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1981 New York Giants

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Ray Perkins (9-7-0)

1981 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 6 box L 0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 10 24 14 230 175 55 1 21 325 147 178 2
2 Sun September 13 box W 1-1 @ Washington Redskins 17 7 10 157 86 71 2 19 349 284 65 4
3 Sun September 20 box W 2-1 New Orleans Saints 20 7 26 421 315 106 2 18 299 190 109 3
4 Sun September 27 box L 2-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 18 16 343 258 85 3 16 317 193 124
5 Sun October 4 box L 2-3 Green Bay Packers 14 27 17 262 221 41 2 27 363 215 148 1
6 Sun October 11 box W 3-3 St. Louis Cardinals 34 14 27 377 179 198 1 19 285 184 101 4
7 Sun October 18 box W 4-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 32 0 20 301 88 213 1 10 127 98 29 4
8 Sun October 25 box W 5-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 27 24 12 289 213 76 23 430 289 141 2
9 Sun November 1 box L 5-4 New York Jets 7 26 10 166 111 55 3 13 299 185 114 1
10 Sun November 8 box L 5-5 @ Green Bay Packers 24 26 17 321 233 88 7 13 267 185 82 2
11 Sun November 15 box L 5-6 Washington Redskins 27 30 17 248 152 96 2 29 418 234 184 1
12 Sun November 22 box W 6-6 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 10 14 292 172 120 3 20 293 154 139 1
13 Sun November 29 box L 6-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 17 12 223 143 80 5 19 337 214 123
14 Sun December 6 box W 7-7 Los Angeles Rams 10 7 10 147 60 87 16 240 68 172 3
15 Sun December 13 box W 8-7 @ St. Louis Cardinals 20 10 16 252 77 175 2 12 222 130 92 3
16 Sat December 19 box W 9-7 Dallas Cowboys 13 10 15 297 158 139 2 16 254 164 90 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 27 box W 10-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 21
Division Sun January 3 box L 10-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 24 38

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 295 4326 1034 4.2 253 251 506 2641 16 20 4.8 140 481 1685 11 3.5 92 36 16 21
Team Defense 257 4825 1141 4.2 476 294 544 2934 14 17 5.0 156 553 1891 10 3.4 291 34 17 29
Lg Rank Offense 22 28 27 12 24 23 9 27 20 25 21 26 7 7
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 10 23 7 4 21 2 24 10 2 1 21 14

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%
Phil Simms 27 QB 10 10 5-5-0 172 316 54.4 2031 11 3.5 9 2.8 80 6.4 5.5 11.8 203.1 74.0 38 301 4.9 4.1 10.7
Scott Brunner 24 qb 16 6 4-2-0 79 190 41.6 978 5 2.6 11 5.8 43 5.1 2.8 12.4 61.1 42.8 9 67 4.6 2.3 4.5
Team Total 25.8 16 9-7-0 251 506 49.6 3009 16 3.2 20 4.0 80 5.9 4.5 12.0 188.1 62.3 47 368 4.8 3.4 8.5
Opp Total 16 294 544 54.0 2934 14 2.6 17 3.1 5.4 4.2 10.0 183.4 65.2 44 384 5.0 3.3

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
Rob Carpenter 26 FB 10 8 190 748 5 35 3.9 74.8 19.0 24 201 8.4 0 37 2.4 20.1 949 5 2
Leon Perry 24 RB 16 8 72 257 0 23 3.6 16.1 4.5 13 140 10.8 1 24 0.8 8.8 397 1 4
Leon Bright 26 RET 15 1 51 197 2 25 3.9 13.1 3.4 28 291 10.4 0 36 1.9 19.4 488 2 3
Doug Kotar 30 7 4 46 154 1 18 3.3 22.0 6.6 9 32 3.6 0 11 1.3 4.6 186 1 0
Billy Taylor 25 5 3 36 110 2 14 3.1 22.0 7.2 8 71 8.9 0 39 1.6 14.2 181 2 2
Louis Jackson 23 11 3 27 68 1 9 2.5 6.2 2.5 3 25 8.3 0 19 0.3 2.3 93 1 1
Ike Forte 27 5 3 19 74 0 15 3.9 14.8 3.8 3 11 3.7 0 6 0.6 2.2 85 0 1
Phil Simms 27 QB 10 10 19 42 0 24 2.2 4.2 1.9 42 0 7
Scott Brunner 24 qb 16 6 14 20 0 23 1.4 1.3 0.9 20 0 6
Bo Matthews 30 5 1 4 14 0 6 3.5 2.8 0.8 2 13 6.5 0 11 0.4 2.6 27 0 0
Johnny Perkins 28 WR 16 14 2 -1 0 10 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 51 858 16.8 6 80 3.2 53.6 857 6 2
Alvin Garrett 25 9 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 1
Gary Shirk 31 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 445 10.6 3 46 2.6 27.8 445 3 1
Earnest Gray 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 360 16.4 2 45 1.4 22.5 360 2 1
Mike Friede 24 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 250 13.9 1 43 1.1 15.6 250 1 0
Tom Mullady 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 136 9.7 1 21 0.9 8.5 136 1 1
John Mistler 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 119 14.9 1 31 0.5 7.4 119 1 0
Dave Young 22 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 49 9.8 1 15 0.5 4.5 49 1 0
Danny Pittman 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.0 8 0 2
Team Total 25.8 16 481 1685 11 35 3.5 105.3 30.1 251 3009 12.0 16 80 15.7 188.1 4694 27 38
Opp Total 16 553 1891 10 3.4 118.2 34.6 294 2934 10.0 14 18.4 183.4 4825 24 38

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
Leon Bright 26 RET 15 1 52 410 0 55 7.9 25 481 0 41 19.2 1379
Alvin Garrett 25 9 0 8 57 0 18 7.1 16 361 0 35 22.6 420
Danny Pittman 23 8 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 10 194 0 34 19.4 215
Mike Dennis 23 16 0 3 51 0 17 17.0 51
Terry Jackson 26 RCB 16 16 2 22 0 21 11.0 22
Joe McLaughlin 24 16 0 2 9 0 5 4.5 9
Beasley Reece 27 FS 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 24 0 24 24.0 24
Team Total 25.8 16 64 502 0 55 7.8 57 1120 0 41 19.6 6316
Opp Total 16 61 1 50 959 0 19.2

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 29 P 16 0 97 4198 62 0 43.3
Joe Danelo 28 K 16 0 1 1 9 7 9 7 11 6 8 3 38 24 63.2% 31 31 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 16 1 1 9 7 9 7 11 6 8 3 38 24 63.2% 31 31 100.0% 97 4198 62 0 43.3
Opp Total 16 33 22 66.7% 27 27 100.0% 105 4158 39.6

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
Billy Ard 22 lg 13 6 0 1 0 0
Leon Bright 26 RET 15 1 3 4 0 0
Scott Brunner 24 qb 16 6 6 2 -3 0
Rob Carpenter 26 FB 10 8 2 0 0 0
Harry Carson* 28 RILB 16 16 0 1 2 0
Bill Currier 26 SS 16 14 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Larry Flowers 23 16 2 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Ike Forte 27 5 3 1 0 0 0
Alvin Garrett 25 9 0 1 0 0 0
Earnest Gray 24 16 3 1 0 0 0
Mark Haynes 23 LCB 16 16 1 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Ernie Hughes 26 C 10 10 2 2 0 0
Byron Hunt 23 16 3 1 7 0 7
Louis Jackson 23 11 3 1 0 0 0
Terry Jackson 26 RCB 16 16 3 57 1 32 0 1 0 0
Brian Kelley 30 LILB 16 16 2 43 0 27 0 2 0 0
Gordon King 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Frank Marion 30 16 0 0 1 3 0
George Martin 28 lde 16 6 0 3 28 2
Tom Mullady 24 16 3 1 0 0 0
Bill Neill 22 NT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Johnny Perkins 28 WR 16 14 2 0 0 0
Leon Perry 24 RB 16 8 4 2 2 0
Danny Pittman 23 8 0 2 1 0 0
Beasley Reece 27 FS 16 16 4 84 0 32 1 5 7 1
Gary Shirk 31 TE 16 14 1 0 0 0
Roy Simmons 25 LG 16 10 0 2 0 0
Phil Simms 27 QB 10 10 7 2 -15 0
Tim Stokes 31 3 1 0 1 0 0
Billy Taylor 25 5 3 2 0 0 0
Lawrence Taylor*+ 22 ROLB 16 16 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 0
Brad Van Pelt 30 LOLB 14 13 1 10 0 10 0 2 0 0
Team Total 25.8 16 17 222 1 32 38 38 28 3
Opp Total 16 47 38 21 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 28 K 16 0 31 24 103
Johnny Perkins 28 WR 16 14 6 36
Rob Carpenter 26 FB 10 8 5 30
Gary Shirk 31 TE 16 14 3 18
Leon Bright 26 RET 15 1 2 12
Earnest Gray 24 16 3 2 12
George Martin 28 lde 16 6 2 12
Billy Taylor 25 5 3 2 12
Mike Dennis 23 16 0 1 6
Mike Friede 24 WR 16 15 1 6
Louis Jackson 23 11 3 1 6
Terry Jackson 26 RCB 16 16 1 6
Doug Kotar 30 7 4 1 6
John Mistler 23 16 0 1 6
Tom Mullady 24 16 3 1 6
Leon Perry 24 RB 16 8 1 6
Beasley Reece 27 FS 16 16 1 6
Dave Young 22 11 0 1 6
Team Total 25.8 16 11 16 3 1 1 31 24 295
Opp Total 16 10 14 1 27 22 1 257