1974 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 2-12-0 .143 |
| Head Coach: Bill Arnsparger |
| Hunter Enis | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| Floyd Peters | Defensive Line |
| Ted Plumb | Offensive Backs |
| Ed Rutledge | Linebackers |
| John Symank | Defensive Backs |
| Allan Webb | Special Teams |
| Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1974 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-16 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 15501 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 21-6 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 17992 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | H | New York Jets | 21-13 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 35431 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50056 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-24 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 25313 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1974 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-23 | L | OT | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 61712 |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-13 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 49849 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | New England Patriots | 20-28 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 44082 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-6 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 45841 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 7-14 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 42379 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-35 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 64801 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-24 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53879 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-21 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 57381 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 33-27 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 61437 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | New York Jets | 20-26 | L | OT | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 64327 |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | Detroit Lions | 19-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 40431 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-23 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 40615 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 18802 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1974 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-20 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 21170 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-26 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47414 | |
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 | 56 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Brooks | 37 | CB-S | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Bishop | 14 | 0 |
| Karl Chandler | 61 | C | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Princeton | 14 | 0 |
| Don Clune | 88 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 24 | LS | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Penn State | 13 | 10 |
| Steve Crosby | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Fort Hays State | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 26 | RB | 6-2 | 223 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Del Gaizo | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Syracuse; Tampa | 4 | 3 |
| Rick Dvorak | 66 | LB-DE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Wichita State | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Enderle | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 258 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 3 |
| Walker Gillette | 84 | WR | 6-5 | 200 | 27 | Richmond | 11 | 7 |
| Chip Glass | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Florida State | 13 | 1 |
| Pete Gogolak | 3 | K | 6-2 | 193 | 32 | Cornell | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Gregory | 81 | RDE | 6-5 | 249 | 30 | Tennessee-Chattanooga; Delta State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Grim | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| George Hasenohrl | 72 | LDT | 6-1 | 260 | 23 | Ohio State | 5 | 2 |
| Don Herrmann | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Waynesburg | 8 | 7 |
| John Hicks | 74 | ROG | 6-2 | 258 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Hill | 52 | C-LOT | 6-2 | 246 | 24 | Lehigh | 12 | 7 |
| Roy Hilton | 78 | LDE | 6-6 | 240 | 31 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Hornsby | 67 | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Southeastern Louisiana | 9 | 6 |
| Pat Hughes | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hyland | 70 | C | 6-5 | 253 | 29 | Boston College | 11 | 9 |
| Honor Jackson | 22 | CB | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Marin JC; Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Jacobson | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 260 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 3 |
| Ed Jenkins | 29 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Holy Cross | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Jennings | 13 | P | 6-4 | 202 | 22 | St. Lawrence | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Michigan | 11 | 6 |
| Brian Kelley | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 222 | 23 | California Lutheran | 13 | 8 |
| Doug Kotar | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Kentucky | 12 | 7 |
| Carl Lockhart | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 176 | 31 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Leon McQuay | 25 | RB | 5-9 | 195 | 24 | Tampa | 13 | 2 |
| John Mendenhall | 64 | RDT | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Grambling State | 13 | 13 |
| Craig Morton | 15 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 31 | California | 8 | 7 |
| Tom Mullen | 73 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Missouri State | 11 | 11 |
| Gary Pettigrew | 71 | LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 30 | Stanford | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 76 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 21 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 3 |
| Clyde Powers | 39 | LS | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 4 |
| Henry Reed | 80 | LDT | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Iowa Central CC; Fort Dodge JC; Weber State | 13 | 3 |
| Ray Rhodes | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Texas Christian; Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Selfridge | 57 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Virginia | 14 | 4 |
| Bill Singletary | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Temple | 3 | 0 |
| Eldridge Small | 18 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | 10 |
| Norm Snead | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 35 | Wake Forest | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Stienke | 20 | RCB | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | Texas State | 13 | 4 |
| John Strada | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | William Jewell | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Summerell | 19 | QB | 6-4 | 208 | 23 | East Carolina | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Bloomsburg | 13 | 13 |
| Doug Van Horn | 63 | ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 10 | LLB | 6-5 | 235 | 23 | Michigan State | 12 | 10 |
| Carl Wafer | 72 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Tennessee State | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 69 | LOT | 6-0 | 259 | 31 | Grambling State | 12 | 12 |
| Mickey Zofko | 34 | RB | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Auburn | 7 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | John Hicks | G | Ohio State |
| 2 | 28 | Tom Mullen | G | Missouri State |
| 3 | 55 | Rick Dvorak | DE-LB | Wichita State |
| 4 | 80 | Carl Summerell | QB | East Carolina |
| 5 | 107 | Don Clune | WR | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | 119 | Clyde Powers | DB | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 132 | Jim Pietrzak | T | Eastern Michigan |
| 7 | 159 | Marty Woolbright | TE | South Carolina |
| 8 | 184 | Ezil Bibbs | DE | Grambling State |
| 9 | 211 | Jim Rathje | RB | Northern Michigan |
| 10 | 236 | Ray Rhodes | WR | Tulsa |
| 11 | 263 | Bobby Brooks | DB | Bishop |
| 12 | 288 | Jimmy Sims | LB | Southern California |
| 13 | 315 | Dennis Colvin | T | Texas State |
| 14 | 340 | Mike Hayes | T | Virginia State |
| 15 | 367 | Larry Jones | WR | Truman State |
| 16 | 392 | Buddy Brown | OG | Alabama |
| 17 | 419 | Steve Crosby | RB | Fort Hays State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 43 | 78 | 45 | 29 | 0 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 78 | 86 | 72 | 6 | 299 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 215 | 90 | 107 | 18 | 75/196 38.3% | / % | 65 | 567 | |
| Opponents Totals | 291 | 134 | 142 | 15 | 87/202 43.1% | / % | 80 | 616 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 0 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 51 |
| Ron Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Doug Kotar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Walker Gillette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roy Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leon McQuay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 32 | 38 | 84.2 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 0 | 299 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 7/14 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dawkins | 156 | 561 | 3.6 | 16 | 2 |
| Doug Kotar | 106 | 396 | 3.7 | 53t | 4 |
| Leon McQuay | 55 | 240 | 4.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Johnson | 97 | 218 | 2.2 | 14 | 4 |
| Steve Crosby | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Del Gaizo | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Summerell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 441 | 1496 | 3.4 | 53t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 521 | 1916 | 3.7 | 22 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 237 | 122 | 122 | 102 | 1510 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 72 | 9 | 3.8 | 13 | 5.5 | 13 | 97 | 1413 | 61.3 |
| Norm Snead | 111 | 67 | 67 | 37 | 615 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 53 | 3 | 2.7 | 7 | 6.3 | 5 | 42 | 573 | 58.2 |
| Carl Summerell | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 19.9 |
| Jim Del Gaizo | 32 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 165 | 5.2 | 13.8 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9.4 | 1 | 11 | 154 | 15.8 |
| Team Totals | 393 | 207 | 207 | 160 | 2349 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 72 | 12 | 3.1 | 26 | 6.6 | 20 | 156 | 2193 | 53.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 415 | 245 | 245 | 155 | 2688 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 46t | 22 | 5.3 | 15 | 3.6 | 25 | 147 | 2541 | 80.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dawkins | 46 | 332 | 7.2 | 51t | 3 |
| Bob Tucker | 41 | 496 | 12.1 | 29t | 2 |
| Walker Gillette | 29 | 466 | 16.1 | 72 | 3 |
| Bob Grim | 28 | 466 | 16.6 | 53 | 2 |
| Ron Johnson | 24 | 171 | 7.1 | 21t | 2 |
| Don Herrmann | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Leon McQuay | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Chip Glass | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Crosby | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 207 | 2349 | 11.3 | 72 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 245 | 2688 | 11.0 | 46t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Crist | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Andy Selfridge | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Hornsby | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eldridge Small | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 372 | 14.3 | 59t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 68 | 2709 | 39.8 | 64 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Crosby | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 69 | 2769 | 40.1 | 64 | 2 | 12 | 478 | 2051 | 30.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2352 | 36.2 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 408 | 1904 | 29.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 20 | 1 | 180 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 10 | 0 | 124 | 12.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Leon McQuay | 7 | 1 | 81 | 11.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Brooks | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 2 | 408 | 10.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 0 | 478 | 11.1 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon McQuay | 25 | 689 | 27.6 | 72 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 15 | 350 | 23.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Bobby Brooks | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 53 | 0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Steve Crosby | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Eldridge Small | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Clyde Powers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1458 | 24.7 | 72 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1154 | 25.6 | 62 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Gregory | 9.5 | |
| John Mendenhall | 7.0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 2.5 | |
| Pete Athas | 1.0 | |
| Chuck Crist | 1.0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 1.0 | |
| Andy Selfridge | 1.0 | |
| Larry Jacobson | 0.5 | |
| Henry Reed | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 25.0 | 147.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20.0 | 156.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Crist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Crosby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 1 |
| Pat Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hyland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon McQuay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -14 | 0 | |
| Tom Mullen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Pietrzak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Selfridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 68 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
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