1987 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bill Parcells (6-9)
Location: New York, New York

1987 New York Giants Roster
1987 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Giants scored 280 points, and the defense allowed 312. Phil Simms tossed for 2,230 yards. Mark Bavaro topped pass catchers, hauling in 55 passes for 867 yards.

Joe Morris ran for a team-leading 658 yards for New York.

Terry Kinard picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Lawrence Taylor led the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 55 sacks.

Bill Parcells 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	282	163	57.8	2230	7.9	17	6.0	9	3.2	50	35	225	90.0
Jeff Rutledge	155	79	51.0	1048	6.8	5	3.2	11	7.1	50	17	129	53.9
Mike Busch	47	17	36.2	278	5.9	3	6.4	2	4.3	63	7	72	60.4
Jim Crocicchia	15	6	40.0	89	5.9	1	6.7	0	0.0	46	2	17	82.4
Totals	499	265	53.1	3645	7.3	26	5.2	22	4.4	63	61	443

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Morris	193	658	3.4	34	3
George Adams	61	169	2.8	14	1
Lee Rouson	41	155	3.8	14	0
Van Van Williams	29	108	3.7	17	0
Robert DiRico	25	90	3.6	14	0
Tony Galbreath	10	74	7.4	17	0
Maurice Carthon	26	60	2.3	10	0
Phil Simms	14	44	3.1	20	0
Jeff Rutledge	15	31	2.1	20	0
Earl Beecham	5	22	4.4	10	0
Stephen Baker	1	18	18.0	18	0
Edwin Lovelady	2	11	5.5	8	0
Kaulana Park	6	11	1.8	4	0
Ottis Anderson	2	6	3.0	4	0
Fred DiRenzo	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jim Crocicchia	4	5	1.2	7	0
Jaime Covington	4	0	0.0	2	0
Lionel Manuel	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Totals	440	1457	3.3	34	4

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mark Bavaro	55	867	15.8	38	8
George Adams	35	298	8.5	25	1
Lionel Manuel	30	545	18.2	50	6
Tony Galbreath	26	248	9.5	21	0
Stephen Baker	15	277	18.5	50	2
Phil McConkey	11	186	16.9	31	0
Lee Rouson	11	129	11.7	26	1
Joe Morris	11	114	10.4	25	0
Odessa Turner	10	195	19.5	36	1
Lewis Bennett	10	184	18.4	46	1
Edwin Lovelady	10	125	12.5	23	2
Maurice Carthon	8	71	8.9	25	0
Jeff Smith	6	72	12.0	19	0
Stacy Robinson	6	58	9.7	14	2
Van Van Williams	5	36	7.2	12	0
Reggie McGowan	4	111	27.8	63	1
Zeke Mowatt	3	39	13.0	29	1
Mark Ingram	2	32	16.0	18	0
Robert DiRico	2	22	11.0	15	0
Ottis Anderson	2	16	8.0	9	0
Jaime Covington	1	9	9.0	9	0
Kaulana Park	1	6	6.0	6	0
Charles Coleman	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	265	3645	13.8	63	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Raul Allegre	26	25	96.2	27	17	63.0	76
George Benyola	3	3	100.0	5	3	60.0	12
Totals	29	28	96.6	32	20	62.5	88

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sean Landeta	65	2773	42.7	64
Dana Moore	14	486	34.7	46
Jim Miller	10	345	34.5	53
Totals	89	3604	40.5	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Phil McConkey	42	394	9.4	37
Edwin Lovelady	10	38	3.8	14
Stephen Baker	3	16	5.3	6
Totals	55	448	8.1	37

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lee Rouson	22	497	22.6	49
George Adams	9	166	18.4	27
Mark Ingram	6	114	19.0	25
Boris Byrd	4	99	24.8	34
Earl Beecham	3	70	23.3	30
Jimmy Norris	4	70	17.5	29
Robert DiRico	2	31	15.5	25
Charles Coleman	1	20	20.0	20
Mark Bavaro	1	16	16.0	16
Eric Dorsey	1	13	13.0	13
Scott Urch	1	13	13.0	13
Mack Cummings	1	11	11.0	11
Phil McConkey	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	56	1128	20.1	49

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Terry Kinard	5	163	32.6	70	1
Lawrence Taylor	3	16	5.3	15	0
Mark Collins	2	28	14.0	28	0
Andy Headen	2	25	12.5	20	0
Herb Welch	2	7	3.5	7	0
Steve Rehage	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dan DeRose	1	10	10.0	10	0
Donald Brown	1	4	4.0	4	0
Kenny Hill	1	1	1.0	1	0
Carl Banks	1	0	0.0	0	0
Perry Williams	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	20	263	13.2	70	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Lawrence Taylor	12.0
Carl Banks	9.0
Leonard Marshall	8.0
Erik Howard	5.5
George Martin	5.0
Andy Headen	2.5
Jim Burt	2.0
Warren Thompson	2.0
Greg Lasker	1.5
Mark Collins	1.5
John Washington	1.0
Pepper Johnson	1.0
Harry Carson	1.0
Gary Reasons	1.0
Kenny Hill	1.0
Eric Dorsey	1.0
Totals	55.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Carl Banks	101	101	0	0	0	2	5	0	0
Pepper Johnson	74	74	0		0	1	0	0	2
Leonard Marshall	68	68	0		0	0	0	0	1
Mark Collins	49	49	0	0
Erik Howard	27	27	0		0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Rutledge					7	3	-3	0	0
Van Van Williams					2	2	0	0	0
Edwin Lovelady					5	2	0		0
Chris Davis					0	2	0	0	0
Anthony Howard					0	2	0	0	0
Perry Williams				0	0	2	1	0	0
Andy Headen				0	0	1	0	0	0
George Adams					3	1	0		0
Bart Oates					0	1	0	0	0
Jim Crocicchia					2	1	0	0	0
Donald Brown				0	0	1	0	0	0
Phil McConkey					2	1	0	0	0
Robert DiRico					2	1	0	0	0
Phil Simms					4	1	0	0	0
Kenny Hill				0	0	1	6	0	0
Lewis Bennett					0	1	0		0
Dennis Borcky					0	1	0	0	0
Lee Rouson					3	1	0		0
Harry Carson					0	1	0	0	0
Joe Morris					2	0	0		0
Stephen Baker					1	0	0		0
Mark Bavaro					2	0	0		0
Lionel Manuel					1	0	0		0
Chris Jones					1	0	-18	0	0
Tony Galbreath					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	319	319	0	0	38	30	-9	0	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Raul Allegre									17	25	0			76
Mark Bavaro		8		0					0	0	0			48
Lionel Manuel	0	6							0	0	0			36
Joe Morris	3	0							0	0	0			18
George Benyola									3	3	0			12
Stacy Robinson		2							0	0	0			12
George Adams	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Edwin Lovelady	0	2	0						0	0	0			12
Stephen Baker	0	2	0						0	0	0			12
Terry Kinard						1			0	0	0			6
Lewis Bennett		1							0	0	0			6
Tom Flynn								1	0	0	0			6
Zeke Mowatt		1							0	0	0			6
Reggie McGowan		1							0	0	0			6
Odessa Turner		1							0	0	0			6
Lee Rouson	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Totals	4	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	28	0	0	0	280