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1978 New York Giants Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1978 New York Giants.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Joe PisarcikJ. Pisarcik	301	143	47.5	2,096	7.0	12	4.0	23	7.6	67t	28	205	52.1
Randy DeanR. Dean	39	19	48.7	188	4.8	1	2.6	3	7.7	48	2	16	39.3
Jerry GolsteynJ. Golsteyn	40	12	30.0	110	2.8	0	0.0	1	2.5	20	8	62	29.2
Larry MalloryL. Mallory	1	1	100.0	35	35.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	0	0	118.8
Dave JenningsD. Jennings	1	1	100.0	-1	-1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	0	0	79.2
NY Giants	382	176	46.1	2,428	6.4	13	3.4	27	7.1	67t	38	283	48.9
Opponents	443	210	47.4	2,637	6.0	10	2.3	21	4.7	74	29	251	54.2

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Doug KotarD. Kotar	15	149	625	4.19	41.7	46	1
Bobby HammondB. Hammond	14	131	554	4.23	39.6	39	1
Larry CsonkaL. Csonka	14	91	311	3.42	22.2	12	6
Dan DoorninkD. Doornink	12	60	306	5.10	25.5	24	1
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	13	73	250	3.42	19.2	19	0
Randy DeanR. Dean	6	14	94	6.71	15.7	19	0
Joe PisarcikJ. Pisarcik	15	17	68	4.00	4.5	11	1
Willie SpencerW. Spencer	15	38	61	1.61	4.1	9	2
Ernest PoughE. Pough	12	3	33	11.00	2.8	25	0
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	14	1	3	3.00	0.2	3	0
Brian KelleyB. Kelley	16	1	2	2.00	0.1	2	0
Dave JenningsD. Jennings	16	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
Jerry GolsteynJ. Golsteyn	7	1	-3	-3.00	-0.4	-3	0
NY Giants	16	580	2,304	3.97	144.0	46	12
Opponents	16	640	2,656	4.15	166.0	66	25

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	14	32	514	16.06	36.7	67t	3
Jim RobinsonJ. Robinson	16	32	620	19.38	38.8	52t	2
Doug KotarD. Kotar	15	22	225	10.23	15.0	31	1
Bobby HammondB. Hammond	14	20	173	8.65	12.4	26	2
Al DixonA. Dixon	15	18	376	20.89	25.1	47	3
Dan DoorninkD. Doornink	12	12	66	5.50	5.5	24	0
Gary ShirkG. Shirk	16	10	127	12.70	7.9	45	2
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	13	9	70	7.78	5.4	18	0
Larry CsonkaL. Csonka	14	7	73	10.43	5.2	23	0
James ThompsonJ. Thompson	13	7	113	16.14	8.7	46	0
Emery MooreheadE. Moorehead	10	3	45	15.00	4.5	25	0
Willie SpencerW. Spencer	15	2	25	12.50	1.7	22	0
Brian KelleyB. Kelley	16	1	-1	-1.00	-0.1	-1	0
Ernest PoughE. Pough	12	1	2	2.00	0.2	2	0
NY Giants	16	176	2,428	13.80	151.8	67t	13
Opponents	16	210	2,637	12.56	164.8	74	10

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Ernest PoughE. Pough	15	313	20.87	0	40	0
Bobby HammondB. Hammond	15	290	19.33	0	29	0
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	11	192	17.45	0	24	0
Gary ShirkG. Shirk	5	63	12.60	0	24	0
Emery MooreheadE. Moorehead	2	52	26.00	0	29	0
John SkorupanJ. Skorupan	4	52	13.00	0	17	0
Doug KotarD. Kotar	3	51	17.00	0	20	0
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	2	40	20.00	0	20	0
Willie SpencerW. Spencer	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
Frank MarionF. Marion	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
Maurice TylerM. Tyler	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
NY Giants	60	1,081	18.02	0	40	0
Opponents	55	1,197	21.76	0	56	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Bobby HammondB. Hammond	22	157	7.14	3	24	0
Jim RobinsonJ. Robinson	19	106	5.58	5	31	0
Maurice TylerM. Tyler	1	6	6.00	1	6	0
James ThompsonJ. Thompson	2	4	2.00	0	4	0
Terry JacksonT. Jackson	4	1	0.25	0	8	0
NY Giants	48	274	5.71	9	31	0
Opponents	61	624	10.23	6	58	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Dave JenningsD. Jennings	95	3,995	42.1	68	11	19	0	33.2	61	624	--
NY Giants	95	3,995	42.1	68	11	19	0	33.2	61	624	--
Opponents	89	3,339	37.5	81	0	0	1	34.1	48	274	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Joe DaneloJ. Danelo	27/29	21/29	0/0	9/12	5/8	5/6	2/3	52	90
NY Giants	27/29	21/29	0/0	9/12	5/8	5/6	2/3	52	90
Opponents	32/36	12/26	0/0	4/5	5/8	3/12	0/1	47	68

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Harry CarsonH. Carson	3	86	28.67	42	0	--	--
Terry JacksonT. Jackson	7	115	16.43	51	1	--	--
Ernie JonesE. Jones	3	100	33.33	52	0	--	--
Brian KelleyB. Kelley	1	20	20.00	20	0	--	--
Odis McKinneyO. McKinney	1	11	11.00	11	0	--	--
Ray RhodesR. Rhodes	3	74	24.67	41	0	--	--
Brad Van PeltB. Van Pelt	3	32	10.67	20	0	--	--
NY Giants	21	438	20.86	52	1	--	--
Opponents	27	376	13.93	41	2	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Joe DaneloJ. Danelo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27/29	21/29	0	0	90
Larry CsonkaL. Csonka	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Al DixonA. Dixon	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Bobby HammondB. Hammond	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Doug KotarD. Kotar	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jim RobinsonJ. Robinson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Gary ShirkG. Shirk	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Willie SpencerW. Spencer	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Troy ArcherT. Archer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Dan DoorninkD. Doornink	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Terry JacksonT. Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
George MartinG. Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Joe PisarcikJ. Pisarcik	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Maurice TylerM. Tyler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Randy DeanR. Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
NY Giants	29	12	13	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	27/29	21/29	0	0	264

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