1967 New York Giants season

1967 New York Giants season
Head coach	Allie Sherman
Owner	Wellington Mara
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	2nd NFL Century
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1967 New York Giants season was the 43rd season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants improved from 1–12–1 the previous season to 7–7, ane finished in second place in the NFL Eastern Conference/Century Division.

Offseason

On August 5, Emlen Tunnell, formerly of the Giants, became the first African-American to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[1]

Notable transactions

March 7, 1967 – The Minnesota Vikings traded quarterback Fran Tarkenton to the New York Giants in exchange for the Giants' first and second round picks in the 1967 NFL draft, first round pick in 1968, and third round pick in 1969.^[2]^[3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 17, 1967	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–20	40,801
2	September 24, 1967	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24-38	66,209
3	October 1, 1967	at Washington Redskins	L 34-38	50,266
4	October 8, 1967	New Orleans Saints	W 27–21	62,670
5	October 15, 1967	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	39,782
6	October 22, 1967	Green Bay Packers	L 21-48	62,585
7	October 29, 1967	Cleveland Browns	W 38–34	62,903
8	November 5, 1967	at Minnesota Vikings	L 24-27	44,960
9	November 12, 1967	at Chicago Bears	L 7-34	46,223
10	November 19, 1967	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–20	62,982
11	November 26, 1967	Philadelphia Eagles	W 44–7	63,027
12	December 3, 1967	at Cleveland Browns	L 14-24	78,594
13	December 10, 1967	Detroit Lions	L 7-30	63,011
14	December 17, 1967	St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–14	62,955

Game summaries

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	14	14
• Giants	7	7	16	23	53

Date: December 17
Location: Yankee Stadium

Standings

NFL Century
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	5	0	.643	5–1	7–3	334	297	L1
New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	5–1	7–3	369	379	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	6	7	1	.462	1–4–1	4–5–1	333	356	L2
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	9	1	.308	0–5–1	1–8–1	281	320	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

New York Giants 1967 final roster

Quarterbacks

11 Earl Morrall
10 Fran Tarkenton

Running Backs

23 Allen Jacobs FB-HB
23 Ernie Koy HB
24 Tucker Frederickson FB
29 Chuck Mercein
27 Randy Minniear
40 Joe Morrison HB-FB
38 Bill Triplett

Wide Receivers

45 Homer Jones

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

79 Bruce Anderson DE-DT
73 Roger Anderson DT-DE
72 Jim Colvin DT-DE
70 Glen Condren DT-DE
77 Rosey Davis DE
75 Jim Katcavage DE-DT
71 Bob Lurtsema DT-DE
74 Jim Moran DT
83 Randy Staten DE

Linebackers

54 Ken Avery
58 Mike Ciccolella
57 Vince Costello
52 Bill Swain
51 Ed Weisacosky

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

3 Pete Gogolak K
84 Les Murdock K

Awards and honors

Homer Jones, Franchise Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Season, 1,209 Yards ^[4]

References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.283
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 257
↑ "Giants trade draft picks for Tarkenton". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. March 8, 1967. p. 18.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130

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Founded in 1925 Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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1967 NFL season

Capitol	Century	Coastal	Central
Dallas	Cleveland	Atlanta	Chicago
New Orleans	NY Giants	Baltimore	Detroit
Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Los Angeles	Green Bay
Washington	St. Louis	San Francisco	Minnesota

Related: 1967 AFL Season

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