1975 New York Giants season

NFL team season

The 1975 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League. The Giants finished with a 5–9 record that was nonetheless a three-win improvement upon their performance at the Yale Bowl in 1974. They played their home games at Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, and had a new logo on their helmet, replacing the old lower case “ny” to a stylized white and blue uppercase “NY”. Like Shea Stadium, this uppercase "NY" logo lasted for just this season only.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
2 27 Al Simpson Guard Colorado State
3 62 Danny Buggs Wide Receiver West Virginia
4 79 Robert Giblin Defensive Back Houston
7 158 Jim Obradovich Tight End USC
8 183 John Tate Linebacker Jackson State

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Roster

1975 New York Giants roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Craig Morton
  • 19 Carl Summerell
  • 17 Mike Wells

Running backs

  • 33 Steve Crosby
  • 26 Joe Dawkins
  • 30 Ron Johnson
  • 44 Doug Kotar
  • 36 Larry Watkins FB

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 9 George Hunt K
  • 13 Dave Jennings P
Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 21 at Philadelphia Eagles W 23–14 1–0 60,798
2 September 28 at Washington Redskins L 13–49 1–1 54,953
3 October 5 at St. Louis Cardinals L 14–26 1–2 44,919
4 October 12 Dallas Cowboys L 7–13 1–3 56,511
5 October 20 at Buffalo Bills W 17–14 2–3 79,428
6 October 25 St. Louis Cardinals L 13–20 2–4 49,598
7 November 1 San Diego Chargers W 35–24 3–4 52,032
8 November 9 Washington Redskins L 13–21 3–5 57,242
9 November 16 Philadelphia Eagles L 10–13 3–6 53,434
10 November 23 at Green Bay Packers L 14–40 3–7 50,150
11 November 30 at Dallas Cowboys L 3–14 3–8 53,329
12 December 7 Baltimore Colts L 0–21 3–9 49,863
13 December 14 New Orleans Saints W 28–14 4–9 40,150
14 December 21 at San Francisco 49ers W 26–23 5–9 34,354

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
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W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
St. Louis Cardinals(3) 11 3 0 .786 6–2 9–2 356 276 W3
Dallas Cowboys(4) 10 4 0 .714 6–2 8–3 350 268 W2
Washington Redskins 8 6 0 .571 4–4 7–4 325 276 L2
New York Giants 5 9 0 .357 1–7 3–8 216 306 W2
Philadelphia Eagles 4 10 0 .286 3–5 4–7 225 302 W1

Game summaries

Week 5: at Buffalo Bills

Period 1 2 34Total
Giants 0 7 01017
Bills 7 7 0014

at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

  • Date: Monday, October 20
  • Game time: 9:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
  • TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Alex Karras & Howard Cosell
  • Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information

First quarter

Second quarter

Fourth quarter

  • NYG – Ron Johnson 13 yard run (George Hunt kick) – Tied 14–14
  • NYG – George Hunt 37 yard field goal – Giants 17–14

Giants

  • Craig Morton
    15/21, 220 Yds, TD, INT
  • Ron Johnson
    13 Rush, 77 Yds, TD
  • Ray Rhodes
    5 Rec, 83 Yds, TD

Bills

  • Joe Ferguson
    11/19, 147 Yds, TD, 2 INT
  • O.J. Simpson
    34 Rush, 126 Yds, TD
  • J.D. Hill
    4 Rec, 51 Yds, TD

See also

References

  1. ^ "1975 New York Giants Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

Sources

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