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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

Starters

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Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 Offensive Starters Complete Team Stats
QB Earl Morrall 32 10 7 71 for 151, 1,105 yards, 7 td, 12 int, & 5 rushes for 12 yards and 0 td

San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956

QB Gary Wood 24 2 7 81 for 170, 1,142 yards, 6 td, 13 int, & 28 rushes for 196 yards and 3 td

New York Giants / 8th / 109th pick / 1964
Boston Patriots / 17th / 132nd pick / 1964

HB Joe Morrison 29 7 0 67 rushes for 275 yards, 2 td, & 46 catches for 724 yards and 6 td

New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959

FB Chuck Mercein 23 1 0 94 rushes for 327 yards, 0 td, & 27 catches for 152 yards and 0 td

New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1965
Buffalo Bills / 10th / 79th pick / 1965

FL Ernie Koy 24 1 0 8 catches for 43 yards, 0 td, & 66 rushes for 146 yards and 0 td

Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965
New York Giants / 11th / 141st pick / 1965

SE Homer Jones 25 2 0 48 catches for 1,044 yards, 8 td, & 5 rushes for 43 yards and 0 td

Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963
New York Giants / 20th / 278th pick / 1963

TE Aaron Thomas 29 5 0 43 catches for 683 yards, 4 td

San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick / 1961
Dallas Texans / 16th / 126th pick / 1961

LT Willie Young 23 Rook 0
LG Pete Case 26 4 0 1 fumble recovered

Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962
Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 27th pick / 1962

C Greg Larson 27 5 0 1 fumble recovered

New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961
San Diego Chargers / 11th / 87th pick / 1961

RG Bookie Bolin 26 4 0

New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962
Dallas Texans / 14th / 107th pick / 1962

RT Francis Peay 22 Rook 0

New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966
Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 15th pick / 1966

 Defensive Starters
LDE Jim Katcavage 32 10 0

New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956

LDT Jim Prestel 29 6 0

Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959

RDT Don Davis 23 Rook 0

San Diego Chargers / 1st / 7th pick / 1966
New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1966

RDE Rosey Davis 25 1 0

Baltimore Colts / 8th / 112th pick / 1965

LLB Jerry Hillebrand 26 3 0 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered

Denver Broncos / 2nd / 10th pick / 1962
New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1962

MLB Mike Ciccolella 23 Rook 0

New York Giants / 18th / 239th pick / 1965

RLB Larry Vargo 27 4 0 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered

Detroit Lions / 11th / 150th pick / 1961
Buffalo Bills / 21st / 163rd pick / 1961

LCB Spider Lockhart* 23 1 0 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered

New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965

RCB Clarence Childs 28 2 0 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered

Boston Patriots / 20th / 154th pick / 1961

LS Wendell Harris 26 4 0 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered

Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1962
San Diego Chargers / 7th / 51st pick / 1962

RS Henry Carr 24 1 0 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered

New York Giants / 4th / 43rd pick / 1965

 Special Teams Starters
K Pete Gogolak 24 2 0 16 of 28 field goals & 29 of 31 extra points

Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964

P Ernie Koy 24 1 0 49 punts for a 39.4 average, 0 blocked

Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965
New York Giants / 11th / 141st pick / 1965

PR Spider Lockhart* 23 1 0 17 punt returns for a 6.6 average and 0 td

New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965

KR Clarence Childs 28 2 0 34 kick returns for a 25.1 average and 1 td

Boston Patriots / 20th / 154th pick / 1961

Roster

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Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Bookie Bolin 26 G 14 0 240 6-2 Mississippi 6/17/1940 4

New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962
Dallas Texans / 14th / 107th pick / 1962

Steve Bowman 22 HB 4 0 195 6-0 Alabama 11/30/1944 Rook

Oakland Raiders / 20th / 179th pick / 1966
New York Giants / 15th / 226th pick / 1966

Henry Carr 24 DB 14 0 190 6-3 Arizona State 11/27/1942 1

New York Giants / 4th / 43rd pick / 1965

Jim Carroll 23 LB 1 0 230 6-2 Notre Dame 5/6/1943 1

New York Giants / 12th / 155th pick / 1965

Pete Case 26 G 14 0 245 6-3 Georgia 12/27/1940 4

Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962
Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 27th pick / 1962

Clarence Childs 28 DB-HB 14 0 186 5-11 Florida A&M 1/13/1938 2

Boston Patriots / 20th / 154th pick / 1961

Mike Ciccolella 23 LB 14 0 225 6-0 Dayton 10/19/1943 Rook

New York Giants / 18th / 239th pick / 1965

Glen Condren 24 DT-DE 13 0 251 6-4 Oklahoma 6/10/1942 1

New York Jets / 19th / 147th pick / 1964
New York Giants / 11th / 152nd pick / 1964

Bobby Crespino 28 SE-TE 14 0 225 6-5 Mississippi 1/11/1938 5

Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1961
Oakland Raiders / 6th / 44th pick / 1961

Don Davis 23 DT 14 0 285 6-6 Los Angeles State 12/16/1943 Rook

San Diego Chargers / 1st / 7th pick / 1966
New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1966

Roger Davis 28 G-T 10 0 240 6-3 Syracuse 6/23/1938 6

Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1960

Rosey Davis 25 DE 7 0 260 6-5 Tennessee State 11/29/1941 1

Baltimore Colts / 8th / 112th pick / 1965

Darrell Dess 31 G-T 10 0 243 6-0 North Carolina State 7/11/1935 8

Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958

Jim Garcia 22 DE-DT 10 0 250 6-4 Purdue 3/7/1944 1

Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1965
Denver Broncos / 7th / 49th pick / 1965

Pete Gogolak 24 K 14 0 190 6-1 Cornell 4/18/1942 2

Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964

Charlie Harper 22 T-G-DT 14 0 250 6-0 Oklahoma State 8/14/1944 Rook

New York Giants / 8th / 113th pick / 1966

Phil Harris 22 DB 14 0 195 6-0 Texas 9/13/1944 Rook

New York Giants / 7th / 104th pick / 1966

Wendell Harris 26 DB-K 13 0 185 5-11 LSU 10/2/1940 4

Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1962
San Diego Chargers / 7th / 51st pick / 1962

Jerry Hillebrand 26 LB 11 0 240 6-3 Colorado 3/28/1940 3

Denver Broncos / 2nd / 10th pick / 1962
New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1962

Allen Jacobs 25 FB-HB 14 0 215 6-1 Utah 5/19/1941 1

Green Bay Packers / 10th / 139th pick / 1964
Buffalo Bills / 26th / 205th pick / 1964

Homer Jones 25 SE-WR 14 0 215 6-2 Texas Southern 2/18/1941 2

Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963
New York Giants / 20th / 278th pick / 1963

Jim Katcavage 32 DE-DT 14 0 237 6-3 Dayton 10/28/1934 10

New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956

Tom Kennedy 27 QB 6 0 210 6-1 Los Angeles State 11/27/1939 Rook
Ernie Koy 24 RB-FL-P 13 0 230 6-3 Texas 10/22/1942 1

Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965
New York Giants / 11th / 141st pick / 1965

Greg Larson 27 C-G-T 14 0 250 6-3 Minnesota 11/15/1939 5

New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961
San Diego Chargers / 11th / 87th pick / 1961

Dan Lewis 30 HB-FB 13 0 199 6-1 Wisconsin 2/14/1936 8

Detroit Lions / 6th / 73rd pick / 1958

Spider Lockhart* 23 DB 14 0 175 6-2 North Texas 4/6/1943 1

New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965

Dick Lynch 30 DB 8 0 202 6-1 Notre Dame 4/29/1936 8

Washington Redskins / 6th / 66th pick / 1958

Bill Matan 23 DE 3 0 240 6-4 Kansas State 12/6/1943 Rook

Miami Dolphins / 9th / 74th pick / 1966
New York Giants / 8th / 118th pick / 1966

Pep Menefee 23 WR 7 0 198 6-1 Cameron,New Mexico State 1/1/1943 Rook

Houston Oilers / 7th / 54th pick / 1966

Chuck Mercein 23 RB 13 0 225 6-2 Yale 4/9/1943 1

New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1965
Buffalo Bills / 10th / 79th pick / 1965

Jim Moran 24 DT 10 0 275 6-5 Idaho 5/4/1942 2

New York Giants / 10th / 137th pick / 1964

Earl Morrall 32 QB 7 7 205 6-1 Michigan State 5/17/1934 10

San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956

Joe Morrison 29 HB-FL-FB 14 0 210 6-1 Cincinnati 8/21/1937 7

New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959

Jimmy Patton 33 DB 13 0 183 5-11 Mississippi 9/29/1933 11

New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955

Francis Peay 22 T 9 0 250 6-5 Arizona,Cameron,Missouri 5/23/1944 Rook

New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966
Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 15th pick / 1966

Jim Prestel 29 DT 13 0 275 6-5 Idaho 6/28/1937 6

Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959

Smith Reed 24 HB 1 0 215 6-0 Alcorn State 6/25/1942 1

Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 37th pick / 1965
New York Giants / 19th / 253rd pick / 1965

Bob Scholtz 29 C-G-T 7 0 250 6-4 Notre Dame 12/25/1937 6

Detroit Lions / 3rd / 27th pick / 1960

Stan Sczurek 29 LB 11 0 230 5-11 Purdue 3/7/1937 3

Cleveland Browns / 4th / 53rd pick / 1962
Buffalo Bills / 24th / 188th pick / 1962

Del Shofner 32 E-DB 9 0 186 6-3 Baylor 12/11/1934 9

Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1957

Jeff Smith 23 LB 14 0 237 6-0 USC 11/12/1943 Rook

New York Giants / 10th / 151st pick / 1966

Aaron Thomas 29 TE-SE 14 0 210 6-3 Oregon State 11/7/1937 5

San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick / 1961
Dallas Texans / 16th / 126th pick / 1961

Steve Thurlow 24 RB 1 0 222 6-3 Stanford 4/25/1942 2

New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1964

Larry Vargo 27 DB-LB 7 0 215 6-3 Detroit Mercy 4/5/1939 4

Detroit Lions / 11th / 150th pick / 1961
Buffalo Bills / 21st / 163rd pick / 1961

Joe Wellborn 22 C 7 0 230 6-2 Texas A&M 6/3/1944 Rook
Freeman White 23 TE-LB-DB 14 0 225 6-5 Nebraska 12/17/1943 Rook

Denver Broncos / 2nd / 11th pick / 1966
New York Giants / 9th / 132nd pick / 1966

Gary Wood 24 QB 14 7 192 5-11 Cornell 2/5/1942 2

New York Giants / 8th / 109th pick / 1964
Boston Patriots / 17th / 132nd pick / 1964

Willie Young 23 T 14 0 265 6-0 Grambling State 6/27/1943 Rook
Team Total 25.8 14 224.4 6-2.0 3.0