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1968 New York Giants

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFL Capital Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 294 points (21.0/g), 7th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (23.2/g), 10th.
 Differential of -31 points (-2.2/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 6.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 3rd.

Coached by Allie Sherman (7-7-0)

1968 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 15 box W 1-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 34 20 21 331 166 165 2 20 324 194 130 4
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 34 25 24 377 176 201 1 12 326 125 201 3
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 Washington Redskins 48 21 20 377 226 151 1 23 376 277 99 5
4 Sun October 6 box W 4-0 New Orleans Saints 38 21 19 261 166 95 1 23 314 219 95 4
5 Sun October 13 box L 4-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 21 24 23 421 242 179 3 17 322 186 136
6 Sun October 20 box L 4-2 San Francisco 49ers 10 26 19 272 116 156 3 22 393 179 214 1
7 Sun October 27 box W 5-2 @ Washington Redskins 13 10 22 297 124 173 2 9 142 73 69 2
8 Sun November 3 box L 5-3 Baltimore Colts 0 26 12 215 160 55 3 20 328 184 144 1
9 Sun November 10 box W 6-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 27 21 13 293 181 112 1 24 349 250 99 5
10 Sun November 17 box W 7-3 Philadelphia Eagles 7 6 16 274 136 138 2 9 107 39 68 3
11 Sun November 24 box L 7-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 21 24 18 273 127 146 3 19 311 143 168 4
12 Sun December 1 box L 7-5 @ Cleveland Browns 10 45 12 182 77 105 5 25 378 206 172 2
13 Sun December 8 box L 7-6 St. Louis Cardinals 21 28 22 441 284 157 2 19 351 74 277 3
14 Sun December 15 box L 7-7 Dallas Cowboys 10 28 15 319 265 54 1 21 320 191 129 3

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 294 4324 870 5.0 256 195 366 2442 21 17 6.2 114 474 1882 13 4.0 119 30 13 23
Team Defense 325 4341 810 5.4 401 191 364 2340 18 26 6.1 121 425 2001 22 4.7 263 40 14 17
Lg Rank Offense 7 5 4 10 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 2 5
Lg Rank Defense 10 10 14 8 9 7 3 11 6 12 16 15 6 7

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%
Fran Tarkenton* 28 QB 14 14 182 337 54.0 2555 21 6.2 12 3.6 84 7.6 6.6 14.0 182.5 84.6
Gary Wood 26 14 0 9 24 37.5 123 0 0.0 5 20.8 43 5.1 -4.3 13.7 8.8 15.1
Ernie Koy 26 HB 13 0 2 3 66.7 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 4.3 4.3 6.5 1.0 75.7
Bobby Duhon 22 FB 13 0 2 2 100.0 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 12.0 12.0 12.0 1.8 116.7
Team Total 26.4 14 195 366 53.3 2715 21 5.7 17 4.6 84 7.4 5.9 13.9 193.9 77.2
Opp Total 14 191 364 52.5 2340 18 4.9 26 7.1 6.4 3.7 12.3 167.1 59.3 21 158 6.1 3.1

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
Tucker Frederickson 25 14 0 142 486 1 19 3.4 34.7 10.1 10 64 6.4 2 14 0.7 4.6 550 3 2
Bobby Duhon 22 FB 13 0 101 362 3 13 3.6 27.8 7.8 37 373 10.1 1 51 2.8 28.7 735 4 5
Ernie Koy 26 HB 13 0 89 394 3 26 4.4 30.3 6.8 12 59 4.9 1 20 0.9 4.5 453 4 1
Fran Tarkenton* 28 QB 14 14 57 301 3 22 5.3 21.5 4.1 301 3 2
Ronnie Blye 25 RET 13 0 53 243 1 17 4.6 18.7 4.1 10 91 9.1 0 23 0.8 7.0 334 1 2
Randy Minniear 25 2 0 14 38 2 9 2.7 19.0 7.0 4 32 8.0 0 18 2.0 16.0 70 2 1
Joe Morrison 31 FL 14 0 9 28 0 11 3.1 2.0 0.6 37 425 11.5 6 68 2.6 30.4 453 6 1
Homer Jones* 27 SE 14 0 3 18 0 11 6.0 1.3 0.2 45 1057 23.5 7 84 3.2 75.5 1075 7 0
Aaron Thomas 31 TE 12 0 2 14 0 23 7.0 1.2 0.2 29 449 15.5 4 49 2.4 37.4 463 4 0
Gary Wood 26 14 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Willie Young 25 LT 14 0 2 -2 0 5 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Bobby Crespino 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 130 18.6 0 43 0.6 11.8 130 0 0
Butch Wilson 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 0 13 0.3 2.4 34 0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 474 1882 13 26 4.0 134.4 33.9 195 2715 13.9 21 84 13.9 193.9 4597 34 18
Opp Total 14 425 2001 22 4.7 142.9 30.4 191 2340 12.3 18 13.6 167.1 4341 40 21

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
Ronnie Blye 25 RET 13 0 35 734 0 66 21.0 1068
Bobby Duhon 22 FB 13 0 7 34 0 12 4.9 13 214 0 30 16.5 983
Spider Lockhart* 25 RS 14 0 13 69 0 28 5.3 69
Jim Holifield 22 14 0 7 111 0 20 15.9 111
Tucker Frederickson 25 14 0 2 13 0 9 6.5 563
Scott Eaton 24 LCB 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Chuck R. Hinton 26 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Joe Koontz 23 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Bob Lurtsema 26 RDT 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Willie Williams 26 RCB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 20 103 0 28 5.2 62 1110 0 66 17.9 5810
Opp Total 14 23 1 51 1344 1 26.4

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 26 K 14 0 5 5 4 4 5 2 9 3 1 24 14 58.3% 36 36 100.0%
Ernie Koy 26 HB 13 0 44 1649 65 0 37.5
Willie Williams 26 RCB 14 0 10 291 43 1 29.1
Spider Lockhart* 25 RS 14 0 3 110 49 0 36.7
Team Total 26.4 14 5 5 4 4 5 2 9 3 1 24 14 58.3% 36 36 100.0% 57 2050 65 1 36.0
Opp Total 14 23 10 43.5% 43 37 86.0% 47 1880 40.0

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
Bruce Anderson 24 RDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Roger Anderson 26 LDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Avery 24 RLB 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ronnie Blye 25 RET 13 0 2 1 0 0
McKinley Boston 23 13 0 0 3 9 0
Barry Brown 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Rich Buzin 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Ciccolella 25 14 0 1 7 0 7 0 1 0 0
Bobby Duhon 22 FB 13 0 5 1 0 0
Scott Eaton 24 LCB 14 0 4 20 0 18 0 1 0 0
Tucker Frederickson 25 14 0 2 0 0 0
Chuck R. Hinton 26 14 0 1 0 -10 0
Joe Koontz 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Koy 26 HB 13 0 1 0 0 0
Spider Lockhart* 25 RS 14 0 8 130 2 72 2 2 0 0
Bob Lurtsema 26 RDT 14 0 1 39 0 39 0 1 0 0
Bruce Maher 31 LS 14 0 1 89 0 89
Randy Minniear 25 2 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morrison 31 FL 14 0 1 1 0 0
Fran Tarkenton* 28 QB 14 14 2 0 0 0
Willie Williams 26 RCB 14 0 10 103 0 24 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 26 388 2 89 18 18 -1 0
Opp Total 14 30 21 7

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 26 K 14 0 36 14 78
Homer Jones* 27 SE 14 0 7 42
Joe Morrison 31 FL 14 0 6 36
Bobby Duhon 22 FB 13 0 3 1 24
Ernie Koy 26 HB 13 0 3 1 24
Aaron Thomas 31 TE 12 0 4 24
Tucker Frederickson 25 14 0 1 2 18
Fran Tarkenton* 28 QB 14 14 3 18
Spider Lockhart* 25 RS 14 0 2 12
Randy Minniear 25 2 0 2 12
Ronnie Blye 25 RET 13 0 1 6
Team Total 26.4 14 13 21 2 36 14 294
Opp Total 14 22 18 1 1 37 10 325