1971 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1971 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1971 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants netted 228 points, but the wobbly defensive unit allowed 362. Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,567 yards. Bob Tucker hauled in 59 passes for 791 yards.
Bobby Duhon ran for a team-leading 344 yards for New York.
Willie Williams intercepted 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 | 386 | 226 | 58.5 | 2567 | 6.7 | 11 | 2.8 | 21 | 5.4 | 81 | 27 | 232 | 65.4 |
| Randy Johnson | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 477 | 6.4 | 3 | 4.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 45 | 13 | 116 | 71.7 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 462 | 268 | 58.0 | 3062 | 6.6 | 14 | 3.0 | 25 | 5.4 | 81 | 40 | 348 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Duhon | 93 | 344 | 3.7 | 27 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 64 | 242 | 3.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 54 | 177 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Charlie Evans | 48 | 171 | 3.6 | 17 | 5 |
| Ron Johnson | 32 | 156 | 4.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 38 | 131 | 3.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 111 | 3.7 | 16 | 3 |
| Junior Coffey | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Coleman Zeno | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 394 | 1461 | 3.7 | 37 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 59 | 791 | 13.4 | 63 | 4 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | 411 | 10.3 | 45 | 1 |
| Don Herrmann | 27 | 297 | 11.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 25 | 266 | 10.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 24 | 426 | 17.8 | 81 | 4 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 21 | 114 | 5.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Clifton McNeil | 16 | 209 | 13.1 | 24 | 1 |
| Rocky Thompson | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Evans | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Rich Kotite | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 43 | 2 |
| Ron Johnson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Coleman Zeno | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 53 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 268 | 3062 | 11.4 | 81 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 66 | 2681 | 40.6 | 57 |
| Totals | 66 | 2681 | 40.6 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Duhon | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Spider Lockhart | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 122 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Thompson | 36 | 947 | 26.3 | 93 | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 11 | 200 | 18.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Green | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Walton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Dryer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1416 | 22.5 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Spider Lockhart | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Jim Files | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Henry Reed | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 227 | 15.1 | 37 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Joe Green | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Files | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dryer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Athas | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Thompson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Walton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Reed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hyland | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roland Lakes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richmond Flowers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coleman Zeno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 30 | -26 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Gogolak | 6 | 30 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Rich Houston | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Rich Kotite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Pete Athas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Joe Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Otto Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
