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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)
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1978 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 | Joe Pisarcik | 26 | 1 | 12 | 143 for 301, 2,096 yards, 12 td, 23 int, & 17 rushes for 68 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Doug Kotar | 27 | 4 | 11 | 149 rushes for 625 yards, 1 td, & 22 catches for 225 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Bobby Hammond | 26 | 2 | 10 | 131 rushes for 554 yards, 1 td, & 20 catches for 173 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Larry Csonka | 32 | 10 | 13 | 91 rushes for 311 yards, 6 td, & 7 catches for 73 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Johnny Perkins | 25 | 1 | 12 | 32 catches for 514 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Jim Robinson | 25 | 2 | 16 | 32 catches for 620 yards, 2 td | Atlanta Falcons / 15th / 367th pick / 1975 |
| TE | Al Dixon | 24 | 1 | 10 | 18 catches for 376 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Gary Shirk | 28 | 2 | 5 | 10 catches for 127 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Gordon Gravelle | 29 | 6 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
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| LG | Doug Van Horn | 34 | 12 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
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| C | Jim Clack | 31 | 7 | 16 | ||
| RG | J.T. Turner | 25 | 1 | 16 | ||
| RT | Ron Mikolajczyk | 28 | 2 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 127th pick / 1973 |
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| RT | Brad Benson | 23 | Rook | 5 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | George Martin | 25 | 3 | 16 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
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| LDT | John Mendenhall | 30 | 6 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Troy Archer | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1976 |
| RDT | Gary Jeter | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Jack Gregory | 34 | 11 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Brad Van Pelt* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Harry Carson* | 25 | 2 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| RLB | Brian Kelley | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| LCB | Terry Jackson | 23 | Rook | 15 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Ray Rhodes | 28 | 4 | 10 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| SS | Beasley Reece | 24 | 2 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
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| SS | Odis McKinney | 21 | Rook | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1978 |
| FS | Ernie Jones | 25 | 2 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 153rd pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Danelo | 25 | 3 | 0 | 21 of 29 field goals & 27 of 29 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| P | Dave Jennings* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 95 punts for a 42.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Bobby Hammond | 26 | 2 | 10 | 22 punt returns for a 7.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ernest Pough | 26 | 2 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 20.9 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 88th pick / 1976 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Troy Archer | 23 | DT-DE | 10 | 8 | 250 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/16/1955 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 13th pick / 1976 |
| Brad Benson | 23 | T-G-C | 16 | 5 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | Rook | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Bill Bryant | 27 | DB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 2/24/1951 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 153rd pick / 1974 |
| Harry Carson* | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Clack | 31 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/26/1947 | 7 | |
| Randy Coffield | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Florida State | 12/12/1953 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 266th pick / 1976 |
| Larry Csonka | 32 | RB | 14 | 13 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| Joe Danelo | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 166 | 5-9 | Washington State | 9/2/1953 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| Randy Dean | 23 | QB | 6 | 2 | 195 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 6/10/1955 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 117th pick / 1977 |
| Al Dixon | 24 | TE | 15 | 10 | 230 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 4/5/1954 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| Dan Doornink | 22 | RB | 12 | 3 | 210 | 6-3 | Washington State | 2/1/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 174th pick / 1978 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 24 | QB | 7 | 2 | 207 | 6-4 | Northern Illinois | 8/6/1954 | 1 | New York Giants / 12th / 333rd pick / 1976 |
| Gordon Gravelle | 29 | T | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | BYU | 6/12/1949 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
| Jack Gregory | 34 | DE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | Delta State,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10/3/1944 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 139th pick / 1966 |
| Bobby Hammond | 26 | RB | 14 | 10 | 171 | 5-10 | Morgan State | 2/20/1952 | 2 | |
| Terry Jackson | 23 | DB | 15 | 15 | 197 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 12/9/1955 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| Dave Jennings* | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 4 | |
| Gary Jeter | 23 | DE-DT | 13 | 8 | 259 | 6-4 | USC | 1/24/1955 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| Ernie Jones | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 180 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 1/3/1953 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 153rd pick / 1976 |
| Brian Kelley | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 5 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| Gordon King | 22 | T-G | 11 | 3 | 275 | 6-6 | Stanford | 2/3/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Doug Kotar | 27 | RB | 15 | 11 | 205 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 6/11/1951 | 4 | |
| Jim Krahl | 25 | DT | 16 | 3 | 252 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 11/19/1953 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 132nd pick / 1978 |
| Dan Lloyd | 25 | LB | 16 | 2 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington | 11/9/1953 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 162nd pick / 1976 |
| Larry Mallory | 26 | DB | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 7/21/1952 | 2 | |
| Frank Marion | 27 | LB | 16 | 2 | 227 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 3/16/1951 | 1 | |
| George Martin | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 3 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Alvin Maxson | 27 | RB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | SMU | 11/12/1951 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1974 |
| Odis McKinney | 21 | DB | 14 | 6 | 187 | 6-2 | Colorado | 5/19/1957 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1978 |
| John Mendenhall | 30 | DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/3/1948 | 6 | New York Giants / 3rd / 55th pick / 1972 |
| Ron Mikolajczyk | 28 | T-G | 8 | 8 | 275 | 6-3 | Marshall,Tampa | 6/2/1950 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 127th pick / 1973 |
| Emery Moorehead | 24 | TE-WR | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Colorado | 3/22/1954 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1977 |
| Johnny Perkins | 25 | WR | 14 | 12 | 205 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 4/21/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 25 | C-DT-T | 16 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Eastern Michigan | 2/21/1953 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 132nd pick / 1974 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 26 | QB | 15 | 12 | 220 | 6-4 | New Mexico State | 7/2/1952 | 1 | |
| Ernest Pough | 26 | WR | 12 | 0 | 174 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 5/17/1952 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 88th pick / 1976 |
| Beasley Reece | 24 | DB | 8 | 8 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Ray Rhodes | 28 | DB-WR | 13 | 10 | 185 | 5-11 | TCU,Tulsa | 10/20/1950 | 4 | New York Giants / 10th / 236th pick / 1974 |
| Jim Robinson | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 170 | 5-9 | Georgia Tech | 1/3/1953 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 15th / 367th pick / 1975 |
| Gary Shirk | 28 | TE | 16 | 5 | 220 | 6-1 | Morehead State | 2/23/1950 | 2 | |
| John Skorupan | 27 | LB | 16 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Penn State | 5/17/1951 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| Willie Spencer | 25 | RB | 15 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | none | 1/28/1953 | 2 | |
| Billy Taylor | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 7/6/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1978 |
| James Thompson | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Memphis | 1/9/1953 | Rook | |
| Leo Tierney | 24 | C | 5 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 1/28/1954 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 325th pick / 1977 |
| J.T. Turner | 25 | G | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/17/1953 | 1 | |
| Maurice Tyler | 28 | DB | 8 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 7/19/1950 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 235th pick / 1972 |
| Doug Van Horn | 34 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 6/24/1944 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Brad Van Pelt* | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 4/5/1951 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 220.3 | 6-2.1 | 2.8 |