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:
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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 |
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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