1972 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (8-6)
Location: New York, New York
1972 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (8-6)
Location: New York, New York
1972 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
New York scored 331 points, while the defense conceded 247. Ron Johnson ran for a team-leading 1,182 yards for the Giants.
Norm Snead threw for 2,307 yards. Bob Tucker topped the receiving corps, hauling in 55 passes for 764 yards. Ron Johnson was targeted regularly, too.
The larcenous defense created 38 turnovers. Spider Lockhart, Willie Williams, Pete Athas and Richmond Flowers each intercepted 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Snead | 325 | 196 | 60.3 | 2307 | 7.1 | 17 | 5.2 | 12 | 3.7 | 94 | 8 | 66 | 84.0 |
| Randy Johnson | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 230 | 13.5 | 3 | 17.6 | 3 | 17.6 | 63 | 2 | 10 | 103.2 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 344 | 206 | 59.9 | 2537 | 7.4 | 20 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.4 | 94 | 10 | 76 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson | 298 | 1182 | 4.0 | 35 | 9 |
| Charlie Evans | 91 | 317 | 3.5 | 24 | 4 |
| Vince Clements | 46 | 221 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 36 | 129 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 524 | 2022 | 3.9 | 45 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 55 | 764 | 13.9 | 39 | 4 |
| Ron Johnson | 45 | 451 | 10.0 | 39 | 5 |
| Don Herrmann | 28 | 422 | 15.1 | 63 | 5 |
| Rich Houston | 27 | 468 | 17.3 | 94 | 3 |
| Charlie Evans | 26 | 182 | 7.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Vince Clements | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 206 | 2537 | 12.3 | 94 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Blanchard | 47 | 2006 | 42.7 | 58 |
| Totals | 47 | 2006 | 42.7 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 |
| John Mendenhall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 48 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Thompson | 29 | 821 | 28.3 | 92 | 1 |
| Joe Orduna | 12 | 244 | 20.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Eldridge Small | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 77 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Enderle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1262 | 25.2 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lockhart | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Willie Williams | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Richmond Flowers | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Files | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Pat Hughes | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Otto Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 205 | 8.9 | 37 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Athas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Larson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Thompson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Files | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Grim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Jacobson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Reed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spider Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richmond Flowers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Taffoni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Enderle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Crist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mendenhall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hornsby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Snead | 4 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Van Horn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carter Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Evans | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vince Clements | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 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 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Ron Johnson | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Charlie Evans | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Rich Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Files | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
