1978 New York Giants season

1978 New York Giants season
Head coach John McVay
Owner Wellington Mara
Home field Giants Stadium
Results
Record 6–10
Division place 5th NFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1978 New York Giants season was the 54th season for the club in the National Football League.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1978 NFL Draft
1978 New York Giants draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 10 Gordon King  OT Stanford
2 37 Odis McKinney  DB Colorado
4 90 Billy Taylor  RB Texas Tech
5 120 Terry Jackson  DB San Diego St
5 132 Jim Krahl  DT Texas Tech
5 137 Brian DeRoo  WR Redlands
6 147 Randy Pass  OG Georgia Tech
7 174 Dan Doornik  RB Washington St
8 201 Jeff Grady  LB Florida A&M
9 232 Bill Swiacki  TE Amherst
10 253 Greg Jorgensen  OG Nebraska
11 286 Dennis Helm  DT SW Missouri St
12 313 Greg Lawson  RB Western Illinois
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Regular season

The Miracle at the Meadowlands is the term used by sportscasters and Philadelphia Eagles fans for a fumble recovery by cornerback Herman Edwards that he returned for a touchdown at the end of a November 19, 1978 NFL game against the New York Giants in Giants Stadium. It was seen as miraculous because it occurred at a point in the game when the Giants were easily capable of running out the game's final seconds. The Giants had the ball, and the Eagles had no timeouts left. Everyone watching expected quarterback Joe Pisarcik to take one more snap and kneel with the ball, thus running out the clock and preserving a 17–12 Giant upset. Instead, he attempted to hand it off to fullback Larry Csonka and botched it, allowing Edwards to pick up the ball and run 26 yards for the winning score.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 2, 1978 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 19–13
67,456
2 September 10, 1978 Dallas Cowboys L 34–24
73,265
3 September 17, 1978 Kansas City Chiefs W 26–10
70,546
4 September 24, 1978 San Francisco 49ers W 27–10
71,536
5 October 1, 1978 at Atlanta Falcons L 23–20
47,765
6 October 8, 1978 at Dallas Cowboys L 24–3
63,420
7 October 15, 1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17–14
68,025
8 October 22, 1978 Washington Redskins W 17–6
76,192
9 October 29, 1978 at New Orleans Saints L 28–17
59,807
10 November 5, 1978 at St. Louis Cardinals L 20–10
48,820
11 November 12, 1978 at Washington Redskins L 16–13
53,271
12 November 19, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles L 19–17
70,318
13 November 26, 1978 at Buffalo Bills L 41–17
28,496
14 December 3, 1978 Los Angeles Rams L 20–17
62,629
15 December 10, 1978 St. Louis Cardinals W 17–0
52,226
16 December 17, 1978 at Philadelphia Eagles L 20–3
56,396

Standings

NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys(2) 12 4 0 .750 7–1 9–3 384 208 W6
Philadelphia Eagles(5) 9 7 0 .563 4–4 6–6 270 250 W1
Washington Redskins 8 8 0 .500 4–4 6–6 273 283 L5
St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 0 .375 3–5 6–6 248 296 W1
New York Giants 6 10 0 .375 2–6 5–9 264 298 L1

Roster

1978 New York Giants Team Starters

Offense

9 Joe Pisarcik QB 44 Doug Kotar RB 39 Larry Csonka FB 85 Jimmy Robinson WR 86 Johnny Perkins WR 84 Al Dixon TE

71 Gordon Gravelle LT 63 Doug Van Horn LG 56 Jim Clack C 68 J.T. Turner RG 62 Ron Mikolajczyk RT

Defense

75 George Martin LDE 64 John Mendenhall NT 77 Troy Archer LDT 81 Jack Gregory RDE

10 Brad Van Pelt LB 53 Harry Carson LB 55 Brian Kelley LB

24 Terry Jackson LCB 22 Ray Rhodes RCB 28 Beasley Reece SS 31 Ernie Jones FS

Kicking Team

18 Joe Danelo K 13 Dave Jennings P 33 Bobby Hammond RB/PR 82 Ernie Pough WR/KR

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Football Database. Retrieved 2016-Nov-01.
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