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1976 New York Giants

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 170 points (12.1/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 250 points (17.9/g), 14th.
 Differential of -80 points (-5.7/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 4.0-10.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 24th.

Coached by Bill Arnsbarger (0-7-0) and John McVay (3-4-0)

1976 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 12 box L 0-1 @ Washington Redskins 17 19 14 317 221 96 4 17 322 233 89 3
2 Sun September 19 box L 0-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 20 11 214 132 82 2 17 300 89 211 2
3 Sun September 26 box L 0-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 24 20 287 119 168 5 18 368 179 189 2
4 Sun October 3 box L 0-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 27 23 344 207 137 1 25 304 117 187
5 Sun October 10 box L 0-5 Dallas Cowboys 14 24 18 291 153 138 1 18 331 168 163
6 Sun October 17 box L 0-6 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 24 12 209 122 87 3 23 361 252 109 3
7 Sun October 24 box L 0-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 0 27 10 151 63 88 2 18 331 101 230
8 Sun October 31 box L 0-8 Philadelphia Eagles 0 10 14 291 177 114 14 245 95 150
9 Sun November 7 box L 0-9 @ Dallas Cowboys 3 9 18 269 83 186 3 12 257 161 96 1
10 Sun November 14 box W 1-9 Washington Redskins 12 9 10 168 24 144 3 20 315 141 174 4
11 Sun November 21 box L 1-10 @ Denver Broncos 13 14 13 243 122 121 3 15 239 103 136 1
12 Sun November 28 box W 2-10 Seattle Seahawks 28 16 20 279 115 164 4 15 244 116 128 3
13 Sun December 5 box W 3-10 Detroit Lions 24 10 17 383 187 196 3 16 274 163 111 5
14 Sun December 12 box L 3-11 St. Louis Cardinals 14 17 16 250 67 183 2 23 300 70 230 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 170 3696 900 4.1 216 175 326 1792 9 24 4.8 97 530 1904 11 3.6 98 36 12 21
Team Defense 250 4191 921 4.6 382 189 330 1988 11 12 5.5 119 560 2203 14 3.9 251 27 15 12
Lg Rank Offense 25 22 23 23 19 24 25 18 14 21 19 26 17 3
Lg Rank Defense 14 16 15 4 10 4 20 18 24 18 13 11 23 17

Passing

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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%
Craig Morton 33 QB 12 12 153 284 53.9 1865 9 3.2 20 7.0 63 6.6 3.7 12.2 155.4 55.6 39 285 4.9 2.4 12.1
Norm Snead 37 3 2 22 42 52.4 239 0 0.0 4 9.5 31 5.7 1.4 10.9 79.7 29.9 5 27 4.5 0.7 10.6
Team Total 25.9 14 175 326 53.7 2104 9 2.8 24 7.4 63 6.5 3.4 12.0 150.3 52.2 44 312 4.8 2.2 11.9
Opp Total 14 189 330 57.3 1988 11 3.3 12 3.6 6.0 4.7 10.5 142.0 70.9 31 242 5.5 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Doug Kotar 25 RB 14 0 185 731 3 24 4.0 52.2 13.2 36 319 8.9 0 30 2.6 22.8 1050 3 3
Larry Csonka 30 FB 12 12 160 569 4 13 3.6 47.4 13.3 6 39 6.5 0 14 0.5 3.3 608 4 2
Marsh White 23 14 0 69 223 1 29 3.2 15.9 4.9 2 7 3.5 0 4 0.1 0.5 230 1 0
Gordon Bell 23 14 0 67 233 2 26 3.5 16.6 4.8 25 198 7.9 0 20 1.8 14.1 431 2 2
Larry Watkins 30 13 0 26 96 1 13 3.7 7.4 2.0 2 8 4.0 0 12 0.2 0.6 104 1 0
Craig Morton 33 QB 12 12 15 48 0 10 3.2 4.0 1.3 48 0 7
Norm Snead 37 3 2 3 -1 0 0 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 -1 0 1
Ray Rhodes 26 WR 13 0 2 10 0 16 5.0 0.8 0.2 16 305 19.1 1 63 1.2 23.5 315 1 1
Walker Gillette 29 13 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 16 263 16.4 2 62 1.2 20.2 259 2 0
Steve Crosby 26 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 0 0
Larry Mallory 24 14 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Bob Tucker 31 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 498 11.9 1 39 3.0 35.6 498 1 1
Jim Robinson 23 WR 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 249 13.8 1 30 1.5 20.8 249 1 3
Ed Marshall 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 166 20.8 3 52 1.3 27.7 166 3 0
Gary Shirk 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 52 13.0 1 31 0.3 3.7 52 1 0
Team Total 25.9 14 530 1904 11 29 3.6 136.0 37.9 175 2104 12.0 9 63 12.5 150.3 4008 20 27
Opp Total 14 560 2203 14 3.9 157.4 40.0 189 1988 10.5 11 13.5 142.0 4191 25 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jim Robinson 23 WR 12 7 24 106 0 22 4.4 20 444 0 32 22.2 799
Gordon Bell 23 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 18 352 0 37 19.6 784
Rondy Colbert 22 14 2 13 72 0 15 5.5 2 42 0 22 21.0 114
Gary Shirk 26 14 0 6 109 0 27 18.2 161
Doug Kotar 25 RB 14 0 3 39 0 31 13.0 1089
Jim Stienke 26 RCB 13 0 3 18 0 10 6.0 18
Bobby Hammond 24 2 0 2 44 0 26 22.0 44
Harry Carson 23 MLB 12 7 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Larry Watkins 30 13 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 113
Team Total 25.9 14 41 197 0 22 4.8 53 1044 0 37 19.7 5249
Opp Total 14 45 0 39 725 0 18.6

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
Dave Jennings 24 P 14 0 74 3054 61 3 41.3
Joe Danelo 23 K 14 0 1 1 3 3 11 3 2 4 1 21 8 38.1% 21 20 95.2%
Team Total 25.9 14 1 1 3 3 11 3 2 4 1 21 8 38.1% 21 20 95.2% 74 3054 61 3 41.3
Opp Total 14 31 20 64.5% 27 26 96.3% 78 2886 37.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Troy Archer 21 14 0 0 1 2 0
Gordon Bell 23 14 0 2 1 0 0
Bobby Brooks 25 4 0 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Bill Bryant 25 LCB 14 4 0 1 0 0
Harry Carson 23 MLB 12 7 0 1 0 0
Karl Chandler 24 C 12 11 1 0 -1 0
Rondy Colbert 22 14 2 4 2 10 0
Brad Cousino 23 6 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Csonka 30 FB 12 12 2 1 0 0
Dave Gallagher 24 LDT 14 0 1 7 0 7 1 3 8 0
Walker Gillette 29 13 0 0 1 6 0
Pat Hughes 29 mlb 14 8 1 5 0 5
Doug Kotar 25 RB 14 0 3 2 0 0
Dan Lloyd 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Mallory 24 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 -11 0
George Martin 23 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
John Mendenhall 28 RDT 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Craig Morton 33 QB 12 12 7 3 -4 0
Clyde Powers 25 SS 14 0 1 11 0 11
Ray Rhodes 26 WR 13 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Robinson 23 WR 12 7 3 1 0 0
Norm Snead 37 3 2 1 1 -2 0
Jim Stienke 26 RCB 13 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Tucker 31 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Van Pelt* 25 LLB 14 0 2 13 0 7 0 2 28 0
Rick Volk 31 FS 8 8 2 14 0 11 0 1 0 0
Marsh White 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 12 62 0 11 27 29 36 0
Opp Total 14 44 32 17 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Joe Danelo 23 K 14 0 20 8 44
Larry Csonka 30 FB 12 12 4 24
Doug Kotar 25 RB 14 0 3 18
Ed Marshall 29 6 0 3 18
Gordon Bell 23 14 0 2 12
Walker Gillette 29 13 0 2 12
Ray Rhodes 26 WR 13 0 1 6
Jim Robinson 23 WR 12 7 1 6
Gary Shirk 26 14 0 1 6
Jim Stienke 26 RCB 13 0 1 6
Bob Tucker 31 TE 14 0 1 6
Larry Watkins 30 13 0 1 6
Marsh White 23 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.9 14 11 9 1 20 8 170
Opp Total 14 14 11 26 20 1 250