1977 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: John McVay |
| Jay Fry | Offensive Line |
| Joe Galat | Defensive Line |
| Bob Gibson | Offensive Coordinator |
| Lindy Infante | Receivers |
| Marty Schottenheimer | Defensive Coordinator |
| John Symank | Defensive Backs |
| Allan Webb | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1977 | H | New England Patriots | 3-19 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 44471 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 7-23 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 49900 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1977 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-29 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 30582 | |
| Mon | 8/29/1977 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-21 | W | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 48981 |
| Sun | 9/4/1977 | H | New York Jets | 0-10 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 50482 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 21-27 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 51561 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-17 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 76086 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-41 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64215 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 3-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 46174 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-28 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 48824 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-17 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70366 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-6 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53903 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1977 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 0-28 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50323 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-24 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74532 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-0 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 46518 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-21 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 72576 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-30 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 32705 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-7 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 71826 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 47731 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 9-12 | L | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 50152 |
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 |
| Troy Archer | 77 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Rio Hondo JC; Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Gordon Bell | 25 | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Michigan | 10 | 0 |
| Boyd Brown | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 216 | 25 | Alcorn State | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Bryant | 21 | LCB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Harry Carson | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Karl Chandler | 61 | C | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Princeton | 14 | 10 |
| Larry Csonka | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 238 | 31 | Syracuse | 14 | 13 |
| Joe Danelo | 18 | K | 5-9 | 166 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Dean | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 194 | 22 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 84 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 23 | Iowa State | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Dvorak | 66 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Wichita State | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Ellenbogen | 65 | OG | 6-5 | 258 | 27 | Buffalo; Virginia Tech | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Gibbons | 79 | ROG | 6-4 | 262 | 26 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 |
| Gordon Gravelle | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Brigham Young | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Gregory | 77 | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 33 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Hammond | 33 | RB | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Morgan State | 14 | 4 |
| Harold Hart | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | Texas Southern | 1 | 0 |
| John Hicks | 74 | ROG | 6-2 | 258 | 26 | Ohio State | 10 | 8 |
| Ralph Hill | 52 | C | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | Florida A&M | 12 | 4 |
| Dave Jennings | 13 | P | 6-4 | 202 | 25 | St. Lawrence | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Jeter | 70 | LDE | 6-4 | 260 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 5 |
| Ernie Jones | 31 | CB | 6-3 | 180 | 24 | Miami-Dade JC; Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Kelley | 55 | RLB | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | California Lutheran | 13 | 13 |
| Doug Kotar | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 11 |
| Dan Lloyd | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Mallory | 34 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Marion | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Florida A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-5 | 200 | 30 | Ranger JC; Cameron | 14 | 0 |
| George Martin | 75 | LDE | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Oregon | 10 | 9 |
| John Mendenhall | 64 | LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Mikolajczyk | 62 | ROT | 6-3 | 280 | 27 | Marshall; Tampa | 14 | 13 |
| Emery Moorehead | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Colorado | 13 | 7 |
| Tom Mullen | 73 | ROG-ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Missouri State | 8 | 3 |
| Johnny Perkins | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Ranger JC; Abilene Christian | 13 | 7 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 76 | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 9 | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | New Mexico State | 13 | 11 |
| Clyde Powers | 29 | SS | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Beasley Reece | 28 | CB | 6-1 | 186 | 23 | North Texas | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 22 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Texas Christian; Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 85 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Selfridge | 57 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Virginia | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 87 | TE | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Morehead State | 14 | 10 |
| Willie Spencer | 27 | RB | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | none | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 20 | FS | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | Texas State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 32 | Bloomsburg | 5 | 4 |
| J.T. Turner | 68 | DE-DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Duke | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Van Horn | 63 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 10 | LLB | 6-5 | 235 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Watkins | 36 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 31 | Alcorn State | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Gary Jeter | DT | Southern California |
| 2 | 32 | Johnny Perkins | WR | Abilene Christian |
| 4 | 88 | Mike Vaughan | T | Oklahoma |
| 5 | 117 | Randy Dean | QB | Northwestern |
| 6 | 143 | Bob Jordan | T | Memphis |
| 6 | 153 | Emery Moorehead | WR-RB | Colorado |
| 7 | 178 | Al Dixon | TE | Iowa State |
| 8 | 199 | Bill Rice | DT | Brigham Young |
| 8 | 211 | Otis Rodgers | LB | Iowa State |
| 9 | 228 | Ken Mullens | DE | Florida A&M |
| 10 | 255 | Mike Jones | WR | Minnesota |
| 11 | 284 | Bill Helms | TE | San Diego State |
| 12 | 311 | Elmo Simmons | RB | Texas-Arlington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 60 | 44 | 53 | 0 | 181 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 79 | 41 | 78 | 3 | 265 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 201 | 105 | 73 | 23 | 63/218 28.9% | / % | 91 | 880 | |
| Opponents Totals | 226 | 94 | 110 | 22 | 70/206 34.0% | / % | 106 | 886 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Danelo | 0 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 61 |
| Bobby Hammond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jimmy Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Willie Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Pisarcik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Shirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 181 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 265 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Danelo | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 1 | 51 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 1 | 51 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 6/11 | 2/4 | 2/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 154 | 577 | 3.7 | 30 | 3 |
| Doug Kotar | 132 | 480 | 3.6 | 32 | 2 |
| Larry Csonka | 134 | 464 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Willie Spencer | 62 | 184 | 3.0 | 9 | 3 |
| Larry Watkins | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 27 | 57 | 2.1 | 14 | 2 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 548 | 1897 | 3.5 | 32 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 519 | 1773 | 3.4 | 70t | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pisarcik | 241 | 103 | 42.7 | 124 | 1346 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 82 | 4 | 1.7 | 14 | 5.8 | 32 | 262 | 1084 | 42.3 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 70 | 31 | 44.3 | 31 | 416 | 5.9 | 13.4 | 47 | 2 | 2.9 | 8 | 11.4 | 14 | 113 | 303 | 33.7 |
| Team Totals | 311 | 134 | 43.1 | 155 | 1762 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 82 | 6 | 1.9 | 22 | 7.1 | 46 | 375 | 1387 | 38.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 328 | 185 | 56.4 | 131 | 2399 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 58t | 12 | 3.7 | 12 | 3.7 | 37 | 302 | 2097 | 76.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Robinson | 22 | 422 | 19.2 | 80t | 3 |
| Johnny Perkins | 20 | 279 | 14.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 19 | 136 | 7.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 16 | 280 | 17.5 | 64 | 2 |
| Doug Kotar | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 12 | 143 | 11.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Ed Marshall | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 82 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 134 | 1762 | 13.1 | 82 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 2399 | 13.0 | 58t | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bryant | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Ray Rhodes | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| George Martin | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Clyde Powers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 179 | 14.9 | 54t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 330 | 15.0 | 79t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 100 | 3993 | 39.9 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 680 | 3233 | 32.3 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 3993 | 39.9 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 680 | 3233 | 32.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3427 | 38.9 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 446 | 2781 | 31.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 32 | 8 | 334 | 10.4 | 68t | 1 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 7 | 5 | 87 | 12.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 13 | 446 | 9.7 | 68t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 4 | 680 | 10.1 | 44 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 19 | 419 | 22.1 | 31 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bell | 12 | 235 | 19.6 | 35 | 0 | |
| Beasley Reece | 7 | 159 | 22.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Willie Spencer | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ralph Hill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Andy Selfridge | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1036 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 895 | 25.6 | 99t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Troy Archer | 10.5 | |
| John Mendenhall | 10.0 | |
| Jack Gregory | 7.5 | |
| George Martin | 4.5 | |
| Gary Jeter | 3.0 | |
| Harry Carson | 2.0 | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=38.5 | 37.0 | 302.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46.0 | 375.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Archer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Carson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Lloyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Mikolajczyk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Powers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 0 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Stienke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Van Horn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 64 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 2 |
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