"It was this way with the Giants last year: when they were good, they were very, very good (three victories in their first four games, including one over the eventual league champions, the Minnesota Vikings, and three successive victories to end the season, including one over the division champion Cleveland Browns). But when the Giants were bad, they were horrid (seven straight defeats during the breadbasket of the season). Which team will the Giants be in 1970? Coach Alex Webster believes they will be good - perhaps 'improved' is a better word. They finished second in a different division last year, but Dallas, St. Louis and Washington all seem stronger now.
Since last season, New York has broken up its well-publicized long passing game by trading its primary bomb-catcher, wide receiver Homer Jones, to Cleveland. While Homer was a remarkable deep threat, the rest of his game left something to be desired. The Giants outdid themselves in getting a replacement; they came up with Clifton McNeil, who was unhappy with San Francisco last year and finally got traded away for two draft choices. McNeil led the NFL in receiving in 1968 with 71 catches for 994 yards. He's got speed and experience. On the other side is Aaron Thomas, a veteran top-drawer flanker, who retired after the 1969 season to be a stockbroker, but the slumping spring market caused his return to the game. That leaves Freeman White and Don Herrmann as the backup men. White is big (6-5, 225); in four seasons with the club, he has been used with varying success at tight end, linebacker, strong safety and now flanker. He caught 29 passes in 1969. Herrmann, who caught 33, has excellent moves and hands that compensate for only average speed. He seemed like an outstanding '69 rookie till injuries slowed him down. The tight end will be Butch Wilson, a veteran who blocks hard but who does not catch much. A sleeper could be Bob Tucker, who caught 17 touchdown passes for Pottstown in the Atlantic Coast League last year.
The guy who throws to all these sure-handed fellows is quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton has begun to catch it from restless Giant fans - and even, occasionally, from Coach Webster. Fran's critics say he scrambles too much and they question his play selection, particularly in goal-line situations. But look at the record - where would the Giants be without Tarkenton? Fran was the league's number three passer last year and coolly directed his team's offense, with its fancy I-formation, man-in-motion variations. The Giants moved to protect themselves by obtaining backup quarterback Dick Shiner from the Steelers. Shiner should move ahead of veteran Gary Wood and former Houston Oiler Bob Davis.
For several years the Giants have been trying to shore up their running attack. They have been especially anxious to find a back with speed to the outside. That's why they seem delighted with Ron Johnson, the 205-pound halfback who played for Cleveland last year and came to New York in the Homer Jones trade. Johnson can turn the corner. The Giants are also hoping that fullback Junior Coffey has recovered from his second knee operation in two years. Coffey, acquired from Atlanta early last year, was averaging 4.2 yards per carry for the Giants when he re-injured his knee. He can hit inside. That leaves Joe Morrison, Ernie Koy, Tucker Frederickson and Bobby Duhon. In '69, Morrison had his finest season in 11 with the Giants. He led the team in rushing and pass receiving and tied place kicker Pete Gogolak for the scoring lead. Joe is unspectacular but valuable. Koy may have saved his job by finishing the season well. Frederickson? Poor Tucker. He had two knee jobs and missed the last nine games of '69 with a fractured ankle. Who knows about him any more? Duhon missed the whole season and underwent two knee operations.
The Giants express satisfaction with their offensive line, which Coach Webster says has the proper balance of youth and experience. The fulcrum is ten-year pro Greg Larson at center. The guards are Pete Case and Doug Van Horn; the tackles are Willie Young and Dick Buzin. This unit has improved steadily and cannot be blamed for any of the team's won-lost misfortunes.
The same cannot be said for the Giant defensive line. He is where the team has risen or fallen (mostly fallen) the last few years. For a long stretch, the New York pass rush was nonexistent; last season the pass rush improved. The rookie end, Fred Dryer, played solidly, and tackles Bob Lurtsema and Joe Szczecko began to penetrate more frequently. But the Giant line did not improve against the run.
'Our line gave up 4.4 yards per try on the ground last year,' says defensive coach Norb Hecker, 'and that's too much.' Which is another reason for that Homer Jones trade with Cleveland. In exchange, the Giants not only got runner Ron Johnson, they picked up defensive tackle Jim Kanicki, a 270-pound seven-year pro. Kanicki rushes the passer hard, but he is equally well rated for his ability to stop the run. The Giants also surrendered a draft pick to get 245-pound tackle Jerry Shay from Atlanta and signed former Boston Patriot tackle Dennis Byrd. Thus the Giants believe they have stabilized the middle of their defensive line. Dryer is set at left end, but right end? The coaches had planned to move linebacker Henry Davis there, but then Davis went to the Steelers in the Shiner deal. That left only rookie end Wes Grant of UCLA as a live body on the right side. The solution? Move Bob Lurtsema from tackle to end, as has been contemplated in the past.
Linebacking was another Giant sore spot in 1969. The picture now looks brighter. One reason is the team's number one draft pick, Jim Files of Oklahoma. A 6-4, 240-pounder, Files became the number one right linebacker when veteran Tommy Joe Crutcher was sent to the Rams for two draft picks. Veteran Ralph Heck, smallish but tough, returns at middle linebacker, but nobody would be surprised if the starter turned out to be hardrock Wayne Meylan, who came to the Giants with Kanicki and Johnson. In that case, Heck would go to left linebacker, probably ahead of veteran John Kirby.
There's nothing wrong with the secondary. Cornerbacks Willie Williams and Scott Eaton and safetymen Spider Lockhart and Bruce Maher are all first rate. Lockhart is backed up by aggressive Tom Longo; Maher by Al Brenner. Jim Holifield is worth mentioning: he can play every defensive backfield position.
The Giants would like to get more out of their special teams and punting game. Too many punt and kickoff returns have been putting the team in deep trouble. And the punting was mediocre: a 38.2 yard average for Dave Dunaway, 35.9 for Ernie Koy. Pete Gogolak remains a steady field goal and extra point specialist."
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
IN BRIEF
Probable 1970 Finish: 4th (NFC Eastern)
Strengths: a good quarterback in Tarkenton, improved defensive line, and an underrated secondary and offensive line.
Biggest Needs: explosive runners, tight defense against the run, better punting, and more aggressiveness on special teams.
1969 finish: 2nd (Century, 6-8-0)
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
" 'How do you say 'Good-Bye, Allie' in French?' Giant coach Allie Sherman said as he stepped off the plane from Montreal. His team had lost its fifth successive exhibition game, 17-13, to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and perhaps he realized that the phrase he'd heard sung to him by New York fans so many times in the last five years was finally about to become meaningful. Sherman was fired and Alex Webster, the ex-fullback and then the team's offensive backfield coach, took over the team six days before the season's opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
Despite their preseason record, the Giants had to be considered a dangerous club on offense. Even though shiftings in the offensive line had not done the unit's timing a lot of good and even though the health of the running backs had cut that unit's depth, the offense still had quarterback Fran Tarkenton and end Homer Jones, along with a skinny new receiver named Don Herrmann who had shown very well.
So the Giants were definitely a scoring threat against anyone. But New York's defense seemed virtually no threat at all to stopping the opposition from scoring. That was because the people who were most responsible for stopping the opposition are the folks up front- the rush line and linebackers. They not only have to contain the running attack but they have to penetrate and pressure the passer into throwing when he doesn't want to or, better still, into eating the ball. When there is no pressure the secondary, no matter how good it is- and the Giants' happened to be quite good- has little hope. Defensive backs simply cannot stay with speedy, tricky receivers for four or five seconds.
Surprisingly, though, in the opener the Giant defense played tough, holding the hard-running Vikings to 97 yards on the ground.
The defense did make two costly mistakes- both in executing safety blitzes. Quarterback Gary Cuozzo read the blitzes easily and passed for 47- and 48-yard touchdowns to John Henderson and Gene Washington. But the Vikings could manage only three field goals the rest of the afternoon, which gave them a 23-10 lead with less than five minutes to play. Tarkenton then capped a 59-yard drive with a 16-yard pass to Herrmann at the Viking two, where he broke a tackle and fell into the end zone. Cuozzo came back with a big third-down completion to Washington, but he fumbled and New York recovered at Minnesota's 36-yard line. After a nine-yard draw play, an incompletion and a holding penalty, Tarkenton was in a third-and-17 situation. The Viking front four, which had harassed and battered him all afternoon, was coming again, so Fran scrambled. Just as he was about to be hit, Tarkenton flung the ball downfield. Two Giants and two Vikings leaped for it, and the ball bounced off the hands of Viking safetyman Paul Krause. Fortunately for New York, reserve tight end Butch Wilson- who had just replaced the injured Freeman White- was standing near enough to dive for the ball and make the reception. What looked like an interception ended up a 33-yard completion to the Viking 10. After a running play failed, Tarkenton called Herrmann on a slant pattern and hit him with a pass as Don passed the goal line. The extra point by Pete Gogolak made it 24-23, New York, and that was the final. Webster had his first win as a head coach.
But the next week in Detroit, Alex and the Giants faced life as it really was. The offensive line did not protect Tarkenton (who completed only five of 16 passes), the defensive line did not get to Lion quarterback Bill Munson, and Detroit won, 24-0. A week later the Giants regained the fortune they had against the Vikings, although the Bears outgained them 380 yards to 267. Again Tarkenton threw two touchdown passes to Don Herrmann, but with less than two minutes to play the Bears led, 24-21. Tarkenton led a 72-yard drive that ended with a pass to running back Joe Morrison, who caught the ball on the 11-yard line and scurried into the end zone ahead of middle linebacker Dick Butkus. The winning score came at 14:01 of the period- the exact time of the winning touchdown against Minnesota. 'That's the way Alex planned it,' Freeman White said through a smile in the locker room, which indicated the kind of spirit the Giants had then. Following the 10-7 victory over Pittsburgh a week later, that spirit began to dwindle fast as New York went into a seven-game winning streak.
The Giants lost to the Washington Redskins, 20-14; to the Dallas Cowboys, 25-3; to the Philadelphia Eagles, 23-20; to the St. Louis Cardinals, 42-17; to the Cleveland Browns, 28-17; to the Green Bay Packers, 20-10. With a bit of the luck they'd had against the Vikings and Bears, the Giants could have won at least three of those games. But more often than not the old saw that 'good teams make good luck' holds true.
The next week, though, the Giants suddenly stopped making the mistakes that had hurt them for so long. And the front four- which had only one consistent ballplayer to this point in the season, rookie end Fred Dryer- suddenly stopped the run immediately and was then able to fire in on the pass rush. Fran Tarkenton passed for four touchdowns, three to Joe Morrison, and New York won, 49-6. The Giants played good football in their last two games, too, coming from behind to beat the Steelers, 21-17, in the last 48 seconds, and coming from behind, 14-13, to beat the Browns with two fourth-period touchdowns. So despite their 6-8 record and that horrendous losing streak, the Giants finished on an up note.
As soon as the season ended the Giants began making deals to strengthen themselves for 1970, and hopefully beyond. The big trade sent Homer Jones to the Browns for three players who could become regulars in New York: defensive tackle Jim Kanicki, running back Ron Johnson and linebacker Wayne Meylan, a former Nebraska All-America who didn't start in two years in Cleveland but who is being ballyhooed as New York's middle backer for this season. Certainly Kanicki and possibly Jerry Shay- a former regular also acquired in trade- have a very good chance of dislodging the Giants' starting defensive tackles, Bob Lurtsema and Joe Szczecko. Fred Dryer is a potential All-Pro at right end and Alex Webster has high hopes of filling the left end spot with another body of Dryer's ferocity. Former linebacker Henry Davis seems the most likely candidate, though Webster is very high on his No. 4 draft choice (New York had traded its second and third picks)- Wes Grant of UCLA. No. 1 choice Jim Files of Oklahoma has already been given the left linebacker's spot. Tommy Joe Crutcher, who is recovering from a knee operation, will have to battle Ralph Heck, a smart, tough veteran, and young McKinley Boston for the right linebacking job. With the rush line and linebacking solidified, the Giants will give any team a rugged fight.
Young Rich Houston is expected to make Giant fans forget Homer Jones and he showed enough in the last Cleveland game to indicate he just might do so. He will be a speed end, with Don Herrmann, a Raymond Berry type, the other wide receiver. Freeman White, who went through an inexplicable three-year delay getting to his regular position, could develop into a top tight end. Ron Johnson and a sound Junior Coffey should improve the running game significantly."
-Berry Stainback, Pro Football Forecast for 1970
SCRAMBLIN' TO GET AHEAD
"There were three startling items in the New York Giants' log for 1969. Alex Webster replaced Allie Sherman as head coach almost on the eve of the season's opener. They started the campaign by defeating the Minnesota Vikings, who lost only one other decision en route to the NFL title. And they closed by whipping the Cleveland Browns, the Century Division title holders.
Otherwise, the solid phalanx of Yankee Stadium spectators, who changed their tune from 'Goodbye Allie' to 'Attaboy Alex,' witnessed a familiar picture. They enjoyed Fran Tarkenton scrambling and the 23 touchdown passes he unfurled, but while he was contributing to the Giants' 264 points, the opposition was rolling up 298. They suffered through a seven-game losing streak which left the team with a 6-8 record, a notch below the 7-7 marks of Sherman's final two seasons.
The merger of the two leagues and the resultant realignment hasn't changed the Giants' situation appreciably. They finished second to Cleveland in the Century Division last year and the Browns have moved to the American Conference. But in their five-team Eastern Division the Giants will have to contend with Dallas and Washington, both of whom had better records, plus St. Louis and Philadelphia, who didn't fare as well.
Starting his sophomore campaign as head coach, Webster insists, 'I feel we are much better than we were a year ago at this time. Our defense should be stronger, we've made several good trades and some of our draft choices look very promising.'
The major deal sent Homer Jones, an explosive receiver for four years, in exchange for Jim Kanicki, the defensive tackle, Wayne Meylan, a middle linebacker, and Ron Johnson, a running back. The fleet Jones, who caught passes for more than 1,000 yards in each of his three seasons from 1966 to 1968, was a particular favorite with the New York clientele, but Webster feels he has the replacements in two second-year pros, Don Herrmann and Rich Houston, plus the veteran 49er, Cliff McNeil, and the swap was worthwhile in the matter of quantity. It will enable him to shore up several positions.
'Our offensive statistics were misleading,' points out Webster. 'Our passing figures gave us a high ranking, but we were far down in rushing mainly because during our seven-game losing streak, we were usually trailing and were forced to throw the ball at the expense of our running attack.'
Tarkenton finished third in the NFL with 220 of 409 passes for 2,918 yards, but the Giants gained only 1,593 yards rushing, some 700 yards fewer than Dallas, the league leader. That was partially attributable to injuries to Tucker Frederickson, Bobby Duhon and Junior Coffey (obtained from Atlanta in mid-season), leaving the heavy running to versatile Joe Morrison, who was also the club's leading receiver, Ernie Koy and Randy Minniear.
Webster feels confident his I formation will function better this year with more bodies to operate it, for Coffey and Duhon will be returning from knee surgery, Frederickson has recovered from a chipped ankle that forced him to miss the last nine games, and there's Johnson, ex-Cleveland. A 6-1, 205-pounder, Ron set a batch of ball-carrying records at Michigan and was the Browns' No. 1 draft choice of 1969.
Defense has been a primary concern of the Giants for several years and according to Norb Hecker, who handles that department, sharp progress was made via trades and the draft. In addition to Kanicki, the 270-pound veteran of seven seasons, Jerry Shay, a 245-pounder, was obtained from Atlanta, and they are mobile tacklers. Hecker believes they will help stabilize the middle of his defensive line. Last year's starting tackles, Bob Lurtsema and Joe Szczecko, also are available, providing more depth at those positions than the Giants have enjoyed lately.
Fred Dryer had an outstanding season as a rookie defensive right end in 1969. The linebacking crew is considered to be well-stocked with the addition of the No. 1 draft choice, Jim Files of Oklahoma, and Meylan from the Browns. They join Ralph Heck, John Kirby, McKinley Boston and Ray Hickl. The defensive backs number a solid group of holdovers, Scott Eaton, Willie Williams, Spider Lockhart, Bruce Maher, as well as Jim Holifield, Tom Longo and Al Brenner, who were used sparingly.
'If we can avoid the roller coaster season we had last year and use our finish as a springboard, I believe we'll win more than our share,' says the optimistic Webster.
The Giants emerged from their seven-game slump with a 49-6 victory over the Cardinals, then nosed out the Steelers and closed with a triumph over the Eastern champion Browns.
If they can remember what they did right, they could be starting a new season in high gear."
-Hy Goldberg, Illustrated Digest of Pro Football, 1970 Edition
1970 New York Giants Preseason Roster
79 Bruce Anderson (DE) Willamette
* Ed Baker (QB) Lafayette
* Dale Bernauer (WR) Rice
82 McKinley Boston (LB) Minnesota
Rod Brand (C) Arkansas
* Walter Breaux (DT) Grambling
48 Al Brenner (DB) Michigan State
* Claude Brumfield (G) Tennessee State
77 Dick Buzin (T) Penn State
Dennis Byrd (DT) North Carolina State
65 Pete Case (G) Georgia
34 Junior Coffey (RB) Washington
* Bob Connors (QB-S) Northeastern
89 Fred Dryer (DE) San Diego State
28 Bobby Duhon (RB) Tulane
83 Dave Dunaway (WR) Duke
20 Scott Eaton (DB) Oregon State
* Jim Files (LB) Oklahoma
* Matt Fortier (DE) Fairmont State (WV)
24 Tucker Frederickson (RB) Auburn
* Lou Galiardi (DT) Dayton
3 Pete Goglolak (K) Cornell
* Wes Grant (DE) UCLA
61 Charlie Harper (G-T) Oklahoma State
55 Ralph Heck (LB) Colorado
85 Don Herrmann (WR) Waynesburg
57 Ray Hickl (LB) Texas A & I
59 Chuck Hinton (C) Mississippi
49 Jim Holifield (DB) Jackson State
84 Dick Houston (E) East Texas State
* Pat Hughes (C) Boston University
* Gary Inskeep (T) Stout State (WI)
* George Irby (TE) Tuskegee
Ron Johnson (RB) Michigan
* Byron Jones (G) West Texas State
Jim Kanicki (DT) Michigan State
52 John Kirby (LB) Nebraska
47 Joe Koontz (WR) San Francisco State
87 Dick Kotite (TE) Wagner
23 Ernie Koy (RB) Texas
53 Greg Larson (C) Minnesota
43 Carl Lockhart (DB) North Texas State
44 Tom Longo (DB) Notre Dame
71 Bob Lurtsema (DT) Western Michigan
21 Bruce Maher (DB) Detroit
Milt Mason (RB) Norfolk State
74 Tim McCann (DT) Princeton
Clifton McNeil (WR) Grambling
Wayne Meylan (LB) Nebraska
Duane Miller (WR-DB) Drake
27 Randy Minniear (RB) Purdue
40 Joe Morrison (RB) Cincinnati
Warren Muir (RB) South Carolina
Larry Nels (LB-C) Wyoming
* Vic Nolting (DB) Xavier
* Ken Parker (DB) Fordham
* Rick Perrin (WR) Bowling Green
* Alan Pitcaithley (RB) Oregon
Jerry Shay (DT) Purdue
Dick Shiner (QB) Maryland
76 Joe Szczecko (DT) Northwestern
10 Fran Tarkenton (QB) Georgia
Wilson Tatman (K) Northwest Missouri State
88 Aaron Thomas (E) Oregon State
* Bob Tucker (TE) Bloomsburg (PA)
63 Doug Van Horn (G) Ohio State
81 Freeman White (WR) Nebraska
41 Willie Williams (DB) Grambling
86 Butch Wilson (TE) Alabama
78 Steve Wright (T) Alabama
69 Willie Young (T) Grambling
Ed Ziegler (RB) Notre Dame
* rookie
-Pro Football 1970
1970 New York Giants Basic Roster
OFFENSE
WR-P Dave Dunaway (Duke)
WR Don Herrmann (Waynesburg)
WR Clif McNeil (Grambling)
WR Freeman White (Nebraska)
TE Dick Kotite (Wagner)
TE Butch Wilson (Alabama)
T Dick Buzin (Penn State)
T-G Charlie Harper (Oklahoma State)
T Steve Wright (Alabama)
T Willie Young (Grambling)
G Pete Case (Georgia)
G Doug Van Horn (Ohio State)
C Greg Larson (Minnesota
C Chuck Hinton (Mississippi)
QB Fran Tarkenton (Georgia)
QB Dick Shiner (Maryland)
RB Junior Coffey (Washington)
RB Bobby Duhon (Tulane)
RB Tucker Frederickson (Auburn)
RB Ron Johnson (Michigan)
RB Ernie Koy (Texas)
RB Joe Morrison (Cincinnati)
K Pete Goglolak (Colgate)
DEFENSE
E Bruce Anderson (Willamette)
E-T Jerry Shay (Purdue)
E Fred Dryer (San Diego State)
T Jim Kanicki (Michigan State)
T Bob Lurtsema (Western Michigan)
T Joe Szczecko (Northwestern)
LB Tommy Crutcher (Texas Christian)
LB Jim Files (Oklahoma)*
LB Ralph Heck (Colorado)
LB John Kirby (Nebraska)
LB Wayne Meylan (Nebraska)
CB Scott Eaton (Oregon State)
CB Jim Holifield (Jackson State)
CB Willie Williams (Grambling)
S Al Brenner (Michigan State)
S Carl Lockhart (North Texas State)
S Bruce Maher (Detroit)
* rookie
-Pro Football 1970, Dell Publishing Co.
1970 New York Giants Preseason Depth Charts
Offense
QB - Fran Tarkenton (Georgia) 10, Dick Shiner (Maryland), Ed Baker (Lafayette)*
HB - Joe Morrison (Cinncinati) 40, Ron Johnson (Michigan), P. Larson, Bob Duhon (Tulane) 28, Randy Minniear (Purdue) 27
FB - Junior Coffey (Washington) 34, Ernie Koy (Texas) 23, Tucker Frederickson (Auburn) 24, Alan Picaithley (Oregon)*, Ed Ziegler (Notre Dame)
E - Dick Houston (East Texas State) 84, Dave Dunaway (Duke) 83, George Irby (Tuskegee)*, Dale Bernauer (Rice)*, Finnigan*
T - Willie Young (Grambling) 69, Charlie Harper (Oklahoma State) 61
G - Pete Case (Georgia) 65, Claude Brumfield (Tennessee State)*, Bryon Jones (West Texas State)*
C - Greg Larson (Minnesota) 53, Chuck Hinton (Mississippi) 59, Pat Hughes (Boston University)*
G - Doug Van Horn (Ohio State) 63, Larry Nels (Wyoming)*, Fusaro*
T - Dick Buzin (Penn State) 77, Steve Wright (Alabama) 78, Gary Inskeep (Stout State)*
E - Aaron Thomas (Oregon State) 88, Butch Wilson (Alabama) 86, Bob Tucker (Bloomsburg)*
FL - Clifton McNeil (Grambling), Freeman White (Nebraska) 81, Don Herrmann (Waynesburg), Joe Koontz (San Francisco State) 47
Defense
E - Wes Grant (UCLA)*
T - Joe Szczecko (Northwestern) 76, Jerry Shay (Purdue), Dennis Byrd (North Carolina State), Walter Breaux (Grambling)*
T - Bob Lurstema (Western Michigan) 71, Jim Kanicki (Michigan State), Tim McCann (Princeton) 74
E - Fred Dryer (San Diego State) 89, Bruce Anderson (Willamette) 79, Matt Fortier (Fairmont State)*
LB - John Kirby (Nebraska) 52, McKinley Boston (Minnesota) 82, Schneider*
LB - Ralph Heck (Colorado) 55, Wayne Meylan (Nebraska)
LB - Jim Files (Oklahoma)*, Ray Hickl (Texas A & I) 57, Jiggy Smana (Georgia)*
CB - Scott Eaton (Oregon State) 20, Jim Holifield (Jackson State) 49, Duane Miller (Drake)*
S - Bruce Maher (Detroit) 21, Al Brenner (Michigan State) 48, Joe Green (Bowling Green)*, Bob Connors (Northeastern)*
S - Spider Lockhart (North Texas) 43, Tom Longo (Notre Dame) 44
CB - Willie Williams (Grambling) 41, Ken Parker (Fordham)*, Vic Nolting (Xavier)*
*rookie
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
Offense
QB - Fran Tarkenton (Georgia) 10, Dick Shiner (Maryland) 11
HB - Ron Johnson (Michigan) 30, Junior Coffey (Washington) 34, Bobby Duhon (Tulane) 28
FB - Tucker Frederickson (Auburn) 24, Ernie Koy (Texas) 23, Les Shy (Long Beach State) 25
WR - Clifton McNeil (Grambling) 18, Rich Houston (East Texas State) 84
T - Willie Young (Grambling) 69
G - Pete Case (Georgia) 65
C - Greg Larson (Minnesota) 53, Pat Hughes (Boston University)*
G - Doug Van Horn (Ohio State) 63, Claude Brumfield (Tennessee State)*
T - Rich Buzin (Penn State) 77, Charlie Harper (Oklahoma State) 61
TE - Bob Tucker (Bloomsburg) 38, Aaron Thomas (Oregon State) 88
WR - Don Herrmann (Waynesburg) 85, Joe Morrison (Cincinnati) 40, Freeman White (Nebraska) 81
Defense
DE - Bob Lurtsema (Western Michigan) 71, Wes Grant (UCLA)*
DT - Jerry Shay (Purdue) 75, Joe Szczecko (Northwestern) 76
DT - Jim Kanicki (Michigan State) 73, Dennis Byrd (North Carolina State) 79
DE - Fred Dryer (San Diego State) 89, John Baker (Norfolk State) 72
LB - Ralph Heck (Colorado) 55, John Kirby (Nebraska) 52, McKinley Boston (Minnesota) 82
MLB - Wayne Meylan (Nebraska) 59, John Douglas (Missouri) 51, Pat Hughes (Boston University)*
LB - Jim Files (Oklahoma)*, Matt Hazeltine (California) 64, Ray Hickl (Texas A & I) 57
CB - Scott Eaton (Oregon State) 20, Jim Holifield (Jackson State) 49
SS - Tom Longo (Notre Dame) 44, Al Brenner (Michigan State) 48
FS - Spider Lockhart (North Texas) 43, Joe Green (Bowling Green)*
CB - Willie Williams (Grambling) 41, Kenny Parker (Fordham)*
K - Pete Gogolak (Cornell) 3
P - Ernie Koy (Texas) 23
KR - Les Shy (Long Beach State) 25
PR - Bobby Duhon (Tulane) 28
*rookie
1970 New York Giants Profile Summary
Head Coach - Alex Webster
QB - Fran Tarkenton (Georgia) 10
QB - Dick Shiner (Maryland) 11
HB - Ron Johnson (Michigan) 30
FB - Ernie Koy (Texas) 23
WR - Clifton McNeil (Grambling) 18
WR - Don Herrmann (Waynesburg) 85
FL - Joe Morrison (Cincinnati) 40
TE - Aaron Thomas (Oregon State) 88
C - Greg Larson (Minnesota) 53
G - Pete Case (Georgia) 65
G - Doug Van Horn (Ohio State) 63
T - Willie Young (Grambling) 69
T - Rich Buzin (Penn State) 77
DT - Jim Kanicki (Michigan State) 73
DT - Jim Norton (Washington) 79
DE - Fred Dryer (San Diego State) 89
DE - Bob Lurtsema (Western Michigan) 71
MLB - Ralph Heck (Colorado) 55
LB - Matt Hazeltine (California) 64
LB - Jim Files (Oklahoma) 58
CB - Willie Williams (Grambling) 41
CB - Scott Eaton (Oregon State) 20
SS - Tom Longo (Notre Dame) 44
FS - Spider Lockhart (North Texas) 43
K - Pete Gogolak (Cornell) 3
P - Ernie Koy (Texas) 23
KR - Willie Williams (Grambling) 41
PR - Spider Lockhart (North Texas) 43
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