1967 New York Giants season

The 1967 New York Giants season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League. The Giants improved from 1–12–1 the previous season to 7–7, and finished in second place in the NFL Eastern Conference/Century Division.

Offseason

On August 5, Emlen Tunnell, formerly of the Giants, became the first African-American to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[1]

NFL draft

Notable transactions

• March 7, 1967 – The Minnesota Vikings traded quarterback Fran Tarkenton to the New York Giants in exchange for the Giants' first and second round picks in the 1967 NFL draft, first round pick in 1968, and third round pick in 1969.^[2][3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 17	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–20	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,801	Recap
2	September 24	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24–38	1–1	Cotton Bowl	66,209	Recap
3	October 1	at Washington Redskins	L 34–38	1–2	D.C. Stadium	50,266	Recap
4	October 8	New Orleans Saints	W 27–21	2–2	Yankee Stadium	62,670	Recap
5	October 15	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	3–2	Pitt Stadium	39,782	Recap
6	October 22	Green Bay Packers	L 21–48	3–3	Yankee Stadium	62,585	Recap
7	October 29	Cleveland Browns	W 38–34	4–3	Yankee Stadium	62,903	Recap
8	November 5	at Minnesota Vikings	L 24–27	4–4	Metropolitan Stadium	44,960	Recap
9	November 12	at Chicago Bears	L 7–34	4–5	Wrigley Field	46,223	Recap
10	November 19	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–20	5–5	Yankee Stadium	62,982	Recap
11	November 26	Philadelphia Eagles	W 44–7	6–5	Yankee Stadium	63,027	Recap
12	December 3	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–24	6–6	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	78,594	Recap
13	December 10	Detroit Lions	L 7–30	6–7	Yankee Stadium	63,011	Recap
14	December 17	St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–14	7–7	Yankee Stadium	62,955	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 11 vs Eagles

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eagles	Passing	Norm Snead	17/38, 156 Yds, 3 INT
	Rushing	Timmy Brown	9 Rush, 23 Yds
	Receiving	Tom Woodeshick	3 Rec, 57 Yds
Giants	Passing	Fran Tarkenton	20/31, 261 Yds, 3 TD
	Rushing	Ernie Koy	11 Rush, 77 Yds
	Receiving	Homer Jones	4 Rec, 84 Yds, 2 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP PHI NYG 1 Giants Homer Jones 2-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good 0 7 1 Giants 17-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak 0 10 1 Giants Homer Jones 63-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good 0 17 2 Giants Joe Morrison 2-yard touchdown run, Pete Gogolak kick good 0 24 2 Eagles Timmy Brown 13-yard touchdown run, Sam Baker kick good 7 24 2 Giants Aaron Thomas 30-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good 7 31 2 Giants 15-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak 7 34 3 Giants 40-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak 7 37 4 Giants Joe Morrison 18-yard touchdown reception from Earl Morrall, Pete Gogolak kick good 7 44 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 44

Week 14

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 0 0 14 14 • Giants 7 7 16 7 37 Date: December 17 Location: Yankee Stadium

Standings

NFL Century
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	5–1	7–3	334	297	L1
New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	5–1	7–3	369	379	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	7	1	.462	1–4–1	4–5–1	333	356	L2
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	9	1	.308	0–5–1	1–8–1	281	320	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

New York Giants 1967 final roster
Quarterbacks 11 Earl Morrall 10 Fran Tarkenton Running backs 23 Allen Jacobs FB-HB 23 Ernie Koy HB 24 Tucker Frederickson FB 29 Chuck Mercein 27 Randy Minniear 40 Joe Morrison HB-FB 38 Bill Triplett Wide receivers 45 Homer Jones Tight ends 89 Bobby Crespino 86 Rich Kotite 88 Aaron Thomas 81 Freeman White		Offensive linemen 63 Bookie Bolin G 65 Pete Case G 62 Darrell Dess G-T 64 Andy Gross G 61 Charlie Harper T-G 56 Chuck Hinton C 53 Greg Larson C 78 Francis Peay T 69 Willie Young T Defensive linemen 79 Bruce Anderson DE-DT 73 Roger Anderson DT-DE 72 Jim Colvin DT-DE 70 Glen Condren DT-DE 77 Rosey Davis DE 75 Jim Katcavage DE-DT 71 Bob Lurtsema DT-DE 74 Jim Moran DT 83 Randy Staten DE		Linebackers 54 Ken Avery 58 Mike Ciccolella 57 Vince Costello 52 Bill Swain 51 Ed Weisacosky Defensive backs 28 Henry Carr 48 Clarence Childs 20 Scott Eaton 27 Mike Fitzgerald 26 Wendell Harris 46 Dave Hathcock 43 Carl "Spider" Lockhart 22 Bobby Post 85 Del Shofner 41 Willie Williams		Special teams 3 Pete Gogolak K 84 Les Murdock K

Awards and honors

• Homer Jones, Franchise Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Season, 1,209 Yards ^[4]

See also

• List of New York Giants seasons

References

• New York Giants on Pro Football Reference
• Giants on jt-sw.com