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1977 New York Giants
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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 181 points (12.9/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 265 points (18.9/g), 21st.
Differential of -84 points (-6.0/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 4.0-10.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 13th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.2, Offense: -4.0, Defense: -2.2, SoS: -0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John McVay (5-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Bob Gibson
Defensive Coordinator: Marty Schottenheimer
Training Camp: Pace University (Pleasantville, New York)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Joe Pisarcik | 25 | Rook | 11 | 103 for 241, 1,346 yards, 4 td, 14 int, & 27 rushes for 57 yards and 2 td | |
| RB | Doug Kotar | 26 | 3 | 0 | 132 rushes for 480 yards, 2 td, & 15 catches for 73 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Bobby Hammond | 25 | 1 | 0 | 154 rushes for 577 yards, 3 td, & 19 catches for 136 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Larry Csonka | 31 | 9 | 14 | 134 rushes for 464 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 20 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Emery Moorehead | 23 | Rook | 7 | 12 catches for 143 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Jim Robinson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 22 catches for 422 yards, 3 td | Atlanta Falcons / 15th / 367th pick / 1975 |
| TE | Gary Shirk | 27 | 1 | 0 | 16 catches for 280 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Gordon Gravelle | 28 | 5 | 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 | |
| LG | Doug Van Horn | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1966 |
| C | Karl Chandler | 25 | 3 | 10 | ||
| RG | John Hicks | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1974 |
| RT | Ron Mikolajczyk | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 127th pick / 1973 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | George Martin | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| LDE | Gary Jeter | 22 | Rook | 6 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 | |
| LDT | John Mendenhall | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Troy Archer | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1976 |
| RDE | Jack Gregory | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Brad Van Pelt* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Harry Carson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| RLB | Brian Kelley | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Bill Bryant | 26 | 1 | 4 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 153rd pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Ray Rhodes | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| SS | Clyde Powers | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1974 |
| FS | Jim Stienke | 27 | 4 | 14 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1973 | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Danelo | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 of 23 field goals & 19 of 20 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| P | Dave Jennings | 25 | 3 | 0 | 100 punts for a 39.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Bobby Hammond | 25 | 1 | 0 | 32 punt returns for a 10.4 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Bobby Hammond | 25 | 1 | 0 | 19 kick returns for a 22.1 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Troy Archer | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/16/1955 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1976 |
| 25 | Gordon Bell | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Michigan | 12/25/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 104th pick / 1976 |
| 83 | Boyd Brown | 25 | TE | 6 | 0 | 222 | 6-4 | Alcorn St. | 5/24/1952 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 17th / 432nd pick / 1974 |
| 21 | Bill Bryant | 26 | DB | 14 | 4 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling St. | 2/24/1951 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 153rd pick / 1974 |
| 53 | Harry Carson | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina St. | 11/26/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| 61 | Karl Chandler | 25 | C-G | 14 | 10 | 250 | 6-5 | Princeton | 2/15/1952 | 3 | |
| 39 | Larry Csonka | 31 | RB | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| 18 | Joe Danelo | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 166 | 5-9 | Washington St. | 9/2/1953 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| 15 | Randy Dean | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 6/10/1955 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 117th pick / 1977 |
| 84 | Al Dixon | 23 | TE | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-5 | Iowa St. | 4/5/1954 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| 66 | Rick Dvorak | 25 | DT-DE | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Wichita St. | 4/21/1952 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1974 |
| 65 | Bill Ellenbogen | 27 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | Buffalo,Virginia Tech | 12/8/1950 | 1 | |
| 79 | Mike Gibbons | 26 | T | 5 | 4 | 262 | 6-4 | SW Oklahoma St. | 1/23/1951 | 1 | |
| 12 | Jerry Golsteyn | 23 | QB | 6 | 3 | 207 | 6-4 | Northern Illinois | 8/6/1954 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 333rd pick / 1976 |
| 71 | Gordon Gravelle | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | BYU | 6/12/1949 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | 33 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Tenn-Chattanooga,Delta St. | 10/3/1944 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| 33 | Bobby Hammond | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 171 | 5-10 | Morgan St. | 2/20/1952 | 1 | |
| 30 | Harold Hart | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 7/13/1952 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 279th pick / 1974 |
| 74 | John Hicks | 26 | G | 10 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 3/21/1951 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1974 |
| 52 | Ralph Hill | 28 | C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 11/10/1949 | 1 | |
| 13 | Dave Jennings | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 3 | |
| 70 | Gary Jeter | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 6 | 259 | 6-4 | USC | 1/24/1955 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| 31 | Ernie Jones | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 1/3/1953 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 153rd pick / 1976 |
| 55 | Brian Kelley | 26 | LB | 13 | 12 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 4 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| 44 | Doug Kotar | 26 | RB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 6/11/1951 | 3 | |
| 54 | Dan Lloyd | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington | 11/9/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 162nd pick / 1976 |
| 34 | Larry Mallory | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Tennessee St. | 7/21/1952 | 1 | |
| 51 | Frank Marion | 26 | LB | 3 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 3/16/1951 | Rook | |
| 89 | Ed Marshall | 30 | WR | 14 | 2 | 199 | 6-4 | Cameron | 9/23/1947 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 275th pick / 1971 |
| 75 | George Martin | 24 | DE | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 2 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| 64 | John Mendenhall | 29 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 12/3/1948 | 5 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
| 62 | Ron Mikolajczyk | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Marshall,Tampa | 6/2/1950 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 127th pick / 1973 |
| 80 | Emery Moorehead | 23 | TE-WR | 13 | 7 | 218 | 6-2 | Colorado | 3/22/1954 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1977 |
| 73 | Tom Mullen | 26 | G-T | 8 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | SW Missouri St. | 11/11/1951 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 28th pick / 1974 |
| 86 | Johnny Perkins | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 4/21/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| 76 | Jim Pietrzak | 24 | C-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | East. Michigan | 2/21/1953 | 3 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1974 |
| 9 | Joe Pisarcik | 25 | QB | 13 | 11 | 220 | 6-4 | New Mexico St. | 7/2/1952 | Rook | |
| 29 | Clyde Powers | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 8/19/1951 | 3 | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1974 |
| 28 | Beasley Reece | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| 22 | Ray Rhodes | 27 | DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 10/20/1950 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| 85 | Jim Robinson | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 1/3/1953 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 15th / 367th pick / 1975 |
| 57 | Andy Selfridge | 28 | LB | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | Virginia | 1/12/1949 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 321st pick / 1972 |
| 87 | Gary Shirk | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Morehead St. | 2/23/1950 | 1 | |
| 27 | Willie Spencer | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | none | 1/28/1953 | 1 | |
| 20 | Jim Stienke | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas St. | 11/7/1950 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 47th pick / 1973 |
| 38 | Bob Tucker | 32 | TE | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Bloomsburg | 6/8/1945 | 7 | |
| 68 | J.T. Turner | 24 | G | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/17/1953 | Rook | |
| 63 | Doug Van Horn | 33 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 6/24/1944 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1966 |
| 10 | Brad Van Pelt* | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 4/5/1951 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| 36 | Larry Watkins | 31 | RB | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 10/5/1946 | 8 | |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 222.8 | 6-2.2 | 2.6 |