1983 New York Giants Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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.
The Giants labored to change the scoreboard with just 267 points, and 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 New York.
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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Billy Ard | LG | March 12, 1959 | 6'3" | 265 | Wake Forest | East Orange, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 74 | Rich Baldinger | G-T | December 31, 1959 | 6'4" | 285 | Wake Forest | Camp Lejeune, NC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Kevin Belcher | C-G | February 23, 1961 | 6'3" | 270 | Texas-El Paso | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 0 |
| 60 | Brad Benson | LT | November 25, 1955 | 6'3" | 262 | Penn St. | Altoona, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 45 | Leon Bright | KR | May 19, 1955 | 5'9" | 192 | Florida St. | Starke, FL USA | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Scott Brunner | QB | March 24, 1957 | 6'5" | 206 | Delaware | Sellersville, PA USA | 16 | 12 |
| 64 | Jim Burt | NT | June 7, 1959 | 6'1" | 260 | Miami (FL) | Buffalo, NY USA | 7 | 6 |
| 35 | Billy Campfield | RB | August 20, 1956 | 5'11" | 200 | Kansas | Las Vegas, NV USA | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Rob Carpenter | FB | April 20, 1955 | 6'1" | 224 | Miami (OH) | Lancaster, OH USA | 10 | 10 |
| 53 | Harry Carson | RILB | November 26, 1953 | 6'2" | 237 | South Carolina St. | Florence, SC USA | 10 | 10 |
| 74 | Charles Cook | DE | May 13, 1959 | 6'3" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Gainesville, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Bill Currier | SS | January 5, 1955 | 6'0" | 196 | South Carolina | Glen Burnie, MD USA | 15 | 15 |
| 63 | Paul Davis | LB | July 10, 1958 | 6'2" | 221 | North Carolina | Appalachia, VA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Mike Dennis | RCB | June 6, 1958 | 5'10" | 190 | Wyoming | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 88 | Floyd Eddings | WR | December 15, 1958 | 5'11" | 177 | California | Birmingham, AL USA | 9 | 6 |
| 37 | Larry Flowers | DB | April 19, 1958 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas Tech | Temple, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Chris Foote | C-G | December 2, 1956 | 6'3" | 256 | USC | Louisville, KY USA | 11 | 0 |
| 83 | Earnest Gray | WR | March 2, 1957 | 6'3" | 195 | Memphis | Greenwood, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | Ali Haji-Sheikh | K | January 11, 1961 | 6'0" | 172 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI USA | 16 | 0 |
| 79 | Dee Hardison | RDE | May 2, 1956 | 6'4" | 274 | North Carolina | Jacksonville, NC USA | 16 | 13 |
| 36 | Mark Haynes | LCB | November 6, 1958 | 5'11" | 194 | Colorado | Kansas City, KS USA | 15 | 15 |
| 54 | Andy Headen | LB | July 8, 1960 | 6'5" | 240 | Clemson | Asheboro, NC USA | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Larry Heater | RB | January 9, 1958 | 5'11" | 205 | Arizona | Cincinnati, OH USA | 6 | 0 |
| 61 | Ernie Hughes | C | January 24, 1955 | 6'3" | 259 | Notre Dame | Boise, ID USA | 12 | 6 |
| 57 | Byron Hunt | ROLB | December 17, 1958 | 6'5" | 238 | SMU | Longview, TX USA | 16 | 5 |
| 24 | Terry Jackson | RCB | December 9, 1955 | 5'10" | 197 | San Diego St. | Sherman, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Dave Jennings | P | June 8, 1952 | 6'4" | 203 | St. Lawrence | New York, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Kelley | LILB | September 1, 1951 | 6'3" | 230 | California Lutheran | Dallas, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 43 | Terry Kinard | FS | November 24, 1959 | 6'1" | 199 | Clemson | Bitburg, Germany | 16 | 10 |
| 72 | Gordon King | RT | February 3, 1956 | 6'6" | 275 | Stanford | Madison, WI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Frank Marion | LB | March 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 227 | Florida A&M | Mount Brook, FL USA | 10 | 0 |
| 70 | Leonard Marshall | RDE | October 22, 1961 | 6'3" | 288 | LSU | Franklin, LA USA | 14 | 6 |
| 75 | George Martin | DE | February 16, 1953 | 6'4" | 245 | Oregon | Greenville, SC USA | 14 | 4 |
| 39 | Mike Mayock | DB | August 14, 1958 | 6'2" | 195 | Boston Col. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | LeCharls McDaniel | DB | October 15, 1958 | 5'9" | 183 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Fort Bragg, NC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 76 | Curtis McGriff | LDE | May 17, 1958 | 6'5" | 270 | Alabama | Donalsonville, GA USA | 8 | 8 |
| 52 | Joe McLaughlin | LB | July 1, 1957 | 6'1" | 235 | Massachusetts | Stoneham, MA USA | 7 | 1 |
| 71 | Casey Merrill | DE-DT | July 16, 1957 | 6'4" | 254 | California-Davis | Oakland, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 89 | Mike Miller | WR | December 29, 1959 | 5'11" | 182 | Tennessee | Flint, MI USA | 13 | 0 |
| 85 | John Mistler | WR | October 28, 1958 | 6'2" | 186 | Arizona St. | Columbia, MO USA | 16 | 9 |
| 20 | Joe Morris | RB | September 15, 1960 | 5'7" | 195 | Syracuse | Fort Bragg, NC USA | 15 | 0 |
| 84 | Zeke Mowatt | TE | March 5, 1961 | 6'3" | 238 | Florida St. | Wauchula, FL USA | 16 | 14 |
| 81 | Tom Mullady | TE | January 30, 1957 | 6'3" | 232 | Rhodes | Dayton, OH USA | 16 | 3 |
| 77 | Bill Neill | NT | March 15, 1959 | 6'4" | 258 | Pittsburgh | Gaterford, PA USA | 1 | 1 |
| 86 | Johnny Perkins | WR | April 21, 1953 | 6'2" | 205 | Abilene Christian | Franklin, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Danny Pittman | WR | April 3, 1958 | 6'2" | 205 | Wyoming | Memphis, TN USA | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Beasley Reece | FS | March 18, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | North Texas | Waco, TX USA | 7 | 6 |
| 17 | Jeff Rutledge | QB | January 22, 1957 | 6'1" | 195 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | 4 | 4 |
| 78 | Jerome Sally | NT | February 24, 1959 | 6'3" | 267 | Missouri | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 10 |
| 80 | Malcolm Scott | TE | July 10, 1961 | 6'4" | 243 | LSU | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 1 |
| 44 | Pete Shaw | PR | August 25, 1954 | 5'10" | 183 | Northwestern | Newark, NJ USA | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | Phil Simms | QB | November 3, 1954 | 6'3" | 216 | Morehead St. | Lebanon, KY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | Al Steinfeld | G-C-T | October 28, 1958 | 6'5" | 256 | C.W. Post | Brooklyn, NY USA | 5 | 0 |
| 65 | John Tautolo | G | May 29, 1959 | 6'3" | 267 | UCLA | Long Beach, CA USA | 6 | 2 |
| 56 | Lawrence Taylor | RILB | February 4, 1959 | 6'3" | 237 | North Carolina | Williamsburg, VA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | John Tuggle | FB | January 13, 1961 | 6'1" | 210 | California | Honolulu, HI USA | 16 | 5 |
| 68 | J.T. Turner | RG | April 17, 1953 | 6'3" | 253 | Duke | Moultrie, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Rich Umphrey | C | December 13, 1958 | 6'3" | 263 | Utah | Garden Grove, CA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Brad Van Pelt | LOLB | April 5, 1951 | 6'5" | 235 | Michigan St. | Owosso, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 58 | Mike Whittington | LB | August 9, 1958 | 6'2" | 220 | Notre Dame | Miami, FL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 87 | Byron Williams | WR | October 31, 1960 | 6'2" | 182 | Texas-Arlington | Texarkana, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Butch Woolfolk | RB | March 1, 1960 | 6'1" | 210 | Michigan | Milwaukee, WI USA | 16 | 16 |
