1966 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 1-12-1
Finishing 8th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Allie Sherman (1-12-1)
Location: New York, New York
1966 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 1 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing eighth in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants scored 263 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 501, most in the circuit. Gary Wood passed for 1,142 yards, and Earl Morrall spent time under center, too. Homer Jones topped pass catchers, hauling in 48 passes for 1,044 yards, while Joe Morrison and Aaron Thomas contributed to the receiving game as well.
Chuck Mercein ran for a team-leading 327 yards for New York, while Allen Jacobs and Joe Morrison additionally aided the ground game.
Spider Lockhart intercepted 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Wood | 170 | 81 | 47.6 | 1142 | 6.7 | 6 | 3.5 | 13 | 7.6 | 58 | 49.7 |
| Earl Morrall | 151 | 71 | 47.0 | 1105 | 7.3 | 7 | 4.6 | 12 | 7.9 | 98 | 54.1 |
| Tom Kennedy | 100 | 55 | 55.0 | 748 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 82 | 77.4 |
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 83.3 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 424 | 208 | 49.1 | 2999 | 7.1 | 20 | 4.7 | 31 | 7.3 | 98 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Mercein | 94 | 327 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 67 | 275 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Allen Jacobs | 77 | 273 | 3.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Gary Wood | 28 | 196 | 7.0 | 28 | 3 |
| Dan Lewis | 32 | 164 | 5.1 | 57 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 66 | 146 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Kennedy | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 380 | 1459 | 3.8 | 57 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Jones | 48 | 1044 | 21.8 | 98 | 8 |
| Joe Morrison | 46 | 724 | 15.7 | 49 | 6 |
| Aaron Thomas | 43 | 683 | 15.9 | 50 | 4 |
| Chuck Mercein | 27 | 152 | 5.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 19 | 2 |
| Allen Jacobs | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Dan Lewis | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Pep Menefee | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 208 | 2999 | 14.4 | 98 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lockhart | 17 | 113 | 6.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Phil Harris | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Childs | 34 | 855 | 25.1 | 90 | 1 |
| Phil Harris | 22 | 480 | 21.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Dan Lewis | 13 | 214 | 16.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Allen Jacobs | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Freeman White | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wendell Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 80 | 1616 | 20.2 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lockhart | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Henry Carr | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 101 | 1 |
| Clarence Childs | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Wendell Harris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Vargo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 217 | 12.8 | 101 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Mercein | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Jacobs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Childs | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Henry Carr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Wood | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Homer Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Vargo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Case | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Larson | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Wellborn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kennedy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 124 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Gogolak | 16 | 29 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Homer Jones | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Gary Wood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Bobby Crespino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dan Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Henry Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Allen Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Clarence Childs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Wendell Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263 |
