1980 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
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 Roster
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, and 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:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Joe Danelo	28	27	96.4	24	16	66.7	75
Totals	28	27	96.4	24	16	66.7	75

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
Alvin Garrett	35	287	8.2	66
Beasley Reece	2	15	7.5	15
Totals	37	302	8.2	66

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Alvin Garrett	28	527	18.8	41
Beasley Reece	24	471	19.6	35
Larry Heater	5	103	20.6	29
Nate Johnson	5	89	17.8	23
Danny Pittman	2	41	20.5	18
Mark Haynes	2	40	20.0	22
Joe McLaughlin	2	27	13.5	15
Scott Laidlaw	1	18	18.0	18
Myron Lapka	1	3	3.0	3
Kervin Wyatt	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	71	1319	18.6	41

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Dennis	5	68	13.6	28
Beasley Reece	3	24	8.0	10
Brad Van Pelt	3	3	1.0	3
Gary Woolford	2	0	0.0	0
Frank Marion	1	7	7.0	7
Mark Haynes	1	6	6.0	6
Terry Jackson	1	5	5.0	5
Bud Hebert	1	0	0.0	0
Steve Henry	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	113	6.3	28

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Gary Jeter			0	3	7	0
Brad Van Pelt		0	0	3	46	0
Mike Whittington			0	3	0	0
Alvin Garrett			5	3	0
Terry Jackson		0	0	3	11	0
Phil Simms			6	2	-5
Beasley Reece		0	1	2	14	0
John Skorupan			0	2	0	0
Billy Taylor			4	1	0
Harry Carson			0	1	0	0
Earnest Gray			1	1	0
Johnny Perkins			1	1	0
Leon Perry			3	1	0
George Martin			0	1	0
Kevin Turner			0	1	0	0
Bo Matthews			2	1	0	0
George Small			0	1	0	0
Frank Marion		0	0	1	0	0
Ralph Perretta			0	1	0	0
Roy Simmons			0	1	0	0
Gary Woolford		0	0	1	0	0
Bud Hebert		0	0	1	0	0
Eddie Hicks			2	1	0	0
Scott Brunner			3	1	0	0
Ben Apuna			0	1	0	0
Joe McLaughlin			1	0	0	0
Gary Shirk			2	0	0
Danny Pittman			1	0	0	0
Larry Heater			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	33	38	73	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