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1980 New York Giants
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 249 points (15.6/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 425 points (26.6/g), 27th.
Differential of -176 points (-11.0/g), 27th.
Expected W-L: 3.5-12.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 14th.
Coached by Ray Perkins (4-12-0)
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1980 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 | Phil Simms | 26 | 1 | 13 | 193 for 402, 2,321 yards, 15 td, 19 int, & 36 rushes for 190 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| RB | Billy Taylor | 24 | 2 | 10 | 147 rushes for 580 yards, 4 td, & 33 catches for 253 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1978 |
| FB | Bo Matthews | 29 | 6 | 7 | 64 rushes for 180 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 86 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| FB | Leon Perry | 23 | Rook | 5 | 59 rushes for 272 yards, 1 td, & 8 catches for 84 yards and 1 td | |
| WR | Earnest Gray | 23 | 1 | 16 | 52 catches for 777 yards, 10 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Danny Pittman | 22 | Rook | 7 | 25 catches for 308 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| TE | Gary Shirk | 30 | 4 | 14 | 21 catches for 211 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Brad Benson | 25 | 2 | 14 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Roy Simmons | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 201st pick / 1979 |
| C | Jim Clack | 33 | 9 | 16 | ||
| RG | J.T. Turner | 27 | 3 | 15 | ||
| RT | Gordon King | 24 | 2 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
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| RT | Vern Holland | 32 | 9 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | George Martin | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| NT | Curtis McGriff | 22 | Rook | 11 | ||
| NT | Phil Tabor | 24 | 1 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1979 |
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| RDE | Gary Jeter | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| LOLB | Brad Van Pelt* | 29 | 7 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| LILB | Frank Marion | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RILB | Harry Carson | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| ROLB | John Skorupan | 29 | 7 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| ROLB | Mike Whittington | 22 | Rook | 6 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Mark Haynes | 22 | Rook | 11 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Terry Jackson | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Mike Dennis | 22 | Rook | 10 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Mark Haynes | 22 | Rook | 11 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| SS | Beasley Reece | 26 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| FS | Gary Woolford | 26 | Rook | 8 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 148th pick / 1977 |
| FS | Bud Hebert | 24 | Rook | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 179th pick / 1980 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Danelo | 27 | 5 | 0 | 16 of 24 field goals & 27 of 28 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| P | Dave Jennings*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 94 punts for a 44.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Alvin Garrett | 24 | Rook | 0 | 35 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 237th pick / 1979 |
| KR | Alvin Garrett | 24 | Rook | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 18.8 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 237th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ben Apuna | 23 | LB | 10 | 3 | 222 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 6/26/1957 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 7th / 171st pick / 1980 |
| Brad Benson | 25 | T-G-C | 15 | 14 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | 2 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Art Best | 27 | RB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Kent State,Notre Dame | 3/18/1953 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 156th pick / 1977 |
| Tony Blount | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Virginia | 11/5/1958 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 118th pick / 1980 |
| Scott Brunner | 23 | QB | 16 | 3 | 206 | 6-5 | Delaware | 3/24/1957 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 145th pick / 1980 |
| Phil Cancik | 23 | LB | 5 | 2 | 228 | 6-1 | Northern Arizona | 4/19/1957 | Rook | |
| Harry Carson | 27 | LB | 8 | 7 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Clack | 33 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/26/1947 | 9 | |
| Jim Culbreath | 28 | RB | 1 | 0 | 209 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 10/21/1952 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 260th pick / 1977 |
| Joe Danelo | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 166 | 5-9 | Washington State | 9/2/1953 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| Mike Dennis | 22 | DB | 13 | 10 | 190 | 5-10 | Wyoming | 6/6/1958 | Rook | |
| Terry Falcon | 25 | G-T | 13 | 2 | 260 | 6-3 | Minot State,Montana | 8/30/1955 | 2 | New England Patriots / 8th / 198th pick / 1978 |
| Eric Felton | 25 | DB | 6 | 3 | 200 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 10/8/1955 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 115th pick / 1978 |
| Mike Friede | 23 | WR | 7 | 4 | 205 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/22/1957 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1980 |
| Alvin Garrett | 24 | WR-RB | 15 | 0 | 178 | 5-7 | Angelo State (TX) | 10/1/1956 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 237th pick / 1979 |
| Earnest Gray | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-3 | Memphis | 3/2/1957 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| Don Harris | 26 | DB | 11 | 4 | 185 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 2/8/1954 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 300th pick / 1977 |
| Mark Haynes | 22 | DB | 15 | 11 | 194 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/6/1958 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| Larry Heater | 22 | RB | 14 | 4 | 205 | 5-11 | Arizona | 1/9/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 164th pick / 1980 |
| Bud Hebert | 24 | DB | 10 | 6 | 190 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 10/12/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 179th pick / 1980 |
| Steve Henry | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Emporia State | 3/5/1957 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 118th pick / 1979 |
| Eddie Hicks | 25 | RB | 3 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 7/26/1955 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 158th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Hogan | 26 | RB | 7 | 4 | 213 | 6-2 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11/1/1954 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 247th pick / 1976 |
| Vern Holland | 32 | T | 10 | 5 | 268 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 6/27/1948 | 9 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
| Terry Jackson | 25 | DB | 8 | 7 | 197 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 12/9/1955 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| Dave Jennings*+ | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 6 | |
| Gary Jeter | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 259 | 6-4 | USC | 1/24/1955 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| Dennis D. Johnson | 24 | RB-TE | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 2/26/1956 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1978 |
| Nate Johnson | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Hillsdale | 5/12/1957 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 193rd pick / 1980 |
| Brian Kelley | 29 | LB | 2 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 7 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| Gordon King | 24 | T-G | 12 | 9 | 275 | 6-6 | Stanford | 2/3/1956 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Jerome King | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Purdue | 1/4/1955 | 1 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 27 | RB | 7 | 1 | 206 | 6-0 | Stanford | 2/17/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 356th pick / 1975 |
| Myron Lapka | 24 | NT-DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | USC | 5/10/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 64th pick / 1980 |
| Chris Linnin | 23 | DE | 10 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Washington | 5/4/1957 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 181st pick / 1980 |
| Frank Marion | 29 | LB | 11 | 6 | 227 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 3/16/1951 | 3 | |
| Dale Markham | 23 | T-DE | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-8 | North Dakota | 7/24/1957 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 287th pick / 1980 |
| George Martin | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 5 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Bo Matthews | 29 | RB | 15 | 7 | 230 | 6-4 | Colorado | 11/15/1951 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1974 |
| Mike McCoy | 32 | DT-NT | 2 | 2 | 284 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/6/1948 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1970 |
| Curtis McGriff | 22 | DE-NT | 13 | 11 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/17/1958 | Rook | |
| Joe McLaughlin | 23 | LB | 8 | 3 | 235 | 6-1 | Massachusetts | 7/1/1957 | 1 | |
| Tom Mullady | 23 | TE-WR | 16 | 3 | 232 | 6-3 | Rhodes | 1/30/1957 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 170th pick / 1979 |
| Doug Nettles | 29 | DB | 2 | 0 | 179 | 6-0 | Vanderbilt | 8/13/1951 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 129th pick / 1974 |
| Don Patterson | 23 | DB | 3 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 10/31/1957 | 1 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 27 | WR | 6 | 4 | 205 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 4/21/1953 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| Ralph Perretta | 27 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/30/1953 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 206th pick / 1975 |
| Leon Perry | 23 | RB | 10 | 5 | 224 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 8/14/1957 | Rook | |
| Danny Pittman | 22 | WR | 11 | 7 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| Beasley Reece | 26 | DB | 16 | 14 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Nate Rivers | 25 | RB | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | South Carolina State | 8/31/1955 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 135th pick / 1980 |
| Kelly Saalfeld | 24 | C | 7 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 2/15/1956 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 226th pick / 1980 |
| Gary Shirk | 30 | TE | 16 | 14 | 220 | 6-1 | Morehead State | 2/23/1950 | 4 | |
| Roy Simmons | 24 | G | 16 | 16 | 264 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 11/8/1956 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 201st pick / 1979 |
| Phil Simms | 26 | QB | 13 | 13 | 216 | 6-3 | Morehead State | 11/3/1954 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| John Skorupan | 29 | LB | 12 | 10 | 222 | 6-2 | Penn State | 5/17/1951 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 136th pick / 1973 |
| George Small | 24 | NT | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 11/18/1956 | Rook | |
| Phil Tabor | 24 | DE-NT-DT | 16 | 6 | 255 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 11/30/1956 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1979 |
| Billy Taylor | 24 | RB | 11 | 10 | 215 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 7/6/1956 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1978 |
| Steve Tobin | 23 | C | 4 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 3/29/1957 | Rook | |
| J.T. Turner | 27 | G | 16 | 15 | 253 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/17/1953 | 3 | |
| Kevin Turner | 22 | LB | 3 | 1 | 223 | 6-2 | Pacific | 2/5/1958 | Rook | |
| Brad Van Pelt* | 29 | LB | 15 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 4/5/1951 | 7 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| Whip Walton | 25 | LB | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 7/16/1955 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 75th pick / 1978 |
| Jeff Weston | 24 | T-DT | 6 | 3 | 259 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 4/10/1956 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 244th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Whittington | 22 | LB | 16 | 6 | 220 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 8/9/1958 | Rook | |
| Gary Woolford | 26 | DB | 12 | 8 | 180 | 6-0 | Florida State,Western Illinois | 5/4/1954 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 148th pick / 1977 |
| Kervin Wyatt | 23 | LB | 4 | 3 | 235 | 6-1 | Maryland | 10/17/1957 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 16 | 223.1 | 6-2.0 | 2.2 |