Team Summary [+]
1979 New York Giants
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 237 points (14.8/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 323 points (20.2/g), 14th.
Differential of -86 points (-5.4/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 15th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.1, Offense: -5.4, Defense: -0.8, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Ray Perkins(6-10-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Parcells
Other Notable Asst.: Bill Belichick (Special Teams)
Training Camp: Pace University (Pleasantville, New York)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Brad Benson
LT · #60 · Penn State
- Alan Caldwell
db · #45 · North Carolina
- Harry Carson
RILB · #53 · South Carolina State
- Todd Christensen
te · #41 · Brigham Young
- Jim Clack
C · #56 · Wake Forest
- Randy Coffield
lb · #59 · Florida St.
- Gus Coppens
t · #78 · UCLA
- Joe Danelo
K · #18 · Washington St.
- Randy Dean
qb · #15 · Northwestern
- Al Dixon
te · #84 · Iowa St.
- Zachary Dixon
rb · #34 · Temple
- Keith Eck
c · #58 · UCLA
- Dan Fowler
g · #65 · Kentucky
- Gordon Gravelle
t · #71 · Brigham Young
- Earnest Gray
WR · #83 · Memphis
- Tony Green
pr · #34 · Florida
- Bobby Hammond
rb · #33 · Morgan State
- Eddie Hicks
rb · #29 · East Carolina
- Cleveland Jackson
te · #81 · Los Angeles S.W. J.C.; Michigan State; UNLV
- Terry Jackson
LCB · #24 · San Diego City J.C.; San Diego State
- Dave Jennings
P · #13 · St. Lawrence
- Gary Jeter
RDE · #70 · USC
- Ken Johnson
rb · #48 · Miami (FL)
- Ernie Jones
db · #31 · Miami-Dade CC North; Miami (FL)
- Brian Kelley
ROLB · #55 · California Lutheran
- Gordon King
rt · #72 · Stanford
- Doug Kotar
RB · #44 · Kentucky
- Dan Lloyd
LILB · #54 · Washington
- Frank Marion
lb · #51 · Florida A&M
- George Martin
LDE · #75 · Oregon
- Mike McCoy
ldt · #79 · Notre Dame
- Loaird McCreary
te · #89 · Tennessee State
- Odis McKinney
db · #23 · L.A. Valley J.C.; Colorado
- John Mendenhall
NT · #64 · Grambling State
- Ron Mikolajczyk
rt · #62 · Marshall; Tampa
- Calvin Miller
nt · #76 · Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Oklahoma State
- Emery Moorehead
te · #80 · Colorado
- Tom Mullady
te · #81 · Rhodes
- Tom Neville
RT · #74 · Mississippi State
- Steve Odom
PR/KR · #84 · Utah
- Ray Oldham
FS · #25 · Middle Tennessee State
- Johnny Perkins
wr · #86 · Ranger J.C.; Abilene Christian
- Jim Pietrzak
c · #76 · Eastern Michigan
- Joe Pisarcik
qb · #9 · New Mexico State
- Beasley Reece
SS · #28 · North Texas
- Ray Rhodes
RCB · #22 · TCU; Tulsa
- Jim Robinson
WR · #85 · Georgia Tech
- Dwight Scales
wr · #88 · Grambling State
- Gary Shirk
TE · #87 · Morehead State
- Roy Simmons
g · #69 · Georgia Tech
- Phil Simms
QB · #11 · Morehead State
- John Skorupan
lb · #57 · Penn State
- Phil Tabor
de · #80 · Oklahoma
- Billy Taylor
FB · #38 · Texas Tech
- Bob Torrey
rb · #39 · Penn State
- J.T. Turner
RG · #68 · Duke
- Doug Van Horn
LG · #63 · Ohio State
- Brad Van Pelt
LOLB · #10 · Michigan State
- Gene H. Washington
wr · #84 · Georgia
- Jeff Weston
t · #73 · Notre Dame
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