1980 New York Giants Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (4-12)
Location: New York, New York
1980 New York Giants StatisticsTeam Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (4-12)
Location: New York, New York
1980 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Giants stumbled, scoring only 249 points, while the leaky defense yielded 425. Phil Simms tossed for 2,321 yards. Earnest Gray hauled in 52 passes for 777 yards.
Billy Taylor ran for a team-leading 580 yards for New York.
Mike Dennis picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Ray Perkins coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ben Apuna | LB | June 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 222 | Arizona St. | Honolulu, HI USA | 10 | 3 |
| 60 | Brad Benson | LT | November 25, 1955 | 6'3" | 262 | Penn St. | Altoona, PA USA | 15 | 14 |
| 39 | Art Best | RB | March 18, 1953 | 6'1" | 205 | Notre Dame | Camden, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Tony Blount | DB | November 5, 1958 | 6'1" | 195 | Virginia | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Scott Brunner | QB | March 24, 1957 | 6'5" | 206 | Delaware | Sellersville, PA USA | 16 | 3 |
| 61 | Phil Cancik | LB | April 19, 1957 | 6'1" | 228 | Northern Arizona | South Bend, IN USA | 5 | 2 |
| 53 | Harry Carson | RILB | November 26, 1953 | 6'2" | 237 | South Carolina St. | Florence, SC USA | 8 | 7 |
| 56 | Jim Clack | C | October 26, 1947 | 6'3" | 250 | Wake Forest | Rocky Mount, NC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 29 | Jim Culbreath | RB | October 21, 1952 | 6'0" | 209 | Oklahoma | Yeadon, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Joe Danelo | K | September 2, 1953 | 5'9" | 166 | Washington St. | Spokane, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 46 | Mike Dennis | RCB | June 6, 1958 | 5'10" | 190 | Wyoming | Los Angeles, CA USA | 13 | 10 |
| 63 | Terry Falcon | G | August 30, 1955 | 6'3" | 260 | Minot St. | Culbertson, MT USA | 13 | 2 |
| 22 | Eric Felton | DB | October 8, 1955 | 6'0" | 200 | Texas Tech | Austin, TX USA | 6 | 3 |
| 88 | Mike Friede | WR | September 22, 1957 | 6'3" | 205 | Indiana | Havre, MT USA | 7 | 4 |
| 25 | Alvin Garrett | KR | October 1, 1956 | 5'7" | 178 | Angelo State (TX) | Mineral Wells, TX USA | 15 | 0 |
| 83 | Earnest Gray | WR | March 2, 1957 | 6'3" | 195 | Memphis | Greenwood, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 37 | Don Harris | DB | February 8, 1954 | 6'2" | 185 | Rutgers | Elizabeth, NJ USA | 11 | 4 |
| 36 | Mark Haynes | LCB | November 6, 1958 | 5'11" | 194 | Colorado | Kansas City, KS USA | 15 | 11 |
| 27 | Larry Heater | RB | January 9, 1958 | 5'11" | 205 | Arizona | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 4 |
| 26 | Bud Hebert | FS | October 12, 1956 | 6'0" | 190 | Oklahoma | Beaumont, TX USA | 10 | 6 |
| 47 | Steve Henry | DB | March 5, 1957 | 6'2" | 190 | Emporia St. | Kansas City, KS USA | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | Eddie Hicks | RB | July 26, 1955 | 6'2" | 210 | East Carolina | Henderson, NC USA | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Mike Hogan | RB | November 1, 1954 | 6'2" | 213 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Floyd County, GA USA | 7 | 4 |
| 77 | Vern Holland | RT | June 27, 1948 | 6'5" | 268 | Tennessee St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 10 | 5 |
| 24 | Terry Jackson | LCB | December 9, 1955 | 5'10" | 197 | San Diego St. | Sherman, TX USA | 8 | 7 |
| 13 | Dave Jennings | P | June 8, 1952 | 6'4" | 203 | St. Lawrence | New York, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 70 | Gary Jeter | RDE | January 24, 1955 | 6'4" | 259 | USC | Weirton, WV USA | 16 | 16 |
| 89 | Dennis Johnson | RB-TE | February 26, 1956 | 6'3" | 220 | Mississippi St. | Weir, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Nate Johnson | WR | May 12, 1957 | 5'11" | 192 | Hillsdale | St. Petersburg, FL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | Brian Kelley | LB | September 1, 1951 | 6'3" | 230 | California Lutheran | Dallas, TX USA | 2 | 1 |
| 72 | Gordon King | RT | February 3, 1956 | 6'6" | 275 | Stanford | Madison, WI USA | 12 | 9 |
| 33 | Jerome King | DB | January 4, 1955 | 5'10" | 175 | Purdue | Jersey City, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Scott Laidlaw | RB | February 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 206 | Stanford | Hawthorne, CA USA | 7 | 1 |
| 71 | Myron Lapka | NT-DE-DT | May 10, 1956 | 6'4" | 258 | USC | Van Nuys, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 74 | Chris Linnin | DE | May 4, 1957 | 6'4" | 255 | Washington | Pasadena, CA USA | 10 | 2 |
| 51 | Frank Marion | LILB | March 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 227 | Florida A&M | Mount Brook, FL USA | 11 | 6 |
| 79 | Dale Markham | T-DE | July 24, 1957 | 6'8" | 280 | North Dakota | Whitewater, WI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | George Martin | LDE | February 16, 1953 | 6'4" | 245 | Oregon | Greenville, SC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 41 | Bo Matthews | FB | November 15, 1951 | 6'4" | 230 | Colorado | Huntsville, AL USA | 15 | 7 |
| 79 | Mike McCoy | DT | September 6, 1948 | 6'5" | 284 | Notre Dame | Erie, PA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 76 | Curtis McGriff | NT | May 17, 1958 | 6'5" | 270 | Alabama | Donalsonville, GA USA | 13 | 11 |
| 52 | Joe McLaughlin | LB | July 1, 1957 | 6'1" | 235 | Massachusetts | Stoneham, MA USA | 8 | 3 |
| 81 | Tom Mullady | TE | January 30, 1957 | 6'3" | 232 | Rhodes | Dayton, OH USA | 16 | 3 |
| 22 | Doug Nettles | DB | August 13, 1951 | 6'0" | 179 | Vanderbilt | Panama City, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Don Patterson | DB | October 31, 1957 | 5'11" | 175 | Georgia Tech | Gray, GA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 86 | Johnny Perkins | WR | April 21, 1953 | 6'2" | 205 | Abilene Christian | Franklin, TX USA | 6 | 4 |
| 59 | Ralph Perretta | C-G | January 30, 1953 | 6'2" | 252 | Purdue | Rockville Centre, NY USA | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Leon Perry | FB | August 14, 1957 | 5'11" | 224 | Mississippi | Gloster, MS USA | 10 | 5 |
| 82 | Danny Pittman | WR | April 3, 1958 | 6'2" | 205 | Wyoming | Memphis, TN USA | 11 | 7 |
| 28 | Beasley Reece | SS | March 18, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | North Texas | Waco, TX USA | 16 | 14 |
| 34 | Nate Rivers | RB | August 31, 1955 | 6'3" | 215 | South Carolina St. | Wadmalaw Island, SC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | Kelly Saalfeld | C | February 15, 1956 | 6'3" | 246 | Nebraska | Columbus, NE USA | 7 | 0 |
| 87 | Gary Shirk | TE | February 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Morehead St. | Marysville, OH USA | 16 | 14 |
| 69 | Roy Simmons | LG | November 8, 1956 | 6'3" | 264 | Georgia Tech | Savannah, GA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 11 | Phil Simms | QB | November 3, 1954 | 6'3" | 216 | Morehead St. | Lebanon, KY USA | 13 | 13 |
| 57 | John Skorupan | ROLB | May 17, 1951 | 6'2" | 222 | Penn St. | Beaver, PA USA | 12 | 10 |
| 78 | George Small | NT | November 18, 1956 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Shreveport, LA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 80 | Phil Tabor | NT | November 30, 1956 | 6'4" | 255 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 16 | 6 |
| 38 | Billy Taylor | RB | July 6, 1956 | 6'0" | 215 | Texas Tech | San Antonio, TX USA | 11 | 10 |
| 52 | Steve Tobin | C | March 29, 1957 | 6'4" | 258 | Minnesota | Breckenridge, MN USA | 4 | 0 |
| 68 | J.T. Turner | RG | April 17, 1953 | 6'3" | 253 | Duke | Moultrie, GA USA | 16 | 15 |
| 66 | Kevin Turner | LB | February 5, 1958 | 6'2" | 223 | Pacific | Fremont, CA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Brad Van Pelt | LOLB | April 5, 1951 | 6'5" | 235 | Michigan St. | Owosso, MI USA | 15 | 14 |
| 59 | Whip Walton | LB | July 16, 1955 | 6'2" | 225 | San Diego St. | Westminister, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Jeff Weston | T | April 10, 1956 | 6'5" | 259 | Notre Dame | Jersey City, NJ USA | 6 | 3 |
| 58 | Mike Whittington | ROLB | August 9, 1958 | 6'2" | 220 | Notre Dame | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 6 |
| 20 | Gary Woolford | FS | May 4, 1954 | 6'0" | 180 | West. Illinois | Cairo, IL USA | 12 | 8 |
| 99 | Kervin Wyatt | LB | October 17, 1957 | 6'1" | 235 | Maryland | Washington, DC USA | 4 | 3 |
