1972 New York Giants: 8-6-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (206 points scored, 138 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (125 points scored, 109 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Webster
331 points scored (8th of 26 teams), 247 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 206 344 2,461 ( 5) 6.95 20 15 524 2,022 (11) 3.9 16 4,483 ( 4) 29
Defense: 182 333 2,339 (21) 6.32 19 23 402 1,855 (14) 4.6 9 4,194 (18) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Pete Gogolak K 14 6'2 190 30 9 Cornell 11 Randy Johnson QB 4 6'3 205 28 7 Texas A&I 15 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 190 24 2 Oregon 16 Norm Snead QB 14 6'4 215 33 12 Wake Forest 18 Eldridge Small DB 14 6'1 190 23 R Texas A&I 21 Otto Brown DB 13 6'1 188 25 4 Prairie View A&M 22 Rocky Thompson RB 14 5'11 200 24 2 West Texas State 24 Chuck Crist DB 14 6'2 205 21 R Penn State 27 Bob Grim WR 13 6'0 200 27 6 Oregon State 28 Bobby Duhon RB 4 6'0 195 26 4 Tulane 29 Vince Clements RB 4 6'3 210 23 1 Connecticut 30 Ron Johnson RB 14 6'1 205 25 4 Michigan 31 Charlie Evans RB 8 6'1 220 24 2 Southern California 38 Bob Tucker TE 14 6'3 230 27 3 Bloomsburg 40 Joe Morrison RB 14 6'1 212 35 14 Cincinnati 41 Willie Williams DB 14 6'0 190 29 8 Grambling 43 Spider Lockhart DB 13 6'2 175 29 8 North Texas State 44 Richmond Flowers DB 14 6'0 180 25 4 Tennessee 45 Pete Athas DB 14 5'11 185 26 2 Tennessee 49 Joe Orduna RB 11 6'0 195 23 1 Nebraska 51 John Douglas LB 14 6'2 228 27 3 Missouri 52 John Hill C 14 6'2 245 22 R Lehigh 53 Greg Larson C 14 6'2 250 32 12 Minnesota 56 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 240 25 3 Boston University 58 Jim Files LB 14 6'4 240 24 3 Oklahoma 61 Charlie Harper DT 1 6'2 250 28 7 Oklahoma State 62 Dick Enderle OG 14 6'1 250 24 4 Minnesota 63 Doug Van Horn OG 14 6'2 245 28 6 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 14 6'1 255 23 R Grambling 65 Mark Ellison OG 14 6'2 250 24 1 Dayton 67 Ron Hornsby LB 13 6'3 232 23 2 Southeastern Louisiana 68 Dan Goich DT 4 6'4 250 28 4 California 69 Willie Young OT 14 6'0 265 29 7 Grambling 70 Bob Hyland C 10 6'5 255 27 6 Boston College 71 Dave Tipton DE 14 6'0 240 23 2 Stanford 72 Joe Taffoni OT 14 6'3 255 27 5 Tennessee-Martin 75 Larry Jacobson DT 14 6'6 260 22 R Nebraska 79 Carter Campbell LB 14 6'3 240 25 3 Weber State 80 Henry Reed DE 14 6'3 230 24 2 Weber State 81 Jack Gregory DE 14 6'6 250 28 6 Delta State 83 Tom Gatewood TE 10 6'3 215 22 R Notre Dame 84 Rich Houston WR 14 6'2 195 26 4 East Texas State 85 Don Herrmann WR 14 6'2 205 25 4 Waynesburg 87 Rich Kotite TE 2 6'3 230 30 5 Wagner
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Norm Snead 325 196 60.3 2,307 7.10 11.8 17 5.2 12 3.7 8 66 84.0
Randy Johnson 17 10 58.8 230 13.53 23.0 3 17.6 3 17.6 2 10 103.2
Tom Blanchard 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Ron Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Tucker 55 764 13.9 4 Ron Johnson 45 451 10.0 5 Don Herrmann 28 422 15.1 5 Rich Houston 27 468 17.3 3 Charlie Evans 26 182 7.0 1 Vince Clements 9 118 13.1 0 Bob Grim 5 67 13.4 1 Joe Morrison 5 39 7.8 0 Joe Orduna 4 6 1.5 1 Bobby Duhon 2 20 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ron Johnson 298 1,182 4.0 9 Charlie Evans 91 317 3.5 4 Vince Clements 46 221 4.8 0 Joe Orduna 36 129 3.6 1 Joe Morrison 9 36 4.0 0 Rocky Thompson 9 35 3.9 0 Randy Johnson 9 26 2.9 1 Bobby Duhon 9 23 2.6 0 Norm Snead 10 21 2.1 0 Tom Blanchard 1 17 17.0 0 Don Herrmann 3 9 3.0 0 Bob Tucker 3 6 2.0 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rocky Thompson 29 821 28.3 1 Joe Orduna 12 244 20.3 0 John Douglas 4 43 10.8 0 Bobby Duhon 2 47 23.5 0 Eldridge Small 1 100 100.0 0 Chuck Crist 1 7 7.0 0 Dick Enderle 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Pete Athas 8 95 11.9 6 0 Bob Grim 7 10 1.4 14 0 Bobby Duhon 2 20 10.0 2 0 John Mendenhall 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1972 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 DB Eldridge Small 34 Texas A&I [pick acquired from LA via NE] 1 24 DE Larry Jacobson 33 Nebraska [pick acquired from MIN] 3 55 DT John Mendenhall 116 Grambling 3 69 RB Tommy Mozisek Houston [pick acquired from LA] 5 107 WR Tom Gatewood 17 Notre Dame 5 121 LB Larry Edwards Texas A&I [pick acquired from LA via WAS] 6 132 C John Hill 177 Lehigh 7 177 DT Mike Zikas Notre Dame [pick acquired from WAS] 8 184 OT Tom Mabry Arkansas 9 211 RB Ed Richardson Southern 10 236 DB John Odom Texas Tech 11 262 DB John Robertson Kansas State 12 288 DT Jay Anderson Mayville 13 315 DE Chuck Heard Georgia 14 339 LB James Evans South Carolina State 15 367 TE Ken Kavanaugh LSU 16 392 DB Neova Greyer Wisconsin 17 419 RB Fritz Seyferth Michigan
Traded draft picks: #1 to CHI (Lionel Antoine), #2 to SF (Ralph McGill), #4 to PIT (Lorenzo Brinkley), #7 to PIT (Joe Colquitt)
Transactions:
| 01-27-1972 | traded Fran Tarkenton to Vikings for Norm Snead, Bob Grim, Vin Clements, Minnesota's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and #2 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-31-1972 | traded Fred Dryer to Patriots for Los Angeles' #1 pick and New England's #6 pick in the 1972 draft, and New England's #2 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 02-01-1972 | traded New England's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Falcons for Dick Enderle |
| 06-13-1972 | Tucker Frederickson retired |
| 06-15-1972 | traded the Giants' #1 pick and New England's #2 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for Jack Gregory and Freddie Summers |
| 07-27-1972 | claimed Jay Anderson on waivers from Rams |
| 08-02-1972 | traded cash to Steelers for Dennis Ferris |
| 08-21-1972 | Packers claimed Vernon Vanoy on waivers |
| 09-06-1972 | claimed Bart Buetow on waivers from Vikings |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Joe Orduna on waivers from 49ers |
1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at Detroit Lions L 16-30 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-23 0-2-0 10/02/72 at Philadelphia Eagles W 27-12 1-2-0 10/08/72 vs New Orleans Saints W 45-21 2-2-0 10/15/72 at San Francisco 49ers W 23-17 3-2-0 10/22/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 27-21 4-2-0 10/29/72 vs Washington Redskins L 16-23 4-3-0 11/05/72 vs Denver Broncos W 29-17 5-3-0 11/12/72 at Washington Redskins L 13-27 5-4-0 11/19/72 at St. Louis Cardinals W 13-7 6-4-0 11/26/72 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 62-10 7-4-0 12/03/72 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-13 7-5-0 12/10/72 vs Miami Dolphins L 13-23 7-6-0 12/17/72 at Dallas Cowboys W 23-3 8-6-0
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