1981 New York Giants (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 9-7-0 .563

Ernie Adams	Offensive Assistant
Bill Austin	Offensive Line
Bill Belichick	Special Teams/Linebackers
Romeo Crennel	Special Assignments
Freddy Glick	Defensive Backs
Pat Hodgson	Receivers
Lamar Leachman	Defensive Line
Bob Lord	Offensive Backs
Bill Parcells	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1981	A	Chicago Bears	23-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	59411
Sat	8/15/1981	H	Baltimore Colts	20-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	40716
Sat	8/22/1981	H	New York Jets	24-37	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74692
Sat	8/29/1981	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	6-31	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	51311
Sun	9/6/1981	H	Philadelphia Eagles	10-24	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72459
Sun	9/13/1981	A	Washington Redskins	17-7	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53343
Sun	9/20/1981	H	New Orleans Saints	20-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	68914
Sun	9/27/1981	A	Dallas Cowboys	10-18	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63449
Sun	10/4/1981	H	Green Bay Packers	14-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	73684
Sun	10/11/1981	H	St. Louis Cardinals	34-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	67128
Sun	10/18/1981	A	Seattle Seahawks	32-0	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	56134
Sun	10/25/1981	A	Atlanta Falcons	27-24	W	OT	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	60749
Sun	11/1/1981	H	New York Jets	7-26	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74740
Sun	11/8/1981	A	Green Bay Packers	24-26	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	54138
Sun	11/15/1981	H	Washington Redskins	27-30	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	63133
Sun	11/22/1981	A	Philadelphia Eagles	20-10	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	66827
Sun	11/29/1981	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-17	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	57186
Sun	12/6/1981	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	59659
Sun	12/13/1981	A	St. Louis Cardinals	20-10	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47358
Sat	12/19/1981	H	Dallas Cowboys	13-10	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	73009
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/27/1981	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-21	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	71611
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/3/1982	A	San Francisco 49ers	24-38	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	58360

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
67	Billy Ard	LOG	6-3	270	22	Wake Forest	13	6
78	Carl Barisich	NT	6-4	256	30	Princeton	2	0
60	Brad Benson	LOT	6-3	270	26	Penn State	11	10
45	Leon Bright	RB	5-9	192	26	Florida State	15	1
12	Scott Brunner	QB	6-5	210	24	Delaware	16	6
64	Jim Burt	NT	6-1	260	22	Miami (Florida)	13	0
26	Rob Carpenter	FB	6-1	226	26	Miami (Ohio)	10	8
53	Harry Carson	RILB	6-2	240	28	South Carolina State	16	16
58	Jim Clack	C	6-3	250	34	Wake Forest	6	6
29	Bill Currier	SS	6-0	193	26	South Carolina	16	14
18	Joe Danelo	K	5-9	166	28	Washington State	16	0
46	Mike Dennis	CB	5-10	190	23	Pasadena CC; Wyoming	16	0
37	Larry Flowers	SS	6-1	190	23	Texas Tech	16	2
35	Ike Forte	RB	6-0	198	27	Tyler JC; Arkansas	5	3
88	Mike Friede	WR	6-3	205	24	Garden City CC; Indiana	16	15
84	Alvin Garrett	WR	5-7	178	25	Angelo State	9	0
83	Earnest Gray	WR	6-3	191	24	Memphis	16	3
36	Mark Haynes	LCB	5-11	193	23	Colorado	16	16
61	Ernie Hughes	C	6-3	250	26	Notre Dame	10	10
57	Byron Hunt	LOLB	6-5	242	23	Southern Methodist	16	3
21	Louis Jackson	RB	5-11	195	23	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	11	3
24	Terry Jackson	RCB	5-11	197	26	San Diego CC; San Diego State	16	16
13	Dave Jennings	P	6-4	202	29	St. Lawrence	16	0
70	Gary Jeter	RDE	6-4	260	26	Southern California	12	11
55	Brian Kelley	LILB	6-3	222	30	California Lutheran	16	16
72	Gordon King	ROT	6-6	272	25	Stanford	16	16
44	Doug Kotar	RB	5-10	205	30	Kentucky	7	4
51	Frank Marion	LB	6-3	238	30	Florida A&M	16	0
75	George Martin	LDE	6-4	255	28	Oregon	16	6
41	Bo Matthews	FB	6-3	222	30	Colorado	5	1
59	Ed McGlasson	C	6-4	254	25	Youngstown State	16	0
76	Curtis McGriff	LDE-RDE	6-5	276	23	Alabama	14	14
52	Joe McLaughlin	LB	6-1	235	24	Massachusetts	16	0
85	John Mistler	WR	6-1	190	23	Arizona State	16	0
81	Tom Mullady	TE	6-3	232	24	Southwestern (Tennessee)	16	3
77	Bill Neill	NT	6-4	255	22	Pittsburgh	16	16
86	Johnny Perkins	WR	6-2	205	28	Ranger JC; Abilene Christian	16	14
30	Leon Perry	FB	5-11	225	24	Mississippi	16	8
82	Danny Pittman	WR	6-2	205	23	Pasadena CC; Wyoming	8	0
28	Beasley Reece	FS	6-1	186	27	North Texas	16	16
87	Gary Shirk	TE	6-1	220	31	Morehead State	16	14
69	Roy Simmons	ROG-LOG	6-3	264	25	Georgia Tech	16	10
11	Phil Simms	QB	6-3	215	26	Morehead State	10	10
74	Tim Stokes	LOT	6-5	252	31	Oregon	3	1
80	Phil Tabor	RDE	6-4	255	25	Oklahoma	16	1
38	Billy Taylor	RB	6-0	215	25	Texas Tech	5	3
56	Lawrence Taylor	ROLB	6-3	243	22	North Carolina	16	16
68	J.T. Turner	LOG-ROG	6-3	250	28	Duke	16	16
10	Brad Van Pelt	LOLB	6-5	235	30	Michigan State	14	13
73	Jeff Weston	LOT	6-4	252	25	Notre Dame	14	5
62	Mike Whittington	LB	6-2	220	23	Notre Dame	6	0
89	Dave Young	TE	6-5	242	22	Purdue	11	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Lawrence Taylor	LB	North Carolina
2	32	Dave Young	TE	Purdue
3	59	John Mistler	WR	Arizona State
4	85	Cliff Chatman	RB	Central Oklahoma
5	115	Bill Neill	DT	Pittsburgh
6	145	Mel Hoover	WR	Arizona State
6	165	Edward O'Neal	RB	Tuskegee
7	168	Louis Jackson	RB	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
8	197	John Powers	G	Michigan
8	207	Mark Reed	QB	Minnesota State-Moorhead
8	221	Billy Ard	G	Wake Forest
9	224	Byron Hunt	LB	Southern Methodist
10	250	Mike Barker	DT	Grambling State
12	307	Mike Maher	TE	Western Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	23	83	89	94	6
Opponents Totals	64	70	34	86	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:09	253	93	139	21	83/242 34.3%	/ %	108	897
Opponents Totals	31:51	291	106	156	29	100/265 37.7%	/ %	111	876

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Danelo	0	31	31	100.0	24	38	63.2	0	103
Johnny Perkins	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Rob Carpenter	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Gary Shirk	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Leon Bright	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Earnest Gray	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
George Martin	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Taylor	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Dennis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Friede	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Louis Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Jackson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Kotar	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Mistler	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Mullady	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Leon Perry	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Beasley Reece	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Young	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	32	31	32	96.9	24	38	63.2	0	295
Opponents Totals	27	27	27	100.0	22	33	66.7	1	257

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Danelo	24	38	63.2	1/1	7/9	7/9	6/11	3/8
Team Totals	24	38	63.2	1/1	7/9	7/9	6/11	3/8
Opponents Totals	22	33	66.7	0/0	8/8	9/11	4/9	1/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rob Carpenter	190	748	3.9	35	5
Leon Perry	72	257	3.6	23	0
Leon Bright	51	197	3.9	25	2
Doug Kotar	46	154	3.3	18	1
Billy Taylor	36	110	3.1	14	2
Ike Forte	19	74	3.9	15	0
Louis Jackson	27	68	2.5	9	1
Phil Simms	19	42	2.2	24	0
Scott Brunner	14	20	1.4	23	0
Bo Matthews	4	14	3.5	6	0
Alvin Garrett	1	2	2.0	2	0
Johnny Perkins	2	-1	-0.5	10	0
Team Totals	481	1685	3.5	35	11
Opponents Totals	553	1891	3.4	35	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Phil Simms	316	172	54.4	135	2031	6.4	11.8	80	11	3.5	9	2.8	38	301	1730	74.0
Scott Brunner	190	79	41.6	100	978	5.1	12.4	43	5	2.6	11	5.8	9	67	911	42.8
Team Totals	506	251	49.6	235	3009	5.9	12.0	80	16	3.2	20	4.0	47	368	2641	62.3
Opponents Totals	544	294	54.0	233	3318	6.1	11.3	57	14	2.6	17	3.1	44	384	2934	68.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Perkins	51	858	16.8	80	6
Gary Shirk	42	445	10.6	46	3
Leon Bright	28	291	10.4	36	0
Rob Carpenter	24	201	8.4	37	0
Earnest Gray	22	360	16.4	45	2
Mike Friede	18	250	13.9	43	1
Tom Mullady	14	136	9.7	21	1
Leon Perry	13	140	10.8	24	1
Doug Kotar	9	32	3.6	11	0
John Mistler	8	119	14.9	31	1
Billy Taylor	8	71	8.9	39	0
Dave Young	5	49	9.8	15	1
Louis Jackson	3	25	8.3	19	0
Ike Forte	3	11	3.7	6	0
Bo Matthews	2	13	6.5	11	0
Danny Pittman	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	251	3009	12.0	80	16
Opponents Totals	294	3318	11.3	57	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Beasley Reece	4	84	21.0	32	0
Terry Jackson	3	57	19.0	32t	1
Bill Currier	3	2	0.7	2	0
Brian Kelley	2	43	21.5	27	0
Brad Van Pelt	1	10	10.0	10	0
Larry Flowers	1	9	9.0	9	0
Mark Haynes	1	9	9.0	9	0
Byron Hunt	1	7	7.0	7	0
Lawrence Taylor	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	17	222	13.1	32t	1
Opponents Totals	20	252	12.6	64t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Jennings	97	4198	43.3	62	0	12	19	561	3397	35.0
Team Totals	97	4198	43.3	62	0	12	19	561	3397	35.0
Opponents Totals	105	4160	39.6	60	1	12	18	502	3418	32.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leon Bright	52	0	410	7.9	55	0
Alvin Garrett	8	2	57	7.1	18	0
Terry Jackson	2	0	22	11.0	21	0
Danny Pittman	1	1	13	13.0	13	0
Beasley Reece	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	64	5	502	7.8	55	0
Opponents Totals	61	6	561	9.2	94t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Garrett	16	0	361	22.6	35
Leon Bright	25	0	481	19.2	41
Danny Pittman	10	0	194	19.4	34
Mike Dennis	3	0	51	17.0	17
Joe McLaughlin	2	0	9	4.5	5
Beasley Reece	1	0	24	24.0	24
John Mistler	0	1	0
Team Totals	57	1	1120	19.6	41
Opponents Totals	50		959	19.2	40

SACKS	NO	YDS
George Martin	11.0
Lawrence Taylor	9.5
Gary Jeter	7.0
Bill Neill	5.5
Harry Carson	4.0
Phil Tabor	2.5
Brad Van Pelt	2.0
Byron Hunt	1.5
Bill Currier	1.0
Team Totals	44.0	384.0
Opponents Totals	47.0	368.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Billy Ard	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Leon Bright	3		4	0	4	0	0
Scott Brunner	6		2	0	2	-3	0
Rob Carpenter	2		0	0	0	0	0
Harry Carson	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Bill Currier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Flowers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ike Forte	1		0	0	0	0	0
Alvin Garrett	1		0	0	0	0	0
Earnest Gray	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Haynes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Hughes	2		2	0	2	0	0
Louis Jackson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Kelley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gordon King	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Marion	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
George Martin	0	0	0	3	3	28	2
Tom Mullady	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Neill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Perkins	2		0	0	0	0	0
Leon Perry	4		2	0	2	2	0
Danny Pittman	2		1	0	1	0	0
Beasley Reece	1		3	2	5	7	1
Gary Shirk	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Simmons	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Phil Simms	7		2	0	2	-15	0
Tim Stokes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Taylor	2		0	0	0	0	0
Lawrence Taylor	1		0	1	1	4	0
Brad Van Pelt	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	38	17	21	17	38	28	3
Opponents Totals	38	17	19	16	35		0