1975 New York Giants season

1975 New York Giants season
1975 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Home stadium	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None

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 (QB) 15 Craig Morton 19 Carl Summerell 17 Mike Wells Running backs (RB) 26 Joe Dawkins 30 Ron Johnson 44 Doug Kotar 36 Larry Watkins 29 Marsh White Wide receivers (WR) 86 Danny Buggs 88 Don Clune 84 Walker Gillette 82 Ray Rhodes Tight ends (TE) 89 Jim Obradovich 38 Bob Tucker		Offensive linemen (OL) 61 Karl Chandler G/C 74 John Hicks G 70 Bob Hyland C 73 Tom Mullen G/T 67 Dave Simonson T 79 Al Simpson T/G 63 Doug Van Horn T 69 Willie Young T Defensive linemen (DL) 66 Rick Dvorak DT 71 Dave Gallagher DE 81 Jack Gregory DE 75 George Martin DE 76 Jim Pietrzak DT 72 Bill Windauer DT		Linebackers (LB) 58 Jimmy Gunn OLB 56 Pat Hughes OLB 55 Brian Kelley MLB 59 Bob Schmit MLB 57 Andy Selfridge OLB 10 Brad Van Pelt OLB Defensive backs (DB) 37 Bobby Brooks CB 35 Rondy Colbert CB 27 Charlie Ford CB 28 Robert Giblin SS 43 Spider Lockhart FS 39 Clyde Powers SS 20 Jim Stienke CB/FS Special teams (ST) 9 George Hunt K 13 Dave Jennings P		Reserve 33 Steve Crosby RB (IR) 75 Larry Jacobson DT (IR) 64 John Mendenhall DT (IR) 48 Henry Stuckey CB (IR) -- John Tate LB (IR) 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
	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
	5	9	0	.357	1–7	3–8	216	306	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	4	10	0	.286	3–5	4–7	225	302	W1

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings⁽¹⁾	12	2	0	.857	5–1	8–2	377	180	W1
Detroit Lions	7	7	0	.500	4–2	6–5	245	262	L1
Chicago Bears	4	10	0	.286	2–4	4–7	191	379	W1
Green Bay Packers	4	10	0	.286	1–5	4–7	226	285	W1

NFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams⁽²⁾	12	2	0	.857	5–1	9–2	312	135	W6
San Francisco 49ers	5	9	0	.357	3–3	4–7	255	286	L4
Atlanta Falcons	4	10	0	.286	3–3	3–8	240	289	L1
New Orleans Saints	2	12	0	.143	1–5	2–9	165	360	L7

Game summaries

Week 5: at Buffalo Bills

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	7	0	10	17
Bills	7	7	0	0	14

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
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Game information

First quarter

BUF – O.J. Simpson 1 yard run (John Leypoldt kick) – Bills 7–0

Second quarter

BUF – J.D. Hill 13 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) – Bills 14–0
NYG – Ray Rhodes 20 yard pass from Craig Morton (George Hunt kick) – Bills 14–7

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

References

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

Sources

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

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