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1975 New York Giants season
1975 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	5–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
	← 1974; Giants seasons; 1976 →;

The 1975 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Football League. The Giants finished with a 5–9 record that was nonetheless a three-win improvement upon their performance at the Yale Bowl in 1974. They played their home games at Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, and had a new logo on their helmet, replacing the old lower case “ny” to a stylized white and blue uppercase “NY”. Like Shea Stadium, this uppercase "NY" logo lasted for just this season only.

Offseason edit

NFL Draft edit

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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Roster edit

**1975 New York Giants roster**

	Quarterbacks 15 Craig Morton 19 Carl Summerell 17 Mike Wells Running backs 33 Steve Crosby 26 Joe Dawkins 30 Ron Johnson 44 Doug Kotar 36 Larry Watkins FB Wide receivers 86 Danny Buggs 88 Don Clune 84 Walker Gillette 82 Ray Rhodes Tight ends 89 Jim Obradovich 38 Bob Tucker		Offensive linemen 61 Karl Chandler C 62 Dick Enderle G 74 John Hicks G 70 Bob Hyland C 73 Tom Mullen T 67 Dave Simonson T 63 Doug Van Horn T 69 Willie Young T Defensive linemen 66 Rick Dvorak DT 71 Dave Gallagher DE 81 Jack Gregory DE 75 George Martin DE 64 John Mendenhall DT 72 Bill Windauer DT		Linebackers 58 Jimmy Gunn 56 Pat Hughes 55 Brian Kelley 59 Bob Schmit 57 Andy Selfridge 10 Brad Van Pelt Defensive backs 37 Bobby Brooks CB 27 Charlie Ford CB 28 Robert Giblin 43 Spider Lockhart FS 47 Ron Lumpkin 39 Clyde Powers SS 20 Jim Stienke CB Special teams 9 George Hunt K 13 Dave Jennings P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season edit

Schedule edit

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 21	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–14	1–0	60,798
2	September 28	at Washington Redskins	L 13–49	1–1	54,953
3	October 5	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 14–26	1–2	44,919
4	October 12	Dallas Cowboys	L 7–13	1–3	56,511
5	October 20	at Buffalo Bills	W 17–14	2–3	79,428
6	October 25	St. Louis Cardinals	L 13–20	2–4	49,598
7	November 1	San Diego Chargers	W 35–24	3–4	52,032
8	November 9	Washington Redskins	L 13–21	3–5	57,242
9	November 16	Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–13	3–6	53,434
10	November 23	at Green Bay Packers	L 14–40	3–7	50,150
11	November 30	at Dallas Cowboys	L 3–14	3–8	53,329
12	December 7	Baltimore Colts	L 0–21	3–9	49,863
13	December 14	New Orleans Saints	W 28–14	4–9	40,150
14	December 21	at San Francisco 49ers	W 26–23	5–9	34,354

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings edit

NFC East
view talk edit	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 edit

Week 5: at Buffalo Bills edit

Period	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 (10 °C), wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Alex Karras & Howard Cosell
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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