1973 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 2-11-1 .179 |
| Head Coach: Alex Webster |
| Jim Garrett | Defense |
| Matt Hazeltine | Linebackers |
| Jim Katcavage | Defensive Line |
| Emlen Tunnell | Defensive Backs |
| Joe Walton | Receivers/Passing Game |
| Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1973 | A | San Diego Chargers | 28-3 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 43045 | |
| Sun | 8/12/1973 | A | New England Patriots | 13-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 49209 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1973 | N | New York Jets | 45-30 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70874 | |
| Sun | 8/26/1973 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 29-24 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 61529 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1973 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 42-21 | W | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 41768 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1973 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-10 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 30751 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | H | Houston Oilers | 34-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 57979 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-23 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 57138 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1973 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-12 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76065 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-16 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70050 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Washington Redskins | 3-21 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70168 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 28-45 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 58741 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-35 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47589 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | A | Oakland Raiders | 0-42 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 51200 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-23 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70128 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1973 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-13 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 65795 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-20 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 63086 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52036 | |
| Mon | 12/10/1973 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 6-40 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73328 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-31 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70041 | |
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 |
| Pete Athas | 45 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Ballman | 82 | TE | 6-0 | 203 | 33 | Michigan State | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | 15 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 0 |
| Otto Brown | 21 | CB | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Bart Buetow | 60 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Minnesota | 7 | 0 |
| Carter Campbell | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 234 | 26 | Treasure Valley JC; Weber State | 14 | 14 |
| Vin Clements | 29 | RB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Connecticut | 12 | 5 |
| Chuck Crist | 24 | LS | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 8 |
| John Douglas | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Missouri | 14 | 10 |
| Mark Ellison | 65 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Dayton | 14 | 5 |
| Dick Enderle | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 258 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Evans | 31 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Utah; Southern California | 5 | 3 |
| Jimmy Files | 58 | MLB-LLB | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Richmond Flowers | 44 | LS | 6-0 | 183 | 26 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 |
| Tom Gatewood | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 |
| Rich Glover | 77 | RDT | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Nebraska | 13 | 6 |
| Pete Gogolak | 3 | K | 6-2 | 193 | 31 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Goich | 68 | LDT | 6-4 | 262 | 29 | West Hills CC; California | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Gregory | 81 | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 29 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 13 | 13 |
| Bob Grim | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Herrmann | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Waynesburg | 14 | 14 |
| John Hill | 52 | LOT | 6-2 | 246 | 23 | Lehigh | 12 | 6 |
| Ron Hornsby | 67 | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | Southeastern Louisiana | 13 | 1 |
| Rich Houston | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Boston University | 11 | 8 |
| Bob Hyland | 70 | C | 6-5 | 253 | 28 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| Honor Jackson | 20 | CB | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Marin JC; Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Jacobson | 75 | RDE | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | Nebraska | 8 | 1 |
| Randy Johnson | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 29 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9 | 7 |
| Ron Johnson | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Michigan | 12 | 11 |
| Brian Kelley | 55 | RLB | 6-3 | 222 | 22 | California Lutheran | 14 | 6 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 249 | 34 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Lockhart | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 176 | 30 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Love | 46 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Westminster (Utah) | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Lumpkin | 47 | S | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 |
| Jim McCann | 8 | P | 6-3 | 160 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
| John Mendenhall | 64 | RDT | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Grambling State | 8 | 8 |
| Joe Orduna | 49 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 3 |
| Henry Reed | 80 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Iowa Central CC; Fort Dodge JC; Weber State | 10 | 3 |
| Jack Rizzo | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Lehigh | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 23 | RB | 6-2 | 213 | 30 | Missouri | 7 | 6 |
| Eldridge Small | 18 | CB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 34 | Wake Forest | 10 | 7 |
| Joe Taffoni | 72 | ROT | 6-3 | 248 | 28 | West Virginia; Tennessee-Martin | 9 | 9 |
| Rocky Thompson | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Hartnell JC; West Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Tipton | 71 | DE | 6-6 | 245 | 24 | Gavilan JC; Stanford | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Bloomsburg | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Van Horn | 63 | ROG-ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 10 | LB | 6-5 | 235 | 22 | Michigan State | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 41 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Young | 69 | LOT | 6-0 | 259 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 40 | Brad Van Pelt | LB | Michigan State |
| 3 | 69 | Rich Glover | DT | Nebraska |
| 5 | 119 | Leon McQuay | RB | Tampa |
| 6 | 147 | Wade Brantley | DT | Troy |
| 7 | 172 | Rod Freeman | TE | Vanderbilt |
| 8 | 198 | George Hasenohrl | DT | Ohio State |
| 9 | 225 | Ty Paine | QB | Washington State |
| 10 | 250 | Walter Love | DB | Westminster (Utah) |
| 11 | 275 | Bill Wideman | DT | North Carolina A&T State |
| 12 | 303 | Ron Lumpkin | DB | Arizona State |
| 13 | 328 | Clifton Davis | RB | Alcorn State |
| 14 | 353 | Brian Kelley | LB | California Lutheran |
| 15 | 381 | Carl Schaukowitch | G | Penn State |
| 16 | 406 | Ben Nitka | K | Colorado College |
| 17 | 430 | John Billizon | DE | Grambling State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 78 | 17 | 92 | 226 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 82 | 90 | 113 | 362 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 239 | 84 | 140 | 15 | 71/202 35.1% | / % | 67 | 586 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 128 | 94 | 18 | 72/178 40.4% | / % | 58 | 484 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 76 |
| Ron Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Vin Clements | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 226 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 22 | 30 | 73.3 | 1 | 362 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 4 | 45 | 7/7 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 4/10 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 4 | 45 | 7/7 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 4/10 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 30 | 73.3 | 11/11 | 5/5 | 5/8 | 0/1 | 1/5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 260 | 902 | 3.5 | 29 | 6 |
| Vin Clements | 57 | 214 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Johnny Roland | 53 | 142 | 2.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Orduna | 36 | 104 | 2.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Charlie Evans | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Randy Johnson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Norm Snead | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Rizzo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 456 | 1478 | 3.2 | 29 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 497 | 2174 | 4.4 | 54 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 177 | 99 | 55.9 | 70 | 1279 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 48 | 7 | 4.0 | 8 | 4.5 | 19 | 134 | 1145 | 73.2 |
| Norm Snead | 235 | 131 | 55.7 | 82 | 1483 | 6.3 | 11.3 | 46 | 7 | 3.0 | 22 | 9.4 | 9 | 67 | 1416 | 45.8 |
| Team Totals | 412 | 230 | 55.8 | 152 | 2762 | 6.7 | 12.0 | 48 | 14 | 3.4 | 30 | 7.3 | 28 | 201 | 2561 | 57.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 275 | 161 | 58.5 | 94 | 2252 | 8.2 | 14.0 | 80t | 17 | 6.2 | 20 | 7.3 | 35 | 267 | 1985 | 75.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 50 | 681 | 13.6 | 33 | 5 |
| Don Herrmann | 43 | 520 | 12.1 | 46 | 2 |
| Bob Grim | 37 | 593 | 16.0 | 48 | 2 |
| Ron Johnson | 32 | 377 | 11.8 | 45t | 3 |
| Johnny Roland | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Vin Clements | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Charlie Evans | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Hyland | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Rizzo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 2762 | 12.0 | 48 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 2252 | 14.0 | 80t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Reed | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jimmy Files | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 214 | 10.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 526 | 17.5 | 67 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 56 | 2347 | 41.9 | 62 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Jim McCann | 12 | 294 | 24.5 | 50 | 3 | |||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2641 | 38.8 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 379 | 2122 | 33.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2129 | 40.9 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 1929 | 37.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 20 | 14 | 153 | 7.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 17 | 160 | 7.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 9 | 379 | 11.8 | 51 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Houston | 15 | 375 | 25.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Walter Love | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Eldridge Small | 11 | 207 | 18.8 | 37 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jack Rizzo | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1198 | 21.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 988 | 23.5 | 54 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Carter Campbell | 9.0 | |
| Jack Gregory | 8.5 | |
| John Mendenhall | 6.0 | |
| Dan Goich | 5.5 | |
| Rich Glover | 1.0 | |
| Pat Hughes | 1.0 | |
| Larry Jacobson | 1.0 | |
| Jimmy Files | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=32.5 | 35.0 | 267.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28.0 | 201.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Vin Clements | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Files | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Glover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Goich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |
| Pat Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Love | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Snead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 0 |
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