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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 287 points (17.9/g), 23rd of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 309 points (19.3/g), 8th.
Differential of -22 points (-1.4/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 13th.
Coached by Jim Fassel (8-8-0)
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1998 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Danny Kanell | 25 | 2 | 10 | 160 for 299, 1,603 yards, 11 td, 10 int, & 15 rushes for 36 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 130th pick / 1996 |
| QB | Kent Graham | 30 | 6 | 6 | 105 for 205, 1,219 yards, 7 td, 5 int, & 27 rushes for 138 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 8th / 211th pick / 1992 |
| RB | Gary Brown | 29 | 7 | 11 | 247 rushes for 1,063 yards, 5 td, & 13 catches for 36 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1991 |
| FB | Charles Way | 26 | 3 | 15 | 113 rushes for 432 yards, 3 td, & 31 catches for 131 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 6th / 206th pick / 1995 |
| WR | Chris Calloway | 30 | 8 | 16 | 62 catches for 812 yards, 6 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 97th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Ike Hilliard | 22 | 1 | 16 | 51 catches for 715 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| TE | Howard Cross | 31 | 9 | 16 | 13 catches for 90 yards, 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 158th pick / 1989 |
| LT | Roman Oben | 26 | 2 | 16 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
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| LG | Greg Bishop | 27 | 5 | 16 | New York Giants / 4th / 93rd pick / 1993 |
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| C | Lance Scott | 26 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 165th pick / 1995 |
| RG | Ron Stone | 27 | 4 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1993 |
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| RT | Scott Gragg | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 54th pick / 1995 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Michael Strahan*+ | 27 | 5 | 15 | 15.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Robert Harris | 29 | 6 | 10 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1992 |
| LDT | Christian Peter | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 149th pick / 1996 |
| RDT | Keith Hamilton | 27 | 6 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 99th pick / 1992 |
| RDE | Chad Bratzke | 27 | 4 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 155th pick / 1994 |
| LLB | Jessie Armstead* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 207th pick / 1993 |
| MLB | Corey Widmer | 30 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 180th pick / 1992 |
| RLB | Marcus Buckley | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1993 |
| LCB | Phillippi Sparks | 29 | 6 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 41st pick / 1992 |
| RCB | Conrad Hamilton | 24 | 2 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 214th pick / 1996 |
| SS | Sam Garnes | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 136th pick / 1997 |
| SS | Percy Ellsworth | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Tito Wooten | 27 | 4 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 1st pick / 1994 Supp |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Brad Daluiso | 31 | 7 | 0 | 21 of 27 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Brad Maynard | 24 | 1 | 0 | 101 punts for a 45.2 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| PR | Amani Toomer | 24 | 2 | 0 | 35 punt returns for a 7.2 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 34th pick / 1996 |
| KR | David Patten | 24 | 1 | 0 | 43 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Alford | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 6/7/1975 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1998 |
| Jessie Armstead* | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 10/26/1970 | 5 | New York Giants / 8th / 207th pick / 1993 |
| Tiki Barber | 23 | RB | 16 | 4 | 200 | 5-10 | Virginia | 4/7/1975 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1997 |
| Greg Bishop | 27 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-5 | Pacific | 5/2/1971 | 5 | New York Giants / 4th / 93rd pick / 1993 |
| Kory Blackwell | 26 | DB | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Massachusetts | 8/3/1972 | Rook | |
| Chad Bratzke | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Eastern Kentucky | 9/15/1971 | 4 | New York Giants / 5th / 155th pick / 1994 |
| Gary Brown | 29 | RB | 16 | 11 | 230 | 5-11 | Penn State | 7/1/1969 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1991 |
| Curtis Buckley | 28 | DB-WR | 6 | 0 | 186 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 9/25/1970 | 5 | |
| Marcus Buckley | 27 | LB | 14 | 12 | 240 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 2/3/1971 | 5 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1993 |
| Chris Calloway | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-10 | Michigan | 3/29/1968 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 97th pick / 1990 |
| Mike Cherry | 25 | QB | 1 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Arkansas,Murray State | 12/15/1973 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 171st pick / 1997 |
| Doug Colman | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 6/4/1973 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 171st pick / 1996 |
| Greg Comella | 23 | FB | 16 | 0 | 248 | 6-1 | Stanford | 7/29/1975 | Rook | |
| Howard Cross | 31 | TE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 8/8/1967 | 9 | New York Giants / 6th / 158th pick / 1989 |
| Brad Daluiso | 31 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | San Diego State,UCLA | 12/31/1967 | 7 | |
| Percy Ellsworth | 24 | DB | 16 | 9 | 225 | 6-2 | Virginia | 10/19/1974 | 2 | |
| Derek Engler | 24 | C | 11 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 7/11/1974 | 1 | |
| Scott Galyon | 24 | LB | 10 | 1 | 238 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 3/23/1974 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 182nd pick / 1996 |
| Sam Garnes | 24 | DB | 11 | 11 | 225 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 7/12/1974 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 136th pick / 1997 |
| Scott Gragg | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 315 | 6-8 | Montana | 2/28/1972 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 54th pick / 1995 |
| Kent Graham | 30 | QB | 11 | 6 | 231 | 6-5 | Notre Dame,Ohio State | 11/1/1968 | 6 | New York Giants / 8th / 211th pick / 1992 |
| Carlton Gray | 27 | DB | 14 | 3 | 198 | 6-0 | UCLA | 6/26/1971 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 30th pick / 1993 |
| Andy Haase | 24 | TE | 7 | 1 | 260 | 6-4 | Northern Colorado | 7/10/1974 | Rook | |
| Conrad Hamilton | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 195 | 5-10 | Eastern New Mexico | 11/5/1974 | 2 | New York Giants / 7th / 214th pick / 1996 |
| Keith Hamilton | 27 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-6 | Pittsburgh | 5/25/1971 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 99th pick / 1992 |
| Robert Harris | 29 | DT-DE | 10 | 10 | 295 | 6-4 | Southern | 6/13/1969 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1992 |
| Ike Hilliard | 22 | WR | 16 | 16 | 210 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/5/1976 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| Bernard Holsey | 25 | DT-DE | 16 | 0 | 286 | 6-2 | Duke | 12/10/1973 | 2 | |
| Cedric Jones | 24 | DE | 16 | 1 | 275 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 4/30/1974 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1996 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 24 | WR | 14 | 1 | 230 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/23/1974 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 55th pick / 1998 |
| Danny Kanell | 25 | QB | 10 | 10 | 218 | 6-3 | Florida State | 11/21/1973 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 130th pick / 1996 |
| Jeremy Lincoln | 29 | DB | 16 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 4/7/1969 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 80th pick / 1992 |
| Brad Maynard | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 186 | 6-1 | Ball State | 2/9/1974 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| Pete Monty | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 7/3/1974 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 103rd pick / 1997 |
| Roman Oben | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Louisville | 10/9/1972 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| Lonnie Palelei | 28 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 310 | 6-3 | Purdue,UNLV | 10/15/1970 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 135th pick / 1993 |
| David Patten | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Western Carolina | 8/19/1974 | 1 | |
| Christian Peter | 26 | DT | 16 | 6 | 295 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 10/5/1972 | 1 | New England Patriots / 5th / 149th pick / 1996 |
| Ryan Phillips | 24 | LB | 16 | 3 | 252 | 6-4 | Idaho | 2/7/1974 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 68th pick / 1997 |
| Alfred Pupunu | 29 | TE | 9 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Weber State | 10/17/1969 | 6 | |
| Jerry Reynolds | 28 | T-C | 12 | 2 | 320 | 6-6 | UNLV | 4/2/1970 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 184th pick / 1994 |
| Brandon Sanders | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Arizona | 6/10/1973 | 1 | |
| Lance Scott | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Utah | 2/15/1972 | 1 | Arizona Cardinals / 5th / 165th pick / 1995 |
| Phillippi Sparks | 29 | DB | 13 | 13 | 195 | 5-11 | Arizona State | 4/15/1969 | 6 | New York Giants / 2nd / 41st pick / 1992 |
| Ron Stone | 27 | G | 14 | 14 | 325 | 6-5 | Boston College | 7/20/1971 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1993 |
| Michael Strahan*+ | 27 | DE | 16 | 15 | 275 | 6-5 | Texas Southern | 11/21/1971 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1993 |
| Amani Toomer | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Michigan | 9/8/1974 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 34th pick / 1996 |
| Charles Way | 26 | RB | 16 | 15 | 245 | 6-0 | Virginia | 12/27/1972 | 3 | New York Giants / 6th / 206th pick / 1995 |
| Tyrone Wheatley | 26 | RB | 5 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Michigan | 1/19/1972 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 17th pick / 1995 |
| Jason Whittle | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Southwest Missouri State | 3/7/1975 | Rook | |
| Corey Widmer | 30 | LB-DT | 16 | 15 | 256 | 6-3 | Montana State | 12/25/1968 | 6 | New York Giants / 7th / 180th pick / 1992 |
| George Williams | 23 | DT | 2 | 0 | 294 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 12/8/1975 | Rook | |
| Shaun Williams | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | UCLA | 10/10/1976 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 24th pick / 1998 |
| Tito Wooten | 27 | DB | 14 | 13 | 191 | 6-0 | La-Monroe,North Carolina | 12/12/1971 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 1st pick / 1994 Supp |
| Rodney Young | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | LSU | 1/25/1973 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 85th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 243.5 | 6-2.1 | 3.0 |