1965 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Allie Sherman (7-7)
Location: New York, New York

1965 New York Giants Roster
1965 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Giants scored 270 points, but the defense conceded 338. Earl Morrall threw for 2,446 yards. Joe Morrison topped the receiving corps, hauling in 41 passes, while Homer Jones added 709 receiving yards. Aaron Thomas contributed to the receiving game, too.

Tucker Frederickson ran for a team-leading 659 yards for New York.

Spider Lockhart and Dick Lynch each picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.

Allie Sherman coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Earl Morrall	302	155	51.3	2446	8.1	22	7.3	12	4.0	89	86.3
Gary Wood	36	15	41.7	190	5.3	1	2.8	2	5.6	28	44.9
Steve Thurlow	1	1	100.0	49	49.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	49	118.8
Tucker Frederickson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Ernie Koy	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	342	171	50.0	2685	7.9	23	6.7	16	4.7	89

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tucker Frederickson	195	659	3.4	41	5
Steve Thurlow	106	440	4.2	43	4
Ernie Koy	35	174	5.0	27	0
Ernie Wheelwright	24	96	4.0	16	0
Smith Reed	19	70	3.7	17	0
Gary Wood	5	68	13.6	25	0
Chuck Mercein	18	55	3.1	15	2
Earl Morrall	17	52	3.1	14	0
Joe Morrison	3	20	6.7	11	1
Homer Jones	1	17	17.0	17	0
Totals	423	1651	3.9	43	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Morrison	41	574	14.0	46	4
Aaron Thomas	27	631	23.4	71	5
Homer Jones	26	709	27.3	89	6
Tucker Frederickson	24	177	7.4	31	1
Del Shofner	22	388	17.6	49	2
Steve Thurlow	9	54	6.0	30	1
Bobby Crespino	7	57	8.1	15	4
Smith Reed	6	42	7.0	16	0
Ernie Koy	4	22	5.5	9	0
Chuck Mercein	3	14	4.7	5	0
Ernie Wheelwright	2	17	8.5	12	0
Totals	171	2685	15.7	89	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Andy Stynchula	13	12	92.3	7	3	42.9	21
Bob Timberlake	22	21	95.5	15	1	6.7	24
Gary Wood	1	1	100.0				1
Jerry Hillebrand				1		0.0	0
Chuck Mercein				2		0.0	0
Totals	36	34	94.4	25	4	16.0	46

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ernie Koy	55	2268	41.2	67
Spider Lockhart	6	267	44.5	53
Totals	61	2535	41.6	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Williams	18	28	1.6	14
Henry Carr	4	13	3.2	17
Spider Lockhart	2	-6	-3.0	1
Totals	24	35	1.5	17

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Clarence Childs	29	718	24.8	51
Ernie Koy	21	401	19.1	38
Willie Williams	5	113	22.6	36
Allan Webb	2	48	24.0	25
Steve Thurlow	1	19	19.0	19
Chuck Mercein	1	4	4.0	4
Rosey Brown	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	60	1303	21.7	51

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Spider Lockhart	4	117	29.2	39	0
Dick Lynch	4	38	9.5	23	0
Jerry Hillebrand	2	25	12.5	25	1
Henry Carr	2	19	9.5	19	0
Jimmy Patton	1	27	27.0	27	0
Olen Underwood	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jim Carroll	1	3	3.0	3	0
Willie Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	249	15.6	39	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Dick Lynch		0	0	4	84	1
Tucker Frederickson			9	3	0
Henry Carr		0	1	3	-8	0
Jerry Hillebrand		0	1	2	0
Ernie Koy			2	2	0	0
Lou Slaby			0	2	0	0
Earl Morrall			5	2	0	0
Jimmy Patton		0	1	2	0	0
Bill Swain			0	2	0	0
Olen Underwood		0	0	1	0	0
Andy Stynchula			0	1	2
Jim Katcavage			0	1	0
Jim Carroll		0	0	1	6	0
Allan Webb			0	1	0	0
Mike Bundra			0	1	0	0
Bob Scholtz			0	1	0	0
Ernie Wheelwright			1	1	0	0
Tom Costello			0	1	0	0
Rosey Brown			0	1	0	0
Homer Jones			0	1	0
Clarence Childs			2	1	7	0
Roger Davis			0	1	0	0
Gary Wood			1	1	0
Roger Anderson			0	1	0	0
Steve Thurlow			4	0	0
Aaron Thomas			1	0	0
Willie Williams		0	2	0	0	0
Joe Morrison			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	31	37	91	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Tucker Frederickson	5	1							0	0	0			36
Homer Jones	0	6							0	0	0			36
Aaron Thomas		5							0	0	0			30
Joe Morrison	1	4							0	0	0			30
Steve Thurlow	4	1		0					0	0	0			30
Bobby Crespino		4							0	0	0			24
Bob Timberlake									1	21	0			24
Andy Stynchula									3	12	0			21
Del Shofner		2							0	0	0			12
Chuck Mercein	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Dick Lynch						0	1		0	0	0			6
Jerry Hillebrand						1			0	0	0			6
Jim Katcavage									0	0	0		1	2
Gary Wood	0								0	1	0			1
Totals	12	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	34	0	0	1	270