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1970 New York Giants

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 301 points (21.5/g), 8th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 270 points (19.3/g), 15th.
 Differential of 31 points (2.2/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Alex Webster (9-5-0)

1970 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 Sat September 19 box L 0-1 Chicago Bears 16 24 16 311 253 58 3 18 256 158 98 3
2 Sun September 27 box L 0-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 28 15 238 139 99 3 24 360 161 199 2
3 Sun October 4 box L 0-3 @ New Orleans Saints 10 14 22 361 210 151 3 10 183 92 91 3
4 Sun October 11 box W 1-3 Philadelphia Eagles 30 23 17 330 156 174 2 16 367 273 94 4
5 Sun October 18 box W 2-3 @ Boston Patriots 16 0 13 224 102 122 14 155 62 93 3
6 Sun October 25 box W 3-3 St. Louis Cardinals 35 17 20 371 268 103 1 19 329 203 126 2
7 Sun November 1 box W 4-3 @ New York Jets 22 10 15 240 140 100 16 237 135 102 4
8 Sun November 8 box W 5-3 Dallas Cowboys 23 20 20 338 136 202 3 9 263 161 102
9 Sun November 15 box W 6-3 Washington Redskins 35 33 29 485 299 186 2 17 411 244 167 1
10 Mon November 23 box L 6-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 23 17 287 178 109 3 18 281 164 117 2
11 Sun November 29 box W 7-4 @ Washington Redskins 27 24 23 401 251 150 1 18 356 189 167 2
12 Sun December 6 box W 8-4 Buffalo Bills 20 6 15 270 119 151 3 13 180 107 73 2
13 Sun December 13 box W 9-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 34 17 22 361 217 144 13 344 273 71 2
14 Sun December 20 box L 9-5 Los Angeles Rams 3 31 13 216 166 50 2 18 341 149 192

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 301 4433 905 4.9 257 230 403 2634 19 12 6.0 150 465 1799 11 3.9 94 26 14 13
Team Defense 270 4063 818 5.0 348 186 364 2371 19 17 5.9 110 419 1692 11 4.0 223 30 13 15
Lg Rank Offense 8 5 2 8 4 7 4 7 7 10 12 13 5 10
Lg Rank Defense 15 17 11 8 19 18 19 20 11 13 14 19 19 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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* 30 QB 14 14 9-5-0 219 389 56.3 2777 19 4.9 12 3.1 59 7.1 6.2 12.7 198.4 82.2 36 249 5.9 5.1 8.5
Dick Shiner 28 14 0 9 12 75.0 87 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 7.3 7.3 9.7 6.2 94.8 1 9 6.0 6.0 7.7
Bobby Duhon 24 RET 14 0 2 2 100.0 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 14.0 14.0 14.0 2.0 118.7 0 0 14.0 14.0 0.0
Team Total 26.6 14 9-5-0 230 403 57.1 2892 19 4.7 12 3.0 59 7.2 6.3 12.6 206.6 82.9 37 258 6.0 5.2 8.4
Opp Total 14 186 364 51.1 2371 19 5.2 17 4.7 6.5 4.9 12.7 169.4 69.7 35 279 5.9 3.8

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
Ron A. Johnson*+ 23 RB 14 0 263 1027 8 68 3.9 73.4 18.8 48 487 10.1 4 50 3.4 34.8 1514 12 5
Tucker Frederickson 27 FB 14 0 120 375 1 15 3.1 26.8 8.6 40 408 10.2 3 57 2.9 29.1 783 4 8
Fran Tarkenton* 30 QB 14 14 43 236 2 20 5.5 16.9 3.1 236 2 3
Bobby Duhon 24 RET 14 0 18 111 0 38 6.2 7.9 1.3 4 58 14.5 0 22 0.3 4.1 169 0 4
Joe Morrison 33 10 0 11 25 0 7 2.3 2.5 1.1 11 136 12.4 0 25 1.1 13.6 161 0 1
Clifton McNeil 30 WR 14 0 4 7 0 9 1.8 0.5 0.3 50 764 15.3 4 59 3.6 54.6 771 4 0
Les Shy 26 RET 13 0 4 13 0 6 3.3 1.0 0.3 2 8 4.0 0 6 0.2 0.6 21 0 3
Ernie Koy 28 12 0 2 5 0 7 2.5 0.4 0.2 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.8 15 0 0
Bob Tucker 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 571 14.3 5 41 2.9 40.8 571 5 0
Don Herrmann 23 WR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 290 12.1 2 2 1.8 22.3 290 2 0
Aaron Thomas 33 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 92 15.3 1 29 0.4 6.6 92 1 0
Rich Houston 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 68 17.0 0 35 0.3 5.2 68 0 1
Team Total 26.6 14 465 1799 11 68 3.9 128.5 33.2 230 2892 12.6 19 59 16.4 206.6 4691 30 29
Opp Total 14 419 1692 11 4.0 120.9 29.9 186 2371 12.7 19 13.3 169.4 4063 30 31

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
Bobby Duhon 24 RET 14 0 19 157 1 45 8.3 14 255 0 34 18.2 581
Les Shy 26 RET 13 0 21 544 0 62 25.9 565
Spider Lockhart 27 FS 14 0 9 31 0 10 3.4 31
Rich Houston 25 13 0 8 173 0 32 21.6 241
Ron A. Johnson*+ 23 RB 14 0 5 140 0 69 28.0 1654
Joe Green 22 14 0 2 26 0 18 13.0 26
Al Brenner 23 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
John Douglas 25 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Pat Hughes 23 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Team Total 26.6 14 29 193 1 45 6.7 52 1157 0 69 22.3 6041
Opp Total 14 21 0 57 1359 1 23.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 28 K 14 0 5 5 14 11 3 1 15 7 4 1 41 25 61.0% 32 32 100.0%
Bill Johnson 26 P 11 0 43 1700 68 1 39.5
Ernie Koy 28 12 0 11 369 44 0 33.5
Team Total 26.6 14 5 5 14 11 3 1 15 7 4 1 41 25 61.0% 32 32 100.0% 54 2069 68 1 38.3
Opp Total 14 29 16 55.2% 32 30 93.8% 62 2461 39.7

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
Pete Case 30 7 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Dryer 24 RDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Bobby Duhon 24 RET 14 0 4 1 0 0
Scott Eaton 26 LCB 8 0 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Jim Files 22 MLB 14 0 1 8 0 8 1
Tucker Frederickson 27 FB 14 0 8 0 0 0
Matt Hazeltine 37 RLB 14 0 1 6 0 6 0 2 24 0
Ralph Heck 29 LLB 14 0 1 3 0 3
Don Herrmann 23 WR 13 0 0 1 0 0
Rich Houston 25 13 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Johnson 26 P 11 0 1 1 0 0
Ron A. Johnson*+ 23 RB 14 0 5 0 0 0
Jim Kanicki 29 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
John Kirby 28 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Koy 28 12 0 0 1 0 0
Greg Larson 31 C 14 0 2 0 -6 0
Spider Lockhart 27 FS 14 0 4 51 0 25 1 2 0 0
Tom Longo 28 SS 14 0 2 33 0 33 0 3 0 0
Bob Lurtsema 28 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Clifton McNeil 30 WR 14 0 0 1 0 1
Joe Morrison 33 10 0 1 0 0 0
Les Shy 26 RET 13 0 3 2 0 0
Fran Tarkenton* 30 QB 14 14 3 3 0 0
Bob Tucker 25 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Willie Williams 28 RCB 14 0 6 114 0 52
Team Total 26.6 14 17 223 0 52 29 26 18 1 1
Opp Total 14 37 31 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pete Gogolak 28 K 14 0 32 25 107
Ron A. Johnson*+ 23 RB 14 0 8 4 72
Clifton McNeil 30 WR 14 0 4 1 30
Bob Tucker 25 TE 14 0 5 30
Tucker Frederickson 27 FB 14 0 1 3 24
Don Herrmann 23 WR 13 0 2 12
Fran Tarkenton* 30 QB 14 14 2 12
Bobby Duhon 24 RET 14 0 1 6
Aaron Thomas 33 14 0 1 6
Jim Files 22 MLB 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.6 14 11 19 1 1 32 25 1 301
Opp Total 14 11 19 1 30 16 270