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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)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 10 | 13 | 226 for 386, 2,567 yards, 11 td, 21 int, & 30 rushes for 111 yards and 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| RB | Bobby Duhon | 25 | 3 | 0 | 93 rushes for 344 yards, 1 td, & 25 catches for 266 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Tucker Frederickson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 64 rushes for 242 yards, 0 td, & 21 catches for 114 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| WR | Don Herrmann | 24 | 2 | 0 | 27 catches for 297 yards, 1 td | New York Giants / 15th / 379th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Rich Houston | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 catches for 426 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 92nd pick / 1969 |
| WR | Clifton McNeil | 31 | 7 | 0 | 16 catches for 209 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| TE | Bob Tucker | 26 | 1 | 0 | 59 catches for 791 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Willie Young | 28 | 5 | 7 | ||
| LG | Bob Hyland | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1967 |
| C | Greg Larson | 32 | 10 | 0 | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Doug Van Horn | 27 | 5 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
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| RT | Charlie Harper | 27 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 8th / 113th pick / 1966 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Henry Reed | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 252nd pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Jim Kanicki | 30 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Roland Lakes | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Fred Dryer | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Ralph Heck | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 144th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Jim Files | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1970 |
| RLB | John Douglas | 26 | 1 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 97th pick / 1968 |
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| LCB | Otto Brown | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RCB | Willie Williams | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 99th pick / 1965 |
| SS | Scott Eaton | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 187th pick / 1967 |
| FS | Spider Lockhart | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gogolak | 29 | 7 | 0 | 6 of 17 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| P | Tom Blanchard | 23 | Rook | 0 | 66 punts for a 40.6 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 12th / 304th pick / 1971 |
| PR | Bobby Duhon | 25 | 3 | 0 | 12 punt returns for a 6.4 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1968 |
| KR | Rocky Thompson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 36 kick returns for a 26.3 average and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1971 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Steve Alexakos | 25 | G | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Arizona State,San Jose State | 12/15/1946 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 209th pick / 1969 |
| Pete Athas | 25 | DB-WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 9/15/1946 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 257th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Blanchard | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 5/28/1948 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 304th pick / 1971 |
| Otto Brown | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 1/12/1947 | 2 | |
| Skip Butler | 24 | K | 1 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas-Arlington | 10/21/1947 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| Junior Coffey | 29 | RB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/21/1942 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 94th pick / 1965 |
| John Douglas | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Missouri | 9/6/1945 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 97th pick / 1968 |
| Fred Dryer | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-6 | San Diego State | 7/6/1946 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Duhon | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Tulane | 9/24/1946 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1968 |
| Scott Eaton | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 8/20/1944 | 4 | New York Giants / 8th / 187th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Evans | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC,Utah | 1/10/1948 | Rook | New York Giants / 14th / 356th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Files | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 1/16/1948 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1970 |
| Richmond Flowers | 24 | DB-WR | 8 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 6/13/1947 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1969 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 28 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/12/1943 | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| Pete Gogolak | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cornell | 4/18/1942 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| Joe Green | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Bowling Green | 11/20/1948 | 1 | |
| Dick Hanson | 22 | T | 3 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | North Dakota State | 12/25/1949 | Rook | |
| Charlie Harper | 27 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 8/14/1944 | 5 | New York Giants / 8th / 113th pick / 1966 |
| Ralph Heck | 30 | LB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Colorado | 11/6/1941 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 144th pick / 1963 |
| Don Herrmann | 24 | WR-FL | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Waynesburg | 6/5/1947 | 2 | New York Giants / 15th / 379th pick / 1969 |
| Ron Hornsby | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 8/16/1949 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1971 |
| Rich Houston | 26 | WR | 13 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/16/1945 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 92nd pick / 1969 |
| Pat Hughes | 24 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Boston University | 6/2/1947 | 1 | New York Giants / 9th / 221st pick / 1970 |
| Bob Hyland | 26 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 7/21/1945 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1967 |
| Randy Johnson | 27 | QB | 5 | 1 | 205 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6/17/1944 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1966 |
| Ron A. Johnson | 24 | RB | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/17/1947 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 20th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Kanicki | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 12/17/1941 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1963 |
| Rich Kotite | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Miami (FL),Wagner | 10/13/1942 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 18th / 247th pick / 1965 |
| Roland Lakes | 32 | DT-DE-T-DT | 14 | 0 | 279 | 6-4 | Wichita State | 12/25/1939 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| Greg Larson | 32 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 11/15/1939 | 10 | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
| Spider Lockhart | 28 | DB | 13 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | North Texas | 4/6/1943 | 6 | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 29 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Michigan Tech,Western Michigan | 3/29/1942 | 4 | |
| Clifton McNeil | 31 | WR-FL-SE | 6 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 5/25/1940 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 11th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Bennie McRae | 32 | DB | 8 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Michigan | 12/8/1939 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1962 |
| Joe Morrison | 34 | HB-FL-FB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/21/1937 | 12 | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| Henry Reed | 23 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Weber State | 1/15/1948 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 252nd pick / 1971 |
| Dave Roller | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 10/28/1949 | Rook | New York Giants / 13th / 330th pick / 1971 |
| Reggie Rucker | 24 | WR | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Boston University | 9/21/1947 | 1 | |
| Jerry Shay | 27 | DT | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Purdue | 7/10/1944 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1966 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/3/1940 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| Rocky Thompson | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | West Texas A&M | 11/8/1947 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Tipton | 22 | DE-DT | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-6 | Stanford | 4/23/1949 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 96th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Tucker | 26 | TE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Bloomsburg | 6/8/1945 | 1 | |
| Doug Van Horn | 27 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 6/24/1944 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Vern Vanoy | 25 | DT | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-8 | Kansas | 12/31/1946 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 60th pick / 1969 |
| Wayne Walton | 23 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Abilene Christian | 10/15/1948 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 44th pick / 1971 |
| Willie Williams | 29 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 12/29/1942 | 6 | New York Giants / 8th / 99th pick / 1965 |
| Willie Young | 28 | T | 14 | 7 | 265 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 6/27/1943 | 5 | |
| Coleman Zeno | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 11/18/1946 | Rook | New York Giants / 17th / 434th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 222.9 | 6-2.2 | 3.4 |