1988 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (10-6)
Location: New York, New York
1988 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (10-6)
Location: New York, New York
1988 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
New York ran up 359 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 304. Phil Simms directed the offense, passing for 3,359 yards. Lionel Manuel hauled in 65 passes for 1,029 yards. Mark Bavaro was targeted regularly, too.
Joe Morris carried the ball for a team-leading 1,083 yards for the Giants.
Sheldon White intercepted 4 opponent throws. Lawrence Taylor topped pass rushers with 15.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 52 sacks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Simms | 479 | 263 | 54.9 | 3359 | 7.0 | 21 | 4.4 | 11 | 2.3 | 62 | 53 | 405 | 82.1 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 244 | 8.4 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 85 | 5 | 31 | 65.9 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 113 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 59.2 |
| Totals | 525 | 290 | 55.2 | 3716 | 7.1 | 22 | 4.2 | 14 | 2.7 | 85 | 60 | 450 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morris | 307 | 1083 | 3.5 | 27 | 5 |
| Ottis Anderson | 65 | 208 | 3.2 | 11 | 8 |
| Phil Simms | 33 | 152 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 46 | 146 | 3.2 | 8 | 2 |
| George Adams | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Lionel Manuel | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 493 | 1689 | 3.4 | 27 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Manuel | 65 | 1029 | 15.8 | 46 | 4 |
| Mark Bavaro | 53 | 672 | 12.7 | 36 | 4 |
| Stephen Baker | 40 | 656 | 16.4 | 85 | 7 |
| George Adams | 27 | 174 | 6.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 22 | 166 | 7.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 19 | 194 | 10.2 | 24 | 1 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 15 | 196 | 13.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 13 | 158 | 12.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Odessa Turner | 10 | 128 | 12.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Stacy Robinson | 7 | 143 | 20.4 | 62 | 3 |
| Phil McConkey | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 290 | 3716 | 12.8 | 85 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McFadden | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 67 |
| Raul Allegre | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 44 |
| Totals | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 30 | 24 | 80.0 | 111 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury Buford | 73 | 3012 | 41.3 | 66 |
| Sean Landeta | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 53 |
| Totals | 79 | 3234 | 40.9 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil McConkey | 40 | 313 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Stephen Baker | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Flynn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 359 | 7.6 | 35 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Guggemos | 17 | 344 | 20.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Kenny Hill | 13 | 262 | 20.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Wayne Haddix | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark Collins | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Sheldon White | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brad Beckman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1154 | 18.6 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon White | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Terry Kinard | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Harry Carson | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Pepper Johnson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Adrian White | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gary Reasons | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Banks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Mark Collins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 292 | 19.5 | 66 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Taylor | 15.5 | 0.0 | |
| Leonard Marshall | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| George Martin | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Pepper Johnson | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Dorsey | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Andy Headen | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Erik Howard | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Burt | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Perry Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Carl Banks | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Johnie Cooks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 52.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Johnson | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Carl Banks | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Leonard Marshall | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Collins | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Erik Howard | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neal Guggemos | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Williams | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Burt | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| William Roberts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Dorsey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Martin | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Carson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Reasons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jumbo Elliott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Morris | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Phil Simms | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnie Cooks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lionel Manuel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Hostetler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kenny Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Riesenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Maurice Carthon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jeff Rutledge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bart Oates | 1 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zeke Mowatt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wayne Haddix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Bavaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 291 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 61 | 1 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Paul McFadden | 14 | 25 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Raul Allegre | 10 | 14 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Baker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Joe Morris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Lionel Manuel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mark Bavaro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Maurice Carthon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Stacy Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Jim Burt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Carl Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pepper Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Flynn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Odessa Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Zeke Mowatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mark Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 359 |
