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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 299 points (18.7/g), 20th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 358 points (22.4/g), 23rd.
Differential of -59 points (-3.7/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 6.3-9.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 25th.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.0, Offense: -1.8, Defense: -1.2, SoS: 0.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Fassel
Offensive Coordinator: Jim Skipper
Defensive Coordinator: John Fox
Training Camp: SUNY Albany (Albany, New York)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Kent Graham | 31 | 7 | 9 | 160 for 271, 1,697 yards, 9 td, 9 int, & 35 rushes for 132 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 8th / 211th pick / 1992 |
| RB | Joe Montgomery | 23 | Rook | 5 | 115 rushes for 348 yards, 3 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 49th pick / 1999 |
| FB | Charles Way | 27 | 4 | 8 | 49 rushes for 141 yards, 2 td, & 11 catches for 59 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 206th pick / 1995 |
| WR | Ike Hilliard | 23 | 2 | 16 | 72 catches for 996 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| WR | Amani Toomer | 25 | 3 | 16 | 79 catches for 1,183 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 34th pick / 1996 |
| TE | Howard Cross | 32 | 10 | 15 | 9 catches for 55 yards, 0 td | New York Giants / 6th / 158th pick / 1989 |
| LT | Roman Oben | 27 | 3 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| LG | Luke Petitgout | 23 | Rook | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 19th pick / 1999 | |
| C | Brian S. Williams | 33 | 10 | 12 | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1989 | |
| RG | Ron Stone | 28 | 5 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1993 | |
| RT | Scott Gragg | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 54th pick / 1995 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Michael Strahan* | 28 | 6 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Christian Peter | 27 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 149th pick / 1996 |
| RDT | Keith Hamilton | 28 | 7 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 99th pick / 1992 |
| RDE | Cedric Jones | 25 | 3 | 16 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1996 |
| LLB | Ryan Phillips | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 68th pick / 1997 |
| MLB | Corey Widmer | 31 | 7 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 7th / 180th pick / 1992 |
| RLB | Jessie Armstead* | 29 | 6 | 16 | 9.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 207th pick / 1993 |
| LCB | Phillippi Sparks | 30 | 7 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 41st pick / 1992 |
| RCB | Jason Sehorn | 28 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 59th pick / 1994 |
| SS | Sam Garnes | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 136th pick / 1997 |
| FS | Percy Ellsworth | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Cary Blanchard | 31 | 7 | 0 | 18 of 21 field goals & 19 of 19 extra points | |
| P | Brad Maynard | 25 | 2 | 0 | 89 punts for a 41.0 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| PR | Tiki Barber | 24 | 2 | 1 | 44 punt returns for a 11.5 average and 1 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1997 |
| KR | David Patten | 25 | 2 | 0 | 33 kick returns for a 20.4 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Brian Alford | 24 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 6/7/1975 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 70th pick / 1998 | |
| 98 | Jessie Armstead* | 29 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 10/26/1970 | 6 | 12 | New York Giants / 8th / 207th pick / 1993 |
| 21 | Tiki Barber | 24 | PR | 16 | 1 | 200 | 5-10 | Virginia | 4/7/1975 | 2 | 7 | New York Giants / 2nd / 36th pick / 1997 |
| 44 | Sean Bennett | 24 | rb | 9 | 2 | 230 | 6-1 | Illinois,Evansville,Northwestern | 11/9/1975 | Rook | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 112th pick / 1999 |
| 19 | Cary Blanchard | 31 | K | 10 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Oklahoma St. | 11/5/1968 | 7 | 0 | |
| 33 | Gary Brown | 30 | rb | 3 | 2 | 230 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 7/1/1969 | 8 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 214th pick / 1991 |
| 55 | Marcus Buckley | 28 | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 2/3/1971 | 6 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1993 | |
| 86 | Daniel Campbell | 23 | te | 12 | 1 | 263 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 4/13/1976 | Rook | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 79th pick / 1999 |
| 57 | O.J. Childress | 23 | 4 | 0 | 244 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/6/1976 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 7th / 231st pick / 1999 | |
| 5 | Kerry Collins | 27 | qb | 10 | 7 | 248 | 6-5 | Penn St. | 12/30/1972 | 4 | 6 | Carolina Panthers / 1st / 5th pick / 1995 |
| 34 | Greg Comella | 24 | fb | 16 | 3 | 248 | 6-1 | Stanford | 7/29/1975 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Jose Cortez | 24 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Oregon St. | 5/27/1975 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 87 | Howard Cross | 32 | TE | 16 | 15 | 270 | 6-5 | Alabama | 8/8/1967 | 10 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 158th pick / 1989 |
| 3 | Brad Daluiso | 32 | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | San Diego St.,UCLA | 12/31/1967 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Percy Ellsworth | 25 | FS | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-2 | Virginia | 10/19/1974 | 3 | 7 | |
| 69 | Derek Engler | 25 | c | 10 | 4 | 300 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 7/11/1974 | 2 | 2 | |
| 52 | Scott Galyon | 25 | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 3/23/1974 | 3 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 182nd pick / 1996 | |
| 20 | Sam Garnes | 25 | SS | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 7/12/1974 | 2 | 6 | New York Giants / 5th / 136th pick / 1997 |
| 74 | Scott Gragg | 27 | RT | 16 | 16 | 315 | 6-8 | Montana | 2/28/1972 | 4 | 7 | New York Giants / 2nd / 54th pick / 1995 |
| 10 | Kent Graham | 31 | QB | 9 | 9 | 231 | 6-5 | Notre Dame,Ohio St. | 11/1/1968 | 7 | 5 | New York Giants / 8th / 211th pick / 1992 |
| 93 | Ryan Hale | 24 | 9 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 7/10/1975 | Rook | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 225th pick / 1999 | |
| 41 | Conrad Hamilton | 25 | db | 3 | 2 | 195 | 5-10 | East. New Mexico | 11/5/1974 | 3 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 214th pick / 1996 |
| 75 | Keith Hamilton | 28 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 295 | 6-6 | Pittsburgh | 5/25/1971 | 7 | 8 | New York Giants / 4th / 99th pick / 1992 |
| 97 | Robert Harris | 30 | ldt | 6 | 6 | 295 | 6-4 | Southern | 6/13/1969 | 7 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1992 |
| 88 | Ike Hilliard | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 210 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/5/1976 | 2 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| 79 | Bernard Holsey | 26 | 16 | 0 | 286 | 6-2 | Duke | 12/10/1973 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 23 | LeShon Johnson | 28 | rb | 16 | 4 | 205 | 6-0 | Northern Illinois | 1/15/1971 | 5 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1994 |
| 94 | Cedric Jones | 25 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 4/30/1974 | 3 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 5th pick / 1996 |
| 84 | Joe Jurevicius | 25 | wr | 16 | 1 | 230 | 6-5 | Penn St. | 12/23/1974 | 1 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 55th pick / 1998 |
| 24 | Bashir Levingston | 23 | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Utah St.,East. Washington | 10/2/1976 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 39 | Jeremy Lincoln | 30 | rcb | 15 | 7 | 180 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 4/7/1969 | 6 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 80th pick / 1992 |
| 9 | Brad Maynard | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 186 | 6-1 | Ball St. | 2/9/1974 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| 26 | Emmanuel McDaniel | 27 | db | 7 | 2 | 180 | 5-9 | East Carolina | 7/27/1972 | 3 | 1 | Carolina Panthers / 4th / 111th pick / 1996 |
| 83 | Pete Mitchell | 28 | te | 15 | 6 | 243 | 6-2 | Boston Col. | 10/9/1971 | 4 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 122nd pick / 1995 |
| 25 | Joe Montgomery | 23 | RB | 7 | 5 | 230 | 5-10 | Ohio St. | 6/8/1976 | Rook | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 49th pick / 1999 |
| 51 | Pete Monty | 25 | lb | 16 | 3 | 250 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 7/3/1974 | 2 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 103rd pick / 1997 |
| 70 | Toby Myles | 24 | 8 | 0 | 320 | 6-5 | Mississippi St.,Jackson St. | 7/23/1975 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 147th pick / 1998 | |
| 72 | Roman Oben | 27 | LT | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Louisville | 10/9/1972 | 3 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| 85 | David Patten | 25 | KR | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | West. Carolina | 8/19/1974 | 2 | 1 | |
| 99 | Christian Peter | 27 | LDT | 16 | 10 | 295 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 10/5/1972 | 2 | 5 | New England Patriots / 5th / 149th pick / 1996 |
| 77 | Luke Petitgout | 23 | LG | 15 | 8 | 310 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 6/16/1976 | Rook | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 19th pick / 1999 |
| 91 | Ryan Phillips | 25 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 252 | 6-4 | Idaho | 2/7/1974 | 2 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 68th pick / 1997 |
| 78 | Mike Rosenthal | 22 | lg | 9 | 7 | 318 | 6-7 | Notre Dame | 6/10/1977 | Rook | 3 | New York Giants / 5th / 149th pick / 1999 |
| 47 | Brandon Sanders | 26 | db | 9 | 2 | 185 | 5-9 | Arizona | 6/10/1973 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | Jason Sehorn | 28 | RCB | 10 | 10 | 213 | 6-2 | USC | 4/15/1971 | 5 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 59th pick / 1994 |
| 22 | Phillippi Sparks | 30 | LCB | 11 | 11 | 195 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 4/15/1969 | 7 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 41st pick / 1992 |
| 46 | Reggie Stephens | 24 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Rutgers | 2/21/1975 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 65 | Ron Stone | 28 | RG | 16 | 16 | 325 | 6-5 | Boston Col. | 7/20/1971 | 5 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1993 |
| 92 | Michael Strahan* | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | Texas Southern | 11/21/1971 | 6 | 11 | New York Giants / 2nd / 40th pick / 1993 |
| 89 | Mark D. Thomas | 23 | 2 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | North Carolina St. | 4/26/1976 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 29 | Tre Thomas | 24 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Texas | 7/12/1975 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 81 | Amani Toomer | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 208 | 6-3 | Michigan | 9/8/1974 | 3 | 9 | New York Giants / 2nd / 34th pick / 1996 |
| 30 | Charles Way | 27 | FB | 11 | 8 | 245 | 6-0 | Virginia | 12/27/1972 | 4 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 206th pick / 1995 |
| 35 | Andre Weathers | 23 | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Michigan | 8/6/1976 | Rook | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 205th pick / 1999 | |
| 37 | Lyle West | 23 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | San Jose St. | 12/20/1976 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 6th / 189th pick / 1999 | |
| 62 | Jason Whittle | 24 | g | 16 | 1 | 305 | 6-4 | SW Missouri St. | 3/7/1975 | 1 | 1 | |
| 90 | Corey Widmer | 31 | MLB | 15 | 13 | 256 | 6-3 | Montana St. | 12/25/1968 | 7 | 6 | New York Giants / 7th / 180th pick / 1992 |
| 59 | Brian S. Williams | 33 | C | 12 | 12 | 305 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 6/8/1966 | 10 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 18th pick / 1989 |
| 96 | George Williams | 24 | 16 | 0 | 294 | 6-3 | North Carolina St. | 12/8/1975 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 36 | Shaun Williams | 23 | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | UCLA | 10/10/1976 | 1 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 24th pick / 1998 | |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 242.7 | 6-2.0 | 3.1 |