1969 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Century Division
Coach: Alex Webster (6-8)
Location: New York, New York
1969 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Century Division
Coach: Alex Webster (6-8)
Location: New York, New York
1969 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Century Division.
New York chalked up 264 points, while the defensive squad conceded 298. Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,918 yards. Joe Morrison topped the receiving corps, hauling in 44 passes, while Homer Jones added 744 receiving yards. Don Herrmann provided receiving help, too.
Joe Morrison ran for a team-leading 387 yards for the Giants, while Ernie Koy and Junior Coffey additionally aided the ground game.
Bruce Maher picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Alex Webster coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 409 | 220 | 53.8 | 2918 | 7.1 | 23 | 5.6 | 8 | 2.0 | 65 | 36 | 289 | 87.2 |
| Gary Wood | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 106 | 6.6 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 102.6 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 47.0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 435 | 234 | 53.8 | 3076 | 7.1 | 24 | 5.5 | 8 | 1.8 | 65 | 37 | 301 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 107 | 387 | 3.6 | 13 | 4 |
| Junior Coffey | 82 | 343 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Ernie Koy | 76 | 300 | 3.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 37 | 172 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 35 | 141 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 33 | 136 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 20 | 89 | 4.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Dunaway | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 397 | 1593 | 4.0 | 35 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 44 | 647 | 14.7 | 65 | 7 |
| Homer Jones | 42 | 744 | 17.7 | 54 | 1 |
| Don Herrmann | 33 | 423 | 12.8 | 62 | 5 |
| Freeman White | 29 | 315 | 10.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Aaron Thomas | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 37 | 3 |
| Ernie Koy | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 41 | 4 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Butch Wilson | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 22 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Dave Dunaway | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Kotite | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 234 | 3076 | 13.1 | 65 | 24 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | 24 | 856 | 35.7 | 54 |
| Curley Johnson | 22 | 823 | 37.4 | 66 |
| Dave Dunaway | 13 | 497 | 38.2 | 52 |
| Pete Gogolak | 12 | 491 | 40.9 | 61 |
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 45 |
| Totals | 73 | 2744 | 37.6 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lockhart | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fuqua | 20 | 399 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 12 | 252 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Holifield | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Spider Lockhart | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1075 | 19.2 | 33 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Maher | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Longo | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Spider Lockhart | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Holifield | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 221 | 11.6 | 48 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Longo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Molden | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Holifield | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Davis | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| McKinley Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Eaton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curley Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Fuqua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Junior Coffey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Pete Gogolak | 11 | 33 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Freeman White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rich Kotite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Minniear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Homer Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
