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1988 New York Giants

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 359 points (22.4/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 304 points (19.0/g), 9th.
 Differential of 55 points (3.4/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 7th.

Coached by Bill Parcells (10-6-0)

1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 5 box W 1-0 Washington Redskins 27 20 16 218 162 56 1 20 386 269 117 2
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 17 20 17 309 197 112 25 430 249 181 2
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 12 10 21 278 150 128 2 22 366 275 91 2
4 Sun September 25 box L 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 31 45 24 363 284 79 3 21 369 232 137 1
5 Sun October 2 box W 3-2 @ Washington Redskins 24 23 20 264 190 74 1 19 344 251 93 3
6 Mon October 10 box L 3-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 24 23 436 336 100 1 23 452 343 109
7 Sun October 16 box W 4-3 Detroit Lions 30 10 23 402 280 122 2 10 113 65 48 2
8 Sun October 23 box W 5-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 23 16 22 346 225 121 3 23 368 216 152 2
9 Sun October 30 box W 6-3 @ Detroit Lions 13 10 20 272 196 76 2 11 146 98 48 2
10 Sun November 6 box W 7-3 Dallas Cowboys 29 21 15 262 151 111 1 21 365 262 103 3
11 Sun November 13 box L 7-4 @ Phoenix Cardinals 17 24 21 280 188 92 24 495 351 144 2
12 Sun November 20 box L 7-5 Philadelphia Eagles 17 23 21 394 316 78 3 18 283 176 107 1
13 Sun November 27 box W 8-5 @ New Orleans Saints 13 12 8 219 205 14 5 16 255 100 155 5
14 Sun December 4 box W 9-5 Phoenix Cardinals 44 7 25 301 131 170 1 7 158 91 67 5
15 Sun December 11 box W 10-5 Kansas City Chiefs 28 12 17 244 85 159 1 16 258 151 107 1
16 Sun December 18 box L 10-6 @ New York Jets 21 27 24 367 170 197 1 15 298 198 100

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 359 4955 1078 4.6 317 290 525 3266 22 14 5.6 168 493 1689 15 3.4 123 27 13 26
Team Defense 304 5086 1072 4.7 487 294 566 3327 23 15 5.4 177 454 1759 8 3.9 291 33 18 19
Lg Rank Offense 8 20 10 11 14 8 2 23 14 23 12 27 3 10
Lg Rank Defense 9 11 12 26 18 20 23 4 9 10 3 10 16 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Phil Simms 34 QB 15 15 9-6-0 263 479 54.9 3359 21 4.4 11 2.3 62 7.0 6.4 12.8 223.9 82.1 53 405 5.6 5.0 10.0
Jeff Hostetler 27 16 1 1-0-0 16 29 55.2 244 1 3.4 2 6.9 85 8.4 5.7 15.3 15.3 65.9 5 31 6.3 3.9 14.7
Jeff Rutledge 31 1 0 11 17 64.7 113 0 0.0 1 5.9 33 6.6 4.0 10.3 113.0 59.2 2 14 5.2 2.8 10.5
Team Total 26.9 16 10-6-0 290 525 55.2 3716 22 4.2 14 2.7 85 7.1 6.3 12.8 232.3 80.5 60 450 5.6 4.9 10.3
Opp Total 16 294 566 51.9 3327 23 4.1 15 2.7 5.9 5.1 11.3 207.9 72.4 52 428 5.4 4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Joe Morris 28 RB 16 15 307 1083 5 27 3.5 67.7 19.2 22 166 7.5 0 24 1.4 10.4 1249 5 7
Ottis Anderson 31 16 0 65 208 8 11 3.2 13.0 4.1 9 57 6.3 0 13 0.6 3.6 265 8 0
Maurice Carthon 27 FB 16 14 46 146 2 8 3.2 9.1 2.9 19 194 10.2 1 24 1.2 12.1 340 3 0
Phil Simms 34 QB 15 15 33 152 0 17 4.6 10.1 2.2 152 0 7
George Adams 26 16 1 29 76 0 15 2.6 4.8 1.8 27 174 6.4 0 19 1.7 10.9 250 0 0
Jeff Hostetler 27 16 1 5 -3 0 0 -0.6 -0.2 0.3 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.6 7 0 1
Lionel Manuel 26 WR 16 16 4 27 0 14 6.8 1.7 0.3 65 1029 15.8 4 46 4.1 64.3 1056 4 1
Jeff Rutledge 31 1 0 3 -1 0 0 -0.3 -1.0 3.0 -1 0 2
Lee Rouson 26 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 4 61 15.3 0 31 0.3 3.8 62 0 2
Mark Bavaro 25 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 672 12.7 4 36 3.3 42.0 672 4 1
Stephen Baker 24 WR 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 656 16.4 7 85 2.5 41.0 656 7 0
Zeke Mowatt 27 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 196 13.1 1 38 0.9 12.3 196 1 2
Mark Ingram 23 7 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 158 12.2 1 32 1.9 22.6 158 1 0
Odessa Turner 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 128 12.8 1 28 2.5 32.0 128 1 0
Stacy Robinson 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 143 20.4 3 62 0.6 13.0 143 3 0
Phil McConkey 31 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 72 14.4 0 28 0.3 4.5 72 0 2
Team Total 26.9 16 493 1689 15 27 3.4 105.6 30.8 290 3716 12.8 22 85 18.1 232.3 5405 37 32
Opp Total 16 454 1759 8 3.9 109.9 28.4 294 3327 11.3 23 18.4 207.9 5086 31 36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Phil McConkey 31 RET 16 0 40 313 0 35 7.8 2 30 0 17 15.0 415
Neal Guggemos 24 RET 11 0 17 344 0 40 20.2 344
Kenny Hill 30 SS 16 16 13 262 0 30 20.2 262
Mark Ingram 23 7 4 8 129 0 27 16.1 287
Lee Rouson 26 16 0 8 130 0 21 16.3 192
Wayne Haddix 23 7 0 6 123 0 24 20.5 123
Stephen Baker 24 WR 16 11 5 34 0 11 6.8 690
Mark Collins 24 LCB 11 11 4 67 0 26 16.8 67
Sheldon White 23 lcb 16 5 3 62 0 26 20.7 62
Brad Beckman 24 9 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Tom Flynn 26 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Terry Kinard* 29 FS 16 16 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 26.9 16 47 359 0 35 7.6 62 1154 0 40 18.6 6918
Opp Total 16 38 0 73 1269 0 17.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Maury Buford 28 P 15 0 73 3012 66 2 41.3
Paul McFadden 27 K 10 0 4 4 6 4 6 5 3 1 19 14 73.7% 27 25 92.6%
Raul Allegre 29 6 0 3 3 6 5 2 2 11 10 90.9% 14 14 100.0%
Sean Landeta 26 1 0 6 222 53 0 37.0
Team Total 26.9 16 7 7 12 9 8 7 3 1 30 24 80.0% 41 39 95.1% 79 3234 66 2 40.9
Opp Total 16 33 25 75.8% 32 31 96.9% 93 3701 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lawrence Taylor*+ 29 ROLB 12 12 15.5 0 1 0 0
George Martin 35 16 0 7.5 0 2 4 0
Leonard Marshall 27 RDE 15 14 8.0 1 0 0 0 0 62
Joe Morris 28 RB 16 15 7 1 0 0
Phil Simms 34 QB 15 15 7 1 0 0
Pepper Johnson 24 LILB 16 15 4.0 1 33 1 33 2 0 1 0 0 87
Perry Williams 27 RCB 16 16 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Eric Dorsey 24 LDE 16 16 3.5 0 2 0 0
Jim Burt 29 NT 16 11 3.0 0 2 39 1
Neal Guggemos 24 RET 11 0 2 3 0 0
Erik Howard 24 nt 16 5 3.0 0 0 2 0 0 24
Harry Carson 35 RILB 12 10 2 66 0 66 0 2 12 0
Lee Rouson 26 16 0 2 2 0 0
Sheldon White 23 lcb 16 5 4 70 0 39
Andy Headen 28 4 3 3.0
Kenny Hill 30 SS 16 16 2 1 0 0
Terry Kinard* 29 FS 16 16 3 46 0 39
Gary Reasons 26 rilb 16 7 1 20 0 20 0 2 5 0
Carl Banks 26 LOLB 14 14 1.5 1 15 1 15 62
Johnie Cooks 30 13 3 1.0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Hostetler 27 16 1 1 1 0 0
Lionel Manuel 26 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Phil McConkey 31 RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
Zeke Mowatt 27 16 3 2 0 0 0
William Roberts 26 LT 16 13 0 2 0 0
Jeff Rutledge 31 1 0 2 0 0 0
Ottis Anderson 31 16 0 0 1 5 0
Stephen Baker 24 WR 16 11 0 1 0 0
Mark Bavaro 25 TE 16 15 1 0 0 0
Maurice Carthon 27 FB 16 14 0 1 0 0
Mark Collins 24 LCB 11 11 1 13 0 13 56 1
Jumbo Elliott 23 lt 16 5 0 1 0 0
Tom Flynn 26 16 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Haddix 23 7 0 1 0 0 0
Bart Oates 30 C 16 16 1 0 -10 0
Doug Riesenberg 23 RT 16 11 0 1 0 0
Ricky Shaw 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Adrian White 24 16 0 1 29 0 29
Team Total 26.9 16 52.0 15 292 2 66 3 32 36 61 1 291 1
Opp Total 16 60 36 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Paul McFadden 27 K 10 0 25 14 67
Ottis Anderson 31 16 0 8 48
Raul Allegre 29 6 0 14 10 44
Stephen Baker 24 WR 16 11 7 42
Joe Morris 28 RB 16 15 5 30
Mark Bavaro 25 TE 16 15 4 24
Lionel Manuel 26 WR 16 16 4 24
Maurice Carthon 27 FB 16 14 2 1 18
Stacy Robinson 26 11 0 3 18
Carl Banks 26 LOLB 14 14 1 6
Jim Burt 29 NT 16 11 1 6
Tom Flynn 26 16 0 1 6
Mark Ingram 23 7 4 1 6
Pepper Johnson 24 LILB 16 15 1 6
Zeke Mowatt 27 16 3 1 6
Odessa Turner 24 4 1 1 6
Mark Collins 24 LCB 11 11 1 2
Team Total 26.9 16 15 22 1 2 1 39 24 1 359
Opp Total 16 8 23 31 25 304