/79 vs San Francisco 49ers W 32-16 2-5-0 10/21/79 at Kansas City Chiefs W 21-17 3-5-0 10/28/79 at Los Angeles Rams W 20-14 4-5-0 11/04/79 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-16 4-6-0 11/11/79 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-3 5-6-0 11/18/79 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3-31 5-7-0 11/25/79 vs Washington Redskins W 14-6 6-7-0 12/02/79 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-28 6-8-0 12/09/79 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20-29 6-9-0 12/16/79 vs Baltimore Colts L 7-31 6-10-0
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