1977 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (5-9)
Location: New York, New York
1977 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McVay (5-9)
Location: New York, New York
1977 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants scored 181 points, but the defense yielded 265. Bobby Hammond ran for a team-leading 577 yards for New York, while Larry Csonka and Doug Kotar additionally aided the ground game.
Joe Pisarcik threw for 1,346 yards. Jim Robinson topped all receivers, hauling in 22 passes for 422 yards. Johnny Perkins contributed to the receiving game also.
Bill Bryant picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
John McVay coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pisarcik | 241 | 103 | 42.7 | 1346 | 5.6 | 4 | 1.7 | 14 | 5.8 | 82 | 32 | 262 | 42.3 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 70 | 31 | 44.3 | 416 | 5.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 8 | 11.4 | 47 | 14 | 113 | 33.7 |
| Totals | 311 | 134 | 43.1 | 1762 | 5.7 | 6 | 1.9 | 22 | 7.1 | 82 | 46 | 375 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 154 | 577 | 3.7 | 30 | 3 |
| Doug Kotar | 132 | 480 | 3.6 | 32 | 2 |
| Larry Csonka | 134 | 464 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Willie Spencer | 62 | 184 | 3.0 | 9 | 3 |
| Larry Watkins | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 27 | 57 | 2.1 | 14 | 2 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 548 | 1897 | 3.5 | 32 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Robinson | 22 | 422 | 19.2 | 80 | 3 |
| Johnny Perkins | 20 | 279 | 14.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 19 | 136 | 7.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 16 | 280 | 17.5 | 64 | 2 |
| Doug Kotar | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 12 | 143 | 11.9 | 20 | 1 |
| Ed Marshall | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 82 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 134 | 1762 | 13.1 | 82 | 6 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 100 | 3993 | 39.9 | 58 |
| Totals | 100 | 3993 | 39.9 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 32 | 334 | 10.4 | 68 | 1 |
| Jim Robinson | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Jim Stienke | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 446 | 9.7 | 68 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hammond | 19 | 419 | 22.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 12 | 235 | 19.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 7 | 159 | 22.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ralph Hill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Selfridge | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1036 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bryant | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 54 | 1 |
| Ray Rhodes | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| George Martin | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Brian Kelley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Clyde Powers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 179 | 14.9 | 54 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Archer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Lloyd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Shirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Mendenhall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pisarcik | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Kelley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Powers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hicks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Van Horn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.T. Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Gregory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Robinson | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Bryant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Van Pelt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Mikolajczyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pietrzak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Carson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mallory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karl Chandler | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stienke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 64 | 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 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Jim Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Willie Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Gary Shirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Emery Moorehead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| George Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 |
