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1997 New York Giants

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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 307 points (19.2/g), 21st of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 265 points (16.6/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 42 points (2.6/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.4-6.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +25 (1.6/g), 1st.

Coached by Jim Fassel (10-5-1)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 31 17 12 290 189 101 24 447 327 120 2
2 Sun September 7 box L 1-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 13 40 13 206 167 39 3 22 375 252 123 1
3 Sun September 14 box L 1-2 Baltimore Ravens 23 24 29 390 269 121 19 273 210 63 1
4 Sun September 21 box L 1-3 @ St. Louis Rams 3 13 11 194 147 47 2 15 225 133 92 1
5 Sun September 28 box W 2-3 New Orleans Saints 14 9 18 264 159 105 2 14 266 193 73 2
6 Sun October 5 box W 3-3 Dallas Cowboys 20 17 13 166 109 57 27 428 310 118 2
7 Sun October 12 box W 4-3 @ Arizona Cardinals 27 13 23 426 187 239 1 19 235 208 27 5
8 Sun October 19 box W 5-3 @ Detroit Lions 26 20 15 331 210 121 1 20 337 226 111 2
9 Sun October 26 box W 6-3 Cincinnati Bengals 29 27 28 323 214 109 22 323 225 98 2
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 9 box L 6-4 @ Tennessee Oilers 6 10 10 218 111 107 1 19 326 173 153 2
12 Sun November 16 box W 7-4 Arizona Cardinals 19 10 21 373 172 201 21 399 350 49 3
13 Sun November 23 box T 7-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 7 7 18 262 105 157 2 23 374 291 83 4
14 Sun November 30 box L 7-5-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 20 13 202 103 99 2 21 299 152 147 3
15 Sun December 7 box W 8-5-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 31 21 18 345 137 208 2 15 256 186 70 5
16 Sat December 13 box W 9-5-1 Washington Redskins 30 10 14 240 110 130 2 18 320 275 45 6
17 Sun December 21 box W 10-5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 20 7 17 283 136 147 1 11 184 105 79 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 27 box L 10-6-1 Minnesota Vikings 22 23

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 307 4513 1027 4.4 273 249 474 2525 16 12 5.0 124 521 1988 14 3.8 113 19 7 36
Team Defense 265 5067 1082 4.7 538 325 596 3616 10 27 5.6 195 432 1451 17 3.4 310 44 17 33
Lg Rank Offense 21 27 23 25 28 22 9 25 5 7 12 17 1 2
Lg Rank Defense 3 18 27 29 26 1 1 11 9 3 25 2 1 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Danny Kanell 24 QB 16 10 156 294 53.1 1740 11 3.7 9 3.1 68 5.9 4.9 11.2 108.8 70.7 19 171 5.0 4.1 6.1
Dave M. Brown 27 qb 7 6 93 180 51.7 1023 5 2.8 3 1.7 62 5.7 5.2 11.0 146.1 71.1 13 67 5.0 4.5 6.7
Team Total 25.5 16 249 474 52.5 2763 16 3.4 12 2.5 68 5.8 5.0 11.1 172.7 70.9 32 238 5.0 4.2 6.3
Opp Total 16 325 596 54.5 3616 10 1.7 27 4.5 6.1 4.2 11.1 226.0 59.5 54 341 5.6 3.3

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
Tyrone Wheatley 25 RB 14 7 152 583 4 38 3.8 41.6 10.9 16 140 8.8 0 27 1.1 10.0 723 4 3
Charles Way 25 FB 16 16 151 698 4 42 4.6 43.6 9.4 37 304 8.2 1 62 2.3 19.0 1002 5 3
Tiki Barber 22 rb 12 6 136 511 3 42 3.8 42.6 11.3 34 299 8.8 1 29 2.8 24.9 810 4 3
Rodney Hampton 28 2 0 23 81 1 22 3.5 40.5 11.5 81 1 0
Erric Pegram 28 RET 11 0 19 72 1 6 3.8 6.5 1.7 19 83 4.4 0 14 1.7 7.5 155 1 1
Dave M. Brown 27 qb 7 6 17 29 1 7 1.7 4.1 2.4 29 1 1
Danny Kanell 24 QB 16 10 15 2 0 8 0.1 0.1 0.9 2 0 6
Eric Lane 23 15 0 5 13 0 6 2.6 0.9 0.3 13 0 0
Chris Calloway 29 WR 16 16 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 58 849 14.6 8 68 3.6 53.1 848 8 0
David Patten 23 16 3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 13 226 17.4 2 40 0.8 14.1 228 2 2
Mike Cherry 24 1 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2.0 1.0 -2 0 0
Howard Cross 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 150 7.1 2 26 1.3 9.4 150 2 1
Kevin Alexander 22 WR 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 276 15.3 1 40 1.3 19.7 276 1 0
Amani Toomer 23 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 263 16.4 1 56 1.0 16.4 263 1 0
Aaron Pierce 28 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 47 4.7 0 14 0.6 2.9 47 0 0
Thomas Lewis 25 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 84 16.8 0 34 1.3 21.0 84 0 0
Ike Hilliard 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 42 21.0 0 23 1.0 21.0 42 0 0
Team Total 25.5 16 521 1988 14 42 3.8 124.3 32.6 249 2763 11.1 16 68 15.6 172.7 4751 30 23
Opp Total 16 432 1451 17 3.4 90.7 27.0 325 3616 11.1 10 20.3 226.0 5067 27 33

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
Amani Toomer 23 RET 16 0 47 455 1 53 9.7 718
Erric Pegram 28 RET 11 0 22 382 0 50 17.4 537
Thomas Lewis 25 4 2 14 364 0 84 26.0 448
David Patten 23 16 3 8 123 0 26 15.4 351
Kevin Alexander 22 WR 14 8 3 30 0 15 10.0 306
Charles Way 25 FB 16 16 2 46 0 30 23.0 1048
Aaron Pierce 28 16 4 1 10 0 10 10.0 57
Phillippi Sparks 28 LCB 13 13 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 25.5 16 47 455 1 53 9.7 51 963 0 84 18.9 6169
Opp Total 16 40 0 49 1163 1 23.7

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
Brad Maynard 23 P 16 0 111 4531 57 1 40.8
Brad Daluiso 30 K 16 0 1 1 6 6 7 6 14 8 4 1 32 22 68.8% 29 27 93.1%
Team Total 25.5 16 1 1 6 6 7 6 14 8 4 1 32 22 68.8% 29 27 93.1% 111 4531 57 1 40.8
Opp Total 16 25 19 76.0% 27 26 96.3% 89 3747 42.1

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
Michael Strahan*+ 26 LDE 16 16 14.0 2 0 1 0 0 49 19
Robert Harris 28 LDT 16 16 10.0 1 0 2 0 0 38 20
Keith Hamilton 26 RDT 16 16 8.0 1 0 3 0 0 40 17
Jason Sehorn 26 RCB 16 16 1.5 6 74 1 41 2 0 1 2 0 75 11
Charles Way 25 FB 16 16 3 5 0 0
Tito Wooten 26 FS 16 16 5 146 1 61 0 1 1 0 0 60 29
Jessie Armstead*+ 27 LLB 16 16 3.5 2 57 1 57 1 0 1 0 0 101 31
Percy Ellsworth 23 16 1 4 40 0 25 0 0 2 24 0 20 7
Danny Kanell 24 QB 16 10 6 0 -10 0
Phillippi Sparks 28 LCB 13 13 1.0 5 72 0 68 1 0 0 0 0 64 10
Tyrone Wheatley 25 RB 14 7 3 3 0 0
Chad Bratzke 26 RDE 10 10 3.5 1 0 2 0 0 23 12
Bernard Holsey 24 16 4 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 10 7
Corey Widmer 29 MLB 16 15 1.5 2 0 0 0 69 20
Ray Agnew 30 15 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 10 5
Tiki Barber 22 rb 12 6 3 0 0 0
Scott Galyon 23 16 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 31 6
David Patten 23 16 3 2 1 0 0
Howard Cross 30 TE 16 16 1 1 0 0
Erric Pegram 28 RET 11 0 1 1 0 0
Greg Bishop 26 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Dave M. Brown 27 qb 7 6 1 0 0 0
Marcus Buckley 26 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 4
Derek Engler 23 c 5 5 1 0 -2 0
Sam Garnes 23 SS 16 15 1 95 1 95 40 19
Scott Gragg 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Conrad Hamilton 23 14 0 1 18 0 18
Corey Miller 29 RLB 14 13 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 9
Ryan Phillips 23 10 0 1.0 1 0
Thomas Randolph 27 16 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 32 1
Bryan Stoltenberg 25 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Stone 26 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Christian Peter 25 7 0 0.5 1 1
Team Total 25.5 16 54.0 27 503 4 95 14 23 29 14 0 716 228
Opp Total 16 32 33 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Brad Daluiso 30 K 16 0 27 22 93
Chris Calloway 29 WR 16 16 8 48
Charles Way 25 FB 16 16 4 1 30
Tiki Barber 22 rb 12 6 3 1 1 26
Tyrone Wheatley 25 RB 14 7 4 24
Howard Cross 30 TE 16 16 2 12
David Patten 23 16 3 2 12
Amani Toomer 23 RET 16 0 1 1 12
Kevin Alexander 22 WR 14 8 1 6
Jessie Armstead*+ 27 LLB 16 16 1 6
Dave M. Brown 27 qb 7 6 1 6
Sam Garnes 23 SS 16 15 1 6
Rodney Hampton 28 2 0 1 6
Erric Pegram 28 RET 11 0 1 6
Jason Sehorn 26 RCB 16 16 1 6
Tito Wooten 26 FS 16 16 1 6
Team Total 25.5 16 14 16 1 4 1 27 22 305
Opp Total 16 17 10 1 1 26 19 265