1971 New York Giants Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1971 New York Giants StatisticsTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1971 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants netted 228 points, but the wobbly defensive unit allowed 362. Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,567 yards. Bob Tucker hauled in 59 passes for 791 yards.
Bobby Duhon ran for a team-leading 344 yards for New York.
Willie Williams intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Alex Webster coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Steve Alexakos | G | December 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 250 | Arizona St. | Lowell, MA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 45 | Pete Athas | DB-WR | September 15, 1946 | 5'11" | 185 | Tennessee | Hackensack, NJ USA | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Tom Blanchard | P | May 28, 1948 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Grants Pass, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Otto Brown | LCB | January 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 188 | Prairie View | Tallahassee, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 83 | Skip Butler | K | October 21, 1947 | 6'1" | 201 | Texas-Arlington | Gladewater, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Junior Coffey | RB | March 21, 1942 | 6'2" | 215 | Washington | Kyle, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 51 | John Douglas | RLB | September 6, 1945 | 6'2" | 228 | Missouri | Columbia, MD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Fred Dryer | RDE | July 6, 1946 | 6'6" | 240 | San Diego St. | Hawthorne, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Bobby Duhon | PR | September 24, 1946 | 6'0" | 195 | Tulane | Abbeville, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | Scott Eaton | SS | August 20, 1944 | 6'3" | 205 | Oregon St. | Salem, OR USA | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Charlie Evans | RB | January 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 220 | Utah | Gardena, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 58 | Jim Files | MLB | January 16, 1948 | 6'4" | 240 | Oklahoma | Paris, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Richmond Flowers | DB-WR | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Montgomery, AL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | FB | January 12, 1943 | 6'2" | 220 | Auburn | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | K | April 18, 1942 | 6'1" | 190 | Cornell | Budapest, Hungary | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Joe Green | DB | November 20, 1948 | 5'11" | 195 | Bowling Green | Aberdeen, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Dick Hanson | T | December 25, 1949 | 6'6" | 280 | North Dakota St. | Hillsboro, ND USA | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | Charlie Harper | RT | August 14, 1944 | 6'0" | 250 | Oklahoma St. | Haskell, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Ralph Heck | LLB | November 6, 1941 | 6'1" | 230 | Colorado | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 85 | Don Herrmann | WR | June 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 205 | Waynesburg | Newark, NJ USA | 9 | 0 |
| 67 | Ron Hornsby | LB | August 16, 1949 | 6'2" | 232 | SE Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Rich Houston | WR | November 16, 1945 | 6'2" | 196 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Texarkana, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 56 | Pat Hughes | LB-C | June 2, 1947 | 6'2" | 240 | Boston Univ. | Everett, MA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Hyland | LG | July 21, 1945 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | White Plains, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Randy Johnson | QB | June 17, 1944 | 6'3" | 205 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | San Antonio, TX USA | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Ron Johnson | RB | October 17, 1947 | 6'1" | 205 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Jim Kanicki | LDT | December 17, 1941 | 6'4" | 270 | Michigan St. | Bay City, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Rich Kotite | TE | October 13, 1942 | 6'3" | 233 | Miami (FL) | Brooklyn, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Roland Lakes | RDT | December 25, 1939 | 6'4" | 279 | Wichita St. | Vicksburg, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Greg Larson | C | November 15, 1939 | 6'3" | 250 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | FS | April 6, 1943 | 6'2" | 175 | North Texas | Dallas, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 71 | Bob Lurtsema | DT-DE | March 29, 1942 | 6'6" | 250 | Michigan Tech | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | Clifton McNeil | WR-FL-SE | May 25, 1940 | 6'2" | 187 | Grambling St. | Mobile, AL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Bennie McRae | DB | December 8, 1939 | 6'0" | 180 | Michigan | Pinehurst, NC USA | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Morrison | HB-FL-FB | August 21, 1937 | 6'1" | 210 | Cincinnati | Lima, OH USA | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | Henry Reed | LDE | January 15, 1948 | 6'3" | 230 | Weber St. | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Dave Roller | DT | October 28, 1949 | 6'2" | 270 | Kentucky | Dayton, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Reggie Rucker | WR | September 21, 1947 | 6'2" | 195 | Boston Univ. | Washington, DC USA | 4 | 0 |
| 75 | Jerry Shay | DT | July 10, 1944 | 6'3" | 250 | Purdue | Gary, IN USA | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton | QB | February 3, 1940 | 6'0" | 190 | Georgia | Richmond, VA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 22 | Rocky Thompson | KR | November 8, 1947 | 5'11" | 200 | West Texas A&M | Paget, Bermuda | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Dave Tipton | DE-DT | April 23, 1949 | 6'6" | 245 | Stanford | Hollister, CA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | Bob Tucker | TE | June 8, 1945 | 6'3" | 230 | Bloomsburg | Hazleton, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Doug Van Horn | RG | June 24, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Ohio St. | Sedalia, MO USA | 12 | 0 |
| 79 | Vern Vanoy | DT | December 31, 1946 | 6'8" | 275 | Kansas | Kansas City, MO USA | 6 | 0 |
| 78 | Wayne Walton | T-G | October 15, 1948 | 6'5" | 255 | Abilene Christian | Waco, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Willie Williams | RCB | December 29, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 65 | Willie Young | LT | June 27, 1943 | 6'0" | 265 | Grambling St. | Ruston, LA USA | 14 | 7 |
| 88 | Coleman Zeno | WR | November 18, 1946 | 6'4" | 210 | Grambling St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
