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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1978 New York Giants draft
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

References

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

New York Giants

Founded in 1925 Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Franchise	Franchise Seasons Coaches First-round draft picks Quarterbacks

History	1925–78 1979–93 1994–present Financial history

Stadiums	Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Yale Bowl Shea Stadium Giants Stadium MetLife Stadium

Culture and Lore	Cleveland Bulldogs The Duke Sneakers Game The Greatest Game Ever Played The Fumble Crunch Bunch Gatorade shower Big Blue Wrecking Crew I'm going to Disney World! Wide Right Little Giants This team is going to the playoffs! One Wild Finish New York Groove We Fly High The Helmet Catch Bob Sheppard Jim Hall Yankee Stadium Legacy License Plate Guy The Comeback 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game Big Fan

Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers New York Jets

Key personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch General Manager: Jerry Reese Head Coach: Ben McAdoo

Division championships (16)	1933 1934 1935 1938 1939 1941 1941 1944 1946 1986 1989 1990 1997 2000 2005 2008 2011

Conference championships (11)	1956 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1986 1990 2000 2007 2011

League championships (8)	1927 1934 1938 1956 1986 (XXI) 1990 (XXV) 2007 (XLII) 2011 (XLVI)

Retired numbers	1 4 7 11 14 14 16 32 40 42 50 56

Ring of Honor	Jessie Armstead Carl Banks Tiki Barber Mark Bavaro Al Blozis Rosey Brown Harry Carson Charlie Conerly Frank Gifford Pete Gogolak Mel Hein Jim Lee Howell Sam Huff Dave Jennings Tuffy Leemans Dick Lynch Jack Mara Tim Mara Wellington Mara George Martin Joe Morrison Charlie Conerly Steve Owen Bill Parcells Andy Robustelli Phil Simms Michael Strahan Ken Strong Lawrence Taylor Bob Tisch Y. A. Tittle Amani Toomer Emlen Tunnell Brad Van Pelt Alex Webster George Young

Media	Radio network Bob Papa Carl Banks Howard Cross

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (91)	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

New York Giants seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1978 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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