1970 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Alex Webster |
| Rosey Brown | Offensive Line |
| Jim Garrett | Special Teams |
| Norb Hecker | Defense |
| Jim Katcavage | Defensive Line |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offense |
| Emlen Tunnell | Defensive Backs |
| Joe Walton | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-31 | T | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 27-30 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 35579 | |
| Sun | 8/23/1970 | H | New York Jets | 28-24 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70854 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 35951 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-7 | W | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 42907 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 29-30 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62461 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62936 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 10-28 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 57239 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 10-14 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 69126 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-23 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62820 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | A | Boston Patriots | 16-0 | W | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 39091 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 35-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62984 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | New York Jets | 22-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63903 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-20 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62938 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-33 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62915 | |
| Mon | 11/23/1970 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59117 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50415 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62870 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 34-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50845 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 3-31 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62870 | |
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 |
| John Baker | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Virginia Union; Norfolk State | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Banks | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Alcorn State | 5 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 48 | S | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| Otto Brown | 21 | CB | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Buzin | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Case | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 30 | Georgia | 7 | 4 |
| Dennis Crane | 74 | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 25 | San Bernardino Valley JC; Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Dryer | 89 | RDE | 6-6 | 238 | 24 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Duhon | 28 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Tulane | 14 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 20 | LCB | 6-3 | 198 | 26 | Oregon State | 8 | 7 |
| Jimmy Files | 58 | MLB | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 24 | RB | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 13 |
| Pete Gogolak | 3 | K | 6-2 | 193 | 28 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Green | 33 | CB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Harper | 61 | LOG-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 11 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 64 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 37 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Heck | 55 | LLB | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Don Herrmann | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Waynesburg | 13 | 8 |
| Ray Hickl | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Blinn JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 13 | 5 |
| Pat Hughes | 56 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Boston University | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 36 | P | 6-4 | 208 | 26 | West Alabama | 11 | 0 |
| Len Johnson | 59 | OG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | St. Cloud State | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Kanicki | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| John Kirby | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 229 | 28 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 23 | RB-P | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 249 | 31 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Lockhart | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 176 | 27 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Longo | 44 | LS | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 71 | LDE | 6-6 | 251 | 28 | Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Clifton McNeil | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 186 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | RB-WR | 6-1 | 210 | 33 | Cincinnati | 10 | 2 |
| Jim Norton | 79 | DT | 6-4 | 254 | 28 | Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Parker | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Fordham | 14 | 7 |
| Jerry Shay | 75 | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Shiner | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 25 | RB | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Long Beach State | 13 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Aaron Thomas | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 209 | 33 | Oregon State | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Bloomsburg | 14 | 13 |
| Doug Van Horn | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Williams | 41 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Young | 69 | LOT | 6-0 | 259 | 27 | Grambling State | 13 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Jimmy Files | LB | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 97 | Wes Grant | DE | UCLA |
| 5 | 117 | Claude Brumfield | G | Tennessee State |
| 6 | 142 | Duane Miller | WR | Drake |
| 9 | 221 | Pat Hughes | C | Boston University |
| 10 | 245 | Matt Fortier | DE | Fairmont State |
| 11 | 273 | Alan Pitcaithley | RB | Oregon |
| 12 | 297 | Larry Nels | LB | Wyoming |
| 13 | 325 | Gary Inskeep | T | Wisconsin-Stout |
| 14 | 350 | Rod Brand | C | Arkansas |
| 15 | 377 | Warren Muir | RB | South Carolina |
| 16 | 402 | Vic Nolting | DB | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 17 | 429 | Walter Breaux | DT | Grambling State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 83 | 53 | 88 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 87 | 83 | 70 | 270 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 257 | 94 | 150 | 13 | 88/201 43.8% | / % | 71 | 641 | |
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 98 | 110 | 15 | 58/185 31.4% | / % | 71 | 675 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 0 | 107 |
| Ron Johnson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Clifton McNeil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Files | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 1 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 270 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 1 | 54 | 5/5 | 11/14 | 1/3 | 7/15 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 1 | 54 | 5/5 | 11/14 | 1/3 | 7/15 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 2/3 | 12/14 | 1/4 | 1/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 263 | 1027 | 3.9 | 68t | 8 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 120 | 375 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 236 | 5.5 | 20 | 2 |
| Bobby Duhon | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 465 | 1799 | 3.9 | 68t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1692 | 4.0 | 57t | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 389 | 219 | 56.3 | 158 | 2777 | 7.1 | 12.7 | 59 | 19 | 4.9 | 12 | 3.1 | 36 | 249 | 2528 | 82.2 |
| Dick Shiner | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 3 | 87 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 78 | 94.8 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 403 | 230 | 57.1 | 161 | 2892 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 59 | 19 | 4.7 | 12 | 3.0 | 37 | 258 | 2634 | 82.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 186 | 51.1 | 161 | 2650 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 80t | 19 | 5.2 | 17 | 4.7 | 35 | 279 | 2371 | 72.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton McNeil | 50 | 764 | 15.3 | 59 | 4 |
| Ron Johnson | 48 | 487 | 10.1 | 50 | 4 |
| Bob Tucker | 40 | 571 | 14.3 | 41t | 5 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 40 | 408 | 10.2 | 57t | 3 |
| Don Herrmann | 24 | 290 | 12.1 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Rich Houston | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 2892 | 12.6 | 59 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2650 | 14.2 | 80t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimmy Files | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 223 | 13.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Johnson | 43 | 1700 | 39.5 | 68 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Ernie Koy | 11 | 369 | 33.5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 54 | 2069 | 38.3 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 1888 | 35.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2461 | 39.7 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 2248 | 36.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Duhon | 19 | 13 | 157 | 8.3 | 45t | 1 |
| Carl Lockhart | 9 | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 23 | 193 | 6.7 | 45t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 14 | 61 | 2.9 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Shy | 21 | 544 | 25.9 | 62 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 69 | 0 | |
| Joe Green | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Douglas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1157 | 22.3 | 69 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1359 | 23.8 | 95t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Dryer | 12.0 | |
| Jerry Shay | 6.0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 5.5 | |
| Jim Kanicki | 4.5 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 4.0 | |
| Otto Brown | 1.0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1.0 | |
| Tom Longo | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | 279.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 258.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Case | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kanicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kirby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Longo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Shy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 0 |
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