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1987 New York Giants

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Record: 6-9-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 280 points (18.7/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 312 points (20.8/g), 13th.
 Differential of -32 points (-2.1/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 6.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 23rd.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.7, Offense: -2.9, Defense: 2.2, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bill Parcells

 Offensive Coordinator: Ron Erhardt
 Defensive Coordinator: Bill Belichick

 Other Notable Asst.: Romeo Crennel (Special Teams)

Training Camp: Pace University (Pleasantville, New York)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 280 4659 1000 4.7 266 265 499 3202 26 22 5.7 168 440 1457 4 3.3 80 42 20 18
Team Defense 312 4658 1056 4.4 275 292 508 2890 17 20 5.1 148 493 1768 14 3.6 97 34 14 30
Lg Rank Offense 22 18 21 13 10 6 21 16 22 24 28 27 24 23
Lg Rank Defense 13 7 6 25 10 5 12 4 20 13 14 6 15 16

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 14 boxscore L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 19 34 14 203 122 81 1 17 416 292 124 2
2 Sun September 20 boxscore L 0-2 Dallas Cowboys 14 16 14 265 205 60 5 21 356 242 114 4
3 Mon October 5 boxscore L 0-3 San Francisco 49ers 21 41 14 231 154 77 4 28 433 191 242 1
4 Sun October 11 boxscore L 0-4 Washington Redskins 12 38 13 171 124 47 3 24 376 176 200 2
5 Sun October 18 boxscore L OT 0-5 @ Buffalo Bills 3 6 19 308 180 128 2 22 331 164 167 7
6 Sun October 25 boxscore W 1-5 St. Louis Cardinals 30 7 21 394 232 162 1 19 308 257 51 4
7 Mon November 2 boxscore L 1-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 33 16 297 242 55 5 15 240 214 26 2
8 Sun November 8 boxscore W 2-6 New England Patriots 17 10 24 347 217 130 3 11 232 159 73 3
9 Sun November 15 boxscore W 3-6 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 17 17 384 268 116 3 22 337 146 191 1
10 Sun November 22 boxscore L 3-7 @ New Orleans Saints 14 23 16 298 223 75 7 16 278 175 103 2
11 Sun November 29 boxscore L 3-8 @ Washington Redskins 19 23 16 319 200 119 1 20 357 275 82 4
12 Sun December 6 boxscore W OT 4-8 Philadelphia Eagles 23 20 15 299 221 78 2 15 259 164 95 1
13 Sun December 13 boxscore L 4-9 @ St. Louis Cardinals 24 27 23 397 335 62 2 23 322 164 158
14 Sat December 19 boxscore W 5-9 Green Bay Packers 20 10 21 326 215 111 3 10 179 105 74 1
15 Sun December 27 boxscore W 6-9 New York Jets 20 7 23 420 264 156 13 234 166 68

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
11 Phil Simms 33 QB 9 9 4-5-0 163 282 57.8 2230 17 6.0 9 3.2 50 7.9 7.7 13.7 247.8 90.0 35 225 6.32 6.12 11.0 0 1
17 Jeff Rutledge 30 qb 13 4 2-2-0 79 155 51.0 1048 5 3.2 11 7.1 50 6.8 4.2 13.3 80.6 53.9 17 129 5.34 3.05 9.9 0 1
8 Mike Busch 25 qb 2 1 0-1-0 17 47 36.2 278 3 6.4 2 4.3 63 5.9 5.3 16.4 139.0 60.4 7 72 3.81 3.26 13.0
9 Jim Crocicchia 23 qb 1 1 0-1-0 6 15 40.0 89 1 6.7 0 0.0 46 5.9 7.3 14.8 89.0 82.4 2 17 4.24 5.41 11.8
Team Total 25.5 15 6-9-0 265 499 53.1 3645 26 5.2 22 4.4 63 7.3 6.4 13.8 280.4 75.8 61 443 5.72 4.88 10.9 0 2
Opp Total 15 292 508 57.5 3272 17 3.3 20 3.9 6.4 5.34 11.2 218.1 71.6 55 382 5.1 4.1 9.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
20 Joe Morris 27 RB 11 10 193 658 3 34 3.4 59.8 17.5 11 114 10.4 0 25 1.0 10.4 772 3 2
33 George Adams 25 FB 12 7 61 169 1 14 2.8 14.1 5.1 35 298 8.5 1 25 2.9 24.8 467 2 3
22 Lee Rouson 25 KR 12 2 41 155 0 14 3.8 12.9 3.4 11 129 11.7 1 26 0.9 10.8 284 1 3
35 Van Williams 28 rb 3 3 29 108 0 17 3.7 36.0 9.7 5 36 7.2 0 12 1.7 12.0 144 0 2
44 Maurice Carthon 26 fb 11 5 26 60 0 10 2.3 5.5 2.4 8 71 8.9 0 25 0.7 6.5 131 0 0
36 Robert DiRico 24 rb 3 1 25 90 0 14 3.6 30.0 8.3 2 22 11.0 0 15 0.7 7.3 112 0 2
17 Jeff Rutledge 30 qb 13 4 15 31 0 20 2.1 2.4 1.2 31 0 7
11 Phil Simms 33 QB 9 9 14 44 0 20 3.1 4.9 1.6 44 0 4
30 Tony Galbreath 33 12 0 10 74 0 17 7.4 6.2 0.8 26 248 9.5 0 21 2.2 20.7 322 0 1
39 Kaulana Park 25 rb 2 2 6 11 0 4 1.8 5.5 3.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 3.0 17 0 0
26 Earl Beecham 22 1 0 5 22 0 10 4.4 22.0 5.0 22 0 0
29 Jaime Covington 25 2 0 4 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 2.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.5 4.5 9 0 0
9 Jim Crocicchia 23 qb 1 1 4 5 0 7 1.3 5.0 4.0 5 0 2
88 Edwin Lovelady 24 wr 3 3 2 11 0 8 5.5 3.7 0.7 10 125 12.5 2 23 3.3 41.7 136 2 5
24 Ottis Anderson 30 4 0 2 6 0 4 3.0 1.5 0.5 2 16 8.0 0 9 0.5 4.0 22 0 0
86 Lionel Manuel 25 WR 12 12 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.8 0.1 30 545 18.2 6 50 2.5 45.4 535 6 1
85 Stephen Baker 23 WR 12 5 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.5 0.1 15 277 18.5 2 50 1.3 23.1 295 2 1
41 Fred DiRenzo 26 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
89 Mark Bavaro*+ 24 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 867 15.8 8 38 4.6 72.3 867 8 2
80 Phil McConkey 30 PR 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 186 16.9 0 31 0.9 15.5 186 0 2
87 Lewis Bennett 24 wr 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 184 18.4 1 46 3.3 61.3 184 1 0
83 Odessa Turner 23 wr 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 195 19.5 1 36 1.4 27.9 195 1 0
81 Stacy Robinson 25 wr 5 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 58 9.7 2 14 1.2 11.6 58 2 0
85 Jeff A. Smith 25 te 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 72 12.0 0 19 2.0 24.0 72 0 0
18 Reggie McGowan 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 111 27.8 1 63 1.3 37.0 111 1 0
84 Zeke Mowatt 26 te 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 39 13.0 1 29 0.3 3.3 39 1 0
82 Mark Ingram 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 32 16.0 0 18 0.2 3.6 32 0 0
83 Charles Coleman 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3 1.7 5 0 0
Team Total 25.5 15 440 1457 4 34 3.3 112.1 33.8 265 3645 13.8 26 63 20.4 280.4 5102 30 38
Opp Total 15 493 1768 14 3.6 117.9 32.9 292 2890 9.9 17 19.5 192.7 4658 31 31

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
80 Phil McConkey 30 PR 12 0 42 394 0 37 9.4 1 8 0 8 8.0 588
22 Lee Rouson 25 KR 12 2 22 497 0 49 22.6 781
88 Edwin Lovelady 24 wr 3 3 10 38 0 14 3.8 174
33 George Adams 25 FB 12 7 9 166 0 27 18.4 633
82 Mark Ingram 22 9 0 6 114 0 25 19.0 146
21 Boris Byrd 25 3 0 4 99 0 34 24.8 99
49 Jimmy Norris 23 3 0 4 70 0 29 17.5 70
85 Stephen Baker 23 WR 12 5 3 16 0 6 5.3 311
26 Earl Beecham 22 1 0 3 70 0 30 23.3 92
36 Robert DiRico 24 rb 3 1 2 31 0 25 15.5 143
89 Mark Bavaro*+ 24 TE 12 12 1 16 0 16 16.0 883
83 Charles Coleman 24 3 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 25
19 Mack Cummings 28 1 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
77 Eric Dorsey 23 de 12 3 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
73 Scott Urch 22 t 3 1 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 25.5 15 55 448 0 37 8.1 56 1128 0 49 20.1 6678
Opp Total 15 51 2 68 1463 0 21.5

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
5 Sean Landeta 25 P 12 0 65 2773 64 1 42.7
2 Raul Allegre 28 K 12 0 1 1 8 7 5 4 9 3 4 2 27 17 63.0% 26 25 96.2%
6 Dana Moore 26 p 2 0 14 486 46 1 34.7
12 Jim Miller 30 p 1 0 10 345 53 0 34.5
3 George Benyola 23 k 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 5 3 60.0% 3 3 100.0%
Team Total 25.5 15 1 1 10 9 6 4 11 4 4 2 32 20 62.5% 29 28 96.6% 89 3604 64 2 40.5
Opp Total 15 34 23 67.6% 35 33 94.3% 96 3658 38.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
58 Carl Banks*+ 25 LOLB 12 12 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 101 0
52 Pepper Johnson 23 LILB 12 12 1.0 2 0 1 0 0 74 0
70 Leonard Marshall 26 RDE 10 10 8.0 1 0 0 0 0 68 0
25 Mark Collins 23 LCB 11 11 1.5 2 28 0 28 0 49 0
74 Erik Howard 23 nt 12 4 5.5 0 0 1 0 0 27 0
56 Lawrence Taylor* 28 ROLB 12 11 12.0 3 16 0 15 0
17 Jeff Rutledge 30 qb 13 4 0 7 3 -3 0
88 Edwin Lovelady 24 wr 3 3 0 5 2 0 0
54 Andy Headen 27 lb 12 2 2.5 2 25 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
43 Terry Kinard 28 FS 12 12 5 163 1 70 0
75 George Martin 34 LDE 12 9 5.0
11 Phil Simms 33 QB 9 9 0 4 1 0 0
33 George Adams 25 FB 12 7 0 3 1 0 0
22 Lee Rouson 25 KR 12 2 0 3 1 0 0
35 Van Williams 28 rb 3 3 0 2 2 0 0
9 Jim Crocicchia 23 qb 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
36 Robert DiRico 24 rb 3 1 0 2 1 0 0
48 Kenny Hill 29 SS 12 12 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0
80 Phil McConkey 30 PR 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
23 Perry Williams 26 RCB 10 10 1 -5 0 -5 0 0 0 2 1 0
89 Mark Bavaro*+ 24 TE 12 12 0 2 0 0 0
47 Donald Brown 24 db 3 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
64 Jim Burt 28 NT 8 8 2.0
53 Harry Carson* 34 RILB 12 12 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
95 Chris Davis 24 lb 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
71 Anthony Howard 27 nt 3 1 0 0 2 0 0
20 Joe Morris 27 RB 11 10 0 2 0 0 0
97 Warren Thompson 24 lb 3 3 2.0
27 Herb Welch 26 db 12 2 2 7 0 7 0
46 Greg Lasker 23 11 0 1.5
85 Stephen Baker 23 WR 12 5 0 1 0 0 0
87 Lewis Bennett 24 wr 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
77 Dennis Borcky 23 nt 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
72 Dan DeRose 25 lb 3 2 1 10 0 10 0
77 Eric Dorsey 23 de 12 3 1.0
30 Tony Galbreath 33 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
90 Chris Jones 23 c 3 3 0 1 0 -18 0
86 Lionel Manuel 25 WR 12 12 0 1 0 0 0
65 Bart Oates 29 C 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
55 Gary Reasons 25 10 0 1.0
37 Steve Rehage 24 db 3 3 1 14 0 14 0
73 John Washington 24 de 12 2 1.0
Team Total 25.5 15 55.0 20 263 1 70 0 3 38 30 -9 0 319 0
Opp Total 15 61 31 17

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2 Raul Allegre 28 K 12 0 25 17 76
89 Mark Bavaro*+ 24 TE 12 12 8 8 48
86 Lionel Manuel 25 WR 12 12 6 6 36
20 Joe Morris 27 RB 11 10 3 3 18
33 George Adams 25 FB 12 7 1 1 2 12
85 Stephen Baker 23 WR 12 5 2 2 12
3 George Benyola 23 k 3 0 3 3 12
88 Edwin Lovelady 24 wr 3 3 2 2 12
81 Stacy Robinson 25 wr 5 4 2 2 12
87 Lewis Bennett 24 wr 3 3 1 1 6
28 Tom Flynn 25 12 0 1 1 6
43 Terry Kinard 28 FS 12 12 1 1 6
18 Reggie McGowan 23 3 0 1 1 6
84 Zeke Mowatt 26 te 12 1 1 1 6
22 Lee Rouson 25 KR 12 2 1 1 6
83 Odessa Turner 23 wr 7 2 1 1 6
Team Total 25.5 15 4 26 1 1 32 28 20 280
Opp Total 15 14 17 2 33 23 312