1971 New York Giants: 4-10-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (104 points scored, 202 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (124 points scored, 160 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Webster
228 points scored (21st of 26 teams), 362 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 268 462 2,714 ( 3) 5.41 14 25 394 1,461 (22) 3.7 11 4,175 (10) 45
Defense: 173 333 2,307 (18) 6.57 25 15 449 2,059 (19) 4.6 12 4,366 (21) 30
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Skip Butler K 1 6'2 200 24 1 Texas-Arlington 3 Pete Gogolak K 14 6'2 190 29 8 Cornell 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 13 6'1 190 31 11 Georgia 11 Randy Johnson QB 5 6'3 205 27 6 Texas A&I 15 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 190 23 R Oregon 18 Clifton McNeil WR 6 6'2 187 31 8 Grambling 20 Scott Eaton DB 12 6'3 205 27 5 Oregon State 21 Otto Brown DB 12 6'1 183 24 3 Prairie View A&M 22 Rocky Thompson RB 14 5'11 200 23 R West Texas State 24 Tucker Frederickson RB 10 6'3 220 28 6 Auburn 26 Bennie McRae DB 8 6'1 180 31 10 Michigan 28 Bobby Duhon RB 13 6'0 195 25 3 Tulane 30 Ron Johnson RB 2 6'1 205 24 3 Michigan 31 Charlie Evans RB 6 6'1 215 23 R Southern California 33 Joe Green DB 14 5'11 195 24 2 Bowling Green 34 Junior Coffey RB 6 6'1 215 29 5 Washington 38 Bob Tucker TE 12 6'3 230 26 2 Bloomsburg 40 Joe Morrison RB 13 6'1 212 34 13 Cincinnati 41 Willie Williams DB 10 6'0 190 28 7 Grambling 43 Spider Lockhart DB 13 6'2 175 28 7 North Texas State 44 Richmond Flowers DB 8 6'0 180 24 3 Tennessee 45 Pete Athas DB 13 5'11 185 25 1 Tennessee 51 John Douglas LB 14 6'2 225 26 2 Missouri 53 Greg Larson C 14 6'2 250 31 11 Minnesota 55 Ralph Heck LB 11 6'2 230 29 9 Colorado 56 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 240 24 2 Boston University 58 Jim Files LB 14 6'4 240 23 2 Oklahoma 60 Steve Alexakos OG 10 6'2 260 24 2 San Jose State 61 Charlie Harper OT 14 6'2 250 27 6 Oklahoma State 63 Doug Van Horn OG 12 6'2 245 27 5 Ohio State 67 Ron Hornsby LB 14 6'3 232 22 R Southeastern Louisiana 69 Willie Young OT 14 6'0 265 28 6 Grambling 70 Bob Hyland OG 14 6'5 250 26 5 Boston College 71 Dave Tipton DE 5 6'6 240 22 R Stanford 71 Bob Lurtsema DE 7 6'6 250 29 5 Western Michigan 73 Jim Kanicki DT 14 6'4 270 29 9 Michigan State 74 Vern Vanoy DT 6 6'8 270 24 1 Kansas 74 Dave Roller DT 14 6'2 240 22 R Kentucky 75 Jerry Shay DT 6 6'3 245 27 6 Purdue 76 Roland Lakes DT 14 6'4 263 31 11 Wichita State 77 Dick Hanson DT 3 6'6 280 21 R North Dakota State 78 Wayne Walton OG 14 6'5 245 23 R Abilene Christian 80 Henry Reed DE 14 6'3 230 23 R Weber State 83 Reggie Rucker WR 4 6'2 190 24 2 Boston University 84 Rich Houston WR 13 6'2 197 25 3 East Texas State 85 Don Herrmann WR 9 6'2 195 24 3 Waynesburg 87 Rich Kotite TE 14 6'3 230 29 4 Wagner 88 Coleman Zeno WR 2 6'4 210 24 R Grambling 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 25 3 San Diego State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Fran Tarkenton 386 226 58.5 2,567 6.65 11.4 11 2.8 21 5.4 27 232 65.4
Randy Johnson 74 41 55.4 477 6.45 11.6 3 4.1 3 4.1 13 116 71.7
Tom Blanchard 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Bobby Duhon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Tucker 59 791 13.4 4 Joe Morrison 40 411 10.3 1 Don Herrmann 27 297 11.0 1 Bobby Duhon 25 266 10.6 0 Rich Houston 24 426 17.8 4 Tucker Frederickson 21 114 5.4 1 Clifton McNeil 16 209 13.1 1 Rocky Thompson 16 85 5.3 0 Charlie Evans 13 144 11.1 0 Rich Kotite 10 146 14.6 2 Ron Johnson 6 47 7.8 0 Coleman Zeno 5 97 19.4 0 Junior Coffey 5 20 4.0 0 Reggie Rucker 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Bobby Duhon 93 344 3.7 1 Tucker Frederickson 64 242 3.8 0 Rocky Thompson 54 177 3.3 1 Charlie Evans 48 171 3.6 5 Ron Johnson 32 156 4.9 1 Joe Morrison 38 131 3.4 0 Fran Tarkenton 30 111 3.7 3 Junior Coffey 22 70 3.2 0 Randy Johnson 6 29 4.8 0 Reggie Rucker 1 14 14.0 0 Coleman Zeno 2 10 5.0 0 Pete Athas 1 3 3.0 0 Rich Houston 2 2 1.0 0 Bob Tucker 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson 36 947 26.3 1 Bobby Duhon 11 200 18.2 0 Richmond Flowers 8 156 19.5 0 Joe Green 5 106 21.2 0 John Douglas 1 7 7.0 0 Fred Dryer 1 0 0.0 0 Wayne Walton 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bobby Duhon 12 77 6.4 16 0 Spider Lockhart 4 24 6.0 7 0 Pete Athas 3 21 7.0 1 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 WR Rocky Thompson 29 West Texas State 2 44 OT Wayne Walton 37 Abilene Christian 3 70 LB Ron Hornsby 49 S.E. Louisiana 4 96 DT Dave Tipton 62 Stanford 8 200 DE Ted Gregory Delaware 9 226 LB Ed Thomas Lebanon Valley 10 252 LB Henry Reed 51 Weber State 11 278 OG Mark Ellison 28 Dayton 12 304 K Tom Blanchard 148 Oregon 13 330 DT Dave Roller 92 Kentucky 14 356 RB Charlie Evans 25 USC 15 382 LB Jim Wright Notre Dame 16 408 TE Dick Gibbs Texas-El Paso 17 434 WR Coleman Zeno 2 Grambling
Traded draft picks: #5 to SF (George Wells), #6 to ATL (Ray Brown), #7 to HOU (Larry Watson)
Transactions:
| 07-07-1971 | traded a draft pick to Cowboys for Mike Gaechter |
| 07-15-1971 | traded the Giants' #2 pick in the 1973 draft to 49ers for Roland Lakes |
| 07-24-1971 | traded Wes Grant to Dolphins for a draft pick |
| 07-31-1971 | traded the Giants' #4 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Steelers for Larry Gagner |
| 08-06-1971 | Matt Hazeltine retired |
| 08-12-1971 | traded Rich Buzin to Rams for Joe Taffoni |
| 08-19-1971 | claimed Phil Odle on waivers from ? |
| 08-24-1971 | placed Al Butler on injured reserve |
| 08-24-1971 | placed Bob Wilson on injured reserve |
| 09-08-1971 | traded the Giants' #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Falcons for Randy Johnson |
| 09-13-1971 | traded the Giants' #1 pick in the 1972 draft to Bears for Bob Hyland and Bennie McRae |
| 09-15-1971 | Broncos claimed Larry Gagner on waivers |
| 10-16-1971 | placed Junior Coffey on injured reserve |
| 10-26-1971 | traded Clifton McNeil to Redskins for Los Angeles' #5 pick and Washington's #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft |
| 10-27-1971 | traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Redskins for Richmond Flowers |
| 11-03-1971 | Patriots claimed Reggie Rucker on waivers |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Green Bay Packers W 42-40 1-0-0 09/26/71 vs Washington Redskins L 3-30 1-1-0 10/03/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 21-20 2-1-0 10/11/71 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-20 2-2-0 10/17/71 vs Baltimore Colts L 7-31 2-3-0 10/24/71 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7-23 2-4-0 10/31/71 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-17 2-5-0 11/07/71 vs San Diego Chargers W 35-17 3-5-0 11/14/71 at Atlanta Falcons W 21-17 4-5-0 11/21/71 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-17 4-6-0 11/28/71 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 7-24 4-7-0 12/05/71 at Washington Redskins L 7-23 4-8-0 12/12/71 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-42 4-9-0 12/19/71 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 28-41 4-10-0
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