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1981 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ray Perkins (9-7-0)

Points For: 295 (18.4/g) 22nd of 28

Points Against: 257 (16.1/g) 3rd of 28

Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7

SRS: 3.35 (8th of 28), SOS: .98

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 27-21 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Lost Divisional Round 24-38 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Parcells

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Austin (Offensive Line), Bill Belichick (Linebackers/Special Teams) and Romeo Crennel (Special Teams/Defensive Assistant)

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 +20000

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	295	4326	1034	4.2	36	16	253	251	506	2641	16	20	4.8	140	481	1685	11	3.5	92	108	897	21
Opp. Stats	257	4825	1141	4.2	34	17	291	294	544	2934	14	17	5.0	156	553	1891	10	3.4	106	111	876	29
Lg Rank Offense	22	28			7	7	27		12	24	23	9	27		20	25	21	26
Lg Rank Defense	3	3			21	14	8		23	7	4	21	2		24	10	2	1

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 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Philadelphia Eagles	10	24	14	230	175	55	1	21	325	147	178	2
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Washington Redskins	17	7	10	157	86	71	2	19	349	284	65	4
3	Sun	September 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New Orleans Saints	20	7	26	421	315	106	2	18	299	190	109	3
4	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	18	16	343	258	85	3	16	317	193	124
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Green Bay Packers	14	27	17	262	221	41	2	27	363	215	148	1
6	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		St. Louis Cardinals	34	14	27	377	179	198	1	19	285	184	101	4
7	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	32	0	20	301	88	213	1	10	127	98	29	4
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	5-3	@	Atlanta Falcons	27	24	12	289	213	76		23	430	289	141	2
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		New York Jets	7	26	10	166	111	55	3	13	299	185	114	1
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Green Bay Packers	24	26	17	321	233	88	7	13	267	185	82	2
11	Sun	November 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	5-6		Washington Redskins	27	30	17	248	152	96	2	29	418	234	184	1
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	10	14	292	172	120	3	20	293	154	139	1
13	Sun	November 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	10	17	12	223	143	80	5	19	337	214	123
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7		Los Angeles Rams	10	7	10	147	60	87		16	240	68	172	3
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-7	@	St. Louis Cardinals	20	10	16	252	77	175	2	12	222	130	92	3
16	Sat	December 19	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	9-7		Dallas Cowboys	13	10	15	297	158	139	2	16	254	164	90	3
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 27	3:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	21	16	275	92	183	1	19	226	133	93	2
Division	Sun	January 3	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-8	@	San Francisco 49ers	24	38	13	346	281	65	4	24	423	288	135	1

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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
1	Phil Simms	26	QB	10	10	5-5-0	172	316	54.4	2031	11	3.5	9	2.8	80	6.4	5.84	11.8	203.1	74.0	38	301	10.73	4.89	4.36	0	2
2	Scott Brunner	24	QB	16	6	4-2-0	79	190	41.6	978	5	2.6	11	5.8	43	5.1	3.07	12.4	61.1	42.8	9	67	4.52	4.58	2.59	1	3
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	251	506	49.6	2641	16	3.2	20	4.0	80	5.9	4.07	12.0	165.1	62.3	47	368	8.50	4.78	3.73	1	5

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	Scott Brunner	24	QB	2	2	1-1-0	25	51	49.0	386	6	11.8	3	5.9	72	7.6	7.27	15.4	193.0	89.2	3	13	5.56	6.91	6.63	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	25	51	49.0	373	6	11.8	3	5.9	40	7.8	7.02	18.1	186.5	75.3	3	13	5.56	7.21	6.44

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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	Rob Carpenter	26	FB	10	9	190	748	5	35	3.9	74.8	19.0	24	201	8.4	0	37	2.4	20.1	214	4.4	949	5	2
2	Johnny Perkins	28	WR	16	14	2	-1	0	10	-0.5	-0.1	0.1	51	858	16.8	6	80	3.2	53.6	53	16.2	857	6	2
3	Leon Bright	26	RB	15	1	51	197	2	25	3.9	13.1	3.4	28	291	10.4	0	36	1.9	19.4	79	6.2	488	2	3
4	Gary Shirk	31	TE	16	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	42	445	10.6	3	46	2.6	27.8	42	10.6	445	3	1
5	Leon Perry	24	RB	16	6	72	257	0	23	3.6	16.1	4.5	13	140	10.8	1	24	0.8	8.8	85	4.7	397	1	4
6	Earnest Gray	24	WR	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	360	16.4	2	45	1.4	22.5	22	16.4	360	2	1
7	Mike Friede	24	WR	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	250	13.9	1	43	1.1	15.6	18	13.9	250	1	0
8	Doug Kotar	30	RB	7	5	46	154	1	18	3.3	22.0	6.6	9	32	3.6	0	11	1.3	4.6	55	3.4	186	1	0
9	Billy Taylor	25	RB	5	3	36	110	2	14	3.1	22.0	7.2	8	71	8.9	0	39	1.6	14.2	44	4.1	181	2	2
10	Tom Mullady	24	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	136	9.7	1	21	0.9	8.5	14	9.7	136	1	1
11	John Mistler	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	119	14.9	1	31	0.5	7.4	8	14.9	119	1	0
12	Louis Jackson	23	RB	11	3	27	68	1	9	2.5	6.2	2.5	3	25	8.3	0	19	0.3	2.3	30	3.1	93	1	1
13	Ike Forte	27	RB	5	3	19	74	0	15	3.9	14.8	3.8	3	11	3.7	0	6	0.6	2.2	22	3.9	85	0	1
14	Dave Young	22	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	1	15	0.5	4.5	5	9.8	49	1	0
15	Phil Simms	26	QB	10	10	19	42	0	24	2.2	4.2	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	2.2	42	0	7
16	Bo Matthews	30	RB	5	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	2.8	0.8	2	13	6.5	0	11	0.4	2.6	6	4.5	27	0	0
17	Scott Brunner	24	QB	16	6	14	20	0	23	1.4	1.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	1.4	20	0	6
18	Danny Pittman	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	1.0	1	8.0	8	0	2
19	Alvin Garrett	25	WR	9	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	481	1685	11	35	3.5	105.3	30.1	251	3009	12.0	16	80	15.7	188.1	732	6.4	4694	27	38

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	Rob Carpenter	26	FB	2	2	50	222	0	21	4.4	111.0	25.0	7	50	7.1	0	15	3.5	25.0	57	4.8	272	0	2
2	Johnny Perkins	28	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	132	16.5	2	59	4.0	66.0	8	16.5	132	2	0
3	Earnest Gray	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	130	32.5	1	72	2.0	65.0	4	32.5	130	1	0
4	John Mistler	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	28	14.0	1	18	1.0	14.0	2	14.0	28	1	0
5	Tom Mullady	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	22	22.0	1	22	1.0	22.0	1	22.0	22	1	0
6	Dave Young	22	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	15	7.5	0	10	2.0	15.0	2	7.5	15	0	0
7	Leon Bright	26	RB	2	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	2.5	0.5	1	9	9.0	1	9	0.5	4.5	2	7.0	14	1	1
8	Leon Perry	24	RB	2	2	5	12	0	5	2.4	6.0	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	2.4	12	0	0
9	Scott Brunner	24	QB	2	2	8	9	0	11	1.1	4.5	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.1	9	0	2
	Team Totals			2	2	64	248	0	18	3.9	124.0	32.0	25	386	15.4	6	72	12.5	193.0	89	7.1	634	6	5

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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	Harry Carson	28	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.0	0	PB
2	Mark Haynes	23	LCB	16	16	1	9	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
3	Terry Jackson	26	RCB	16	16	3	57	1	32	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Brian Kelley	30	LILB	16	16	2	43	0	27	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Gordon King	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bill Neill	22	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
7	Beasley Reece	27	FS	16	16	4	84	0	32	1	5	7	1	0.0	0
8	Lawrence Taylor	22	ROLB	16	16	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	0	9.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1,AP DRoY-1
9	Bill Currier	26	SS	16	14	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Johnny Perkins	28	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Gary Shirk	31	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Brad Van Pelt	30	LOLB	14	13	1	10	0	10	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
13	Gary Jeter	26	RDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
14	Ernie Hughes	26	C	10	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Roy Simmons	25	LG	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Phil Simms	26	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	7	2	-15	0	0.0	0
17	Rob Carpenter	26	FB	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Billy Ard	22	LG	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Scott Brunner	24	QB	16	6	0	0	0	0	6	2	-3	0	0.0	0
20	George Martin	28	LDE	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	28	2	11.0	0
21	Leon Perry	24	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0.0	0
22	Ike Forte	27	RB	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Earnest Gray	24	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Byron Hunt	23	LB	16	3	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
25	Louis Jackson	23	RB	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Tom Mullady	24	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Billy Taylor	25	RB	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Larry Flowers	23	DB	16	2	1	9	0	9	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Leon Bright	26	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0.0	0
30	Tim Stokes	31	T	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Phil Tabor	25	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
32	Alvin Garrett	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Frank Marion	30	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
34	Danny Pittman	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	0	1		38	22	28	3	44	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Rob Carpenter	26	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Lawrence Taylor	22	ROLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
3	Scott Brunner	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Bill Currier	26	SS	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Mark Haynes	23	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0
6	Byron Hunt	23	LB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Gary Jeter	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	George Martin	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
9	Beasley Reece	27	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Jeff Weston	25	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Leon Bright	26	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Brad Van Pelt	30	LOLB	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						5	0	0	1	6		0