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1980 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-12-0, 5th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Perkins (4-12-0)

Points For: 249 (15.6/g) 26th of 28

Points Against: 425 (26.6/g) 27th of 28

Expected W-L: 3.5-12.5

SRS: -9.75 (27th of 28), SOS: 1.25

Defensive Coordinator: Ralph Hawkins

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line) and Bill Belichick (Linebackers/Special Teams)

Stadium: Giants Stadium

Co-Owner: Tim J. Mara

Co-Owner: Wellington Mara

General Manager: George Young

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +50000

Training Camp: Pace University (Pleasantville, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	249	4339	1044	4.2	43	18	261	245	514	2609	19	25	4.7	136	483	1730	10	3.6	100	98	962	25
Opp. Stats	425	5752	1060	5.4	41	23	336	255	448	3245	22	18	6.8	160	584	2507	31	4.3	156	108	862	20
Lg Rank Offense	26	27			25	20	28		8	26	17	17	28		20	25	23	27
Lg Rank Defense	27	24			10	1	23		4	17	15	21	26		26	26	28	23

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	41	35	19	378	274	104	1	20	419	287	132	5
2	Sun	September 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Washington Redskins	21	23	15	250	163	87	4	18	326	118	208	1
3	Mon	September 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	3	35	19	252	169	83	2	23	382	234	148	3
4	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Los Angeles Rams	7	28	13	222	160	62	3	22	368	203	165	2
5	Sun	October 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	3	24	14	292	155	137	4	20	335	250	85	2
6	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Philadelphia Eagles	16	31	13	161	79	82	2	23	329	205	124	2
7	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	San Diego Chargers	7	44	13	206	124	82	3	31	567	456	111	3
8	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7		Denver Broncos	9	14	15	315	188	127	1	21	276	64	212	1
9	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	30	16	220	147	73	4	23	379	135	244	2
10	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-8		Dallas Cowboys	38	35	26	462	345	117	2	21	394	155	239	5
11	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-8		Green Bay Packers	27	21	19	406	294	112	2	24	410	289	121	4
12	Sun	November 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	12	12	131	51	80	1	16	326	206	120	3
13	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10		St. Louis Cardinals	7	23	13	189	83	106	3	19	361	136	225	2
14	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-10	@	Seattle Seahawks	27	21	14	311	161	150	2	22	337	221	116	2
15	Sat	December 13	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		4-11	@	Washington Redskins	13	16	18	253	110	143	4	16	232	119	113	3
16	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-12		Oakland Raiders	17	33	22	291	106	185	5	17	311	167	144	1

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Phil Simms	25	QB	13	13	3-10-0	193	402	48.0	2321	15	3.7	19	4.7	58	5.8	4.39	12.0	178.5	58.9	36	233	8.22	4.77	3.50	1	1
2	Scott Brunner	23	QB	16	3	1-2-0	52	112	46.4	610	4	3.6	6	5.4	50	5.4	3.75	11.7	38.1	53.1	10	76	8.20	4.38	2.82	1	1
3	Dave Jennings	28	P	16	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	13	100.00	-13.00	-13.00	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	4-12-0	245	514	47.7	2609	19	3.7	25	4.9	58	5.7	3.63	12.0	163.1	57.6	47	322	8.38	4.65	3.32	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Billy Taylor	24	RB	11	10	147	580	4	35	3.9	52.7	13.4	33	253	7.7	0	42	3.0	23.0	180	4.6	833	4	4
2	Earnest Gray	23	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	52	777	14.9	10	50	3.3	48.6	52	14.9	777	10	1
3	Larry Heater	22	RB	14	5	111	360	3	11	3.2	25.7	7.9	10	139	13.9	0	43	0.7	9.9	121	4.1	499	3	1
4	Tom Mullady	23	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	391	14.0	2	42	1.8	24.4	28	14.0	391	2	0
5	Leon Perry	23	FB	10	4	59	272	1	17	4.6	27.2	5.9	8	84	10.5	1	25	0.8	8.4	67	5.3	356	2	3
6	Mike Friede	23	WR	7	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	350	16.7	0	48	3.0	50.0	21	16.7	350	0	0
7	Danny Pittman	22	WR	11	6	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0.1	25	308	12.3	0	22	2.3	28.0	26	11.6	301	0	1
8	Bo Matthews	29	FB	15	7	64	180	0	18	2.8	12.0	4.3	19	86	4.5	0	12	1.3	5.7	83	3.2	266	0	2
9	Gary Shirk	30	TE	16	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	211	10.0	1	21	1.3	13.2	21	10.0	211	1	2
10	Johnny Perkins	27	WR	6	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	193	13.8	3	58	2.3	32.2	14	13.8	193	3	1
11	Phil Simms	25	QB	13	13	36	190	1	20	5.3	14.6	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	36	5.3	190	1	6
12	Alvin Garrett	24	RB	15	0	9	31	0	10	3.4	2.1	0.6	5	69	13.8	1	32	0.3	4.6	14	7.1	100	1	5
13	Mike Hogan	26	RB	6	4	22	46	1	9	2.1	7.7	3.7	5	46	9.2	0	12	0.8	7.7	27	3.4	92	1	0
14	Eddie Hicks	25	RB	3	1	19	50	0	9	2.6	16.7	6.3	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.3	1.3	20	2.7	54	0	2
15	Scott Laidlaw	27	RB	7	1	5	10	0	3	2.0	1.4	0.7	2	16	8.0	0	10	0.3	2.3	7	3.7	26	0	0
16	Scott Brunner	23	QB	16	3	10	18	0	12	1.8	1.1	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	1.8	18	0	3
17	George Martin	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	1	4	0.1	0.3	1	4.0	4	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	483	1730	10	35	3.6	108.1	30.2	245	2931	12.0	19	58	15.3	183.2	728	6.4	4661	29	33

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Earnest Gray	23	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Gary Jeter	25	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	10.0	0
3	George Martin	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
4	Roy Simmons	24	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Beasley Reece	26	SS	16	14	3	24	0	10	1	2	14	0	1.0	0
6	Gary Shirk	30	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Brad Van Pelt	29	LOLB	15	14	3	3	0	3	0	3	46	0	1.0	0	PB
8	Phil Simms	25	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	6	2	-5	0	0.0	0
9	Mark Haynes	22	LCB/RCB	15	11	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mike Dennis	22	RCB	13	10	5	68	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	John Skorupan	29	ROLB	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
12	Billy Taylor	24	RB	11	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gary Woolford	26	FS	12	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Harry Carson	27	RILB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Terry Jackson	25	LCB	8	7	1	5	0	5	0	3	11	0	0.0	0
16	Bo Matthews	29	FB	15	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bud Hebert	24	FS	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Frank Marion	29	LILB	11	6	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
19	Joe McLaughlin	23	RILB	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Danny Pittman	22	WR	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Phil Tabor	24	NT	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
22	Mike Whittington	22	ROLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.5	0
23	Larry Heater	22	RB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Johnny Perkins	27	WR	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Leon Perry	23	FB	10	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ben Apuna	23	LB	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Scott Brunner	23	QB	16	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Eddie Hicks	25	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Kevin Turner	22	LB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Alvin Garrett	24	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0
31	Steve Henry	23	DB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Myron Lapka	24	DE	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
33	Ralph Perretta	27	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	George Small	24	NT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	0	0		33	15	73	0	28	0

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