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1980 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (4-12)
Location: New York, New York
1980 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants stumbled, scoring only 249 points, while the leaky defense yielded 425. Phil Simms tossed for 2,321 yards. Earnest Gray hauled in 52 passes for 777 yards.
Billy Taylor ran for a team-leading 580 yards for New York.
Mike Dennis picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Ray Perkins coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Simms | 402 | 193 | 48.0 | 2321 | 5.8 | 15 | 3.7 | 19 | 4.7 | 58 | 36 | 233 | 58.9 |
Scott Brunner | 112 | 52 | 46.4 | 610 | 5.4 | 4 | 3.6 | 6 | 5.4 | 50 | 10 | 76 | 53.1 |
Dave Jennings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||
Totals | 514 | 245 | 47.7 | 2931 | 5.7 | 19 | 3.7 | 25 | 4.9 | 58 | 47 | 322 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Taylor | 147 | 580 | 3.9 | 35 | 4 |
Larry Heater | 111 | 360 | 3.2 | 11 | 3 |
Leon Perry | 59 | 272 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
Phil Simms | 36 | 190 | 5.3 | 20 | 1 |
Bo Matthews | 64 | 180 | 2.8 | 18 | 0 |
Eddie Hicks | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
Mike Hogan | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
Alvin Garrett | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
Scott Brunner | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
Scott Laidlaw | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
Danny Pittman | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Totals | 483 | 1730 | 3.6 | 35 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earnest Gray | 52 | 777 | 14.9 | 50 | 10 |
Billy Taylor | 33 | 253 | 7.7 | 42 | 0 |
Tom Mullady | 28 | 391 | 14.0 | 42 | 2 |
Danny Pittman | 25 | 308 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
Mike Friede | 21 | 350 | 16.7 | 48 | 0 |
Gary Shirk | 21 | 211 | 10.0 | 21 | 1 |
Bo Matthews | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
Johnny Perkins | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 58 | 3 |
Larry Heater | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 43 | 0 |
Leon Perry | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 25 | 1 |
Alvin Garrett | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 32 | 1 |
Mike Hogan | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 12 | 0 |
Scott Laidlaw | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
George Martin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
Eddie Hicks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 245 | 2931 | 12.0 | 58 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Jennings | 94 | 4211 | 44.8 | 63 |
Totals | 94 | 4211 | 44.8 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Garrett | 35 | 287 | 8.2 | 66 | 0 |
Beasley Reece | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 302 | 8.2 | 66 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Garrett | 28 | 527 | 18.8 | 41 | 0 |
Beasley Reece | 24 | 471 | 19.6 | 35 | 0 |
Larry Heater | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 |
Nate Johnson | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 |
Danny Pittman | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 18 | 0 |
Mark Haynes | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
Joe McLaughlin | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Myron Lapka | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Kervin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 1319 | 18.6 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Dennis | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 28 | 0 |
Beasley Reece | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
Brad Van Pelt | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Gary Woolford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Marion | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mark Haynes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Terry Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bud Hebert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Henry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 28 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Jeter | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Van Pelt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Whittington | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alvin Garrett | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Jackson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Simms | 6 | 2 | -5 | 0 | |||
Beasley Reece | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
John Skorupan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Taylor | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Harry Carson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earnest Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Perkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leon Perry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kevin Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bo Matthews | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Marion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ralph Perretta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Simmons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Woolford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bud Hebert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Hicks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott Brunner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben Apuna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Shirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Danny Pittman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Heater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 38 | 73 | 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 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
Earnest Gray | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
Billy Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Johnny Perkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Larry Heater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Tom Mullady | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Leon Perry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Phil Simms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
George Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Alvin Garrett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Mike Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Gary Shirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |