1967 New York Giants season

1967 New York Giants season
1967 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
Head coach	Allie Sherman
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	2nd NFL Century
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1966; Giants seasons; 1968 →;

The 1967 New York Giants season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League. The Giants improved from 1–12–1 the previous season to 7–7, and 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]

NFL draft

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	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 17	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–20	1–0	Busch Memorial Stadium	40,801	Recap
2	September 24	at Dallas Cowboys	L 24–38	1–1	Cotton Bowl	66,209	Recap
3	October 1	at Washington Redskins	L 34–38	1–2	D.C. Stadium	50,266	Recap
4	October 8	New Orleans Saints	W 27–21	2–2	Yankee Stadium	62,670	Recap
5	October 15	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–24	3–2	Pitt Stadium	39,782	Recap
6	October 22	Green Bay Packers	L 21–48	3–3	Yankee Stadium	62,585	Recap
7	October 29	Cleveland Browns	W 38–34	4–3	Yankee Stadium	62,903	Recap
8	November 5	at Minnesota Vikings	L 24–27	4–4	Metropolitan Stadium	44,960	Recap
9	November 12	at Chicago Bears	L 7–34	4–5	Wrigley Field	46,223	Recap
10	November 19	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–20	5–5	Yankee Stadium	62,982	Recap
11	November 26	Philadelphia Eagles	W 44–7	6–5	Yankee Stadium	63,027	Recap
12	December 3	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–24	6–6	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	78,594	Recap
13	December 10	Detroit Lions	L 7–30	6–7	Yankee Stadium	63,011	Recap
14	December 17	St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–14	7–7	Yankee Stadium	62,955	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 11 vs Eagles

Week Eleven: Philadelphia Eagles (5–5) at New York Giants (5–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	0	0	7
Giants	17	17	3	7	44

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Date: November 26, 1967
Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C)
Game attendance: 63,027
Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eagles	Passing	Norm Snead	17/38, 156 Yds, 3 INT
	Rushing	Timmy Brown	9 Rush, 23 Yds
	Receiving	Tom Woodeshick	3 Rec, 57 Yds
Giants	Passing	Fran Tarkenton	20/31, 261 Yds, 3 TD
	Rushing	Ernie Koy	11 Rush, 77 Yds
	Receiving	Homer Jones	4 Rec, 84 Yds, 2 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	PHI	NYG
1					Giants	Homer Jones 2-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good	0	7
1					Giants	17-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak	0	10
1					Giants	Homer Jones 63-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good	0	17
2					Giants	Joe Morrison 2-yard touchdown run, Pete Gogolak kick good	0	24
2					Eagles	Timmy Brown 13-yard touchdown run, Sam Baker kick good	7	24
2					Giants	Aaron Thomas 30-yard touchdown reception from Fran Tarkenton, Pete Gogolak kick good	7	31
2					Giants	15-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak	7	34
3					Giants	40-yard field goal by Pete Gogolak	7	37
4					Giants	Joe Morrison 18-yard touchdown reception from Earl Morrall, Pete Gogolak kick good	7	44
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							7	44

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	14	14
• Giants	7	7	16	7	37

Date: December 17
Location: Yankee Stadium

Standings

NFL Century
view talk edit	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

Wide receivers

45 Homer Jones

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

63 Bookie Bolin G
65 Pete Case G
62 Darrell Dess G-T
64 Andy Gross G
61 Charlie Harper T-G
56 Chuck Hinton C
53 Greg Larson C
78 Francis Peay T
69 Willie Young T

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

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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[1] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.283

[2] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 257

[gtdchftk-3] "Giants trade draft picks for Tarkenton". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. March 8, 1967. p. 18.

[4] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130

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