1968 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Capitol Division
Coach: Allie Sherman (7-7)
Location: New York, New York
1968 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Capitol Division
Coach: Allie Sherman (7-7)
Location: New York, New York
1968 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Capitol Division.
The Giants chalked up 294 points, but the defensive squad yielded 325. Tucker Frederickson ran for a team-leading 486 yards for New York, and Ernie Koy additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Fran Tarkenton passed for 2,555 yards. Homer Jones topped all receivers, hauling in 45 passes for 1,057 yards. Joe Morrison and Bobby Duhon contributed to the receiving game as well.
Willie Williams intercepted 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 337 | 182 | 54.0 | 2555 | 7.6 | 21 | 6.2 | 12 | 3.6 | 84 | 84.6 |
| Gary Wood | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 123 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 43 | 15.1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 116.7 |
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 75.7 |
| Totals | 366 | 195 | 53.3 | 2715 | 7.4 | 21 | 5.7 | 17 | 4.6 | 84 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Frederickson | 142 | 486 | 3.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 89 | 394 | 4.4 | 26 | 3 |
| Bobby Duhon | 101 | 362 | 3.6 | 13 | 3 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 57 | 301 | 5.3 | 22 | 3 |
| Ronnie Blye | 53 | 243 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Randy Minniear | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 9 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 474 | 1882 | 4.0 | 26 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Jones | 45 | 1057 | 23.5 | 84 | 7 |
| Joe Morrison | 37 | 425 | 11.5 | 68 | 6 |
| Bobby Duhon | 37 | 373 | 10.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Aaron Thomas | 29 | 449 | 15.5 | 49 | 4 |
| Ernie Koy | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Ronnie Blye | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Bobby Crespino | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Butch Wilson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 195 | 2714 | 13.9 | 84 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | 44 | 1649 | 37.5 | 65 |
| Willie Williams | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 43 |
| Spider Lockhart | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 49 |
| Totals | 57 | 2050 | 36.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lockhart | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Blye | 35 | 734 | 21.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 13 | 214 | 16.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Holifield | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Koontz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1110 | 17.9 | 66 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 10 | 103 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Spider Lockhart | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 72 | 2 |
| Scott Eaton | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 89 | 89.0 | 89 | 0 |
| Bob Lurtsema | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Mike Ciccolella | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roger Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 89 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Boston | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Avery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rich Buzin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ciccolella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Blye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Koontz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Gogolak | 14 | 36 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Homer Jones | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ronnie Blye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 |
