1983 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-12-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (3-12-1)
Location: New York, New York
1983 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 3-12-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (3-12-1)
Location: New York, New York
1983 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 3 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
New York labored to change the scoreboard with just 267 points, while the defensive squad conceded 347. Scott Brunner threw for 2,516 yards. Earnest Gray hauled in 78 passes for 1,139 yards.
Butch Woolfolk ran for a team-leading 857 yards for the Giants.
Terry Jackson intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. George Martin and Lawrence Taylor each sacked quarterbacks 9 times.
Bill Parcells coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Brunner | 386 | 190 | 49.2 | 2516 | 6.5 | 9 | 2.3 | 22 | 5.7 | 62 | 31 | 218 | 54.3 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 174 | 87 | 50.0 | 1208 | 6.9 | 3 | 1.7 | 8 | 4.6 | 54 | 15 | 110 | 59.3 |
| Phil Simms | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 130 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 36 | 3 | 35 | 56.6 |
| Dave Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| John Mistler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 575 | 284 | 49.4 | 3854 | 6.7 | 12 | 2.1 | 31 | 5.4 | 62 | 49 | 363 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Woolfolk | 246 | 857 | 3.5 | 22 | 4 |
| Rob Carpenter | 170 | 624 | 3.7 | 37 | 4 |
| Joe Morris | 35 | 145 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Scott Brunner | 26 | 64 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| John Tuggle | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 7 | 1 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Campfield | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Floyd Eddings | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 506 | 1794 | 3.5 | 37 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest Gray | 78 | 1139 | 14.6 | 62 | 5 |
| John Mistler | 45 | 422 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 28 | 368 | 13.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 26 | 258 | 9.9 | 38 | 2 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 21 | 280 | 13.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Byron Williams | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Malcolm Scott | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Floyd Eddings | 14 | 231 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Mullady | 13 | 184 | 14.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Mike Miller | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 40 | 1 |
| John Tuggle | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Billy Campfield | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 284 | 3854 | 13.6 | 62 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 23 | 22 | 95.7 | 42 | 35 | 83.3 | 127 |
| Totals | 23 | 22 | 95.7 | 42 | 35 | 83.3 | 127 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 84 | 3386 | 40.3 | 66 |
| Totals | 84 | 3386 | 40.3 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Shaw | 29 | 234 | 8.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 17 | 117 | 6.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 377 | 6.9 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Bright | 21 | 475 | 22.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 26 | 0 |
| John Tuggle | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Campfield | 9 | 154 | 17.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry Heater | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Mike Miller | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Mayock | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe McLaughlin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 71 | 1333 | 18.8 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Jackson | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Terry Kinard | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Haynes | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Currier | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Beasley Reece | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Flowers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 210 | 9.1 | 30 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Martin | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Andy Headen | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerome Sally | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Casey Merrill | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dee Hardison | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Kelley | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Currier | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Flowers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Kinard | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Harry Carson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Byron Hunt | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Pete Shaw | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leonard Marshall | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Marshall | 39 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| Scott Brunner | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Taylor | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Beasley Reece | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Kelley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Haynes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Morris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Burt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Flowers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Butch Woolfolk | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dee Hardison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Mullady | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jerome Sally | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Steinfeld | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Currier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Whittington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Umphrey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Byron Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Leon Bright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Campfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Mayock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Shaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Mistler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Rutledge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernie Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 24 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | 35 | 22 | 0 | 127 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Earnest Gray | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Danny Pittman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Zeke Mowatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Terry Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Mullady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| John Tuggle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Currier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Byron Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Leonard Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 267 |
