1965 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Allie Sherman |
| Pop Ivy | Assistant Defense |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Ken Strong | Kickers |
| Emlen Tunnell | Assistant Defense |
| Harry Wright | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-44 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50837 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-7 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 25381 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-34 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 41712 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | N | Detroit Lions | 21-25 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83118 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 9-24 | L | Omaha, NE | Rosenblatt Stadium | 14250 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 2-31 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 59366 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 57154 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 31871 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 14-40 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 44283 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-27 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62815 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62864 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62807 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-23 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62788 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82426 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 28-15 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31704 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62933 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62735 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-10 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50373 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62871 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/4/1965 | Detroit Lions | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ed Adamchik | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| Roger Anderson | 73 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 263 | 23 | Virginia Union | 8 | 7 |
| Bookie Bolin | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 13 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 33 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Bundra | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 258 | 26 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 9 | 9 |
| Henry Carr | 28 | LS | 6-3 | 198 | 23 | Burlington JC; Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Carroll | 60 | LLB-MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Case | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 11 |
| Clarence Childs | 48 | LS | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Florida A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Glen Condren | 83 | LB-DE | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Oklahoma | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Costello | 54 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Miami (Florida); Dayton | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 223 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 5 |
| Roger Davis | 74 | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 27 | Syracuse | 3 | 1 |
| Rosey Davis | 77 | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 3 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Auburn | 13 | 12 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 87 | MLB-TE-K | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Colorado | 13 | 10 |
| Homer Jones | 45 | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 7 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 31 | Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Ernie Koy | 23 | P-OHB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Texas | 13 | 0 |
| Roger LaLonde | 78 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Muskingum | 11 | 9 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 249 | 26 | Minnesota | 12 | 8 |
| Frank Lasky | 71 | ROT | 6-2 | 265 | 24 | Florida; Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Lockhart | 43 | LCB-P | 6-2 | 176 | 22 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| John LoVetere | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 283 | 29 | Compton JC | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| John McDowell | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 29 | K-RB | 6-3 | 227 | 22 | Yale | 13 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | FL | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Cincinnati | 13 | 13 |
| Dave O'Brien | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Boston College | 10 | 3 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 32 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Smith Reed | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Alcorn State | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Scholtz | 55 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 6 |
| Del Shofner | 85 | SE-FL | 6-3 | 188 | 31 | Baylor | 12 | 8 |
| Lou Slaby | 51 | MLB-LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 6 |
| Andy Stynchula | 72 | RDE-K | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Swain | 52 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Oregon | 14 | 4 |
| Aaron Thomas | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 28 | Oregon State | 13 | 9 |
| Steve Thurlow | 27 | HB | 6-3 | 217 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Timberlake | 18 | K | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Michigan | 13 | 0 |
| Olen Underwood | 54 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Mickey Walker | 64 | OG | 6-0 | 232 | 26 | Michigan State | 4 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 21 | LS-FL | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | Arnold | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 30 | FB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 2 |
| Willie Williams | 41 | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 19 | QB | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | Cornell | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Tucker Frederickson | B | Auburn |
| 3 | 31 | Chuck Mercein | FB | Yale |
| 3 | 33 | Bob Timberlake | QB | Michigan |
| 4 | 43 | Henry Carr | HB | Arizona State |
| 5 | 62 | Frank Lambert | E | Mississippi |
| 8 | 99 | Willie Williams | B | Grambling State |
| 9 | 113 | John Frick | E | Ohio University |
| 10 | 127 | Ben Crenshaw | B | Jackson State |
| 11 | 141 | Ernie Koy | B | Texas |
| 12 | 155 | Jim Carroll | LB | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 169 | Carl Lockhart | B | North Texas |
| 14 | 183 | Olen Underwood | E | Texas |
| 15 | 197 | Mike Giers | G | Southern California |
| 16 | 211 | Tom Good | B | Marshall |
| 17 | 225 | Dave Powless | G | Illinois |
| 18 | 239 | Mike Ciccolella | LB | Dayton |
| 19 | 253 | Smith Reed | B | Alcorn State |
| 20 | 267 | John Torok | QB | Arizona State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 97 | 50 | 74 | 270 |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 78 | 75 | 88 | 338 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 91 | 112 | 27 | / % | / % | 61 | 618 | |
| Opponents Totals | 266 | 108 | 140 | 18 | / % | / % | 83 | 848 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Frederickson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Homer Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Steve Thurlow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bobby Crespino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Timberlake | 0 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 1 | 15 | 6.7 | 0 | 24 |
| Andy Stynchula | 0 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 21 |
| Chuck Mercein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Del Shofner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dick Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Wood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 4 | 25 | 16.0 | 1 | 270 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 2 | 338 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Stynchula | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 24 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bob Timberlake | 1 | 15 | 6.7 | 3 | 43 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/11 | 0/0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 25 | 16.0 | 5 | 43 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 0/5 | 1/12 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 4/5 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Frederickson | 195 | 659 | 3.4 | 41 | 5 |
| Steve Thurlow | 106 | 440 | 4.2 | 43 | 4 |
| Ernie Koy | 35 | 174 | 5.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Smith Reed | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Earl Morrall | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11t | 1 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 423 | 1651 | 3.9 | 43 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 447 | 1956 | 4.4 | 59t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 302 | 155 | 51.3 | 135 | 2446 | 8.1 | 15.8 | 89t | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 27 | 214 | 2232 | 86.3 |
| Gary Wood | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 19 | 190 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 28t | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 5.6 | 4 | 41 | 149 | 44.9 |
| Steve Thurlow | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 118.8 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 342 | 171 | 50.0 | 155 | 2685 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 89t | 23 | 6.7 | 16 | 4.7 | 31 | 255 | 2430 | 79.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 393 | 208 | 52.9 | 169 | 3251 | 8.3 | 15.6 | 69 | 18 | 4.6 | 16 | 4.1 | 39 | 294 | 2957 | 79.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 41 | 574 | 14.0 | 46t | 4 |
| Aaron Thomas | 27 | 631 | 23.4 | 71t | 5 |
| Homer Jones | 26 | 709 | 27.3 | 89t | 6 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 24 | 177 | 7.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Del Shofner | 22 | 388 | 17.6 | 49 | 2 |
| Steve Thurlow | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Bobby Crespino | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 15 | 4 |
| Smith Reed | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 171 | 2685 | 15.7 | 89t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 3251 | 15.6 | 69 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Lockhart | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25t | 1 |
| Henry Carr | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Olen Underwood | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Carroll | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 249 | 15.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 43 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | 55 | 2268 | 41.2 | 67 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Carl Lockhart | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 53 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2535 | 41.6 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 137 | 2298 | 37.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1921 | 42.7 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 1826 | 40.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 18 | 5 | 28 | 1.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Henry Carr | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 1 | -6 | -3.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 9 | 35 | 1.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 23 | 137 | 6.2 | 41 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Childs | 29 | 718 | 24.8 | 51 | 0 | |
| Ernie Koy | 21 | 401 | 19.1 | 38 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 36 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Steve Thurlow | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Chuck Mercein | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1303 | 21.7 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1175 | 21.8 | 43 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bundra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Carr | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |
| Jim Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Childs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tom Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Homer Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 84 | 1 |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Scholtz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Slaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Stynchula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Swain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Thurlow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olen Underwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 91 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 1 |
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