1979 New York Giants (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 6-10-0 .375

Ernie Adams	Offensive Assistant
Bill Belichick	Special Teams
Ralph Hawkins	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Pat Hodgson	Receivers
Bob Lord	Offensive Backs
Don Pollard	Defensive Secondary
Dick Scesniak	Offensive Line
Jim Stanley	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	H	Cleveland Browns	27-7	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	30905
Sat	8/11/1979	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-10	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46624
Sat	8/18/1979	H	San Diego Chargers	3-7	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	22341
Sat	8/25/1979	H	New York Jets	6-14	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70243
Sun	9/2/1979	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-23	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	67366
Sun	9/9/1979	H	St. Louis Cardinals	14-27	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	71370
Mon	9/17/1979	A	Washington Redskins	0-27	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54672
Sun	9/23/1979	H	Philadelphia Eagles	13-17	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74265
Sun	9/30/1979	A	New Orleans Saints	14-24	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51543
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17-14	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72841
Sun	10/14/1979	H	San Francisco 49ers	32-16	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70352
Sun	10/21/1979	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-17	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	44362
Sun	10/28/1979	A	Los Angeles Rams	20-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	43376
Sun	11/4/1979	H	Dallas Cowboys	14-16	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76490
Sun	11/11/1979	H	Atlanta Falcons	24-3	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	60860
Sun	11/18/1979	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3-31	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	70261
Sun	11/25/1979	H	Washington Redskins	14-6	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72641
Sun	12/2/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	7-28	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63787
Sun	12/9/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	20-29	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	39802
Sun	12/16/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	7-31	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	58711

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Brad Benson	LOT	6-3	270	24	Penn State	10	9
45	Alan Caldwell	RCB	6-0	176	23	North Carolina	16	1
53	Harry Carson	RILB-MLB	6-2	240	26	South Carolina State	16	15
41	Todd Christensen	RB	6-3	230	23	Brigham Young	1	0
56	Jim Clack	C	6-3	250	32	Wake Forest	16	16
59	Randy Coffield	LILBB	6-3	215	26	Florida State	9	1
78	Gus Coppens	LOT	6-5	270	24	UCLA	9	6
18	Joe Danelo	K	5-9	166	26	Washington State	16	0
15	Randy Dean	QB	6-3	194	24	Northwestern	16	1
84	Al Dixon	TE	6-5	238	25	Iowa State	5	1
34	Zachary Dixon	RB	6-0	200	23	Dean JC; Temple	3	0
58	Keith Eck	OG-C	6-5	255	24	UCLA	13	0
65	Dan Fowler	OG	6-5	260	23	Kentucky	1	0
71	Gordon Gravelle	ROT	6-5	255	30	Brigham Young	4	3
83	Earnest Gray	WR	6-3	191	22	Memphis	16	14
34	Tony Green	KR	5-9	185	23	Florida	4	0
33	Bobby Hammond	RB	5-9	175	27	Morgan State	4	0
29	Eddie Hicks	RB	6-2	210	24	East Carolina	14	0
81	Cleveland Jackson	TE	6-4	230	23	Michigan State; Los Angeles Southwest JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	2	0
24	Terry Jackson	LCB	5-11	197	24	San Diego CC; San Diego State	16	16
13	Dave Jennings	P	6-4	202	27	St. Lawrence	16	0
70	Gary Jeter	RDE	6-4	260	24	Southern California	16	16
48	Kenny Johnson	RB	6-2	220	23	Miami (Florida)	9	6
31	Ernie Jones	FS	6-3	180	26	Miami-Dade JC; Miami (Florida)	5	5
55	Brian Kelley	RLB-ROLB	6-3	222	28	California Lutheran	16	16
72	Gordon King	OT	6-6	272	23	Stanford	7	0
44	Doug Kotar	RB	5-10	205	28	Kentucky	16	14
54	Dan Lloyd	LILB-MLB	6-2	225	26	Washington	13	8
51	Frank Marion	LB	6-3	238	28	Florida A&M	16	0
75	George Martin	LDE	6-4	255	26	Oregon	16	16
79	Mike McCoy	RDT	6-5	275	31	Notre Dame	3	2
89	Loaird McCreary	TE	6-5	227	26	Tennessee State	11	0
23	Odis McKinney	FS	6-2	190	22	Los Angeles Valley JC; Colorado	15	2
64	John Mendenhall	LDT-NG	6-1	255	31	Grambling State	13	11
62	Ron Mikolajczyk	ROT	6-3	280	29	Marshall; Tampa	1	1
76	Calvin Miller	LDT-NG	6-2	270	26	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Oklahoma State	11	2
30	Emery Moorehead	RB	6-2	220	25	Colorado	13	3
81	Tom Mullady	TE	6-3	232	22	Southwestern (Tennessee)	2	0
74	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	36	Mississippi State	14	11
84	Steve Odom	WR	5-8	175	27	Utah	6	0
25	Ray Oldham	FS	5-11	192	28	Middle Tennessee State	15	10
86	Johnny Perkins	WR	6-2	205	26	Ranger JC; Abilene Christian	13	8
76	Jim Pietrzak	OT-C	6-5	260	26	Eastern Michigan	3	0
9	Joe Pisarcik	QB	6-4	220	27	New Mexico State	4	4
28	Beasley Reece	SS	6-1	186	25	North Texas	16	16
22	Ray Rhodes	RCB	5-11	185	29	Texas Christian; Tulsa	15	15
85	Jimmy Robinson	WR	5-9	170	26	Georgia Tech	11	6
88	Dwight Scales	WR	6-2	182	26	Grambling State	15	4
87	Gary Shirk	TE	6-1	220	29	Morehead State	16	15
69	Roy Simmons	LOG	6-3	264	23	Georgia Tech	16	3
11	Phil Simms	QB	6-3	215	24	Morehead State	12	11
57	John Skorupan	LB	6-3	225	28	Penn State	14	0
80	Phil Tabor	RDT-NG	6-4	255	23	Oklahoma	15	8
38	Billy Taylor	RB	6-0	215	23	Texas Tech	16	9
39	Bob Torrey	RB	6-4	230	22	Penn State	6	0
68	J.T. Turner	ROG	6-3	250	26	Duke	16	16
63	Doug Van Horn	LOG	6-2	245	35	Ohio State	15	13
10	Brad Van Pelt	LLB-LOLB	6-5	235	28	Michigan State	16	16
84	Gene Washington	WR	5-9	170	26	Georgia	2	0
73	Jeff Weston	LOT-LDT	6-4	252	23	Notre Dame	16	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Phil Simms	QB	Morehead State
2	36	Earnest Gray	WR	Memphis
4	90	Phil Tabor	DE	Oklahoma
5	117	Cleveland Jackson	TE	Nevada-Las Vegas
6	145	Bob Torrey	RB	Penn State
6	158	Eddie Hicks	RB	East Carolina
7	172	Steve Alvers	TE	Miami (Florida)
8	200	Harold Perry	DB	Southern Methodist
8	201	Roy Simmons	G	Georgia Tech
9	227	Tom Rusk	LB	Iowa
10	256	Dan Fowler	G	Kentucky
11	282	Mike Mince	DB	Fresno State
11	284	Kenny Johnson	RB	Miami (Florida)
12	310	Tim Gillespie	G	North Carolina State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	39	68	54	76
Opponents Totals	38	116	91	78

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		223	82	111	30	80/244 32.8%	/ %	122	1047
Opponents Totals		322	130	159	33	94/253 37.2%	/ %	105	800

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Billy Taylor	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Joe Danelo	0	28	29	96.6	9	20	45.0	0	55
Earnest Gray	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Johnny Perkins	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Doug Kotar	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Gary Shirk	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Harry Carson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Dean	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Kenny Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil Simms	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Skorupan	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	30	28	30	93.3	9	20	45.0	1	237
Opponents Totals	39	35	39	89.7	18	35	51.4	0	323

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Danelo	9	20	45.0	0/0	3/3	2/3	4/11	0/3
Team Totals	9	20	45.0	0/0	3/3	2/3	4/11	0/3
Opponents Totals	18	35	51.4	0/0	9/10	3/10	6/13	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Taylor	198	700	3.5	31	7
Doug Kotar	160	616	3.9	32	3
Kenny Johnson	62	168	2.7	12	0
Phil Simms	29	166	5.7	27	1
Emery Moorehead	36	95	2.6	11	0
Randy Dean	8	56	7.0	19	1
Dave Jennings	2	11	5.5	9	0
Joe Pisarcik	1	6	6.0	6	0
Earnest Gray	2	2	1.0	9	0
Team Totals	498	1820	3.7	32	12
Opponents Totals	618	2452	4.0	33	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Phil Simms	265	134	50.6	117	1743	6.6	13.0	61	13	4.9	14	5.3	39	319	1424	66.0
Joe Pisarcik	108	43	39.8	59	537	5.0	12.5	48	2	1.9	6	5.6	17	123	414	39.0
Randy Dean	26	11	42.3	13	91	3.5	8.3	20	0	0.0	2	7.7	3	23	68	19.9
Dave Jennings	2	2	100.0	0	48	24.0	24.0	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	48	118.8
Team Totals	401	190	47.4	189	2419	6.0	12.7	61	15	3.7	22	5.5	59	465	1954	56.3
Opponents Totals	463	253	54.6	189	3154	6.8	12.5	53t	22	4.8	21	4.5	32	228	2926	72.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gary Shirk	31	471	15.2	61	2
Earnest Gray	28	537	19.2	53t	4
Billy Taylor	28	253	9.0	43	4
Doug Kotar	25	230	9.2	37	0
Johnny Perkins	20	337	16.9	38t	4
Kenny Johnson	16	108	6.8	15	1
Dwight Scales	14	222	15.9	55	0
Jimmy Robinson	13	146	11.2	31	0
Emery Moorehead	9	62	6.9	19	0
Al Dixon	2	18	.09.0	11	0
Brad Van Pelt	1	20	20.0	20	0
Cleveland Jackson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Loaird McCreary	1	7	7.0	7	0
Joe Danelo	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	190	2419	12.7	61	15
Opponents Totals	253	3154	12.5	53t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brian Kelley	3	41	13.7	16	0
Harry Carson	3	28	9.3	14	0
Terry Jackson	3	10	3.3	10	0
Ernie Jones	2	42	21.0	31t	1
Dan Lloyd	2	10	5.0	7	0
Ray Oldham	2	4	2.0	4	0
Alan Caldwell	2	2	1.0	2	0
Ray Rhodes	2	0	0.0	0	0
Odis McKinney	1	25	25.0	25	0
Beasley Reece	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	21	165	7.9	31t	1
Opponents Totals	22	449	20.4	72	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Jennings	104	4445	42.7	72	0	9	19	447	3818	36.7
Team Totals	104	4445	42.7	72	0	9	19	447	3818	36.7
Opponents Totals	80	2938	36.7	74	3	12	23	109	2589	32.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Steve Odom	9	3	26	2.9	10
Jimmy Robinson	6	4	29	4.8	13
Bobby Hammond	6	3	21	3.5	8
Tony Green	3	6	17	5.7	8
Dwight Scales	2	0	3	1.5	3
Beasley Reece	1	0	8	8.0	8
Terry Jackson	1	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	28	17	109	3.9	13
Opponents Totals	60	22	447	7.5	33

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Steve Odom	15	327	21.8	75
Tony Green	12	214	17.8	24
Bobby Hammond	11	230	20.9	39
Jimmy Robinson	7	140	20.0	30
Billy Taylor	6	131	21.8	31
Beasley Reece	6	81	13.5	21
Eddie Hicks	3	51	17.0	21
Doug Kotar	2	39	19.5	23
Emery Moorehead	1	16	16.0	16
Frank Marion	1	14	14.0	14
Randy Coffield	1	12	12.0	12
Earnest Gray	1	0	0.0	0
Dan Lloyd	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	67	1255	18.7	75
Opponents Totals	44	900	20.5	53

SACKS	NO	YDS
George Martin	11.0
Gary Jeter	4.0
Brad Van Pelt	4.0
Phil Tabor	3.5
Brian Kelley	2.0
John Mendenhall	1.5
Harry Carson	1.0
Dan Lloyd	1.0
Odis McKinney	1.0
Calvin Miller	1.0
Ray Oldham	1.0
Beasley Reece	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	228.0
Opponents Totals	59.0	465.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Brad Benson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Alan Caldwell	1		0	0	0	0	0
Harry Carson	0	0	0	3	3	22	1
Jim Clack	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Keith Eck	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Earnest Gray	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hammond	2		1	0	1	0	0
Terry Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0
Gary Jeter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kenny Johnson	3		0	0	0	0	0
Brian Kelley	0	0	1	1	2	4	0
Gordon King	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Doug Kotar	3		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Marion	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
George Martin	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Mike McCoy	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Odis McKinney	1		1	0	1	0	0
Tom Neville	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Odom	4		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Oldham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Perkins	1		1	0	1	0	0
Joe Pisarcik	1		0	0	0	0	0
Beasley Reece	0	0	0	3	3	11	0
Ray Rhodes	0	0	1	1	2	7	0
Jimmy Robinson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Shirk	2		1	0	1	0	0
Phil Simms	9		0	0	0	-2	0
Phil Tabor	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Taylor	4		0	0	0	0	0
Brad Van Pelt	0	0	1	0	1	42	0
Team Totals	34	22	12	17	29	82	1
Opponents Totals	36	17	14	18	32		2