1975 New York Giants season

1975 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	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

Main article: 1975 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

Roster

1975 New York Giants roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 15 Craig Morton 19 Carl Summerell 17 Mike Wells Running backs (RB) 33 Steve Crosby 26 Joe Dawkins 30 Ron Johnson 44 Doug Kotar 36 Larry Watkins FB 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 C 62 Dick Enderle G 74 John Hicks G 70 Bob Hyland C 73 Tom Mullen T 67 Dave Simonson T 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 64 John Mendenhall DT 72 Bill Windauer DT

Linebackers (LB) 58 Jimmy Gunn 56 Pat Hughes 55 Brian Kelley 59 Bob Schmit 57 Andy Selfridge 10 Brad Van Pelt Defensive backs (DB) 37 Bobby Brooks CB 27 Charlie Ford CB 28 Robert Giblin 43 Spider Lockhart FS 39 Clyde Powers SS 20 Jim Stienke CB 48 Henry Stuckey CB Special teams 9 George Hunt K 13 Dave Jennings P

Reserve 58 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
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

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
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

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

See also

• List of New York Giants seasons

References

Sources

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