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1983 New York Giants
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Record: 3-12-1, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 267 points (16.7/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 347 points (21.7/g), 16th.
Differential of -80 points (-5.0/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -22 (-1.4/g), 27th.
Coached by Bill Parcells (3-12-1)
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1983 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 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 190 for 386, 2,516 yards, 9 td, 22 int, & 26 rushes for 64 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 145th pick / 1980 |
| QB | Jeff Rutledge | 26 | 4 | 4 | 87 for 174, 1,208 yards, 3 td, 8 int, & 7 rushes for 27 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 246th pick / 1979 |
| RB | Butch Woolfolk | 23 | 1 | 16 | 246 rushes for 857 yards, 4 td, & 28 catches for 368 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Rob Carpenter | 28 | 6 | 10 | 170 rushes for 624 yards, 4 td, & 26 catches for 258 yards and 2 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| FB | John Tuggle | 22 | Rook | 5 | 17 rushes for 49 yards, 1 td, & 3 catches for 50 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 12th / 335th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Earnest Gray | 26 | 4 | 16 | 78 catches for 1,139 yards, 5 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| WR | John Mistler | 25 | 2 | 9 | 45 catches for 422 yards, 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 59th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Floyd Eddings | 25 | 1 | 6 | 14 catches for 231 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Zeke Mowatt | 22 | Rook | 14 | 21 catches for 280 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Brad Benson | 28 | 5 | 16 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Billy Ard | 24 | 2 | 16 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
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| C | Rich Umphrey | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 129th pick / 1982 |
| C | Ernie Hughes | 28 | 5 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1978 |
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| RG | J.T. Turner | 30 | 6 | 16 | ||
| RT | Gordon King | 27 | 5 | 14 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Curtis McGriff | 25 | 3 | 8 | ||
| NT | Jerome Sally | 24 | 1 | 10 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| NT | Jim Burt | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Dee Hardison | 27 | 5 | 13 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| RDE | Leonard Marshall | 22 | Rook | 6 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| LOLB | Brad Van Pelt | 32 | 10 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| LILB | Brian Kelley | 32 | 10 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| RILB | Harry Carson* | 30 | 7 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| RILB | Lawrence Taylor*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 9.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| ROLB | Lawrence Taylor*+ | 24 | 2 | 16 | 9.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| ROLB | Byron Hunt | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Mark Haynes* | 25 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Terry Jackson | 28 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Mike Dennis | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Bill Currier | 28 | 6 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| FS | Terry Kinard | 24 | Rook | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| FS | Beasley Reece | 29 | 7 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ali Haji-Sheikh*+ | 22 | Rook | 0 | 35 of 42 field goals & 22 of 23 extra points | New York Giants / 9th / 237th pick / 1983 |
| P | Dave Jennings | 31 | 9 | 0 | 84 punts for a 40.3 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Pete Shaw | 29 | 6 | 1 | 29 punt returns for a 8.1 average and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| KR | Leon Bright | 28 | 2 | 0 | 21 kick returns for a 22.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Billy Ard | 24 | G | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 3/12/1959 | 2 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
| Rich Baldinger | 24 | G-T | 2 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/31/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Kevin Belcher | 22 | C-G | 16 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 2/23/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1983 |
| Brad Benson | 28 | T-G-C | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | 5 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Leon Bright | 28 | RB | 7 | 0 | 192 | 5-9 | Florida State | 5/19/1955 | 2 | |
| Scott Brunner | 26 | QB | 16 | 12 | 206 | 6-5 | Delaware | 3/24/1957 | 3 | New York Giants / 6th / 145th pick / 1980 |
| Jim Burt | 24 | NT-DT | 7 | 6 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 2 | |
| Billy Campfield | 27 | RB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Kansas | 8/20/1956 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 288th pick / 1978 |
| Rob Carpenter | 28 | RB | 10 | 10 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| Harry Carson* | 30 | LB | 10 | 10 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 7 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Charles Cook | 24 | DE | 4 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 5/13/1959 | Rook | |
| Bill Currier | 28 | DB | 15 | 15 | 196 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 1/5/1955 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| Paul Davis | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 7/10/1958 | 2 | |
| Mike Dennis | 25 | DB | 16 | 5 | 190 | 5-10 | Wyoming | 6/6/1958 | 3 | |
| Floyd Eddings | 25 | WR | 9 | 6 | 177 | 5-11 | California | 12/15/1958 | 1 | |
| Larry Flowers | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 4/19/1958 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1980 |
| Chris Foote | 27 | C-G | 11 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | USC | 12/2/1956 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 144th pick / 1980 |
| Earnest Gray | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 195 | 6-3 | Memphis | 3/2/1957 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh*+ | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 172 | 6-0 | Michigan | 1/11/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 237th pick / 1983 |
| Dee Hardison | 27 | DE-DT-NT-DE | 16 | 13 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/2/1956 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| Mark Haynes* | 25 | DB | 15 | 15 | 194 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/6/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| Andy Headen | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Clemson | 7/8/1960 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 205th pick / 1983 |
| Larry Heater | 25 | RB | 6 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Arizona | 1/9/1958 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 164th pick / 1980 |
| Ernie Hughes | 28 | C-G | 12 | 6 | 259 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 1/24/1955 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 79th pick / 1978 |
| Byron Hunt | 25 | LB | 16 | 5 | 238 | 6-5 | SMU | 12/17/1958 | 2 | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| Terry Jackson | 28 | DB | 12 | 12 | 197 | 5-10 | San Diego State | 12/9/1955 | 5 | New York Giants / 5th / 120th pick / 1978 |
| Dave Jennings | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 9 | |
| Brian Kelley | 32 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-3 | California Lutheran | 9/1/1951 | 10 | New York Giants / 14th / 353rd pick / 1973 |
| Terry Kinard | 24 | DB | 16 | 10 | 199 | 6-1 | Clemson | 11/24/1959 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Gordon King | 27 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-6 | Stanford | 2/3/1956 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1978 |
| Frank Marion | 32 | LB | 10 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 3/16/1951 | 6 | |
| Leonard Marshall | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 6 | 288 | 6-3 | LSU | 10/22/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| George Martin | 30 | DE | 14 | 4 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 8 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Mike Mayock | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Boston College | 8/14/1958 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 265th pick / 1981 |
| LeCharls McDaniel | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 183 | 5-9 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 10/15/1958 | 2 | |
| Curtis McGriff | 25 | DE-NT | 8 | 8 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/17/1958 | 3 | |
| Joe McLaughlin | 26 | LB | 7 | 1 | 235 | 6-1 | Massachusetts | 7/1/1957 | 4 | |
| Casey Merrill | 26 | DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | California-Davis | 7/16/1957 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 113th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Miller | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 12/29/1959 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 104th pick / 1983 |
| John Mistler | 25 | WR | 16 | 9 | 186 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 10/28/1958 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 59th pick / 1981 |
| Joe Morris | 23 | RB | 15 | 0 | 195 | 5-7 | Syracuse | 9/15/1960 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 22 | TE | 16 | 14 | 238 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/5/1961 | Rook | |
| Tom Mullady | 26 | TE-WR | 16 | 3 | 232 | 6-3 | Rhodes | 1/30/1957 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 170th pick / 1979 |
| Bill Neill | 24 | NT | 1 | 1 | 258 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 3/15/1959 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 115th pick / 1981 |
| Johnny Perkins | 30 | WR | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Abilene Christian | 4/21/1953 | 6 | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1977 |
| Danny Pittman | 25 | WR | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 4/3/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 4th / 90th pick / 1980 |
| Beasley Reece | 29 | DB | 7 | 6 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 26 | QB | 4 | 4 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/22/1957 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 246th pick / 1979 |
| Jerome Sally | 24 | NT | 16 | 10 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | 1 | |
| Malcolm Scott | 22 | TE | 16 | 1 | 243 | 6-4 | LSU | 7/10/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 124th pick / 1983 |
| Pete Shaw | 29 | DB | 15 | 1 | 183 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 8/25/1954 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| Phil Simms | 29 | QB | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-3 | Morehead State | 11/3/1954 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| Al Steinfeld | 25 | G-C-T | 5 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | C.W. Post | 10/28/1958 | 1 | |
| John Tautolo | 24 | G | 6 | 2 | 267 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/29/1959 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Taylor*+ | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 2/4/1959 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| John Tuggle | 22 | RB | 16 | 5 | 210 | 6-1 | California | 1/13/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 335th pick / 1983 |
| J.T. Turner | 30 | G | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/17/1953 | 6 | |
| Rich Umphrey | 25 | C-G | 10 | 10 | 263 | 6-3 | Colorado,Utah | 12/13/1958 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 129th pick / 1982 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 32 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 4/5/1951 | 10 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1973 |
| Mike Whittington | 25 | LB | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 8/9/1958 | 3 | |
| Byron Williams | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 182 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 10/31/1960 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 253rd pick / 1983 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-1 | Michigan | 3/1/1960 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 225.7 | 6-2.0 | 3.1 |