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Team Info Top

Record: 6 - 10
(pythagorean: 4 - 12, .293)

Coaching: Ray Perkins 6 - 10

1979 Pro Bowl Players:
LB - Harry Carson
LB - Brad Van Pelt
P - Dave Jennings

1979 Draft
Round - Pick (Overall Pick)
1-7 (7) - Phil Simms, Morehead State, QB
2-8 (36) - Ernest Gray, Memphis State, WR
4-8 (90) - Phil Tabor, Oklahoma, DE
5-7 (117) - Cleveland Jackson, UNLV, TE
6-8 (145) - Bob Torrey, Penn State, RB
6-21 (158) - Eddie Hicks, East Carolina, RB
7-7 (172) - Steve Alvers, Miami (FL), TE
8-8 (200) - D.K. Perry, Southern Methodist, DB
8-9 (201) - Roy Simmons, Georgia Tech, G
9-7 (227) - Tom Rusk, Iowa, LB
10-8 (256) - Dan Fowler, Kentucky, G
11-7 (282) - Mike Mince, Fresno State, DB
11-9 (284) - Ken Johnson, Miami (FL), RB
12-7 (310) - Tim Gillespie, North Carolina State, G

Schedule & Results Top

Week Opponent Score
Week 1 NYG 17
at PHI 23
Week 2 SLC 27
at NYG 14
Week 3 NYG 0
at WAS 27
Week 4 PHI 17
at NYG 13
Week 5 NYG 14
at NOR 24
Week 6 TAM 14
at NYG 17
Week 7 SFO 16
at NYG 32
Week 8 NYG 21
at KAN 17
Week 9 NYG 20
at LAM 14
Week 10 DAL 16
at NYG 14
Week 11 ATL 3
at NYG 24
Week 12 NYG 3
at TAM 31
Week 13 WAS 6
at NYG 14
Week 14 NYG 7
at DAL 28
Week 15 NYG 20
at SLC 29
Week 16 BLC 31
at NYG 7

Team Statistics Top

1st DOWNS PASSING RUSHING MISC
PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY ATT YDs TD PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC
OFFENSE 237 3774 30 82 111 30 223 401 190 2419 15 22 59 465 498 1820 12 122 1047 34 18 --
DEFENSE 323 5378 39 130 159 33 322 463 253 3154 22 21 32 228 618 2452 14 105 800 36 -- 17

PUNT RETURN KICK RETURN
RET YDS TD RET YDS TD RET YDS TD RET YDS TD
SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 28 109 0 OPP: 60 447 0 OWN: 67 1255 0 OPP: 44 900 0

PUNTING KICKING
PT YDS TB BLK IN20 PT YDS XPM XPA FGM FGA XPM XPA FGM FGA
SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 104 4445 9 0 19 OPP: 80 2938 OWN: 28 30 9 20 OPP: 35 39 18 35

Individual Statistics Top

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PASSING RUSHING RECEIVING
Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT ATT YDS AVG TD LNG REC YDS AVG TD LNG
Phil Simms 12 265 134 50.6 1743 6.58 13 14 39 319 66.0 29 166 5.7 1 27 0 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Pisarcik 4 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 2 6 17 123 39.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Dean 16 26 11 42.3 91 3.50 0 2 3 23 19.9 8 56 7.0 1 19 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dave Jennings 16 2 2 100.0 48 24.00 0 0 0 0 118.8 2 11 5.5 0 9 0 0 0.0 0 0
Billy Taylor 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 198 700 3.5 7 31 28 253 9.0 4 43
Doug Kotar 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 160 616 3.9 3 32 25 230 9.2 0 37
Kenny Johnson 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 62 168 2.7 0 12 16 108 6.8 1 15
Emery Moorehead 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 36 95 2.6 0 11 9 62 6.9 0 19
Earnest Gray 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 1.0 0 9 28 537 19.2 4 53t
Gary Shirk 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 31 471 15.2 2 61
Johnny Perkins 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 20 337 16.9 4 38t
Dwight Scales 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 14 222 15.9 0 55
Jimmy Robinson 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 13 146 11.2 0 31
Al Dixon 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 18 9.0 0 11
Cleveland Jackson 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Loaird McCreary 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Joe Danelo 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 1
Brad Van Pelt 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 20
PUNTS KICKOFFS
Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD RET YDS AVG LNG TD
Steve Odom 6 9 26 2.9 3 10 0 15 327 21.8 75 0
Bobby Hammond 4 6 21 3.5 3 8 0 11 230 20.9 39 0
Jimmy Robinson 11 6 29 4.8 4 13 0 7 140 20.0 30 0
Tony Green 4 3 17 5.7 6 8 0 12 214 17.8 24 0
Dwight Scales 15 2 3 1.5 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Beasley Reece 16 1 8 8.0 0 8 0 6 81 13.5 21 0
Terry Jackson 16 1 5 5.0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Billy Taylor 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 6 131 21.8 31 0
Eddie Hicks 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 51 17.0 21 0
Doug Kotar 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 39 19.5 23 0
Dan Lloyd 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Frank Marion 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 14 0
Earnest Gray 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Coffield 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 12 0
Emery Moorehead 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 16 0
PUNTING KICKING
Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA
Joe Danelo 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0/0 3/3 2/3 4/11 0/3 49 9 20 28 29
Dave Jennings 16 104 4445 72 0 9 19 36.7 42.7 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
DEF INTS
Name GP SK SFY INT YDS LNG TD
Alan Caldwell 16 0.0 0 2 2 2 0
Harry Carson 16 0.0 0 3 28 14 0
Terry Jackson 16 0.0 0 3 10 10 0
Brian Kelley 16 0.0 0 3 41 16 0
Beasley Reece 16 0.0 0 1 3 3 0
Odis Mckinney 15 0.0 0 1 25 25 0
Ray Oldham 15 0.0 0 2 4 4 0
Ray Rhodes 15 0.0 0 2 0 0 0
Dan Lloyd 13 0.0 0 2 10 7 0
Ernie Jones 5 0.0 0 2 42 31t 1
All Players
FUMBLES
Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD
Brad Benson 10 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Caldwell 16 1 0 0 0 0
Harry Carson 16 0 0 3 22 1
Todd Christensen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Clack 16 0 1 0 0 0
Randy Coffield 9 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Coppens 9 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Danelo 16 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Dean 16 0 0 0 0 0
Al Dixon 5 0 0 0 0 0
Zachary Dixon 3 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Eck 13 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Fowler 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon Gravelle 4 0 0 0 0 0
Earnest Gray 16 1 0 0 0 0
Tony Green 4 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Hammond 4 2 1 0 0 0
Eddie Hicks 14 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Jackson 16 0 0 1 -2 0
Dave Jennings 16 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Jeter 16 0 0 1 0 0
Kenny Johnson 9 3 0 0 0 0
Ernie Jones 5 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Kelley 16 0 1 1 4 0
Gordon King 7 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Kotar 16 3 0 0 0 0
Dan Lloyd 13 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Marion 16 0 1 0 0 0
George Martin 16 0 0 3 0 0
Mike McCoy 3 0 0 1 0 0
Loaird McCreary 11 0 0 0 0 0
Odis Mckinney 15 1 1 0 0 0
John Mendenhall 13 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Mikolajczyk 1 0 0 0 0 0
Calvin Miller 11 0 0 0 0 0
Emery Moorehead 13 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Mullady 2 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Neville 14 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Odom 6 4 0 0 0 0
Ray Oldham 15 0 0 1 0 0
Johnny Perkins 13 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Pietrzak 3 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pisarcik 4 1 0 0 0 0
Beasley Reece 16 0 0 3 11 0
Ray Rhodes 15 0 1 1 7 0
Jimmy Robinson 11 2 0 0 0 0
Dwight Scales 15 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Shirk 16 2 1 0 0 0
Roy Simmons 16 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Simms 12 9 0 0 -2 0
John Skorupan 14 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Tabor 15 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Taylor 16 4 0 0 0 0
Bob Torrey 6 0 0 0 0 0
J.T. Turner 16 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Van Horn 15 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Van Pelt 16 0 1 0 42 0
Gene Washington 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Weston 16 0 0 0 0 0

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