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1979 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 4th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Perkins (6-10-0)

Points For: 237 (14.8/g) 27th of 28

Points Against: 323 (20.2/g) 14th of 28

Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8

SRS: -6.13 (23rd of 28), SOS: -0.75

Defensive Coordinator: Ralph Hawkins

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line), Bill Belichick (Defensive Assistant/Special Teams) and Jim Stanley (Defensive Line)

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 +30000

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	237	3774	958	3.9	40	18	223	190	401	1954	15	22	4.2	111	498	1820	12	3.7	82	122	1047	30
Opp. Stats	323	5378	1113	4.8	38	17	322	253	463	2926	22	21	5.9	159	618	2452	14	4.0	130	105	800	33
Lg Rank Offense	27	28			17	16	28		23	27	23	12	27		21	22	24	23
Lg Rank Defense	14	19			14	12	22		13	17	20	15	16		26	22	8	13

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 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	23	18	285	222	63	2	16	315	161	154	2
2	Sun	September 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		St. Louis Cardinals	14	27	10	128	88	40	3	23	348	159	189	4
3	Mon	September 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Washington Redskins	0	27	13	206	93	113	2	22	282	141	141	2
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		Philadelphia Eagles	13	17	14	229	83	146	2	19	326	139	187	3
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	New Orleans Saints	14	24	13	285	163	122	3	21	362	195	167	3
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	14	15	220	18	202	1	15	273	182	91	3
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-5		San Francisco 49ers	32	16	21	377	280	97	2	21	353	237	116	3
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-5	@	Kansas City Chiefs	21	17	13	226	126	100	1	28	463	294	169	4
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	14	10	234	124	110	1	20	366	271	95	4
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6		Dallas Cowboys	14	16	12	249	133	116	1	19	344	238	106	1
11	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6		Atlanta Falcons	24	3	15	219	144	75	4	16	249	129	120	4
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	31	14	200	105	95	4	20	363	176	187
13	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Washington Redskins	14	6	16	267	74	193	1	12	225	104	121	1
14	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	28	14	197	98	99	3	21	316	150	166
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-9	@	St. Louis Cardinals	20	29	15	257	171	86	5	26	406	174	232	2
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-10		Baltimore Colts	7	31	10	195	32	163	5	23	387	176	211	2

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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	24	QB	12	11	6-5-0	134	265	50.6	1743	13	4.9	14	5.3	61	6.6	5.18	13.0	145.3	66.0	39	319	12.83	4.68	3.47	0	0	AP ORoY-2
2	Joe Pisarcik	27	QB	4	4	0-4-0	43	108	39.8	537	2	1.9	6	5.6	48	5.0	2.84	12.5	134.3	39.0	17	123	13.60	3.31	1.47	0	0
3	Randy Dean	24	QB	16	1	0-1-0	11	26	42.3	91	0	0.0	2	7.7	20	3.5	0.04	8.3	5.7	19.9	3	23	10.34	2.34	-0.76	0	0
4	Dave Jennings	27	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	28	24.0	24.00	24.0	3.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	24.00	24.00	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	190	401	47.4	1954	15	3.7	22	5.5	61	6.0	3.15	12.7	122.1	56.3	59	465	12.83	4.25	2.75	0	0

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	23	FB	16	9	198	700	7	31	3.5	43.8	12.4	28	253	9.0	4	43	1.8	15.8	226	4.2	953	11	4
2	Doug Kotar	28	RB	16	14	160	616	3	32	3.9	38.5	10.0	25	230	9.2	0	37	1.6	14.4	185	4.6	846	3	3
3	Earnest Gray	22	WR	16	14	2	2	0	9	1.0	0.1	0.1	28	537	19.2	4	53	1.8	33.6	30	18.0	539	4	1
4	Gary Shirk	29	TE	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	471	15.2	2	61	1.9	29.4	31	15.2	471	2	2
5	Johnny Perkins	26	WR	13	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	337	16.9	4	38	1.5	25.9	20	16.9	337	4	1
6	Ken Johnson	23	RB	9	6	62	168	0	12	2.7	18.7	6.9	16	108	6.8	1	15	1.8	12.0	78	3.5	276	1	3
7	Dwight Scales	26	WR	15	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	222	15.9	0	55	0.9	14.8	14	15.9	222	0	0
8	Phil Simms	24	QB	12	11	29	166	1	27	5.7	13.8	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	5.7	166	1	9	AP ORoY-2
9	Emery Moorehead	25	RB	13	3	36	95	0	11	2.6	7.3	2.8	9	62	6.9	0	19	0.7	4.8	45	3.5	157	0	0
10	Jim Robinson	26	WR	11	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	146	11.2	0	31	1.2	13.3	13	11.2	146	0	2
11	Randy Dean	24	QB	16	1	8	56	1	19	7.0	3.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	7.0	56	1	0
12	Brad Van Pelt	28	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.1	1.3	1	20.0	20	0	0	PB
13	Al Dixon	25	TE	5	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	11	0.4	3.6	2	9.0	18	0	0
14	Dave Jennings	27	P	16	0	2	11	0	9	5.5	0.7	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	5.5	11	0	0	PB,AP-1
15	Cleveland Jackson	23	TE	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.5	3.5	1	7.0	7	0	0
16	Loaird McCreary	26	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.6	1	7.0	7	0	0
17	Joe Pisarcik	27	QB	4	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	6.0	6	0	1
18	Joe Danelo	26	K	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	498	1820	12	32	3.7	113.8	31.1	190	2419	12.7	15	61	11.9	151.2	688	6.2	4239	27	34

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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	Terry Jackson	24	LCB	16	16	3	10	0	10	0	1	-2	0	0.0	0
2	Gary Jeter	24	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
3	Brian Kelley	28	ROLB	16	16	3	41	0	16	0	2	4	0	2.0	0
4	George Martin	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11.0	0
5	Beasley Reece	25	SS	16	16	1	3	0	3	0	3	11	0	1.0	0
6	Brad Van Pelt	28	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	42	0	4.0	0	PB
7	Harry Carson	26	RILB	16	15	3	28	0	14	0	3	22	1	1.0	0	PB
8	Jim Clack	32	C	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ray Rhodes	29	RCB	15	15	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0.0	0
10	Gary Shirk	29	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Earnest Gray	22	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Doug Kotar	28	RB	16	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	John Mendenhall	31	NT	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
14	Tom Neville	36	RT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Phil Simms	24	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	9	0	-2	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-2
16	Brad Benson	24	LT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ray Oldham	28	FS	15	9	2	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
18	Billy Taylor	23	FB	16	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dan Lloyd	26	LILB	13	8	2	10	0	7	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Phil Tabor	23	DT	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
21	Jim Robinson	26	WR	11	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ken Johnson	23	RB	9	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Johnny Perkins	26	WR	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ernie Jones	26	DB	5	5	2	42	1	31	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Joe Pisarcik	27	QB	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike McCoy	31	DT	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Odis McKinney	22	DB	15	2	1	25	0	25	1	1	0	0	1.0	0
28	Calvin Miller	26	DT	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
29	Alan Caldwell	23	DB	16	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Keith Eck	24	C	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Bobby Hammond	27	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Gordon King	23	T	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Frank Marion	28	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Steve Odom	27	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
35	John Skorupan	28	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	21	0	1		34	16	82	1	32	1

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