1966 New York Giants

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Record: 1-12-1, Finished 8th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 12th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 501 points (35.8/g), 15th.
Differential of -238 points (-17.0/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 2.5-11.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.4/g), 15th.

Coached by Allie Sherman (1-12-1)

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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 11	box	T	0-0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	34	34	8	279	247	32	5	25	404	266	138	3
2	Sun	September 18	box	L	0-1-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	52	18	257	120	137	4	24	518	374	144	1
3	Sun	September 25	box	L	0-2-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	35	19	386	236	150	1	18	271	161	110
4	Sun	October 2	box	L	0-3-1		Cleveland Browns	7	28	12	274	224	50	6	23	418	160	258	1
5	Sun	October 9	box	L	0-4-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	19	24	20	271	145	126	2	15	268	177	91	2
6	Sun	October 16	box	W	1-4-1		Washington Redskins	13	10	17	325	228	97	1	9	188	107	81	2
7	Sun	October 23	box	L	1-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	3	31	13	228	152	76	5	18	316	114	202	3
8	Sun	November 6	box	L	1-6-1		St. Louis Cardinals	17	20	11	210	168	42	2	16	264	116	148	2
9	Sun	November 13	box	L	1-7-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	55	15	103	56	47	3	38	572	349	223	1
10	Sun	November 20	box	L	1-8-1		Atlanta Falcons	16	27	21	303	152	151	4	19	289	167	122	1
11	Sun	November 27	box	L	1-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	41	72	25	389	278	111	6	16	341	132	209	2
12	Sun	December 4	box	L	1-10-1	@	Cleveland Browns	40	49	23	335	123	212	1	21	447	317	130	3
13	Sun	December 11	box	L	1-11-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	47	15	310	191	119	2	20	392	297	95	1
14	Sun	December 18	box	L	1-12-1		Dallas Cowboys	7	17	19	262	155	107	2	11	257	155	102	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	263	3932	866	4.5	236	208	424	2475	20	31	5.1	129	380	1457	7	3.8	80	44	13	27
Team Defense	501	4945	863	5.7	424	194	357	2892	36	17	7.6	137	480	2053	23	4.3	273	24	7	14
Lg Rank Offense	12	9			7		5	9	6	15	11		13	12	14	8		13	7
Lg Rank Defense	15	14			14		1	14	15	12	15		15	14	15	13		14	15

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Gary Wood	24	qb	14	7	81	170	47.6	1142	6	3.5	13	7.6	58	6.7	3.6	14.1	81.6	49.7
Earl Morrall	32	QB	7	7	71	151	47.0	1105	7	4.6	12	7.9	98	7.3	4.2	15.6	157.9	54.1
Tom Kennedy	27		6	0	55	100	55.0	748	7	7.0	6	6.0	82	7.5	5.5	13.6	124.7	77.4
Ernie Koy	24	FL	13	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Dan Lewis	30		13	0	1	1	100.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	83.3
Team Total	25.8		14		208	424	49.1	2999	20	4.7	31	7.3	98	7.1	4.3	14.4	214.2	57.7
Opp Total			14		194	357	54.3	2892	36	10.1	17	4.8		8.1	7.0	14.9	206.6	94.9	26	194	7.6	6.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Chuck Mercein	23	FB	13	0	94	327	0	22	3.5	25.2	7.2	27	152	5.6	0	20	2.1	11.7	479	0	3
Allen Jacobs	25		14	0	77	273	1	19	3.5	19.5	5.5	10	69	6.9	0	29	0.7	4.9	342	1	2
Joe Morrison	29	HB	14	0	67	275	2	20	4.1	19.6	4.8	46	724	15.7	6	49	3.3	51.7	999	8	1
Ernie Koy	24	FL	13	0	66	146	0	13	2.2	11.2	5.1	8	43	5.4	0	26	0.6	3.3	189	0	3
Dan Lewis	30		13	0	32	164	1	57	5.1	12.6	2.5	6	87	14.5	0	25	0.5	6.7	251	1	1
Gary Wood	24	qb	14	7	28	196	3	28	7.0	14.0	2.0								196	3	4
Homer Jones	25	SE	14	0	5	43	0	11	8.6	3.1	0.4	48	1044	21.8	8	98	3.4	74.6	1087	8	1
Tom Kennedy	27		6	0	5	16	0	10	3.2	2.7	0.8								16	0	5
Earl Morrall	32	QB	7	7	5	12	0	9	2.4	1.7	0.7								12	0	3
Steve Thurlow	24		1	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	7.0	1.0								7	0	0
Aaron Thomas	29	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	43	683	15.9	4	50	3.1	48.8	683	4	0
Bobby Crespino	28		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	167	10.4	2	19	1.1	11.9	167	2	0
Del Shofner	32		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	19	6.3	0	9	0.3	2.1	19	0	0
Pep Menefee	23		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.6	11	0	0
Team Total	25.8		14		380	1457	7	57	3.8	104.1	27.1	208	2999	14.4	20	98	14.9	214.2	4456	27	29
Opp Total			14		480	2053	23		4.3	146.6	34.3	194	2892	14.9	36		13.9	206.6	4945	59	19

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Clarence Childs	28	RCB	14	0						34	855	1	90	25.1	855
Phil Harris	22		14	0	5	7	0	5	1.4	22	480	0	55	21.8	487
Spider Lockhart*	23	LCB	14	0	17	113	0	21	6.6						113
Dan Lewis	30		13	0						13	214	0	37	16.5	465
Ernie Koy	24	FL	13	0						3	20	0	14	6.7	209
Allen Jacobs	25		14	0						2	18	0	18	9.0	360
Freeman White	23		14	0						2	14	0	9	7.0	14
Willie Young	23	LT	14	0						2	6	0	6	3.0	6
Roger Davis	28		10	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Wendell Harris	26	LS	13	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
Team Total	25.8		14		22	120	0	21	5.5	80	1616	1	90	20.2	6192
Opp Total			14		27		1			49	1085	0		22.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Pete Gogolak	24	K	14	0	7	6	5	5	8	3	7	2	1		28	16	57.1%	31	29	93.5%
Ernie Koy	24	FL	13	0																	49	1932	55	0	39.4
Spider Lockhart*	23	LCB	14	0																	4	131	42	0	32.8
Team Total	25.8		14		7	6	5	5	8	3	7	2	1		28	16	57.1%	31	29	93.5%	53	2063	55	0	38.9
Opp Total			14												23	13	56.5%	66	64	97.0%	58	2308			39.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Henry Carr	24	RS	14	0		4	110	1	101			0	1	0	0
Pete Case	26	LG	14	0								0	1	0	0
Clarence Childs	28	RCB	14	0		2	32	0	29			1	2	31	0
Roger Davis	28		10	0								2	1	0	0
Phil Harris	22		14	0								1	0	0	0
Wendell Harris	26	LS	13	0		1	20	0	20			1	1	72	1
Jerry Hillebrand	26	LLB	11	0		1	31	1	31			0	1	0	0
Allen Jacobs	25		14	0								2	2	0	0
Homer Jones	25	SE	14	0								1	1	0	0
Tom Kennedy	27		6	0								5	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	24	FL	13	0								3	1	0	0
Greg Larson	27	C	14	0								0	1	19	0
Dan Lewis	30		13	0								1	1	0	0
Spider Lockhart*	23	LCB	14	0		6	20	0	14			1	2	2	0
Chuck Mercein	23	FB	13	0								3	3	0	0
Earl Morrall	32	QB	7	7								3	0	0	0
Joe Morrison	29	HB	14	0								1	1	0	0
Jimmy Patton	33		13	0		1	3	0	3
Jeff Smith	23		14	0		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
Larry Vargo	27	RLB	7	0		1	1	0	1			0	1	0	0
Joe Wellborn	22		7	0								0	1	0	0
Gary Wood	24	qb	14	7								4	1	0	0
Team Total	25.8		14			17	217	2	101			29	23	124	1
Opp Total			14		62							19	12					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Pete Gogolak	24	K	14	0							29	16		77
Homer Jones	25	SE	14	0		8								48
Joe Morrison	29	HB	14	0	2	6								48
Aaron Thomas	29	TE	14	0		4								24
Gary Wood	24	qb	14	7	3									18
Bobby Crespino	28		14	0		2								12
Henry Carr	24	RS	14	0						1				6
Clarence Childs	28	RCB	14	0				1						6
Wendell Harris	26	LS	13	0					1					6
Jerry Hillebrand	26	LLB	11	0						1				6
Allen Jacobs	25		14	0	1									6
Dan Lewis	30		13	0	1									6
Team Total	25.8		14		7	20		1	1	2	29	16		263
Opp Total			14		23	36	1				64	13	1	501

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