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1975 New York Giants
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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 216 points (15.4/g), 23rd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 306 points (21.9/g), 17th.
Differential of -90 points (-6.4/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 4.3-9.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 21st.
Coached by Bill Arnsbarger (5-9-0)
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1975 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 | Craig Morton | 32 | 10 | 14 | 186 for 363, 2,359 yards, 11 td, 16 int, & 22 rushes for 72 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| RB | Ron A. Johnson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 116 rushes for 351 yards, 5 td, & 34 catches for 280 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 20th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Joe Dawkins | 27 | 5 | 0 | 129 rushes for 438 yards, 2 td, & 24 catches for 245 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 249th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Walker Gillette | 28 | 5 | 0 | 43 catches for 600 yards, 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Ray Rhodes | 25 | 1 | 0 | 26 catches for 537 yards, 6 td, & 3 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| TE | Bob Tucker | 30 | 5 | 0 | 34 catches for 484 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Willie Young | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Tom Mullen | 24 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 28th pick / 1974 |
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| LG | Karl Chandler | 23 | 1 | 4 | ||
| C | Bob Hyland | 30 | 8 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1967 |
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| RG | John Hicks | 24 | 1 | 14 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1974 |
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| RT | Doug Van Horn | 31 | 9 | 14 | 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dave Gallagher | 23 | 1 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 20th pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Rick Dvorak | 23 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1974 |
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| RDT | John Mendenhall | 27 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
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| RDE | Jack Gregory | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Pat Hughes | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 9th / 221st pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Andy Selfridge | 26 | 3 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 321st pick / 1972 |
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| MLB | Brian Kelley | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| RLB | Brad Van Pelt | 24 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Bobby Brooks | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 11th / 263rd pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Jim Stienke | 25 | 2 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Henry Stuckey | 25 | 3 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 197th pick / 1972 |
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| SS | Clyde Powers | 24 | 1 | 7 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1974 |
| FS | Spider Lockhart | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Hunt | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 of 11 field goals & 24 of 29 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 122nd pick / 1972 |
| P | Dave Jennings | 23 | 1 | 0 | 76 punts for a 40.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Rondy Colbert | 21 | Rook | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 1 td | New York Giants / 17th / 417th pick / 1975 |
| KR | Rondy Colbert | 21 | Rook | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 24.0 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 17th / 417th pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bobby Brooks | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Bishop | 2/24/1951 | 1 | New York Giants / 11th / 263rd pick / 1974 |
| Danny Buggs | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 4/22/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1975 |
| Karl Chandler | 23 | C-G | 14 | 4 | 250 | 6-5 | Princeton | 2/15/1952 | 1 | |
| Don Clune | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Pennsylvania | 7/31/1952 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 107th pick / 1974 |
| Rondy Colbert | 21 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Lamar | 1/7/1954 | Rook | New York Giants / 17th / 417th pick / 1975 |
| Steve Crosby | 25 | RB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Fort Hays State,Kansas State | 7/3/1950 | 1 | New York Giants / 17th / 419th pick / 1974 |
| Joe Dawkins | 27 | RB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 1/27/1948 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 249th pick / 1970 |
| Rick Dvorak | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Wichita State | 4/21/1952 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1974 |
| Dick Enderle | 28 | G | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 11/6/1947 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 158th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Ford | 27 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Houston | 12/10/1948 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 36th pick / 1971 |
| Dave Gallagher | 23 | DE-DT | 12 | 10 | 256 | 6-4 | Michigan | 1/2/1952 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 20th pick / 1974 |
| Robert Giblin | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Houston | 11/18/1952 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 79th pick / 1975 |
| Walker Gillette | 28 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-5 | Richmond | 3/16/1947 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 15th pick / 1970 |
| Jack Gregory | 31 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Delta State,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10/3/1944 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 27 | LB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC | 11/27/1948 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
| John Hicks | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 258 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 3/21/1951 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1974 |
| Pat Hughes | 28 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Boston University | 6/2/1947 | 5 | New York Giants / 9th / 221st pick / 1970 |
| George Hunt | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 8/3/1949 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 122nd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Hyland | 30 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 7/21/1945 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1967 |
| Dave Jennings | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 1 | |
| Ron A. Johnson | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/17/1947 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 20th pick / 1969 |
| Brian Kelley | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 2 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| Doug Kotar | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 6/11/1951 | 1 | |
| Spider Lockhart | 32 | DB | 12 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | North Texas | 4/6/1943 | 10 | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| George Martin | 22 | DE | 14 | 4 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| John Mendenhall | 27 | DT-NT | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/3/1948 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
| Craig Morton | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-4 | California | 2/5/1943 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Mullen | 24 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Southwest Missouri State | 11/11/1951 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 28th pick / 1974 |
| Jim Obradovich | 22 | TE | 14 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | USC | 4/2/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 158th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 22 | C-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Eastern Michigan | 2/21/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1974 |
| Clyde Powers | 24 | DB | 14 | 7 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 8/19/1951 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1974 |
| Ray Rhodes | 25 | DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 10/20/1950 | 1 | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| Bob Schmit | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 6/28/1950 | Rook | |
| Andy Selfridge | 26 | LB | 14 | 7 | 218 | 6-3 | Virginia | 1/12/1949 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 321st pick / 1972 |
| Dave Simonson | 23 | T | 2 | 0 | 246 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 5/2/1952 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 292nd pick / 1974 |
| Al Simpson | 24 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Colorado State | 7/27/1951 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 27th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Stienke | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas State | 11/7/1950 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1973 |
| Henry Stuckey | 25 | DB | 4 | 4 | 180 | 6-1 | Missouri | 8/24/1950 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 197th pick / 1972 |
| Carl Summerell | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 208 | 6-4 | East Carolina | 12/6/1951 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 80th pick / 1974 |
| Bob Tucker | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Bloomsburg | 6/8/1945 | 5 | |
| Doug Van Horn | 31 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 6/24/1944 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 4/5/1951 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| Larry Watkins | 29 | RB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 10/5/1946 | 6 | |
| Marsh White | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 4/1/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 287th pick / 1975 |
| Bill Windauer | 26 | DT-DT | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Iowa | 11/22/1949 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 191st pick / 1973 |
| Willie Young | 32 | T | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 6/27/1943 | 9 | |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 222.7 | 6-2.4 | 2.9 |