1970 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (9-5)
Location: New York, New York
1970 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (9-5)
Location: New York, New York
1970 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants scored 301 points, and the defense allowed 270. Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,777 yards. Clifton McNeil topped pass catchers, hauling in 50 passes for 764 yards. Bob Tucker, Tucker Frederickson and Ron Johnson each contributed to the receiving game also.
Ron Johnson ran for a team-leading 1,027 yards for New York.
Willie Williams intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Alex Webster coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 389 | 219 | 56.3 | 2777 | 7.1 | 19 | 4.9 | 12 | 3.1 | 59 | 36 | 249 | 82.2 |
| Dick Shiner | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 87 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 94.8 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 403 | 230 | 57.1 | 2892 | 7.2 | 19 | 4.7 | 12 | 3.0 | 59 | 37 | 258 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 263 | 1027 | 3.9 | 68 | 8 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 120 | 375 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 236 | 5.5 | 20 | 2 |
| Bobby Duhon | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 465 | 1799 | 3.9 | 68 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton McNeil | 50 | 764 | 15.3 | 59 | 4 |
| Ron Johnson | 48 | 487 | 10.1 | 50 | 4 |
| Bob Tucker | 40 | 571 | 14.3 | 41 | 5 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 40 | 408 | 10.2 | 57 | 3 |
| Don Herrmann | 24 | 290 | 12.1 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Rich Houston | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 230 | 2892 | 12.6 | 59 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gogolak | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 41 | 25 | 61.0 | 107 |
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 41 | 25 | 61.0 | 107 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Duhon | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 45 | 1 |
| Spider Lockhart | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 193 | 6.7 | 45 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Shy | 21 | 544 | 25.9 | 62 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 69 | 0 |
| Joe Green | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1157 | 22.2 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Spider Lockhart | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Files | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Hazeltine | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 223 | 13.1 | 52 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Longo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Shy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Hazeltine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kirby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Herrmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Duhon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Case | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifton McNeil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kanicki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Larson | 2 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Gogolak | 25 | 32 | 0 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Ron Johnson | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Clifton McNeil | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jim Files | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 301 |
