1969 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference Century Division 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Alex Webster |
| Rosey Brown | Offensive Line |
| Norb Hecker | Assistant Coach |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Jim Trimble | Defensive Line |
| Emlen Tunnell | Defensive Secondary |
| Alex Webster | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-22 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 8/17/1969 | H | New York Jets | 14-37 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 80874 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-24 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 45112 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 27-28 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Thu | 9/11/1969 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-17 | L | Montreal, QC | Jarry Park | 12724 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 24-23 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62920 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54358 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Chicago Bears | 28-24 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62583 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62987 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-20 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50352 | |
| Mon | 10/27/1969 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 3-25 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 58946 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-23 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62962 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-42 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49194 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | New Orleans Saints | 24-25 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62927 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80595 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-20 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48156 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 49-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62973 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 21067 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62966 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 79 | Bruce Anderson | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Willamette | 10 | 9 |
| 82 | McKinley Boston | LDE | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 5 |
| 48 | Al Brenner | LS | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Michigan State | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | Rich Buzin | ROT | 6-4 | 251 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| 65 | Pete Case | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 29 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Gene Ceppetelli | C | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Villanova | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | Junior Coffey | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Washington | 6 | 6 |
| 56 | Tommy Crutcher | RLB | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Henry Davis | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Grambling State | 13 | 6 |
| 62 | Darrell Dess | ROG | 6-0 | 243 | 34 | North Carolina State | 6 | 0 |
| 89 | Fred Dryer | RDE | 6-6 | 238 | 23 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Dave Dunaway | WR-P | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Scott Eaton | LCB | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 10 |
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | FB | 6-3 | 233 | 26 | Auburn | 5 | 4 |
| 29 | John Fuqua | HB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Morgan State | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | K-P | 6-2 | 193 | 27 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Charlie Harper | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Ralph Heck | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Don Herrmann | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Waynesburg | 12 | 6 |
| 57 | Ray Hickl | RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Blinn JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9 | 0 |
| 59 | Chuck Hinton | C | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Mississippi | 8 | 0 |
| 49 | Jimmy Holifield | LCB-RCB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Jackson State | 14 | 4 |
| 84 | Rich Houston | LCB | 6-2 | 196 | 24 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | Curley Johnson | P | 5-11 | 215 | 34 | Houston | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | John Johnson | LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Indiana | 5 | 0 |
| 45 | Homer Jones | WR-TE | 6-2 | 211 | 28 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | John Kirby | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Nebraska | 12 | 8 |
| 87 | Rich Kotite | TE | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Miami (Florida); Wagner | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Ernie Koy | HB-FB-P | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 4 |
| 53 | Greg Larson | C | 6-2 | 249 | 30 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Carl Lockhart | RS | 6-2 | 176 | 26 | North Texas | 11 | 11 |
| 44 | Tom Longo | RS-LS | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Notre Dame | 13 | 4 |
| 71 | Bob Lurtsema | RDT-LDE | 6-6 | 251 | 27 | Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan | 13 | 10 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 32 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 13 |
| 74 | Tim McCann | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Princeton | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Purdue | 11 | 3 |
| 73 | Frank Molden | DT | 6-5 | 282 | 27 | Jackson State | 7 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Morrison | RB-WR | 6-1 | 210 | 32 | Cincinnati | 14 | 9 |
| 72 | Frank Parker | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 263 | 30 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Joe Szczecko | LDT-RDT | 6-0 | 245 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 10 |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | WR-TE | 6-3 | 209 | 32 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 |
| 63 | Doug Van Horn | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Freeman White | TE-WR | 6-5 | 225 | 26 | Nebraska | 13 | 11 |
| 41 | Willie Williams | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Butch Wilson | TE | 6-2 | 223 | 28 | Alabama | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | Gary Wood | QB | 5-11 | 188 | 27 | Cornell | 12 | 0 |
| 78 | Steve Wright | ROT | 6-6 | 250 | 27 | Alabama | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | Willie Young | LOT | 6-0 | 259 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Fred Dryer | DE | San Diego State |
| 3 | 60 | Vern Vanoy | DE | Kansas |
| 4 | 92 | Rich Houston | FL | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 7 | 170 | Al Brenner | DB | Michigan State |
| 8 | 195 | George Irby | RB | Tuskegee |
| 9 | 223 | Ray Hickl | LB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 10 | 248 | Lou Galiardi | DT | Dayton |
| 11 | 273 | John Fuqua | RB | Morgan State |
| 12 | 301 | Harry Blackney | RB | Wesley JC |
| 13 | 326 | Rick Perrin | DB | Bowling Green State |
| 14 | 351 | Steve Smith | K | Weber State |
| 15 | 379 | Don Herrmann | FL | Waynesburg |
| 16 | 404 | Byron Jones | LB | West Texas A&M |
| 17 | 429 | Ken Riley | LB | Texas-Arlington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 85 | 49 | 73 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 101 | 57 | 86 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 235 | 91 | 133 | 11 | / % | / % | 70 | 777 | |
| Opponents Totals | 243 | 120 | 103 | 20 | / % | / % | 62 | 601 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 66 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Homer Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich Kotite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Freeman White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 1 | 298 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 1 | 45 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 1 | 45 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 6/7 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/11 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 107 | 387 | 3.6 | 13 | 4 |
| Junior Coffey | 82 | 343 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 76 | 300 | 3.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 37 | 172 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 35 | 141 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 33 | 136 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Dunaway | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 397 | 1593 | 4.0 | 35 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 2053 | 4.4 | 41 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 409 | 220 | 220 | 181 | 2918 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 65 | 23 | 5.6 | 8 | 2.0 | 36 | 289 | 2629 | 87.2 |
| Gary Wood | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 106 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 25 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 102.6 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 47.0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 435 | 234 | 234 | 193 | 3076 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 65 | 24 | 5.5 | 8 | 1.8 | 37 | 301 | 2775 | 87.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 340 | 171 | 171 | 150 | 2430 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 63 | 18 | 5.3 | 19 | 5.6 | 32 | 275 | 2155 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 44 | 647 | 14.7 | 65 | 7 |
| Homer Jones | 42 | 744 | 17.7 | 54t | 1 |
| Don Herrmann | 33 | 423 | 12.8 | 62 | 5 |
| Freeman White | 29 | 315 | 10.9 | 23t | 1 |
| Aaron Thomas | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 37 | 3 |
| Ernie Koy | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 41 | 4 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Butch Wilson | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 28 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Dave Dunaway | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Kotite | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 234 | 3076 | 13.1 | 65 | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 2430 | 14.2 | 63 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Maher | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23t | 1 |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Holifield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 221 | 11.6 | 48 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | 26 | 933 | 35.9 | 54 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Curley Johnson | 22 | 823 | 37.4 | 66 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Dave Dunaway | 13 | 497 | 38.2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Gogolak | 12 | 491 | 40.9 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 2744 | 37.6 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 449 | 2215 | 31.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 2062 | 38.9 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 1912 | 36.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Lockhart | 10 | 14 | 29 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 15 | 22 | 50 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 14 | 449 | 11.0 | 86t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fuqua | 20 | 399 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Randy Minniear | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Al Brenner | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1075 | 19.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1100 | 24.4 | 71 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Longo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Molden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0 |
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