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1971 New York Giants

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 228 points (16.3/g), 21st of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 362 points (25.9/g), 25th.
 Differential of -134 points (-9.6/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 3.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -15 (-1.1/g), 25th.

Coached by Alex Webster (4-10-0)

1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 42 40 12 323 221 102 1 17 348 224 124 5
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 Washington Redskins 3 30 13 156 88 68 2 19 427 301 126
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 20 16 301 220 81 2 14 305 176 129 4
4 Mon October 11 box L 2-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 13 20 18 332 265 67 5 21 401 179 222 6
5 Sun October 17 box L 2-3 Baltimore Colts 7 31 15 251 164 87 5 19 363 122 241
6 Sun October 24 box L 2-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 23 16 236 71 165 5 15 212 43 169 1
7 Sun October 31 box L 2-5 Minnesota Vikings 10 17 13 252 127 125 1 13 278 161 117 2
8 Sun November 7 box W 3-5 San Diego Chargers 35 17 21 417 260 157 1 18 319 227 92 3
9 Sun November 14 box W 4-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 21 17 19 324 152 172 3 13 219 139 80 2
10 Sun November 21 box L 4-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 17 22 419 273 146 3 11 175 60 115
11 Sun November 28 box L 4-7 St. Louis Cardinals 7 24 15 285 211 74 6 21 344 137 207 3
12 Sun December 5 box L 4-8 @ Washington Redskins 7 23 15 254 165 89 5 9 190 35 155 1
13 Sun December 12 box L 4-9 Dallas Cowboys 14 42 17 247 183 64 4 23 439 242 197 3
14 Sun December 19 box L 4-10 Philadelphia Eagles 28 41 24 378 314 64 2 15 346 261 85

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 228 4175 896 4.7 236 268 462 2714 14 25 5.4 140 394 1461 11 3.7 86 45 20 10
Team Defense 362 4366 800 5.5 228 173 333 2307 25 15 6.6 112 449 2059 12 4.6 104 30 15 12
Lg Rank Offense 21 10 9 1 3 14 17 15 22 22 15 19 21 22
Lg Rank Defense 25 21 12 3 18 26 22 26 12 19 13 23 22 14

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
10 Fran Tarkenton 31 QB 13 13 4-9-0 226 386 58.5 2567 11 2.8 21 5.4 81 6.7 4.8 11.4 197.5 65.4 27 232 5.7 3.9 6.5
11 Randy Johnson 27 5 1 0-1-0 41 74 55.4 477 3 4.1 3 4.1 45 6.4 5.4 11.6 95.4 71.7 13 116 4.1 3.3 14.9
15 Tom Blanchard 23 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 18.0 18.0 0.0
28 Bobby Duhon 25 RB 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 14 4-10-0 268 462 58.0 3062 14 3.0 25 5.4 81 6.6 4.8 11.4 218.7 65.6 40 348 5.4 3.7 8.0
Opp Total 14 173 333 52.0 2458 25 7.5 15 4.5 7.4 6.9 14.2 175.6 82.4 18 151 6.6 6.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
28 Bobby Duhon 25 RB 13 0 93 344 1 27 3.7 26.5 7.2 25 266 10.6 0 26 1.9 20.5 610 1 6
24 Tucker Frederickson 28 FB 10 0 64 242 0 37 3.8 24.2 6.4 21 114 5.4 1 20 2.1 11.4 356 1 1
22 Rocky Thompson 24 RET 14 0 54 177 1 23 3.3 12.6 3.9 16 85 5.3 0 12 1.1 6.1 262 1 5
31 Charlie Evans 23 6 0 48 171 5 17 3.6 28.5 8.0 13 144 11.1 0 25 2.2 24.0 315 5 2
40 Joe Morrison 34 13 0 38 131 0 20 3.4 10.1 2.9 40 411 10.3 1 45 3.1 31.6 542 1 1
30 Ron A. Johnson 24 2 0 32 156 1 17 4.9 78.0 16.0 6 47 7.8 0 30 3.0 23.5 203 1 2
10 Fran Tarkenton 31 QB 13 13 30 111 3 16 3.7 8.5 2.3 111 3 4
34 Junior Coffey 29 6 0 22 70 0 10 3.2 11.7 3.7 5 20 4.0 0 11 0.8 3.3 90 0 2
11 Randy Johnson 27 5 1 6 29 0 17 4.8 5.8 1.2 29 0 4
84 Rich Houston 26 WR 13 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.2 0.2 24 426 17.8 4 81 1.8 32.8 428 4 0
88 Coleman Zeno 25 2 0 2 10 0 7 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 97 19.4 0 53 2.5 48.5 107 0 1
38 Bob Tucker 26 TE 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 59 791 13.4 4 63 4.9 65.9 792 4 3
83 Reggie Rucker 24 4 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 3.5 0.3 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 23 0 0
45 Pete Athas 25 13 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 1
85 Don Herrmann 24 WR 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 297 11.0 1 22 3.0 33.0 297 1 0
18 Clifton McNeil 31 wr 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 209 13.1 1 24 2.7 34.8 209 1 0
87 Rich Kotite 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 146 14.6 2 43 0.7 10.4 146 2 0
Team Total 26.3 14 394 1461 11 37 3.7 104.4 28.1 268 3062 11.4 14 81 19.1 218.7 4523 25 37
Opp Total 14 449 2059 12 4.6 147.1 32.1 173 2307 13.3 25 12.4 164.8 4366 37 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Rocky Thompson 24 RET 14 0 36 947 1 93 26.3 1209
28 Bobby Duhon 25 RB 13 0 12 77 0 15 6.4 11 200 0 24 18.2 887
44 Richmond Flowers 24 8 0 8 156 0 28 19.5 156
33 Joe Green 23 14 0 5 106 0 41 21.2 106
43 Spider Lockhart 28 FS 13 0 4 24 0 15 6.0 24
45 Pete Athas 25 13 0 3 21 0 10 7.0 24
51 John Douglas 26 RLB 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
89 Fred Dryer 25 RDE 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
78 Wayne Walton 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 19 122 0 15 6.4 63 1416 1 93 22.5 6061
Opp Total 14 50 0 45 1063 0 23.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
15 Tom Blanchard 23 P 14 0 66 2681 57 0 40.6
3 Pete Gogolak 29 K 14 0 1 1 3 3 7 2 6 17 6 35.3% 30 30 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 14 1 1 3 3 7 2 6 17 6 35.3% 30 30 100.0% 66 2681 57 0 40.6
Opp Total 14 32 22 68.8% 42 42 100.0% 61 2428 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
45 Pete Athas 25 13 0 2 52 1 37 1 2 2 0
15 Tom Blanchard 23 P 14 0 1 2 -12 0
34 Junior Coffey 29 6 0 2 0 0 0
89 Fred Dryer 25 RDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
28 Bobby Duhon 25 RB 13 0 6 1 0 0
20 Scott Eaton 27 SS 12 0 1 0 0 0
31 Charlie Evans 23 6 0 2 0 0 0
58 Jim Files 23 MLB 14 0 1 29 0 29 0 2 0 0
44 Richmond Flowers 24 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Tucker Frederickson 28 FB 10 0 1 1 0 0
33 Joe Green 23 14 0 1 3 -3 1
55 Ralph Heck 30 LLB 11 0 1 17 0 17 0 1 0 1
70 Bob Hyland 26 LG 14 0 1 1 -17 0
11 Randy Johnson 27 5 1 4 1 0 0
30 Ron A. Johnson 24 2 0 2 0 0 0
76 Roland Lakes 32 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
43 Spider Lockhart 28 FS 13 0 3 60 0 31 1 2 8 0
40 Joe Morrison 34 13 0 1 2 0 0
80 Henry Reed 23 LDE 14 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
10 Fran Tarkenton 31 QB 13 13 4 4 -4 0
22 Rocky Thompson 24 RET 14 0 5 2 0 0
38 Bob Tucker 26 TE 12 0 3 0 0 0
78 Wayne Walton 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
41 Willie Williams 29 RCB 10 0 5 58 0 24 0 1 0 0
88 Coleman Zeno 25 2 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 15 227 1 37 37 30 -26 2
Opp Total 14 40 29 14 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Pete Gogolak 29 K 14 0 30 6 48
31 Charlie Evans 23 6 0 5 5 30
84 Rich Houston 26 WR 13 0 4 4 24
38 Bob Tucker 26 TE 12 0 4 4 24
10 Fran Tarkenton 31 QB 13 13 3 3 18
87 Rich Kotite 29 14 0 2 2 12
22 Rocky Thompson 24 RET 14 0 1 1 2 12
45 Pete Athas 25 13 0 1 1 6
21 Otto Brown 24 LCB 12 0 1 1 6
28 Bobby Duhon 25 RB 13 0 1 1 6
24 Tucker Frederickson 28 FB 10 0 1 1 6
33 Joe Green 23 14 0 1 1 6
55 Ralph Heck 30 LLB 11 0 1 1 6
85 Don Herrmann 24 WR 9 0 1 1 6
30 Ron A. Johnson 24 2 0 1 1 6
18 Clifton McNeil 31 wr 6 0 1 1 6
40 Joe Morrison 34 13 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 14 11 14 1 2 1 1 30 30 6 228
Opp Total 14 12 25 42 22 1 362