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

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, Don Meredith & 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

See also

• List of New York Giants seasons

References

1. "1975 New York Giants Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

• New York Giants on Pro Football Reference
• Giants on jt-sw.com