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1978 New York Giants

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 264 points (16.5/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 298 points (18.6/g), 16th.
 Differential of -34 points (-2.1/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 13th.

Coached by John McVay (6-10-0)

1978 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 Sat September 2 box W 1-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 13 12 238 162 76 1 16 251 86 165 4
2 Sun September 10 box L 1-1 Dallas Cowboys 24 34 22 343 243 100 4 32 401 212 189 2
3 Sun September 17 box W 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 26 10 16 339 167 172 19 365 150 215 2
4 Sun September 24 box W 3-1 San Francisco 49ers 27 10 22 382 126 256 3 13 191 87 104 5
5 Sun October 1 box L 3-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 23 8 146 59 87 1 22 350 198 152 3
6 Sun October 8 box L 3-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 3 24 10 142 40 102 2 21 357 200 157 2
7 Sun October 15 box W 4-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 14 16 218 48 170 2 20 263 100 163 4
8 Sun October 22 box W 5-3 Washington Redskins 17 6 12 284 105 179 15 283 165 118 3
9 Sun October 29 box L 5-4 @ New Orleans Saints 17 28 17 333 129 204 3 22 300 139 161 1
10 Sun November 5 box L 5-5 @ St. Louis Cardinals 10 20 22 311 169 142 5 17 350 211 139 1
11 Sun November 12 box L 5-6 @ Washington Redskins 13 16 17 300 147 153 2 23 318 219 99 1
12 Sun November 19 box L 5-7 Philadelphia Eagles 17 19 14 281 181 100 3 23 314 164 150 3
13 Sun November 26 box L 5-8 @ Buffalo Bills 17 41 15 321 222 99 1 27 465 99 366 1
14 Sun December 3 box L 5-9 Los Angeles Rams 17 20 18 333 148 185 5 13 192 94 98
15 Sun December 10 box W 6-9 St. Louis Cardinals 17 0 14 255 24 231 2 17 341 198 143 5
16 Sun December 17 box L 6-10 @ Philadelphia Eagles 3 20 11 223 175 48 5 16 302 64 238 2

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 264 4449 1000 4.4 246 176 382 2145 13 27 5.1 101 580 2304 12 4.0 125 39 12 20
Team Defense 298 5042 1112 4.5 477 210 443 2386 10 21 5.1 127 640 2656 25 4.2 316 39 18 34
Lg Rank Offense 19 23 26 21 22 21 20 20 12 13 22 15 15 3
Lg Rank Defense 16 22 25 21 11 2 19 10 25 25 28 21 17 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Joe Pisarcik 26 QB 15 12 4-8-0 143 301 47.5 2096 12 4.0 23 7.6 67 7.0 3.9 14.7 139.7 52.1 28 205 5.7 3.0 8.5
Jerry Golsteyn 24 7 2 1-1-0 12 40 30.0 110 0 0.0 1 2.5 20 2.8 1.6 9.2 15.7 29.2 8 62 1.0 0.1 16.7
Randy Dean 23 6 2 1-1-0 19 39 48.7 188 1 2.6 3 7.7 48 4.8 1.6 9.9 31.3 39.3 2 16 4.2 1.1 4.9
Dave Jennings* 26 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 -1 0 0.0 0 0.0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.1 79.2 0 0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0
Larry Mallory 26 16 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 2.2 118.7 0 0 35.0 35.0 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 6-10-0 176 382 46.1 2428 13 3.4 27 7.1 67 6.4 3.5 13.8 151.8 48.9 38 283 5.1 2.5 9.0
Opp Total 16 210 443 47.4 2386 10 2.3 21 4.7 5.4 3.5 11.4 149.1 51.8 29 251 5.1 2.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 27 RB 15 11 149 625 1 46 4.2 41.7 9.9 22 225 10.2 1 31 1.5 15.0 850 2 1
Bobby Hammond 26 rb 14 10 131 554 1 39 4.2 39.6 9.4 20 173 8.7 2 26 1.4 12.4 727 3 4
Larry Csonka 32 FB 14 13 91 311 6 12 3.4 22.2 6.5 7 73 10.4 0 23 0.5 5.2 384 6 1
Billy Taylor 22 13 0 73 250 0 19 3.4 19.2 5.6 9 70 7.8 0 18 0.7 5.4 320 0 3
Dan Doornink 22 12 3 60 306 1 24 5.1 25.5 5.0 12 66 5.5 0 24 1.0 5.5 372 1 2
Willie Spencer 25 15 0 38 61 2 9 1.6 4.1 2.5 2 25 12.5 0 22 0.1 1.7 86 2 2
Joe Pisarcik 26 QB 15 12 17 68 1 11 4.0 4.5 1.1 68 1 2
Randy Dean 23 6 2 14 94 0 19 6.7 15.7 2.3 94 0 0
Ernest Pough 26 RET 12 0 3 33 0 25 11.0 2.8 0.3 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 35 0 2
Johnny Perkins 25 WR 14 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 32 514 16.1 3 67 2.3 36.7 517 3 0
Brian Kelley 27 RLB 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 1 0 1
Jerry Golsteyn 24 7 2 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.4 0.1 -3 0 1
Dave Jennings* 26 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Jim Robinson 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 620 19.4 2 52 2.0 38.8 620 2 1
Al Dixon 24 TE 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 376 20.9 3 47 1.2 25.1 376 3 1
Gary Shirk 28 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 127 12.7 2 45 0.6 7.9 127 2 0
James Thompson 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 113 16.1 0 46 0.5 8.7 113 0 0
Emery Moorehead 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 45 15.0 0 25 0.3 4.5 45 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 580 2304 12 46 4.0 144.0 36.3 176 2428 13.8 13 67 11.0 151.8 4732 25 23
Opp Total 16 640 2656 25 4.2 166.0 40.0 210 2386 11.4 10 13.1 149.1 5042 35 36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bobby Hammond 26 rb 14 10 22 157 0 24 7.1 15 290 0 29 19.3 1174
Jim Robinson 25 WR 16 16 19 106 0 31 5.6 726
Ernest Pough 26 RET 12 0 15 313 0 40 20.9 348
Billy Taylor 22 13 0 11 192 0 24 17.5 512
Gary Shirk 28 te 16 5 5 63 0 24 12.6 190
Terry Jackson 23 LCB 15 15 4 1 0 8 0.3 1
John Skorupan 27 16 0 4 52 0 17 13.0 52
Doug Kotar 27 RB 15 11 3 51 0 20 17.0 901
Emery Moorehead 24 10 0 2 52 0 29 26.0 97
Beasley Reece 24 SS 8 8 2 40 0 20 20.0 40
James Thompson 25 13 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 117
Maurice Tyler 28 8 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 2 0 2 2.0 8
Frank Marion 27 16 2 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Willie Spencer 25 15 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 100
Team Total 25.9 16 48 274 0 31 5.7 60 1081 0 40 18.0 6087
Opp Total 16 61 0 55 1197 0 21.8

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* 26 P 16 0 95 3995 68 0 42.1
Joe Danelo 25 K 16 0 12 9 8 5 6 5 3 2 29 21 72.4% 29 27 93.1%
Team Total 25.9 16 12 9 8 5 6 5 3 2 29 21 72.4% 29 27 93.1% 95 3995 68 0 42.1
Opp Total 16 26 12 46.2% 38 32 84.2% 90 3339 37.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Troy Archer 23 RDT 10 8 0 1 20 1
Bill Bryant 27 11 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Carson* 25 MLB 16 16 3 86 0 42 0 1 0 0
Larry Csonka 32 FB 14 13 1 0 0 0
Al Dixon 24 TE 15 10 1 1 0 0
Dan Doornink 22 12 3 2 0 0 0
Jerry Golsteyn 24 7 2 1 0 0 0
Jack Gregory 34 RDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
Bobby Hammond 26 rb 14 10 4 3 0 0
Terry Jackson 23 LCB 15 15 7 115 1 51 0 1 0 0
Dave Jennings* 26 P 16 0 1 2 -13 0
Gary Jeter 23 rdt 13 8 0 1 0 0
Ernie Jones 25 FS 16 16 3 100 0 52 0 5 20 0
Brian Kelley 27 RLB 16 16 1 20 0 20 1 2 0 0
Doug Kotar 27 RB 15 11 1 0 0 0
Frank Marion 27 16 2 0 1 0 0
Odis McKinney 21 ss 14 6 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
John Mendenhall 30 LDT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Jim Pietrzak 25 16 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Pisarcik 26 QB 15 12 2 1 -3 0
Ernest Pough 26 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
Ray Rhodes 28 RCB 13 10 3 74 0 41
Jim Robinson 25 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Willie Spencer 25 15 0 2 1 0 0
Billy Taylor 22 13 0 3 0 -11 0
Maurice Tyler 28 8 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Van Pelt* 27 LLB 14 14 3 32 0 20
Team Total 25.9 16 21 438 1 52 23 28 13 1
Opp Total 16 38 36 18 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 25 K 16 0 27 21 90
Larry Csonka 32 FB 14 13 6 36
Al Dixon 24 TE 15 10 3 18
Bobby Hammond 26 rb 14 10 1 2 18
Johnny Perkins 25 WR 14 12 3 18
Doug Kotar 27 RB 15 11 1 1 12
Jim Robinson 25 WR 16 16 2 12
Gary Shirk 28 te 16 5 2 12
Willie Spencer 25 15 0 2 12
Troy Archer 23 RDT 10 8 1 6
Dan Doornink 22 12 3 1 6
Terry Jackson 23 LCB 15 15 1 6
George Martin 25 LDE 16 16 1 6
Joe Pisarcik 26 QB 15 12 1 6
Maurice Tyler 28 8 0 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 12 13 1 1 2 27 21 264
Opp Total 16 25 10 32 12 1 298