1988 New York Giants (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 10-6-0 .625

Bill Belichick	Defensive Coordinator
Tom Coughlin	Receivers
Romeo Crennel	Special Teams
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Coordinator
Len Fontes	Defensive Backs
Ray Handley	Running Backs
Fred Hoaglin	Offensive Line
Lamar Leachman	Defensive Line
Johnny Parker	Strength and Conditioning
Mike Pope	Tight Ends
Mike Sweatman	Assistant Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1988	A	Green Bay Packers	34-3	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	41455
Sat	8/13/1988	H	New York Jets	24-21	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	68916
Sat	8/20/1988	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-17	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	37816
Fri	8/26/1988	A	Cleveland Browns	13-17	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	71129
Mon	9/5/1988	H	Washington Redskins	27-20	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	76417
Sun	9/11/1988	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-20	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75943
Sun	9/18/1988	A	Dallas Cowboys	12-10	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	55325
Sun	9/25/1988	H	Los Angeles Rams	31-45	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75617
Sun	10/2/1988	A	Washington Redskins	24-23	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54601
Mon	10/10/1988	A	Philadelphia Eagles	13-24	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	63736
Sun	10/16/1988	H	Detroit Lions	30-10	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74813
Sun	10/23/1988	A	Atlanta Falcons	23-16	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45092
Sun	10/30/1988	A	Detroit Lions	13-10	W	OT	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	38354
Sun	11/6/1988	H	Dallas Cowboys	29-21	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	75826
Sun	11/13/1988	A	Phoenix Cardinals	17-24	L		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	65324
Sun	11/20/1988	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-23	L	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	43621
Sun	11/27/1988	A	New Orleans Saints	13-12	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	66526
Sun	12/4/1988	H	Phoenix Cardinals	44-7	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	73438
Sun	12/11/1988	H	Kansas City Chiefs	28-12	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	69807
Sun	12/18/1988	A	New York Jets	21-27	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	69770

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
33	George Adams	RB	6-1	225	26	Kentucky	16	1
2	Raul Allegre	K	5-10	167	29	Montana; Texas	6	0
24	Ottis Anderson	RB	6-2	225	31	Miami (Florida)	16	0
67	Billy Ard	LOG	6-3	270	29	Wake Forest	16	16
85	Stephen Baker	WR	5-8	160	24	West Los Angeles JC; Fresno State	16	11
58	Carl Banks	ROLB	6-4	235	26	Michigan State	14	14
89	Mark Bavaro	HBK	6-4	245	25	Notre Dame	16	15
88	Brad Beckman	TE	6-3	240	24	Nebraska-Omaha	9	0
8	Maury Buford	P	6-1	191	28	Texas Tech	15	0
64	Jim Burt	NT	6-1	260	29	Miami (Florida)	16	11
53	Harry Carson	RILB	6-2	240	35	South Carolina State	12	10
44	Maurice Carthon	RB	6-1	225	27	Arkansas State	16	14
25	Mark Collins	LCB	5-10	191	24	Fullerton State	11	11
98	Johnie Cooks	LB	6-4	247	30	Mississippi State	13	3
77	Eric Dorsey	LDE	6-5	280	24	Notre Dame	16	16
76	John Elliott	OT	6-7	306	23	Michigan	16	5
69	Joe Fields	C	6-2	253	35	Rutgers-Camden; Widener	13	0
28	Tom Flynn	S	6-0	195	26	Pittsburgh	16	0
41	Neal Guggemos	S	6-0	187	24	St. Thomas	11	0
37	Wayne Haddix	CB	6-1	203	23	Liberty	7	0
54	Andy Headen	LOLB	6-5	240	28	Clemson	4	3
48	Kenny Hill	SS	6-0	195	30	Yale	16	16
15	Jeff Hostetler	QB	6-3	215	27	Penn State; West Virginia	16	1
74	Erik Howard	NT	6-4	268	24	Washington State	16	5
57	Byron Hunt	LB	6-5	242	30	Southern Methodist	2	0
82	Mark Ingram	WR	5-11	188	23	Michigan State	7	4
68	Damian Johnson	ROG	6-5	290	26	Kansas State	6	6
52	Pepper Johnson	LILB	6-3	250	24	Ohio State	16	15
43	Terry Kinard	FS	6-1	200	29	Clemson	16	16
5	Sean Landeta	P	6-0	207	26	Towson	1	0
46	Greg Lasker	S	6-0	200	24	Arkansas	4	0
86	Lionel Manuel	WR	5-11	177	26	Citrus JC; Pacific	16	16
70	Leonard Marshall	RDE	6-3	285	27	Louisiana State	15	14
75	George Martin	DE	6-4	255	35	Oregon	16	0
80	Phil McConkey	WR	5-10	170	31	Navy	16	0
6	Paul McFadden	K	5-11	165	27	Youngstown State	10	0
60	Eric Moore	ROG	6-5	295	23	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Indiana	11	10
20	Joe Morris	RB	5-7	195	28	Syracuse	16	15
84	Zeke Mowatt	TE	6-3	240	27	Florida State	16	3
63	Karl Nelson	ROT	6-6	285	28	Iowa State	9	3
65	Bart Oates	C	6-3	265	30	Brigham Young	16	16
55	Gary Reasons	LB	6-4	235	26	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	16	7
72	Doug Riesenberg	ROT	6-5	287	23	California	16	11
66	Bill Roberts	LOT	6-5	285	26	Ohio State	16	13
81	Stacy Robinson	WR	5-11	186	26	Prairie View A&M; North Dakota State	11	0
22	Lee Rouson	RB	6-1	220	26	Colorado	16	0
17	Jeff Rutledge	QB	6-1	195	31	Alabama	1	0
51	Ricky Shaw	LB	6-4	240	23	Oklahoma State	14	0
87	Tim Sherwin	TE	6-6	246	30	Boston College	3	0
11	Phil Simms	QB	6-3	215	33	Morehead State	15	15
56	Lawrence Taylor	ROLB	6-3	243	29	North Carolina	12	12
83	Odessa Turner	WR	6-3	205	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	4	1
73	John Washington	RDE	6-4	282	25	Oklahoma State	16	2
36	Adrian White	S	6-0	202	24	Southern Illinois; Florida	16	0
71	Robb White	DE	6-4	270	23	South Dakota	1	0
39	Sheldon White	CB-S	5-11	188	23	Miami (Ohio)	16	5
23	Perry Williams	RCB	6-2	201	27	North Carolina State	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Eric Moore	T	Indiana
2	36	John Elliott	T	Michigan
3	62	Sheldon White	DB	Miami (Ohio)
4	92	Ricky Shaw	LB	Oklahoma State
5	118	Jon Carter	DE	Pittsburgh
6	145	David Houle	G	Michigan State
7	175	Mike Perez	QB	San Jose State
7	186	Danta Whitaker	TE	Mississippi Valley State
8	202	Sammy Lilly	DB	Georgia Tech
10	259	Eric Hickerson	DB	Indiana
10	265	Steve Wilkes	TE	Appalachian State
11	286	Greg Harris	WR	Troy
12	313	David Futrell	NT	Brigham Young
12	323	Brendan McCormack	DT	South Carolina

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	59	83	95	119	3
Opponents Totals	59	101	53	85	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:24	317	123	168	26	80/219 36.5%	8/18 44.4%	88	660
Opponents Totals	30:36	291	95	177	19	96/247 38.9%	9/14 64.3%	116	902

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Paul McFadden	0	25	27	92.6	14	19	73.7	0	67
Ottis Anderson	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Raul Allegre	0	14	14	100.0	10	11	90.9	0	44
Stephen Baker	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Joe Morris	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mark Bavaro	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Lionel Manuel	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Maurice Carthon	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Stacy Robinson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Carl Banks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Burt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Flynn	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Ingram	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pepper Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Zeke Mowatt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Odessa Turner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Collins	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	41	39	41	95.1	24	30	80.0	1	359
Opponents Totals	33	31	32	96.9	25	33	75.8	0	304

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Raul Allegre	10	11	90.9	0/0	3/3	5/6	2/2	0/0
Paul McFadden	14	19	73.7	0/0	4/4	4/6	5/6	1/3
Team Totals	24	30	80.0	0/0	7/7	9/12	7/8	1/3
Opponents Totals	25	33	75.8	0/0	7/10	10/14	7/7	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Morris	307	1083	3.5	27	5
Ottis Anderson	65	208	3.2	11	8
Phil Simms	33	152	4.6	17	0
Maurice Carthon	46	146	3.2	8	2
George Adams	29	76	2.6	15	0
Lionel Manuel	4	27	6.8	14	0
Lee Rouson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Jeff Rutledge	3	-1	-0.3	0	0
Jeff Hostetler	5	-3	-0.6	0	0
Team Totals	493	1689	3.4	27	15
Opponents Totals	454	1759	3.9	38	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Phil Simms	479	263	54.9	205	3359	7.0	12.8	62t	21	4.4	11	2.3	53	405	2954	82.1
Jeff Hostetler	29	16	55.2	11	244	8.4	15.3	85t	1	3.4	2	6.9	5	31	213	65.9
Jeff Rutledge	17	11	64.7	5	113	6.6	10.3	33	0	0.0	1	5.9	2	14	99	59.2
Team Totals	525	290	55.2	221	3716	7.1	12.8	85t	22	4.2	14	2.7	60	450	3266	80.5
Opponents Totals	566	294	51.9	257	3755	6.6	12.8	80t	23	4.1	15	2.7	52	428	3327	75.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lionel Manuel	65	1029	15.8	46	4
Mark Bavaro	53	672	12.7	36	4
Stephen Baker	40	656	16.4	85t	7
George Adams	27	174	6.4	19	0
Joe Morris	22	166	7.5	24	0
Maurice Carthon	19	194	10.2	24	1
Zeke Mowatt	15	196	13.1	38t	1
Mark Ingram	13	158	12.2	32	1
Odessa Turner	10	128	12.8	28t	1
Ottis Anderson	9	57	6.3	13	0
Stacy Robinson	7	143	20.4	62t	3
Phil McConkey	5	72	14.4	28	0
Lee Rouson	4	61	15.3	31	0
Jeff Hostetler	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	290	3716	12.8	85t	22
Opponents Totals	294	3755	12.8	80t	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sheldon White	4	70	17.5	39	0
Terry Kinard	3	46	15.3	39	0
Harry Carson	2	66	33.0	66	0
Pepper Johnson	1	33	33.0	33t	1
Adrian White	1	29	29.0	29	0
Gary Reasons	1	20	20.0	20	0
Carl Banks	1	15	15.0	15t	1
Mark Collins	1	13	13.0	13	0
Perry Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	292	19.5	66	2
Opponents Totals	14	116	8.3	30	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Maury Buford	73	3012	41.3	66	2	10	13	296	2516	33.5
Sean Landeta	6	222	37.0	53	0	0	1	7	215	35.8
Team Totals	81	3234	39.9	66	2	10	14	303	2731	33.7
Opponents Totals	93	3697	39.8	66	1	8	26	359	3178	34.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Phil McConkey	40	25	313	7.8	35
Stephen Baker	5	0	34	6.8	11
Terry Kinard	1	0	8	8.0	8
Tom Flynn	1	0	4	4.0	4
Team Totals	47	25	359	7.6	35
Opponents Totals	38	11	303	8.0	32

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Neal Guggemos	17	0	344	20.2	40
Kenny Hill	13	0	262	20.2	30
Lee Rouson	8	0	130	16.3	21
Mark Ingram	8	0	129	16.1	27
Wayne Haddix	6	0	123	20.5	24
Mark Collins	4	0	67	16.8	26
Sheldon White	3	0	62	20.7	26
Phil McConkey	2	0	30	15.0	17
Brad Beckman	1	0	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	62	0	1154	18.6	40
Opponents Totals	73		1269	17.4	44

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lawrence Taylor	15.5
Leonard Marshall	8.0
George Martin	7.5
Pepper Johnson	4.0
Eric Dorsey	3.5
Jim Burt	3.0
Andy Headen	3.0
Erik Howard	3.0
Perry Williams	2.0
Carl Banks	1.5
Johnie Cooks	1.0
Team Totals	52.0	428.0
Opponents Totals	60.0	450.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ottis Anderson	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Stephen Baker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Bavaro	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Burt	0	0	0	2	2	39	1
Harry Carson	0	0	0	2	2	12	0
Maurice Carthon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Johnie Cooks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Dorsey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Elliott	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Flynn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Neal Guggemos	2		3	0	3	0	0
Wayne Haddix	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Hill	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Hostetler	1		1	0	1	0	0
Erik Howard	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Pepper Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lionel Manuel	1		1	0	1	0	0
George Martin	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Phil McConkey	2		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Morris	7		1	0	1	0	0
Zeke Mowatt	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bart Oates	1		0	0	0	-10	0
Gary Reasons	0	0	1	1	2	5	0
Doug Riesenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Roberts	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Lee Rouson	2		2	0	2	0	0
Jeff Rutledge	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Shaw	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Simms	7		1	0	1	0	0
Lawrence Taylor	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Perry Williams	0	0	0	3	3	6	0
Team Totals	32	14	18	18	36	61	1
Opponents Totals	36	18	16	13	29		1