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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)
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1984 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 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 286 for 533, 4,044 yards, 22 td, 18 int, & 42 rushes for 162 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| RB | Joe Morris | 24 | 2 | 8 | 133 rushes for 510 yards, 4 td, & 12 catches for 124 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| RB | Butch Woolfolk | 24 | 2 | 8 | 40 rushes for 92 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 53 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Rob Carpenter | 29 | 7 | 16 | 250 rushes for 795 yards, 7 td, & 26 catches for 209 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Earnest Gray | 27 | 5 | 11 | 38 catches for 529 yards, 2 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Bobby L. Johnson | 23 | Rook | 16 | 48 catches for 795 yards, 7 td | |
| WR | Lionel Manuel | 22 | Rook | 5 | 33 catches for 619 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 7th / 171st pick / 1984 |
| TE | Zeke Mowatt | 23 | 1 | 16 | 48 catches for 698 yards, 6 td | |
| LT | William Roberts | 22 | Rook | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 |
| LT | Brad Benson | 29 | 6 | 16 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Billy Ard | 25 | 3 | 15 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
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| C | Kevin Belcher | 23 | 1 | 16 | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Brad Benson | 29 | 6 | 16 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
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| RG | Chris Godfrey | 26 | 4 | 8 | ||
| RT | Karl Nelson | 24 | Rook | 16 | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1983 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Curtis McGriff | 26 | 4 | 14 | ||
| NT | Jim Burt | 25 | 3 | 15 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Leonard Marshall | 23 | 1 | 11 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| RDE | Dee Hardison | 28 | 6 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
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| LOLB | Byron Hunt | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| LOLB | Andy Headen | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 205th pick / 1983 |
| LILB | Gary Reasons | 22 | Rook | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1984 |
| LILB | Joe McLaughlin | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RILB | Harry Carson* | 31 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| ROLB | Lawrence Taylor*+ | 25 | 3 | 16 | 11.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Mark Haynes*+ | 26 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Perry Williams | 23 | Rook | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1983 |
| SS | Bill Currier | 29 | 7 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| SS | Kenny Hill | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 194th pick / 1980 |
| FS | Terry Kinard | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ali Haji-Sheikh | 23 | 1 | 0 | 17 of 33 field goals & 32 of 35 extra points | New York Giants / 9th / 237th pick / 1983 |
| P | Dave Jennings | 32 | 10 | 0 | 90 punts for a 40.0 average, 3 blocked | |
| PR | Phil McConkey | 27 | Rook | 0 | 46 punt returns for a 6.7 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Phil McConkey | 27 | Rook | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 19.3 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Billy Ard | 25 | G | 15 | 15 | 265 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 3/12/1959 | 3 | New York Giants / 8th / 221st pick / 1981 |
| Carl Banks | 22 | LB | 16 | 4 | 235 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/29/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 |
| Kevin Belcher | 23 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 2/23/1961 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 153rd pick / 1983 |
| Brad Benson | 29 | T-G-C | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/25/1955 | 6 | New England Patriots / 8th / 219th pick / 1977 |
| Jim Burt | 25 | NT-DT | 16 | 15 | 260 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1959 | 3 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 29 | RB | 16 | 16 | 224 | 6-1 | Miami (OH) | 4/20/1955 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1977 |
| Harry Carson* | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | South Carolina State | 11/26/1953 | 8 | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1976 |
| Frank Cephous | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | UCLA | 7/4/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 11th / 283rd pick / 1984 |
| Bill Currier | 29 | DB | 9 | 8 | 196 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 1/5/1955 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 232nd pick / 1977 |
| Kenny Daniel | 24 | DB | 15 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | San Jose State | 6/1/1960 | Rook | |
| Larry Flowers | 26 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 4/19/1958 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1980 |
| Tony Galbreath | 30 | RB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Missouri | 1/29/1954 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1976 |
| Chris Godfrey | 26 | G-T-DE-DT | 10 | 8 | 263 | 6-3 | Michigan | 5/17/1958 | 4 | |
| Conrad Goode | 22 | T-G-C | 8 | 0 | 285 | 6-6 | Missouri | 1/19/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 87th pick / 1984 |
| Earnest Gray | 27 | WR | 12 | 11 | 195 | 6-3 | Memphis | 3/2/1957 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1979 |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 172 | 6-0 | Michigan | 1/11/1961 | 1 | New York Giants / 9th / 237th pick / 1983 |
| Dee Hardison | 28 | DE-DT-NT-DE | 15 | 5 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/2/1956 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| Mark Haynes*+ | 26 | DB | 15 | 15 | 194 | 5-11 | Colorado | 11/6/1958 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1980 |
| Andy Headen | 24 | LB | 11 | 6 | 240 | 6-5 | Clemson | 7/8/1960 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 205th pick / 1983 |
| Kenny Hill | 26 | DB | 12 | 7 | 194 | 6-0 | Yale | 7/25/1958 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 194th pick / 1980 |
| Byron Hunt | 26 | LB | 13 | 6 | 238 | 6-5 | SMU | 12/17/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 9th / 224th pick / 1981 |
| Dave Jennings | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-4 | St. Lawrence | 6/8/1952 | 10 | |
| Bobby L. Johnson | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 170 | 5-11 | Kansas | 12/14/1961 | Rook | |
| Robbie Jones | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alabama | 12/25/1959 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 309th pick / 1983 |
| David Jordan | 22 | G | 14 | 1 | 274 | 6-6 | Auburn | 6/14/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 255th pick / 1984 |
| Terry Kinard | 25 | DB | 15 | 15 | 199 | 6-1 | Clemson | 11/24/1959 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1983 |
| Lionel Manuel | 22 | WR | 16 | 5 | 178 | 5-11 | Pacific | 4/13/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 171st pick / 1984 |
| Leonard Marshall | 23 | DE-DT | 16 | 11 | 288 | 6-3 | LSU | 10/22/1961 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 37th pick / 1983 |
| George Martin | 31 | DE | 16 | 2 | 245 | 6-4 | Oregon | 2/16/1953 | 9 | New York Giants / 11th / 262nd pick / 1975 |
| Phil McConkey | 27 | WR | 13 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Navy | 2/24/1957 | Rook | |
| Curtis McGriff | 26 | DE-NT | 16 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 5/17/1958 | 4 | |
| Joe McLaughlin | 27 | LB | 16 | 5 | 235 | 6-1 | Massachusetts | 7/1/1957 | 5 | |
| Casey Merrill | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | California-Davis | 7/16/1957 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 113th pick / 1979 |
| John Mistler | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 186 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 10/28/1958 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 59th pick / 1981 |
| Joe Morris | 24 | RB | 16 | 8 | 195 | 5-7 | Syracuse | 9/15/1960 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 45th pick / 1982 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/5/1961 | 1 | |
| Tom Mullady | 27 | TE-WR | 16 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Rhodes | 1/30/1957 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 170th pick / 1979 |
| Karl Nelson | 24 | T | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-6 | Iowa State | 6/14/1960 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1983 |
| Elvis Patterson | 24 | DB | 15 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Kansas | 10/21/1960 | Rook | |
| Gary Reasons | 22 | LB | 16 | 11 | 235 | 6-4 | Northwest State (LA) | 2/18/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 105th pick / 1984 |
| William Roberts | 22 | G-T | 11 | 8 | 291 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 8/5/1962 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 27th pick / 1984 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 27 | QB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/22/1957 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 246th pick / 1979 |
| Jerome Sally | 25 | NT | 16 | 1 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | 2 | |
| Pete Shaw | 30 | DB | 16 | 2 | 183 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 8/25/1954 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 152nd pick / 1977 |
| Phil Simms | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-3 | Morehead State | 11/3/1954 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1979 |
| Lawrence Taylor*+ | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 2/4/1959 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1981 |
| Rich Umphrey | 26 | C-G | 15 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | Colorado,Utah | 12/13/1958 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 129th pick / 1982 |
| Byron Williams | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 182 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 10/31/1960 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 253rd pick / 1983 |
| Perry Williams | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 5/12/1961 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1983 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 24 | RB | 15 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Michigan | 3/1/1960 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1982 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 226.7 | 6-2.0 | 2.9 |