1981 New York Giants roster and stats

1981 New York Giants: 9-7-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (135 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (160 points scored, 112 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Perkins 295 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 257 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 251 506 2,641 (24) 4.78 16 20 481 1,685 (25) 3.5 11 4,326 (28) 36 Defense: 294 544 2,934 ( 7) 4.99 14 17 553 1,891 (10) 3.4 10 4,825 ( 3) 34

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 14 6'5 235 30 9 Michigan State 11 Phil Simms QB 10 6'3 216 26 3 Morehead State 12 Scott Brunner QB 16 6'5 200 24 2 Delaware 13 Dave Jennings P 16 6'4 205 29 8 St. Lawrence 18 Joe Danelo K 16 5'9 166 28 7 Washington State 21 Louis Jackson RB 11 5'11 195 23 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 24 Terry Jackson DB 16 5'10 197 25 4 San Diego State 26 Rob Carpenter RB 10 6'1 230 26 5 Miami (Ohio) 28 Beasley Reece DB 16 6'1 195 27 6 North Texas State 29 Bill Currier DB 16 6'0 195 26 5 South Carolina 30 Leon Perry RB 16 5'11 225 24 2 Mississippi 35 Ike Forte RB 5 6'0 211 27 6 Arkansas 36 Mark Haynes DB 16 5'11 185 22 2 Colorado 37 Larry Flowers DB 16 6'1 190 23 1 Texas Tech 38 Billy Taylor RB 5 6'0 215 25 4 Texas Tech 41 Bo Matthews RB 5 6'4 222 29 8 Colorado 44 Doug Kotar RB 7 5'11 205 30 7 Kentucky 45 Leon Bright RB 15 5'9 192 26 1 Florida State 46 Mike Dennis DB 16 5'10 190 23 2 Wyoming 51 Frank Marion LB 16 6'3 226 30 5 Florida A&M 52 Joe McLaughlin LB 16 6'1 235 24 3 Massachusetts 53 Harry Carson LB 16 6'2 235 27 6 South Carolina State 55 Brian Kelley LB 16 6'3 222 30 9 California Lutheran 56 Lawrence Taylor LB 16 6'3 237 22 R North Carolina 57 Byron Hunt LB 16 6'4 230 22 R Southern Methodist 58 Jim Clack C 6 6'3 250 34 11 Wake Forest 58 Mike Whittington LB 6 6'2 220 23 2 Notre Dame 59 Ed McGlasson C 16 6'4 248 25 3 Youngstown State 60 Brad Benson OT 11 6'3 258 25 4 Penn State 61 Ernie Hughes C 10 6'3 260 26 3 Notre Dame 64 Jim Burt DT 13 6'1 255 22 R Miami 67 Billy Ard OG 13 6'3 250 22 R Wake Forest 68 J.T. Turner OG 16 6'3 250 28 5 Duke 69 Roy Simmons OG 16 6'3 264 24 3 Georgia Tech 70 Gary Jeter DE 12 6'4 260 26 5 Southern California 72 Gordon King OT 16 6'6 275 25 4 Stanford 73 Jeff Weston OT 14 6'5 250 25 3 Notre Dame 74 Tim Stokes OT 3 6'5 252 31 8 Oregon 75 George Martin DE 16 6'4 245 28 7 Oregon 76 Curtis McGriff DE 14 6'5 270 23 2 Alabama 77 Bill Neill DT 16 6'4 255 22 R Pittsburgh 78 Carl Barisich DT 2 6'4 255 30 9 Princeton 79 Dee Hardison DE 0 6'4 269 25 4 North Carolina 80 Phil Tabor DE 16 6'4 255 24 3 Oklahoma 81 Tom Mullady TE 16 6'3 232 24 3 Rhodes 82 Danny Pittman WR 8 6'2 205 23 2 Wyoming 83 Earnest Gray WR 16 6'3 195 24 3 Memphis 84 Alvin Garrett WR 4 5'7 178 25 2 Angelo State 85 John Mistler WR 16 6'2 186 23 R Arizona State 86 Johnny Perkins WR 16 6'2 205 28 5 Abilene Christian 87 Gary Shirk TE 16 6'1 220 31 6 Morehead State 88 Mike Friede WR 16 6'3 205 24 2 Indiana 89 Dave Young TE 11 6'5 242 22 R Purdue

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Phil Simms 316 172 54.4 2,031 6.43 11.8 11 3.5 9 2.8 38 301 74.0 Scott Brunner 190 79 41.6 978 5.15 12.4 5 2.6 11 5.8 9 67 42.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Johnny Perkins         51    858   16.8    6
Gary Shirk             42    445   10.6    3
Leon Bright            28    291   10.4    0
Rob Carpenter          24    201    8.4    0
Earnest Gray           22    360   16.4    2
Mike Friede            18    250   13.9    1
Tom Mullady            14    136    9.7    1
Leon Perry             13    140   10.8    1
Doug Kotar              9     32    3.6    0
John Mistler            8    119   14.9    1
Billy Taylor            8     71    8.9    0
Dave Young              5     49    9.8    1
Louis Jackson           3     25    8.3    0
Ike Forte               3     11    3.7    0
Bo Matthews             2     13    6.5    0
Danny Pittman           1      8    8.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rob Carpenter         190    748    3.9    5
Leon Perry             72    257    3.6    0
Leon Bright            51    197    3.9    2
Doug Kotar             46    154    3.3    1
Billy Taylor           36    110    3.1    2
Ike Forte              19     74    3.9    0
Louis Jackson          27     68    2.5    1
Phil Simms             19     42    2.2    0
Scott Brunner          14     20    1.4    0
Bo Matthews             4     14    3.5    0
Alvin Garrett           1      2    2.0    0
Johnny Perkins          2     -1   -0.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Leon Bright            25    481   19.2    0
Alvin Garrett          16    361   22.6    0
Danny Pittman          10    194   19.4    0
Mike Dennis             3     51   17.0    0
Joe McLaughlin          2      9    4.5    0
Beasley Reece           1     24   24.0    0
John Mistler            0      0      ?    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Leon Bright            52    410    7.9    0    0
Alvin Garrett           8     57    7.1    2    0
Terry Jackson           2     22   11.0    0    0
Danny Pittman           1     13   13.0    1    0
Beasley Reece           1      0    0.0    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Jennings 97 4,198 43.3 12 19 0 61 561 35.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Joe Danelo 1/1 7/9 7/9 6/11 3/8 24/38 31/31 103 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Harry Carson 4.0 Bill Currier 1.0 3 2 0 Larry Flowers 1 9 0 Mark Haynes 1 9 0 Byron Hunt 1.5 1 7 0 Terry Jackson 3 57 1 Gary Jeter 7.0 Brian Kelley 2 43 0 George Martin 11.0 Bill Neill 5.5 Beasley Reece 4 84 0 Phil Tabor 2.5 Lawrence Taylor 9.5 1 1 0 Brad Van Pelt 2.0 1 10 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 LB Lawrence Taylor 184 North Carolina 2 32 TE Dave Young 25 Purdue 3 59 WR John Mistler 45 Arizona State 4 85 RB Clifford Chatman 6 Central Oklahoma 5 115 DT Bill Neill 40 Pittsburgh 6 145 WR Mel Hoover 32 Arizona State [pick acquired from GB] 6 165 RB Edward O'Neal Tuskegee [pick acquired from PHI] 7 168 RB Louis Jackson 11 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 8 197 OG John Powers Michigan 8 207 QB Mark Reed 1 Morehead State [pick acquired from DEN] 8 221 OG Billy Ard 148 Wake Forest [pick acquired from OAK] 9 224 LB Byron Hunt 100 SMU 10 250 DT Mike Barker Grambling 12 307 TE Mike Maher Western Illinois

Traded draft picks: #6 to SD (Andy Gissinger), #11 to SD (Matt Petrzelka)

Transactions:

01-1981	traded Odis McKinney to Raiders for Oakland's #8 pick in the 1981 draft
07-15-1981	traded a conditional #12 pick in the 1982 draft to Colts for Lyle Blackwood
08-31-1981	traded Kevin Turner to Redskins for Washington's #12 pick in the 1983 draft
08-31-1981	traded the Giants' #11 pick in the 1982 draft to Patriots for Bill Currier
09-1981	traded the Giants' #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Oilers for Rob Carpenter
10-08-1981	Jets claimed Billy Taylor on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/27/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 27-21
01/03/82    at San Francisco 49ers     L 24-38

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 10-24       0-1-0
09/13/81    at Washington Redskins     W 17-7        1-1-0
09/20/81    vs New Orleans Saints      W 20-7        2-1-0
09/27/81    at Dallas Cowboys          L 10-18       2-2-0
10/04/81    vs Green Bay Packers       L 14-27       2-3-0
10/11/81    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 34-14       3-3-0
10/18/81    at Seattle Seahawks        W 32-0        4-3-0
10/25/81    at Atlanta Falcons         W 27-24 (OT)  5-3-0
11/01/81    vs New York Jets           L 7-26        5-4-0
11/08/81    at Green Bay Packers       L 24-26       5-5-0
11/15/81    vs Washington Redskins     L 27-30 (OT)  5-6-0
11/22/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 20-10       6-6-0
11/29/81    at San Francisco 49ers     L 10-17       6-7-0
12/06/81    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 10-7        7-7-0
12/13/81    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 20-10       8-7-0
12/19/81    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 13-10 (OT)  9-7-0

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