1971 New York Giants (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 4-10-0 .286

Jim Garrett	Special Teams
Norb Hecker	Defense
Pop Ivy	Offensive Line
Jim Katcavage	Defensive Line
Emlen Tunnell	Defensive Backs
Joe Walton	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/9/1971	A	Houston Oilers	6-35	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45411
Sun	8/15/1971	A	New England Patriots	14-20	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60423
Sun	8/22/1971	N	New York Jets	14-27	L	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	70874
Sat	8/28/1971	N	Philadelphia Eagles	14-26	L	Princeton, NJ	Palmer Stadium	44569
Sat	9/4/1971	A	Cleveland Browns	7-30	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	82710
Sun	9/12/1971	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-20	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62093
Sun	9/19/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	42-40	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sun	9/26/1971	H	Washington Redskins	3-30	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62795
Sun	10/3/1971	A	St. Louis Cardinals	21-20	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49571
Mon	10/11/1971	A	Dallas Cowboys	13-20	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	68378
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Baltimore Colts	7-31	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62860
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-23	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65358
Sun	10/31/1971	H	Minnesota Vikings	10-17	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62829
Sun	11/7/1971	H	San Diego Chargers	35-17	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62905
Sun	11/14/1971	A	Atlanta Falcons	21-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	58850
Sun	11/21/1971	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50008
Sun	11/28/1971	H	St. Louis Cardinals	7-24	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62878
Sun	12/5/1971	A	Washington Redskins	7-23	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53041
Sun	12/12/1971	H	Dallas Cowboys	14-42	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62815
Sun	12/19/1971	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-41	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62774

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
9/4/1971	Cleveland Browns	Doubleheader

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Steve Alexakos	LOG	6-2	260	25	Arizona State; Diablo Valley JC; San Jose State	10	0
45	Pete Athas	LCB	5-11	185	25	Tennessee	13	5
15	Tom Blanchard	P	6-0	185	23	Oregon	14	0
21	Otto Brown	LCB-RCB	6-1	187	24	Prairie View A&M	12	8
83	Skip Butler	K	6-1	200	24	Texas-Arlington	1	0
34	Junior Coffey	RB	6-1	211	29	Washington	6	2
51	John Douglas	RLB	6-2	228	26	Missouri	14	14
89	Fred Dryer	RDE	6-6	238	25	El Camino JC; San Diego State	14	14
26	Bobby Duhon	RB	6-0	195	25	Tulane	13	11
20	Scott Eaton	LS	6-3	198	27	Oregon State	12	12
31	Charlie Evans	RB	6-1	220	23	Utah; Southern California	6	2
58	Jimmy Files	LLB-MLB	6-4	240	23	Oklahoma	14	14
44	Richmond Flowers	RS-LS	6-0	183	24	Tennessee	8	1
24	Tucker Frederickson	RB	6-3	233	28	Auburn	10	8
3	Pete Gogolak	K	6-2	193	29	Cornell	14	0
33	Joe Green	LS-RS	5-11	195	23	Bowling Green State	14	2
77	Dick Hanson	DT	6-6	280	22	North Dakota State	3	0
61	Charlie Harper	ROT	6-2	250	27	Oklahoma State	14	14
55	Ralph Heck	LLB	6-2	228	30	Colorado	11	4
85	Don Herrmann	WR	6-2	195	24	Waynesburg	9	8
67	Ron Hornsby	MLB	6-3	231	22	Southeastern Louisiana	14	10
84	Rich Houston	WR	6-2	196	26	Texas A&M-Commerce	13	12
56	Pat Hughes	RLB	6-2	231	24	Boston University	14	0
70	Bob Hyland	LOG	6-5	253	26	Boston College	14	14
11	Randy Johnson	QB	6-3	202	27	Texas A&M-Kingsville	5	1
30	Ron Johnson	RB	6-1	205	24	Michigan	2	2
73	Jim Kanicki	LDT	6-4	270	30	Michigan State	14	8
87	Rich Kotite	TE	6-3	235	29	Miami (Florida); Wagner	14	2
76	Roland Lakes	RDT	6-4	267	32	Wichita State	14	14
53	Greg Larson	C	6-2	249	32	Minnesota	14	14
43	Carl Lockhart	RS	6-2	176	28	North Texas	13	13
71	Bob Lurtsema	LDE	6-6	251	29	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	7	5
18	Clifton McNeil	WR	6-2	186	31	Grambling State	6	6
26	Bennie McRae	LCB	6-1	180	32	Michigan	8	5
40	Joe Morrison	RB-WR	6-1	210	34	Cincinnati	13	3
80	Henry Reed	LDE	6-3	230	23	Iowa Central CC; Fort Dodge JC; Weber State	14	9
74	Dave Roller	LDE	6-2	270	22	Kentucky	14	0
83	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	24	Boston University	4	0
75	Jerry Shay	LDT	6-3	245	27	Purdue	6	6
10	Fran Tarkenton	QB	6-1	190	31	Georgia	13	13
22	Rocky Thompson	RB	5-11	200	24	Hartnell JC; West Texas A&M	14	1
71	Dave Tipton	RDE	6-6	245	22	Gavilan JC; Stanford	5	0
38	Bob Tucker	TE	6-3	225	26	Bloomsburg	12	12
63	Doug Van Horn	ROG	6-2	245	27	Ohio State	12	12
79	Vern Vanoy	LDT	6-8	270	23	Kansas	6	0
78	Wayne Walton	ROG-LOG	6-5	245	23	Abilene Christian	14	2
41	Willie Williams	RCB	6-0	190	29	Grambling State	10	10
65	Willie Young	LOT	6-0	259	28	Grambling State	14	14
58	Coleman Zeno	WR	6-4	210	25	Grambling State	2	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	18	Rocky Thompson	WR	West Texas A&M
2	44	Wayne Walton	T	Abilene Christian
3	70	Ron Hornsby	LB	Southeastern Louisiana
4	96	Dave Tipton	DT	Stanford
8	200	Ted Gregory	DE-LB	Delaware
9	226	Ed Thomas	LB	Lebanon Valley
10	252	Henry Reed	LB	Weber State
11	278	Mark Ellison	G	Dayton
12	304	Tom Blanchard	QB-K	Oregon
13	330	Dave Roller	DT	Kentucky
14	356	Charlie Evans	RB	Southern California
15	382	Jim Wright	LB	Notre Dame
16	408	Dick Gibbs	TE	Texas-El Paso
17	434	Coleman Zeno	WR	Grambling State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	58	93	21	56
Opponents Totals	105	105	99	53

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		236	86	140	10	83/200 41.5%	/ %	77	640
Opponents Totals		228	104	112	12	76/182 41.8%	/ %	69	730

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Pete Gogolak	0	30	30	100.0	6	17	35.3	0	48
Charlie Evans	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Rich Houston	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Tucker	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fran Tarkenton	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Rich Kotite	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rocky Thompson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Pete Athas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Otto Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bobby Duhon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tucker Frederickson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Green	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ralph Heck	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Herrmann	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clifton McNeil	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Morrison	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	30	30	30	100.0	6	17	35.3	0	228
Opponents Totals	42	42	42	100.0	22	32	68.8	1	362

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pete Gogolak	6	17	35.3	1/1	3/3	2/7	0/6	0/0
Team Totals	6	17	35.3	1/1	3/3	2/7	0/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	22	32	68.8	5/6	8/10	4/5	3/8	2/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Duhon	93	344	3.7	27	1
Tucker Frederickson	64	242	3.8	37	0
Rocky Thompson	54	177	3.3	23	1
Charlie Evans	48	171	3.6	17	5
Ron Johnson	32	156	4.9	17	1
Joe Morrison	38	131	3.4	20	0
Fran Tarkenton	30	111	3.7	16	3
Junior Coffey	22	70	3.2	10	0
Randy Johnson	6	29	4.8	17	0
Reggie Rucker	1	14	14.0	14	0
Coleman Zeno	2	10	5.0	7	0
Pete Athas	1	3	3.0	3	0
Rich Houston	2	2	1.0	2	0
Bob Tucker	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	394	1461	3.7	37	11
Opponents Totals	449	2059	4.6	54	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	386	226	58.5	139	2567	6.7	11.4	81t	11	2.8	21	5.4	27	232	2335	65.4
Ron Johnson	74	41	55.4	30	477	6.4	11.6	45t	3	4.1	3	4.1	13	116	361	71.7
Tom Blanchard	1	1	100.0	0	18	18.0	18.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	18	118.8
Bobby Duhon	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	462	268	58.0	169	3062	6.6	11.4	81t	14	3.0	25	5.4	40	348	2714	65.6
Opponents Totals	333	173	52.0	145	2458	7.4	14.2	85t	25	7.5	15	4.5	18	151	2307	82.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Tucker	59	791	13.4	63t	4
Joe Morrison	40	411	10.3	45t	1
Don Herrmann	27	297	11.0	22	1
Bobby Duhon	25	266	10.6	26	0
Rich Houston	24	426	17.8	81t	4
Tucker Frederickson	21	114	5.4	20t	1
Clifton McNeil	16	209	13.1	24t	1
Rocky Thompson	16	85	5.3	12	0
Charlie Evans	13	144	11.1	25	0
Rich Kotite	10	146	14.6	43t	2
Ron Johnson	6	47	7.8	30	0
Coleman Zeno	5	97	19.4	53	0
Junior Coffey	5	20	4.0	11	0
Reggie Rucker	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	268	3062	11.4	81t	14
Opponents Totals	173	2458	14.2	85t	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Williams	5	58	11.6	24	0
Carl Lockhart	3	60	20.0	31	0
Pete Athas	2	52	26.0	37t	1
Jimmy Files	1	29	29.0	29	0
Ralph Heck	1	17	17.0	17	0
Henry Reed	1	11	11.0	11	0
Scott Eaton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Richmond Flowers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	227	15.1	37t	1
Opponents Totals	25	377	15.1	70t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Blanchard	66	2681	40.6	57	0	3	319	2302	34.9
Team Totals	66	2681	40.6	57	0	3	319	2302	34.9
Opponents Totals	61	2430	39.8	76	1	5	122	2208	36.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Duhon	12	16	77	6.4	15
Carl Lockhart	4	7	24	6.0	15
Pete Athas	3	1	21	7.0	10
Team Totals	19	24	122	6.4	15
Opponents Totals	50	8	319	6.4	33

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky Thompson	36	947	26.3	93t	1
Bobby Duhon	11	200	18.2	24	0
Richmond Flowers	8	156	19.5	28	0
Joe Green	5	106	21.2	41	0
John Douglas	1	7	7.0	7	0
Fred Dryer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wayne Walton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	63	1416	22.5	93t	1
Opponents Totals	45	1063	23.6	77	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Fred Dryer	8.5
Jim Kanicki	2.0
Carl Lockhart	2.0
Henry Reed	2.0
Roland Lakes	1.5
Ralph Heck	1.0
Ron Hornsby	1.0
Dave Roller	1.0
Team Totals	18.0	151.0
Opponents Totals	40.0	348.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Athas	1		1	1	2	2	0
Tom Blanchard	1		2	0	2	-12	0
Junior Coffey	2		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Dryer	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bobby Duhon	6		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Evans	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Files	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Richmond Flowers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tucker Frederickson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Joe Green	1		0	3	3	-3	1
Ralph Heck	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Hyland	1		1	0	1	-17	0
Randy Johnson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Johnson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Roland Lakes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Lockhart	1		0	2	2	8	0
Joe Morrison	1		2	0	2	0	0
Henry Reed	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	4		4	0	4	-4	0
Rocky Thompson	5		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Tucker	3		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Walton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Coleman Zeno	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	37	22	15	15	30	-26	2
Opponents Totals	29	15	14	20	34		0