1980 New York Giants: 4-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-6-0 (142 points scored, 208 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (107 points scored, 217 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Perkins 249 points scored (26th of 28 teams), 425 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 245 514 2,609 (26) 4.65 19 25 483 1,730 (25) 3.6 10 4,339 (27) 43 Defense: 255 448 3,245 (17) 6.82 22 18 584 2,507 (26) 4.3 31 5,752 (24) 41
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 15 6'5 235 29 8 Michigan State 11 Phil Simms QB 13 6'3 216 25 2 Morehead State 12 Scott Brunner QB 16 6'5 200 23 R Delaware 13 Dave Jennings P 16 6'4 205 28 7 St. Lawrence 18 Joe Danelo K 16 5'9 165 27 6 Washington State 20 Gary Woolford DB 12 6'0 182 26 1 Florida State 21 Don Patterson DB 3 5'11 175 23 2 Georgia Tech 22 Doug Nettles DB 2 6'0 180 29 6 Vanderbilt 22 Eric Felton DB 6 6'0 200 25 3 Texas Tech 23 Tony Blount DB 3 6'1 195 21 R Virginia 24 Terry Jackson DB 8 5'10 197 24 3 San Diego State 25 Alvin Garrett RB 15 5'7 178 24 1 Angelo State 26 Bud Hebert DB 10 6'0 190 24 R Oklahoma 27 Larry Heater RB 14 5'11 205 22 R Arizona 28 Beasley Reece DB 16 6'1 195 26 5 North Texas State 29 Eddie Hicks RB 3 6'2 210 25 2 East Carolina 29 Jim Culbreath RB 1 6'0 210 28 4 Oklahoma 30 Leon Perry RB 10 5'11 225 23 R Mississippi 33 Jerome King DB 1 5'10 173 25 2 Purdue 34 Nate Rivers RB 3 6'3 215 25 R South Carolina State 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 7 6'0 205 27 6 Stanford 36 Mark Haynes DB 15 5'11 185 21 R Colorado 37 Don Harris DB 11 6'2 185 26 3 Rutgers 38 Billy Taylor RB 11 6'0 215 24 3 Texas Tech 39 Art Best RB 1 6'1 205 27 3 Kent State 41 Bo Matthews RB 15 6'4 222 28 7 Colorado 45 Mike Hogan RB 6 6'2 215 25 5 Tennessee-Chattanooga 46 Mike Dennis DB 13 5'10 190 22 R Wyoming 47 Steve Henry DB 5 6'2 190 23 2 Emporia State 51 Frank Marion LB 11 6'3 228 29 4 Florida A&M 52 Joe McLaughlin LB 8 6'1 235 23 2 Massachusetts 52 Steve Tobin C 4 6'4 258 23 R Minnesota 53 Harry Carson LB 8 6'2 240 26 5 South Carolina State 55 Brian Kelley LB 2 6'3 222 29 8 California Lutheran 56 Jim Clack C 16 6'3 250 33 10 Wake Forest 57 John Skorupan LB 12 6'2 225 29 8 Penn State 58 Mike Whittington LB 16 6'2 220 22 R Notre Dame 59 Whip Walton LB 2 6'2 225 25 1 San Diego State 59 Ralph Perretta C 5 6'2 251 27 6 Purdue 59 Kelly Saalfeld C 7 6'3 246 24 R Nebraska 60 Brad Benson OT 15 6'3 258 24 3 Penn State 61 Phil Cancik LB 5 6'1 225 23 1 Northern Arizona 62 Ben Apuna LB 10 6'1 222 23 R Arizona State 62 Terry Falcon OG 13 6'3 260 25 3 Montana 66 Kevin Turner LB 3 6'2 225 22 R Pacific 68 J.T. Turner OG 16 6'3 255 27 4 Duke 69 Roy Simmons OG 16 6'3 264 23 2 Georgia Tech 70 Gary Jeter DE 16 6'4 260 25 4 Southern California 71 Myron Lapka DT 10 6'4 255 24 R Southern California 72 Gordon King OT 12 6'6 275 24 3 Stanford 73 Jeff Weston OT 6 6'5 255 24 2 Notre Dame 74 Chris Linnin DE 10 6'4 255 23 R Washington 75 George Martin DE 16 6'4 245 27 6 Oregon 76 Curtis McGriff DT 13 6'5 270 22 R Alabama 77 Vern Holland OT 10 6'5 267 32 10 Tennessee State 78 George Small DT 7 6'2 260 23 1 North Carolina A&T 79 Mike McCoy DT 2 6'5 275 32 11 Notre Dame 79 Dale Markham DE 1 6'8 280 23 R North Dakota 80 Phil Tabor DT 16 6'4 255 23 2 Oklahoma 81 Tom Mullady TE 16 6'3 232 23 2 Rhodes 82 Danny Pittman WR 11 6'2 205 22 R Wyoming 83 Earnest Gray WR 16 6'3 195 23 2 Memphis 84 Nate Johnson WR 16 5'11 192 23 R Hillsdale 86 Johnny Perkins WR 6 6'2 205 27 4 Abilene Christian 87 Gary Shirk TE 16 6'1 220 30 5 Morehead State 88 Mike Friede WR 7 6'3 200 23 R Indiana 89 Dennis Johnson TE 2 6'3 220 24 3 Mississippi State 99 Kervin Wyatt LB 4 6'2 235 23 R Maryland
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Phil Simms 402 193 48.0 2,321 5.77 12.0 15 3.7 19 4.7 36 233 58.9 Scott Brunner 112 52 46.4 610 5.45 11.7 4 3.6 6 5.4 10 76 53.1 Dave Jennings 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Earnest Gray 52 777 14.9 10 Billy Taylor 33 253 7.7 0 Tom Mullady 28 391 14.0 2 Danny Pittman 25 308 12.3 0 Mike Friede 21 350 16.7 0 Gary Shirk 21 211 10.0 1 Bo Matthews 19 86 4.5 0 Johnny Perkins 14 193 13.8 3 Larry Heater 10 139 13.9 0 Leon Perry 8 84 10.5 1 Alvin Garrett 5 69 13.8 1 Mike Hogan 5 46 9.2 0 Scott Laidlaw 2 16 8.0 0 Eddie Hicks 1 4 4.0 0 George Martin 1 4 4.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Billy Taylor 147 580 3.9 4 Larry Heater 111 360 3.2 3 Leon Perry 59 272 4.6 1 Phil Simms 36 190 5.3 1 Bo Matthews 64 180 2.8 0 Eddie Hicks 19 50 2.6 0 Mike Hogan 22 46 2.1 1 Alvin Garrett 9 31 3.4 0 Scott Brunner 10 18 1.8 0 Scott Laidlaw 5 10 2.0 0 Danny Pittman 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Alvin Garrett 28 527 18.8 0 Beasley Reece 24 471 19.6 0 Larry Heater 5 103 20.6 0 Nate Johnson 5 89 17.8 0 Danny Pittman 2 41 20.5 0 Mark Haynes 2 40 20.0 0 Joe McLaughlin 2 27 13.5 0 Scott Laidlaw 1 18 18.0 0 Myron Lapka 1 3 3.0 0 Kervin Wyatt 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Alvin Garrett 35 287 8.2 11 0 Beasley Reece 2 15 7.5 1 0 Steve Henry 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 DB Mark Haynes 127 Colorado 3 64 DT Myron Lapka 16 USC 4 90 WR Danny Pittman 49 Wyoming 5 118 DB Tony Blount 3 Virginia 6 145 QB Scott Brunner 73 Delaware 7 179 DB Bud Hebert 10 Oklahoma [pick acquired from SEA] 7 181 DE Chris Linnin 10 Washington [pick acquired from CLE] 8 200 RB Ken Harris Alabama 9 229 RB Otis Wonsley 72 Alcorn State 10 256 OT Joe Sanford Washington 11 285 DE Steve Bernish South Carolina 12 312 K Mike Lansford 124 Washington
Traded draft picks: #2 to PIT (Bob Kohrs), #7 to OAK (Malcolm Barnwell)
Transactions:
| 04-23-1980 | traded Joe Pisarcik to Eagles for Philadelphia's #6 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 05-23-1980 | traded Emery Moorehead to Broncos for Denver's #8 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 07-1980 | traded Ray Rhodes and Jimmy Robinson to 49ers for Tony Dungy and Mike Hogan |
| 08-04-1980 | traded Randy Dean to Packers for Green Bay's #6 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-14-1980 | traded the Giants' #6 pick in the 1981 draft to Chargers for Bo Matthews |
| 09-01-1980 | traded the Giants' #11 pick in the 1981 draft to Chargers for Cliff Olander |
1980 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at St. Louis Cardinals W 41-35 1-0-0 09/14/80 vs Washington Redskins L 21-23 1-1-0 09/22/80 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-35 1-2-0 09/28/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 7-28 1-3-0 10/05/80 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-24 1-4-0 10/12/80 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 16-31 1-5-0 10/19/80 at San Diego Chargers L 7-44 1-6-0 10/26/80 vs Denver Broncos L 9-14 1-7-0 11/02/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13-30 1-8-0 11/09/80 vs Dallas Cowboys W 38-35 2-8-0 11/16/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 27-21 3-8-0 11/23/80 at San Francisco 49ers L 0-12 3-9-0 11/30/80 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 7-23 3-10-0 12/07/80 at Seattle Seahawks W 27-21 4-10-0 12/13/80 at Washington Redskins L 13-16 4-11-0 12/21/80 vs Oakland Raiders L 17-33 4-12-0