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1979 New York Giants

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

Scored 237 points (14.8/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 323 points (20.2/g), 14th.
 Differential of -86 points (-5.4/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 15th.

Coached by Ray Perkins (6-10-0)

1979 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 2 box L 0-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 23 18 285 222 63 2 16 315 161 154 2
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 St. Louis Cardinals 14 27 10 128 88 40 3 23 348 159 189 4
3 Mon September 17 box L 0-3 @ Washington Redskins 0 27 13 206 93 113 2 22 282 141 141 2
4 Sun September 23 box L 0-4 Philadelphia Eagles 13 17 14 229 83 146 2 19 326 139 187 3
5 Sun September 30 box L 0-5 @ New Orleans Saints 14 24 13 285 163 122 3 21 362 195 167 3
6 Sun October 7 box W 1-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 14 15 220 18 202 1 15 273 182 91 3
7 Sun October 14 box W 2-5 San Francisco 49ers 32 16 21 377 280 97 2 21 353 237 116 3
8 Sun October 21 box W 3-5 @ Kansas City Chiefs 21 17 13 226 126 100 1 28 463 294 169 4
9 Sun October 28 box W 4-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 20 14 10 234 124 110 1 20 366 271 95 4
10 Sun November 4 box L 4-6 Dallas Cowboys 14 16 12 249 133 116 1 19 344 238 106 1
11 Sun November 11 box W 5-6 Atlanta Falcons 24 3 15 219 144 75 4 16 249 129 120 4
12 Sun November 18 box L 5-7 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 31 14 200 105 95 4 20 363 176 187
13 Sun November 25 box W 6-7 Washington Redskins 14 6 16 267 74 193 1 12 225 104 121 1
14 Sun December 2 box L 6-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 7 28 14 197 98 99 3 21 316 150 166
15 Sun December 9 box L 6-9 @ St. Louis Cardinals 20 29 15 257 171 86 5 26 406 174 232 2
16 Sun December 16 box L 6-10 Baltimore Colts 7 31 10 195 32 163 5 23 387 176 211 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 237 3774 958 3.9 223 190 401 1954 15 22 4.2 111 498 1820 12 3.7 82 40 18 30
Team Defense 323 5378 1113 4.8 514 253 463 2926 22 21 5.9 159 618 2452 14 4.0 322 38 17 33
Lg Rank Offense 27 28 28 23 27 23 12 28 21 22 24 23 17 16
Lg Rank Defense 14 19 22 13 17 20 15 18 26 22 8 13 14 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Phil Simms 25 QB 12 11 134 265 50.6 1743 13 4.9 14 5.3 61 6.6 4.7 13.0 145.3 66.0 39 319 4.7 3.0 12.8
Joe Pisarcik 27 4 4 43 108 39.8 537 2 1.9 6 5.6 48 5.0 2.7 12.5 134.3 39.0 17 123 3.3 1.3 13.6
Randy Dean 24 16 0 11 26 42.3 91 0 0.0 2 7.7 20 3.5 0.0 8.3 5.7 19.9 3 23 2.3 -0.8 10.3
Dave Jennings*+ 27 P 16 0 2 2 100.0 48 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 24.0 24.0 24.0 3.0 118.7 0 0 24.0 24.0 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 190 401 47.4 2419 15 3.7 22 5.5 61 6.0 3.9 12.7 151.2 56.3 59 465 4.2 2.4 12.8
Opp Total 16 253 463 54.6 2926 22 4.8 21 4.5 6.3 4.8 11.6 182.9 70.9 32 228 5.9 4.0

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
Billy Taylor 23 FB 16 0 198 700 7 31 3.5 43.8 12.4 28 253 9.0 4 43 1.8 15.8 953 11 4
Doug Kotar 28 RB 16 0 160 616 3 32 3.9 38.5 10.0 25 230 9.2 0 37 1.6 14.4 846 3 3
Ken Johnson 23 9 0 62 168 0 12 2.7 18.7 6.9 16 108 6.8 1 15 1.8 12.0 276 1 3
Emery Moorehead 25 13 4 36 95 0 11 2.6 7.3 2.8 9 62 6.9 0 19 0.7 4.8 157 0 0
Phil Simms 25 QB 12 11 29 166 1 27 5.7 13.8 2.4 166 1 9
Randy Dean 24 16 0 8 56 1 19 7.0 3.5 0.5 56 1 0
Earnest Gray 22 WR 16 10 2 2 0 9 1.0 0.1 0.1 28 537 19.2 4 53 1.8 33.6 539 4 1
Dave Jennings*+ 27 P 16 0 2 11 0 9 5.5 0.7 0.1 11 0 0
Joe Pisarcik 27 4 4 1 6 0 6 6.0 1.5 0.3 6 0 1
Gary Shirk 29 TE 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 471 15.2 2 61 1.9 29.4 471 2 2
Johnny Perkins 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 337 16.9 4 38 1.5 25.9 337 4 1
Dwight Scales 26 15 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 222 15.9 0 55 0.9 14.8 222 0 0
Jim Robinson 26 WR 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 146 11.2 0 31 1.2 13.3 146 0 2
Al Dixon 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 11 0.4 3.6 18 0 0
Joe Danelo 26 K 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Cleveland Jackson 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.5 3.5 7 0 0
Loaird McCreary 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Brad Van Pelt* 28 LOLB 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 1.3 20 0 0
Team Total 25.9 16 498 1820 12 32 3.7 113.8 31.1 190 2419 12.7 15 61 11.9 151.2 4239 27 34
Opp Total 16 618 2452 14 4.0 153.3 38.6 253 2926 11.6 22 15.8 182.9 5378 36 36

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
Steve Odom 27 RET 6 0 9 26 0 10 2.9 15 327 0 75 21.8 353
Bobby Hammond 27 4 0 6 21 0 8 3.5 11 230 0 39 20.9 251
Tony Green 23 4 0 3 17 0 8 5.7 12 214 0 31 17.8 231
Jim Robinson 26 WR 11 7 6 29 0 13 4.8 7 140 0 30 20.0 315
Beasley Reece 25 SS 16 16 1 8 0 8 8.0 6 81 0 21 13.5 89
Billy Taylor 23 FB 16 0 6 131 0 31 21.8 1084
Eddie Hicks 24 14 0 3 51 0 21 17.0 51
Doug Kotar 28 RB 16 0 2 39 0 23 19.5 885
Dwight Scales 26 15 4 2 3 0 3 1.5 225
Randy Coffield 26 9 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Earnest Gray 22 WR 16 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 539
Terry Jackson 24 LCB 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Dan Lloyd 26 LILB 13 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Frank Marion 28 16 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Emery Moorehead 25 13 4 1 16 0 16 16.0 173
Team Total 25.9 16 28 109 0 13 3.9 67 1255 0 75 18.7 5603
Opp Total 16 60 0 44 900 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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*+ 27 P 16 0 104 4445 72 0 42.7
Joe Danelo 26 K 16 0 3 3 3 2 11 4 3 20 9 45.0% 29 28 96.6%
Team Total 25.9 16 3 3 3 2 11 4 3 20 9 45.0% 29 28 96.6% 104 4445 72 0 42.7
Opp Total 16 35 18 51.4% 39 35 89.7% 80 2936 36.7

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
Brad Benson 24 LT 10 10 0 1 0 0
Alan Caldwell 23 16 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Harry Carson* 26 RILB 16 0 3 28 0 14 0 3 22 1
Jim Clack 32 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Keith Eck 24 13 0 0 1 0 0
Earnest Gray 22 WR 16 10 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hammond 27 4 0 2 1 0 0
Terry Jackson 24 LCB 16 16 3 10 0 10 0 1 -2 0
Gary Jeter 24 RDE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ken Johnson 23 9 0 3 0 0 0
Ernie Jones 26 5 0 2 42 1 31
Brian Kelley 28 ROLB 16 16 3 41 0 16 0 2 4 0
Gordon King 23 7 0 0 1 0 0
Doug Kotar 28 RB 16 0 3 0 0 0
Dan Lloyd 26 LILB 13 8 2 10 0 7
Frank Marion 28 16 0 0 1 0 0
George Martin 26 LDE 16 0 0 3 0 0
Mike McCoy 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
Odis McKinney 22 15 0 1 25 0 25 1 1 0 0
Tom Neville 36 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Odom 27 RET 6 0 4 0 0 0
Ray Oldham 28 FS 15 11 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
Johnny Perkins 26 13 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Pisarcik 27 4 4 1 0 0 0
Beasley Reece 25 SS 16 16 1 3 0 3 0 3 11 0
Ray Rhodes 29 RCB 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Jim Robinson 26 WR 11 7 2 0 0 0
Gary Shirk 29 TE 16 0 2 1 0 0
Phil Simms 25 QB 12 11 9 0 -2 0
Phil Tabor 23 15 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Taylor 23 FB 16 0 4 0 0 0
Brad Van Pelt* 28 LOLB 16 0 0 1 42 0
Team Total 25.9 16 21 165 1 31 34 29 82 1 1
Opp Total 16 59 36 19

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Billy Taylor 23 FB 16 0 7 4 66
Joe Danelo 26 K 16 0 28 9 55
Earnest Gray 22 WR 16 10 4 24
Johnny Perkins 26 13 0 4 24
Doug Kotar 28 RB 16 0 3 18
Gary Shirk 29 TE 16 0 2 12
Harry Carson* 26 RILB 16 0 1 6
Randy Dean 24 16 0 1 6
Terry Jackson 24 LCB 16 16 1 6
Ken Johnson 23 9 0 1 6
Ernie Jones 26 5 0 1 6
Phil Simms 25 QB 12 11 1 6
John Skorupan 28 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.9 16 12 15 1 1 1 28 9 1 237
Opp Total 16 14 22 35 18 323