1968 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • Capitol Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Allie Sherman |
| Rosey Brown | Assistant Offensive Line |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| Harland Svare | Defense |
| Jim Trimble | Offensive Line |
| Emlen Tunnell | Defensive Secondary |
| Alex Webster | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | A | Green Bay Packers | 15-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | N | Atlanta Falcons | 17-13 | W | Nashville, TN | Dudley Field | 14555 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-18 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 53776 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-21 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 45211 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 45698 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-25 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60858 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Washington Redskins | 48-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62797 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 38-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62967 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 21-24 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 49962 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-26 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62958 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-10 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50839 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-26 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62973 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 27-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 72163 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62896 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 68534 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83193 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-28 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62907 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-28 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62617 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bruce Anderson | 79 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Willamette | 14 | 14 |
| Roger Anderson | 73 | LDT | 6-5 | 263 | 26 | Virginia Union | 14 | 12 |
| Ken Avery | 54 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Ronnie Blye | 22 | HB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Notre Dame; Florida A&M | 13 | 2 |
| McKinley Boston | 82 | LDE | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Minnesota | 13 | 0 |
| Barry Brown | 83 | DE | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Florida | 12 | 0 |
| Rich Buzin | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 251 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 1 |
| Pete Case | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 28 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Ciccolella | 58 | LLB | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Dayton | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 57 | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 36 | Ohio University | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Crespino | 89 | FL | 6-4 | 223 | 30 | Mississippi | 11 | 1 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 56 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Henry Davis | 66 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | ROG | 6-0 | 243 | 33 | North Carolina State | 13 | 13 |
| Bobby Duhon | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Tulane | 13 | 10 |
| Scott Eaton | 20 | LCB | 6-3 | 198 | 24 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 5 |
| Pete Gogolak | 3 | K | 6-2 | 193 | 26 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Gross | 64 | LOG | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Harper | 61 | ROT-ROG-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 4 |
| Chuck Hinton | 59 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Holifield | 49 | RCB | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 45 | SE | 6-2 | 211 | 27 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 34 | Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Koontz | 47 | SE | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Contra Costa JC; San Francisco State | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 23 | FB-P | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | Texas | 13 | 8 |
| Gary Lane | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Missouri | 7? | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 249 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Lockhart | 43 | RS-P | 6-2 | 176 | 25 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 71 | RDT | 6-6 | 251 | 26 | Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Maher | 21 | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Minniear | 27 | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Purdue | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | FL-HB | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Cincinnati | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Silas | 72 | LDT | 6-4 | 251 | 28 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 2 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Aaron Thomas | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 31 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Doug Van Horn | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Ohio State | 3 | 0 |
| Freeman White | 81 | LS | 6-5 | 225 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 41 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Butch Wilson | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 223 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 2 |
| Gary Wood | 19 | QB | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Wright | 78 | ROT | 6-6 | 250 | 26 | Alabama | 10 | 10 |
| Willie Young | 69 | LOT | 6-0 | 259 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 41 | Rich Buzin | T | Penn State |
| 3 | 70 | Bobby Duhon | RB | Tulane |
| 7 | 180 | Doug Chatman | DE | Jackson State |
| 9 | 234 | Joe Koontz | E | San Francisco State |
| 11 | 288 | Henry Davis | DE | Grambling State |
| 12 | 314 | Jimmy Holifield | DB | Jackson State |
| 13 | 342 | John Gallagher | DE | Boston University |
| 14 | 368 | Bill Moreman | RB | Florida State |
| 15 | 396 | McKinley Boston | G | Minnesota |
| 16 | 422 | Ken Parker | DB | Fordham* |
| 17 | 450 | Larry Kohn | TE | Georgia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 117 | 51 | 75 | 294 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 105 | 87 | 64 | 325 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 256 | 119 | 114 | 23 | / % | / % | 67 | 608 | |
| Opponents Totals | 263 | 125 | 121 | 17 | / % | / % | 62 | 579 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0 | 78 |
| Homer Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ronnie Blye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0 | 294 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 37 | 43 | 86.0 | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 0 | 325 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 3 | 49 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 2/5 | 3/9 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 3 | 49 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 2/6 | 3/9 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 5/5 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 0/7 | 0/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Frederickson | 142 | 486 | 3.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 89 | 394 | 4.4 | 26 | 3 |
| Bobby Duhon | 101 | 362 | 3.6 | 13 | 3 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 57 | 301 | 5.3 | 22t | 3 |
| Ronnie Blye | 53 | 243 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Randy Minniear | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 9 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 5L | 0 |
| Team Totals | 474 | 1882 | 4.0 | 26 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 425 | 2001 | 4.7 | 66t | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 337 | 182 | 182 | 143 | 2555 | 7.6 | 14.0 | 84 | 21 | 6.2 | 12 | 3.6 | 27 | 255 | 2300 | 84.6 |
| Gary Wood | 24 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 123 | 5.1 | 13.7 | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 3 | 18 | 105 | 15.1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 116.7 |
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 75.7 |
| Team Totals | 366 | 195 | 195 | 154 | 2715 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 84 | 21 | 5.7 | 17 | 4.6 | 30 | 273 | 2442 | 77.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 191 | 191 | 147 | 4798 | 13.2 | 25.1 | 92t | 18 | 4.9 | 26 | 7.1 | 21 | 158 | 4640 | 84.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Jones | 45 | 1057 | 23.5 | 84 | 7 |
| Joe Morrison | 37 | 425 | 11.5 | 68t | 6 |
| Bobby Duhon | 37 | 373 | 10.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Aaron Thomas | 29 | 449 | 15.5 | 49 | 4 |
| Ernie Koy | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Ronnie Blye | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Bobby Crespino | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Butch Wilson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 195 | 2715 | 13.9 | 84 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 4798 | 25.1 | 92t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 8 | 130 | 16.3 | 72t | 2 |
| Scott Eaton | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 89 | 89.0 | 89 | 0 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Mike Ciccolella | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roger Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 89 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 120 | 7.1 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | 44 | 1649 | 37.5 | 65 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Willie Williams | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Lockhart | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2050 | 36.0 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 1856 | 33.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1882 | 40.0 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 1701 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Lockhart | 13 | 12 | 69 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 7 | 9 | 32 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 21 | 101 | 5.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 18 | 174 | 7.6 | 63t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Blye | 35 | 734 | 21.0 | 66 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 13 | 214 | 16.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Joe Koontz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1110 | 17.9 | 66 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1344 | 26.4 | 98t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Blye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mc Kinley Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Barry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Buzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ciccolella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Koontz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 |
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