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1981 New York Giants Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1981 New York Giants.

Regular Season Postseason

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Phil SimmsP. Simms	316	172	54.4	2,031	6.4	11	3.5	9	2.8	80	38	301	74.0
Scott BrunnerS. Brunner	190	79	41.6	978	5.1	5	2.6	11	5.8	43	9	67	42.8
NY Giants	506	251	49.6	3,009	5.9	16	3.2	20	4.0	80	47	368	62.3
Opponents	544	294	54.0	3,318	6.1	14	2.6	17	3.1	57	44	384	68.1

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Rob CarpenterR. Carpenter	10	190	748	3.94	74.8	35	5
Leon PerryL. Perry	16	72	257	3.57	16.1	23	0
Leon BrightL. Bright	15	51	197	3.86	13.1	25	2
Doug KotarD. Kotar	7	46	154	3.35	22.0	18	1
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	5	36	110	3.06	22.0	14	2
Ike ForteI. Forte	5	19	74	3.89	14.8	15	0
Louis JacksonL. Jackson	11	27	68	2.52	6.2	9	1
Phil SimmsP. Simms	10	19	42	2.21	4.2	24	0
Scott BrunnerS. Brunner	16	14	20	1.43	1.2	23	0
Bo MatthewsB. Matthews	5	4	14	3.50	2.8	6	0
Alvin GarrettA. Garrett	9	1	2	2.00	0.2	2	0
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	16	2	-1	-0.50	-0.1	10	0
NY Giants	16	481	1,685	3.50	105.3	35	11
Opponents	16	553	1,891	3.42	118.2	35	10

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	16	51	858	16.82	53.6	80	6
Gary ShirkG. Shirk	16	42	445	10.60	27.8	46	3
Leon BrightL. Bright	15	28	291	10.39	19.4	36	0
Rob CarpenterR. Carpenter	10	24	201	8.38	20.1	37	0
Earnest GrayE. Gray	16	22	360	16.36	22.5	45	2
Mike FriedeM. Friede	16	18	250	13.89	15.6	43	1
Tom MulladyT. Mullady	16	14	136	9.71	8.5	21	1
Leon PerryL. Perry	16	13	140	10.77	8.8	24	1
Doug KotarD. Kotar	7	9	32	3.56	4.6	11	0
John MistlerJ. Mistler	16	8	119	14.88	7.4	31	1
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	5	8	71	8.88	14.2	39	0
Dave YoungD. Young	11	5	49	9.80	4.5	15	1
Ike ForteI. Forte	5	3	11	3.67	2.2	6	0
Louis JacksonL. Jackson	11	3	25	8.33	2.3	19	0
Bo MatthewsB. Matthews	5	2	13	6.50	2.6	11	0
Danny PittmanD. Pittman	8	1	8	8.00	1.0	8	0
NY Giants	16	251	3,009	11.99	188.1	80	16
Opponents	16	294	3,318	11.29	207.4	57	14

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Leon BrightL. Bright	25	481	19.24	0	41	0
Alvin GarrettA. Garrett	16	361	22.56	0	35	0
Danny PittmanD. Pittman	10	194	19.40	0	34	0
Mike DennisM. Dennis	3	51	17.00	0	17	0
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	1	24	24.00	0	24	0
Joe McLaughlinJ. McLaughlin	2	9	4.50	0	5	0
John MistlerJ. Mistler	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
NY Giants	57	1,120	19.65	1	41	0
Opponents	50	959	19.18	0	40	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Leon BrightL. Bright	52	410	7.88	0	55	0
Alvin GarrettA. Garrett	8	57	7.12	2	18	0
Terry JacksonT. Jackson	2	22	11.00	0	21	0
Danny PittmanD. Pittman	1	13	13.00	1	13	0
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	1	0	0.00	2	0	0
NY Giants	64	502	7.84	5	55	0
Opponents	61	561	9.20	6	94t	1

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Dave JenningsD. Jennings	97	4,198	43.3	62	12	19	0	35.0	61	561	--
NY Giants	97	4,198	43.3	62	12	19	0	35.0	61	561	--
Opponents	104	4,160	40.0	60	12	18	1	32.6	64	502	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Joe DaneloJ. Danelo	31/31	24/38	1/1	7/9	7/9	6/11	3/8	55	103
NY Giants	31/31	24/38	1/1	7/9	7/9	6/11	3/8	55	103
Opponents	27/27	22/33	0/0	8/8	9/11	4/9	1/5	50	93

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Bill CurrierB. Currier	3	2	0.67	2	0	--	--
Larry FlowersL. Flowers	1	9	9.00	9	0	--	--
Mark HaynesM. Haynes	1	9	9.00	9	0	--	--
Byron HuntB. Hunt	1	7	7.00	7	0	--	--
Terry JacksonT. Jackson	3	57	19.00	32t	1	--	--
Brian KelleyB. Kelley	2	43	21.50	27	0	--	--
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	4	84	21.00	32	0	--	--
Lawrence TaylorL. Taylor	1	1	1.00	1	0	--	--
Brad Van PeltB. Van Pelt	1	10	10.00	10	0	--	--
NY Giants	17	222	13.06	32t	1	--	--
Opponents	20	252	12.60	64t	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	31/31	24/38	0	0	103
Johnny PerkinsJ. Perkins	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Rob CarpenterR. Carpenter	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Gary ShirkG. Shirk	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Leon BrightL. Bright	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Billy TaylorB. Taylor	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Earnest GrayE. Gray	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
George MartinG. Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Dave YoungD. Young	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Leon PerryL. Perry	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Tom MulladyT. Mullady	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
John MistlerJ. Mistler	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Doug KotarD. Kotar	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
Louis JacksonL. Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Mike FriedeM. Friede	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Mike DennisM. Dennis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Phil SimmsP. Simms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Scott BrunnerS. Brunner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
NY Giants	32	11	16	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	31/31	24/38	0	0	295

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