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1982 New York Giants
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Record: 4-5-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 164 points (18.2/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 160 points (17.8/g), 8th.
Differential of 4 points (0.4/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 4.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Ray Perkins (4-5-0)
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1982 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 | Scott Brunner | 25 | 2 | 9 | 161 for 298, 2,017 yards, 10 td, 9 int, & 19 rushes for 27 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 6th / 145th pick / 1980 |
| RB | Butch Woolfolk | 22 | Rook | 8 | 112 rushes for 439 yards, 2 td, & 23 catches for 224 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Rob Carpenter | 27 | 5 | 5 | 67 rushes for 204 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 29 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Earnest Gray | 25 | 3 | 9 | 25 catches for 426 yards, 4 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Johnny Perkins | 29 | 5 | 7 | 26 catches for 430 yards, 2 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| TE | Tom Mullady | 25 | 3 | 9 | 27 catches for 287 yards, 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 170th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Brad Benson | 27 | 4 | 8 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Billy Ard | 23 | 1 | 9 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
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| C | Rich Umphrey | 24 | Rook | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 129th pick / 1982 |
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| RG | J.T. Turner | 29 | 5 | 8 | ||
| RT | Gordon King | 26 | 4 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Curtis McGriff | 24 | 2 | 8 | ||
| NT | Bill Neill | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 115th pick / 1981 |
| RDE | Phil Tabor | 26 | 3 | 7 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Brad Van Pelt | 31 | 9 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| LILB | Brian Kelley | 31 | 9 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| RILB | Harry Carson* | 29 | 6 | 9 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| ROLB | Lawrence Taylor*+ | 23 | 1 | 8 | 7.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Mark Haynes*+ | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Terry Jackson | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| SS | Bill Currier | 27 | 5 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| FS | Beasley Reece | 28 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Danelo | 29 | 7 | 0 | 12 of 21 field goals & 18 of 18 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| P | Dave Jennings* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 49 punts for a 42.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Leon Bright | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Butch Woolfolk | 22 | Rook | 8 | 20 kick returns for a 21.4 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Billy Ard | 23 | G | 9 | 9 | 265 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 3/12/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
| Rich Baldinger | 23 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/31/1959 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Brad Benson | 27 | T-G-C | 9 | 8 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | 4 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Leon Bright | 27 | RB | 8 | 0 | 192 | 5-9 | Florida State | 5/19/1955 | 1 | |
| Scott Brunner | 25 | QB | 9 | 9 | 206 | 6-5 | Delaware | 3/24/1957 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 145th pick / 1980 |
| Jim Burt | 23 | NT-DT | 4 | 2 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 1 | |
| Brian Carpenter | 22 | DB | 4 | 0 | 167 | 5-10 | Michigan | 11/27/1960 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1982 |
| Rob Carpenter | 27 | RB | 5 | 5 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| Harry Carson* | 29 | LB | 9 | 9 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Cliff Chatman | 23 | RB | 6 | 3 | 225 | 6-2 | Central Oklahoma,Oklahoma | 3/13/1959 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 85th pick / 1981 |
| Bill Currier | 27 | DB | 9 | 9 | 196 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 1/5/1955 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| Joe Danelo | 29 | K | 9 | 0 | 166 | 5-9 | Washington State | 9/2/1953 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 257th pick / 1975 |
| Mike Dennis | 24 | DB | 9 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Wyoming | 6/6/1958 | 2 | |
| Floyd Eddings | 24 | WR | 4 | 1 | 177 | 5-11 | California | 12/15/1958 | Rook | |
| Larry Flowers | 24 | DB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 4/19/1958 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1980 |
| Chris Foote | 26 | C-G | 7 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | USC | 12/2/1956 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 144th pick / 1980 |
| Earnest Gray | 25 | WR | 9 | 9 | 195 | 6-3 | Memphis | 3/2/1957 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| Dee Hardison | 26 | DE-DT-NT-DE | 5 | 1 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/2/1956 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| Mark Haynes*+ | 24 | DB | 9 | 9 | 194 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/6/1958 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| Larry Heater | 24 | RB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Arizona | 1/9/1958 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 164th pick / 1980 |
| Ernie Hughes | 27 | C-G | 5 | 2 | 259 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 1/24/1955 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1978 |
| Byron Hunt | 24 | LB | 9 | 1 | 238 | 6-5 | SMU | 12/17/1958 | 1 | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| Terry Jackson | 27 | DB | 8 | 8 | 197 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 12/9/1955 | 4 | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| Dave Jennings* | 30 | P | 9 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 8 | |
| Gary Jeter | 27 | DE-DT | 4 | 1 | 259 | 6-4 | USC | 1/24/1955 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1977 |
| Brian Kelley | 31 | LB | 9 | 9 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 9 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| Bruce Kimball | 23 | G | 1 | 1 | 260 | 6-2 | Massachusetts | 8/19/1959 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 192nd pick / 1979 |
| Gordon King | 26 | T-G | 9 | 9 | 275 | 6-6 | Stanford | 2/3/1956 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Frank Marion | 31 | LB | 9 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 3/16/1951 | 5 | |
| George Martin | 29 | DE | 9 | 2 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 7 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Mike Mayock | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Boston College | 8/14/1958 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 265th pick / 1981 |
| Curtis McGriff | 24 | DE-NT | 9 | 8 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/17/1958 | 2 | |
| Joe McLaughlin | 25 | LB | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Massachusetts | 7/1/1957 | 3 | |
| John Mistler | 24 | WR | 9 | 1 | 186 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 10/28/1958 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 59th pick / 1981 |
| Joe Morris | 22 | RB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 5-7 | Syracuse | 9/15/1960 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| Tom Mullady | 25 | TE-WR | 9 | 9 | 232 | 6-3 | Rhodes | 1/30/1957 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 170th pick / 1979 |
| Bill Neill | 23 | NT | 7 | 5 | 258 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 3/15/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 115th pick / 1981 |
| Johnny Perkins | 29 | WR | 8 | 7 | 205 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 4/21/1953 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| Leon Perry | 25 | RB | 2 | 1 | 224 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 8/14/1957 | 2 | |
| Danny Pittman | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| Beasley Reece | 28 | DB | 9 | 9 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Jerome Sally | 23 | NT | 4 | 1 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | Rook | |
| Pete Shaw | 28 | DB | 9 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 8/25/1954 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| Gary Shirk | 32 | TE | 9 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Morehead State | 2/23/1950 | 6 | |
| Phil Tabor | 26 | DE-NT-DT | 9 | 7 | 255 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 11/30/1956 | 3 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1979 |
| John Tautolo | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 267 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/29/1959 | Rook | |
| Lawrence Taylor*+ | 23 | LB | 9 | 8 | 237 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 2/4/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| J.T. Turner | 29 | G | 9 | 8 | 253 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/17/1953 | 5 | |
| Rich Umphrey | 24 | C-G | 9 | 7 | 263 | 6-3 | Colorado,Utah | 12/13/1958 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 129th pick / 1982 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 31 | LB | 9 | 9 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 4/5/1951 | 9 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| Jeff Weston | 26 | T-DT | 1 | 1 | 259 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 4/10/1956 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 244th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Whittington | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 8/9/1958 | 2 | |
| Butch Woolfolk | 22 | RB | 9 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Michigan | 3/1/1960 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 9 | 226.9 | 6-1.8 | 2.9 |