1976 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (3-4)
Coach: Bill Arnsbarger (0-7)
Location: New York, New York
1976 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (3-4)
Coach: Bill Arnsbarger (0-7)
Location: New York, New York
1976 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants labored to change the scoreboard with just 170 points, while the defensive squad allowed 250. Doug Kotar ran for a team-leading 731 yards for New York, while Larry Csonka also buoyed the ground attack.
Craig Morton passed for 1,865 yards. Bob Tucker topped pass catchers, hauling in 42 passes for 498 yards. Doug Kotar provided receiving help, too.
Rick Volk, Brad Van Pelt and Jim Stienke each picked off 2 opponent throws.
John McVay and Bill Arnsbarger coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 284 | 153 | 53.9 | 1865 | 6.6 | 9 | 3.2 | 20 | 7.0 | 63 | 39 | 285 | 55.6 |
| Norm Snead | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 239 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.5 | 31 | 5 | 27 | 29.9 |
| Totals | 326 | 175 | 53.7 | 2104 | 6.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 24 | 7.4 | 63 | 44 | 312 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Kotar | 185 | 731 | 4.0 | 24 | 3 |
| Larry Csonka | 160 | 569 | 3.6 | 13 | 4 |
| Gordon Bell | 67 | 233 | 3.5 | 26 | 2 |
| Marsh White | 69 | 223 | 3.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 26 | 96 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Craig Morton | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Rhodes | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Crosby | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Gillette | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 530 | 1904 | 3.6 | 29 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 42 | 498 | 11.9 | 39 | 1 |
| Doug Kotar | 36 | 319 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 25 | 198 | 7.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Robinson | 18 | 249 | 13.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Ray Rhodes | 16 | 305 | 19.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Walker Gillette | 16 | 263 | 16.4 | 62 | 2 |
| Ed Marshall | 8 | 166 | 20.8 | 52 | 3 |
| Larry Csonka | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marsh White | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 175 | 2104 | 12.0 | 63 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 74 | 3054 | 41.3 | 61 |
| Totals | 74 | 3054 | 41.3 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Robinson | 24 | 106 | 4.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Rondy Colbert | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 197 | 4.8 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Robinson | 20 | 444 | 22.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 18 | 352 | 19.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rondy Colbert | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Carson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1044 | 19.7 | 37 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Powers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Brooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Gallagher | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Mendenhall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Morton | 7 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rondy Colbert | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Brooks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Archer | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mallory | 0 | 1 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Cousino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marsh White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Volk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Snead | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Carson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walker Gillette | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dan Lloyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karl Chandler | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Danelo | 8 | 20 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Doug Kotar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Ed Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Walker Gillette | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Stienke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Marsh White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ray Rhodes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
