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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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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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

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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(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Sk%
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(+), · CSV · PRE
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(+), · CSV · PRE
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

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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(+), · CSV · PRE
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

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM 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