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1984 New York Giants

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 299 points (18.7/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 301 points (18.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of -2 points (-0.1/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 5th.

Coached by Bill Parcells (9-7-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 28 27 23 497 388 109 1 17 314 252 62
2 Sun September 9 box W 2-0 Dallas Cowboys 28 7 15 284 164 120 1 23 344 206 138 4
3 Sun September 16 box L 2-1 @ Washington Redskins 14 30 20 349 302 47 5 20 260 129 131 3
4 Sun September 23 box W 3-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 14 17 280 161 119 22 326 189 137 2
5 Sun September 30 box L 3-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 12 33 19 252 244 8 1 19 309 105 204
6 Mon October 8 box L 3-3 San Francisco 49ers 10 31 23 389 276 113 2 18 384 217 167
7 Sun October 14 box W 4-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 19 7 16 337 247 90 1 16 282 179 103 4
8 Sun October 21 box L 4-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 24 16 275 216 59 2 17 325 239 86
9 Sun October 28 box W 5-4 Washington Redskins 37 13 25 424 294 130 1 15 327 248 79 2
10 Sun November 4 box W 6-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 19 7 18 348 227 121 2 13 256 140 116 3
11 Sun November 11 box L 6-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 20 14 238 173 65 1 24 339 223 116 3
12 Sun November 18 box W 7-5 St. Louis Cardinals 16 10 14 267 165 102 2 20 336 203 133 6
13 Sun November 25 box W 8-5 Kansas City Chiefs 28 27 29 471 324 147 3 15 340 276 64 2
14 Sun December 2 box W 9-5 @ New York Jets 20 10 26 385 216 169 1 20 408 341 67 3
15 Sun December 9 box L 9-6 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 31 20 307 159 148 2 22 405 291 114 2
16 Sat December 15 box L 9-7 New Orleans Saints 3 10 15 189 76 113 2 15 238 137 101 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 23 box W 10-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 13
Division Sat December 29 box L 10-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 21

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 299 5292 1083 4.9 310 288 535 3632 22 18 6.2 198 493 1660 12 3.4 97 27 9 15
Team Defense 301 5193 1051 4.9 485 288 529 3375 20 19 5.8 174 474 1818 10 3.8 296 35 16 15
Lg Rank Offense 19 13 11 9 5 10 10 10 13 22 19 27 2 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 11 9 20 16 12 16 17 10 9 2 11 14 10

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 30 QB 16 16 9-7-0 286 533 53.7 4044 22 4.1 18 3.4 65 7.6 6.5 14.1 252.8 78.1 55 434 6.1 5.1 9.4
Tony Galbreath 30 16 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 0.8 118.7 0 0 13.0 13.0 0.0
Jeff Rutledge 27 16 0 1 1 100.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.6 104.2 0 0 9.0 9.0 0.0
Team Total 25.6 16 9-7-0 288 535 53.8 4066 22 4.1 18 3.4 65 7.6 6.5 14.1 254.1 78.3 55 434 6.2 5.2 9.3
Opp Total 16 288 529 54.4 3375 20 3.8 19 3.6 6.4 5.1 11.7 210.9 71.7 48 361 5.8 4.1

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 29 FB 16 16 250 795 7 22 3.2 49.7 15.6 26 209 8.0 1 19 1.6 13.1 1004 8 2
Joe Morris 24 RB 16 8 133 510 4 28 3.8 31.9 8.3 12 124 10.3 0 26 0.8 7.8 634 4 1
Phil Simms 30 QB 16 16 42 162 0 21 3.9 10.1 2.6 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.8 175 0 8
Butch Woolfolk 24 rb 15 8 40 92 1 17 2.3 6.1 2.7 9 53 5.9 0 13 0.6 3.5 145 1 1
Tony Galbreath 30 16 0 22 97 0 11 4.4 6.1 1.4 37 357 9.6 0 37 2.3 22.3 454 0 0
Lionel Manuel 22 wr 16 5 3 2 0 11 0.7 0.1 0.2 33 619 18.8 4 53 2.1 38.7 621 4 2
Frank Cephous 23 16 0 3 2 0 2 0.7 0.1 0.2 2 0 0
Bobby L. Johnson 23 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 795 16.6 7 45 3.0 49.7 795 7 0
Zeke Mowatt 23 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 48 698 14.5 6 34 3.0 43.6 698 6 0
Earnest Gray 27 WR 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 529 13.9 2 31 3.2 44.1 529 2 0
Byron Williams 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 471 19.6 2 65 1.5 29.4 471 2 0
Phil McConkey 27 RET 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 154 19.3 0 39 0.6 11.8 154 0 2
Tom Mullady 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 35 17.5 0 22 0.1 2.2 35 0 0
Kevin Belcher 23 C 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 4 0 0
John Mistler 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 5.0 5 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 493 1660 12 28 3.4 103.8 30.8 288 4066 14.1 22 65 18.0 254.1 5726 34 17
Opp Total 16 474 1818 10 3.8 113.6 29.6 288 3375 11.7 20 18.0 210.9 5193 30 24

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
Phil McConkey 27 RET 13 0 46 306 0 31 6.7 28 541 0 33 19.3 1001
Butch Woolfolk 24 rb 15 8 14 232 0 27 16.6 377
Frank Cephous 23 16 0 9 178 0 30 19.8 180
Lionel Manuel 22 wr 16 5 8 62 0 22 7.8 683
Joe Morris 24 RB 16 8 6 69 0 14 11.5 703
Joe McLaughlin 27 lilb 16 5 2 18 0 11 9.0 18
Kenny Daniel 24 15 1 1 52 0 52 52.0 52
Kenny Hill 26 ss 12 7 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Terry Kinard 25 FS 15 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 55 368 0 31 6.7 61 1117 0 52 18.3 7211
Opp Total 16 50 2 55 1088 0 19.8

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 32 P 16 0 90 3598 54 3 40.0
Ali Haji-Sheikh 23 K 16 0 1 1 3 3 13 8 12 5 4 33 17 51.5% 35 32 91.4%
Team Total 25.6 16 1 1 3 3 13 8 12 5 4 33 17 51.5% 35 32 91.4% 90 3598 54 4 40.0
Opp Total 16 26 17 65.4% 35 34 97.1% 92 3680 40.0

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
Lawrence Taylor*+ 25 ROLB 16 16 11.5 1 -1 0 -4
Phil Simms 30 QB 16 16 8 4 -5 0
Jim Burt 25 NT 16 15 7.0 0 2 0 0
Casey Merrill 27 16 0 8.5
Mark Haynes*+ 26 LCB 15 15 7 90 0 22
Leonard Marshall 23 RDE 16 11 6.5 2 0 0 0 0 60
George Martin 31 16 2 5.5 0 1 0 0
Gary Reasons 22 LILB 16 11 1.0 2 26 0 26 0 3 0 0
Byron Hunt 26 LOLB 13 6 1.0 1 14 0 14 0 2 0 0
Terry Kinard 25 FS 15 15 2 29 0 29 1 1 0 0
Perry Williams 23 RCB 16 16 3 7 0 7 0 1 0 0
Carl Banks 22 16 4 3.0 37
Rob Carpenter 29 FB 16 16 2 1 0 0
Andy Headen 24 lolb 11 6 1.0 1 4 0 4 0 1 81 1
Phil McConkey 27 RET 13 0 2 1 0 0
Harry Carson* 31 RILB 16 16 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Lionel Manuel 22 wr 16 5 2 0 0 0
Jerome Sally 25 16 1 2.0
Butch Woolfolk 24 rb 15 8 1 1 0 0
Bill Currier 29 SS 9 8 1 7 0 7
Kenny Hill 26 ss 12 7 1.0
Joe McLaughlin 27 lilb 16 5 0 1 0 0
Joe Morris 24 RB 16 8 1 0 0 0
William Roberts 22 LT 11 8 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 48.0 19 182 0 29 2 17 21 76 1 97
Opp Total 16 55 24 8 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ali Haji-Sheikh 23 K 16 0 32 17 83
Rob Carpenter 29 FB 16 16 7 1 48
Bobby L. Johnson 23 WR 16 16 7 42
Zeke Mowatt 23 TE 16 16 6 36
Lionel Manuel 22 wr 16 5 4 24
Joe Morris 24 RB 16 8 4 24
Earnest Gray 27 WR 12 11 2 12
Byron Williams 24 16 0 2 12
Andy Headen 24 lolb 11 6 1 6
Phil McConkey 27 RET 13 0 1 6
Butch Woolfolk 24 rb 15 8 1 6
Team Total 25.6 16 12 22 1 1 32 17 299
Opp Total 16 10 20 2 34 17 3 301