1978 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (6-10)
Location: New York, New York
1978 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (6-10)
Location: New York, New York
1978 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants chalked up 264 points, but the defensive squad conceded 298. Doug Kotar ran for a team-leading 625 yards for New York, and Bobby Hammond also contributed to the rushing attack.
Joe Pisarcik threw for 2,096 yards. Johnny Perkins topped the receiving corps, hauling in 32 passes, while Jim Robinson added 620 receiving yards.
Terry Jackson intercepted 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
John McVay coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Joe Pisarcik | 301 | 143 | 47.5 | 2096 | 7.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.6 | 67 | 28 | 205 | 52.1 | Randy Dean | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 188 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 7.7 | 48 | 2 | 16 | 39.3 | Jerry Golsteyn | 40 | 12 | 30.0 | 110 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 20 | 8 | 62 | 29.2 | Larry Mallory | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Dave Jennings | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
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| Totals | 382 | 176 | 46.1 | 2428 | 6.4 | 13 | 3.4 | 27 | 7.1 | 67 | 38 | 283 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Doug Kotar | 149 | 625 | 4.2 | 46 | 1 | Bobby Hammond | 131 | 554 | 4.2 | 39 | 1 | Larry Csonka | 91 | 311 | 3.4 | 12 | 6 | Dan Doornink | 60 | 306 | 5.1 | 24 | 1 | Billy Taylor | 73 | 250 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | Randy Dean | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 | Joe Pisarcik | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 | Willie Spencer | 38 | 61 | 1.6 | 9 | 2 | Ernest Pough | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 | Johnny Perkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Brian Kelley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Dave Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Golsteyn | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 580 | 2304 | 4.0 | 46 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Robinson | 32 | 620 | 19.4 | 52 | 2 | Johnny Perkins | 32 | 514 | 16.1 | 67 | 3 | Doug Kotar | 22 | 225 | 10.2 | 31 | 1 | Bobby Hammond | 20 | 173 | 8.6 | 26 | 2 | Al Dixon | 18 | 376 | 20.9 | 47 | 3 | Dan Doornink | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 24 | 0 | Gary Shirk | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 45 | 2 | Billy Taylor | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 | James Thompson | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 46 | 0 | Larry Csonka | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 | Emery Moorehead | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | Willie Spencer | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 | Ernest Pough | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Brian Kelley | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 176 | 2428 | 13.8 | 67 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Dave Jennings | 95 | 3995 | 42.1 | 68 |
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| Totals | 95 | 3995 | 42.1 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Hammond | 22 | 157 | 7.1 | 24 | 0 | Jim Robinson | 19 | 106 | 5.6 | 31 | 0 | Maurice Tyler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | James Thompson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | Terry Jackson | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 48 | 274 | 5.7 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ernest Pough | 15 | 313 | 20.9 | 40 | 0 | Bobby Hammond | 15 | 290 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 | Billy Taylor | 11 | 192 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 | Gary Shirk | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 24 | 0 | Emery Moorehead | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | John Skorupan | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | Doug Kotar | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | Beasley Reece | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Willie Spencer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Frank Marion | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Maurice Tyler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 60 | 1081 | 18.0 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Jackson | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 51 | 1 | Ernie Jones | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 52 | 0 | Harry Carson | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 42 | 0 | Ray Rhodes | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 41 | 0 | Brad Van Pelt | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 20 | 0 | Brian Kelley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Odis McKinney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 438 | 20.9 | 52 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ernie Jones | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Hammond | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Jennings | 1 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Brian Kelley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Gregory | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Marion | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Odis McKinney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Jeter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Troy Archer | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | Joe Pisarcik | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maurice Tyler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Spencer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Mendenhall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Carson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Dixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernest Pough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Taylor | 3 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | Dan Doornink | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Golsteyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Kotar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Pietrzak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Csonka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Joe Danelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 90 | Larry Csonka | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Johnny Perkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Al Dixon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bobby Hammond | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Willie Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Robinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Doug Kotar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gary Shirk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | George Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Pisarcik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Troy Archer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Maurice Tyler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dan Doornink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Terry Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
