1975 New York Giants season

1975 New York Giants season
Head coach	Bill Arnsbarger
Owner	Wellington Mara
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	5–9–0
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1975 New York Giants season featured a Giants team that could only muster a 5–9 record as the sub-tenants of the cross-town Jets at Shea Stadium in Queens. They had a new logo on their helmet, replacing the old lower case "ny" to a stylized white and blue uppercase "NY".

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

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	Sunday	September 21, 1975	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–14	60,798
2	Sunday	September 28, 1975	at Washington Redskins	L 49–13	54,953
3	Sunday	October 5, 1975	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 26–14	44,919
4	Sunday	October 12, 1975	Dallas Cowboys	L 13–7	56,511
5	Monday	October 20, 1975	at Buffalo Bills	W 17–14	79,428
6	Saturday	October 25, 1975	St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–13	49,598
7	Saturday	November 1, 1975	San Diego Chargers	W 35–24	52,032
8	Sunday	November 9, 1975	Washington Redskins	L 21–13	57,242
9	Sunday	November 16, 1975	Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–10	53,434
10	Sunday	November 23, 1975	at Green Bay Packers	L 40–14	50,150
11	Sunday	November 30, 1975	at Dallas Cowboys	L 14–3	53,329
12	Sunday	December 7, 1975	Baltimore Colts	L 21–0	49,863
13	Sunday	December 14, 1975	New Orleans Saints	W 28–14	40,150
14	Sunday	December 21, 1975	at San Francisco 49ers	W 26–23	34,354

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

Game summaries

Week 5: at Buffalo Bills

	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, wind 13 mph
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

References

↑ "1975 New York Giants Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

New York Giants

Founded in 1925 Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Franchise	Franchise Seasons Coaches First-round draft picks Quarterbacks

History	1925–78 1979–93 1994–present Financial history

Stadiums	Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Yale Bowl Shea Stadium Giants Stadium MetLife Stadium

Culture and Lore	Cleveland Bulldogs The Duke Sneakers Game The Greatest Game Ever Played The Fumble Crunch Bunch Gatorade shower Big Blue Wrecking Crew I'm going to Disney World! Wide Right Little Giants This team is going to the playoffs! One Wild Finish New York Groove We Fly High The Helmet Catch Bob Sheppard Jim Hall Yankee Stadium Legacy License Plate Guy The Comeback 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game Big Fan

Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers New York Jets

Key personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch General Manager: Jerry Reese Head Coach: Ben McAdoo

Division championships (16)	1933 1934 1935 1938 1939 1941 1941 1944 1946 1986 1989 1990 1997 2000 2005 2008 2011

Conference championships (11)	1956 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1986 1990 2000 2007 2011

League championships (8)	1927 1934 1938 1956 1986 (XXI) 1990 (XXV) 2007 (XLII) 2011 (XLVI)

Retired numbers	1 4 7 11 14 14 16 32 40 42 50 56

Ring of Honor	Jessie Armstead Carl Banks Tiki Barber Mark Bavaro Al Blozis Rosey Brown Harry Carson Charlie Conerly Frank Gifford Pete Gogolak Mel Hein Jim Lee Howell Sam Huff Dave Jennings Tuffy Leemans Dick Lynch Jack Mara Tim Mara Wellington Mara George Martin Joe Morrison Charlie Conerly Steve Owen Bill Parcells Andy Robustelli Phil Simms Michael Strahan Ken Strong Lawrence Taylor Bob Tisch Y. A. Tittle Amani Toomer Emlen Tunnell Brad Van Pelt Alex Webster George Young

Media	Radio network Bob Papa Carl Banks Howard Cross

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (91)	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

New York Giants seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1975 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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