2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers)

2019 Team Records (Coach, Quarterback, Rushers, Receivers) – Giants

by Chase Stuart on July 13, 2019

In this series, I will be looking at the history of coaches, quarterbacks, rushers, and receivers for all 32 franchises. For coaches and quarterbacks, I will be looking at how much their franchise’s career records (regular season only) would change if we removed the games with that person. For rushers and receivers, I will note how many times that player was the team’s leading rusher/receiver over the course of their time with that franchise (regular plus postseason).

Previous Teams:

Dolphins
Cowboys
Bills
Eagles
Jets

The New York Giants have a long history of successful head coaches. Believe it or not, the Giants have a better winning percentage in games not coached by Tom Coughlin (0.537) than in games that Coughlin coached (0.531). Steve Owen, Jim Lee Howell, and Bill Parcells come out as the top three by this methodology, while former Dolphins DC Bill Arnsparger caused the biggest drop to the franchise’s winning percentage. The Giants have won 53.6% of their games, but that number jumps to 54.5% in games coached by anyone other than Arnsparger.

Ovr Rk	Coach	G	W	L	T	HC Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o HC	Diff
41	Steve Owen	270	153	100	17	0.598	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.52	1.6%
75	Jim Lee Howell	84	53	27	4	0.655	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.528	0.8%
77	Bill Parcells	127	77	49	1	0.61	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.528	0.8%
84	Roy Andrews	30	24	5	1	0.817	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.53	0.7%
137	Earl Potteiger	26	15	8	3	0.635	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.534	0.2%
148	Bob Folwell	12	8	4	0	0.667	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.535	0.1%
149	Doc Alexander	13	8	4	1	0.654	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.535	0.1%
221	Tom Coughlin	192	102	90	0	0.531	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.537	-0.1%
222	Steve Spagnuolo	4	1	3	0	0.25	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.537	-0.1%
225	Allie Sherman	112	57	51	4	0.527	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.537	-0.1%
250	Jim Fassel	112	58	53	1	0.522	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.538	-0.1%
264	Ben McAdoo	28	13	15	0	0.464	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.538	-0.2%
298	Ray Handley	32	14	18	0	0.438	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.539	-0.2%
305	Dan Reeves	64	31	33	0	0.484	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.539	-0.3%
310	Pat Shurmur	16	5	11	0	0.313	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.539	-0.3%
369	John McVay	37	14	23	0	0.378	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.541	-0.5%
401	Ray Perkins	57	23	34	0	0.404	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.542	-0.6%
413	Alex Webster	70	29	40	1	0.421	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.543	-0.6%
466	Bill Arnsparger	35	7	28	0	0.2	1321	692	596	33	0.536	0.545	-0.9%

Eli Manning now has a career record of 116-114-1. That’s a 0.504 winning percentage, slightly worse than the franchise’s overall winning percentage (since 1950, which is how far quarterback starts data goes back) of 0.509. As a result, it’s the trio of Phil Simms (0.597), Charlie Conerly (0.646), and Y.A. Tittle (0.698) who stand out as the quarterbacks who have helped New York’s winning percentage (since 1950) the most. On the other side, Joe Pisarcik and Craig Morton caused the most harm to the Giants all-time winning percentage. Morton won two-thirds of his games as a starter outside of New York, but was a disaster for Big Blue.

Ovr Rk	QB	G	W	L	T	QB Win %	FrG	FrW	FL	FrT	Fr W%	Win% w/o QB	Diff
40	Phil Simms	159	95	64	0	0.597	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.493	1.6%
49	Charlie Conerly	89	57	31	1	0.646	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.496	1.3%
67	Y.A. Tittle	48	32	13	3	0.698	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.500	0.9%
110	Don Heinrich	32	20	10	2	0.656	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.505	0.5%
143	Jeff Hostetler	25	16	9	0	0.640	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.506	0.3%
232	Travis Tidwell	4	3	0	1	0.875	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.508	0.1%
368	Kurt Warner	9	5	4	0	0.556	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.509	0%
371	Kerry Collins	68	35	33	0	0.515	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.509	0%
376	Kent Graham	19	10	9	0	0.526	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.509	0%
379	Danny Kanell	20	10	9	1	0.525	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.509	0%
433	Bob Clatterbuck	2	1	1	0	0.500	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.509	0%
557	Tom Landry	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
558	Arnie Galiffa	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
559	Ralph Guglielmi	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
560	Tom Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
561	Mike Busch	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
562	Jim Crocicchia	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
563	Geno Smith	1	0	1	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
583	Randy Dean	3	1	2	0	0.333	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
603	Jerry Golsteyn	5	2	3	0	0.400	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
608	George Shaw	6	2	3	1	0.417	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.510	-0.1%
830	Eli Manning	230	116	114	0	0.504	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.511	-0.1%
844	Jim Del Gaizo	3	0	3	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.511	-0.2%
845	Jesse Palmer	3	0	3	0	0.000	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.511	-0.2%
868	Jeff Rutledge	8	2	5	1	0.313	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.511	-0.2%
898	Norm Snead	26	11	14	1	0.442	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.511	-0.2%
957	Earl Morrall	21	8	12	1	0.405	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.512	-0.2%
963	Fran Tarkenton	69	33	36	0	0.478	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.512	-0.2%
1056	Scott Brunner	30	12	18	0	0.400	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.513	-0.3%
1067	Gary Wood	9	1	8	0	0.111	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.513	-0.4%
1068	Randy Johnson	9	1	8	0	0.111	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.513	-0.4%
1094	Dave Brown	53	23	30	0	0.434	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.513	-0.4%
1144	Joe Pisarcik	27	8	19	0	0.296	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.515	-0.6%
1189	Craig Morton	33	8	25	0	0.242	1017	512	493	12	0.509	0.518	-0.9%

Tiki Barber is a borderline Hall of Fame running back who continued to exceed expectations in New York. Had he been drafted 10 years later, he probably would have been one, but the Giants spent several of his prime years putting him in a time share with Ron Dayne. Barber’s versatile skill-set would have been even better suited for the modern game, but make no mistake: he was an outstanding running back for much of his career with the Giants.

Rusher	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Rusher	Total Games	%
Tiki Barber	1997	2006	113	161	70%
Rodney Hampton	1990	1997	78	108	72%
Joe Morris	1982	1988	66	101	65%
Alex Webster	1955	1964	48	116	41%
Ron Johnson	1970	1975	45	67	67%
Ahmad Bradshaw	2007	2012	44	93	47%
Brandon Jacobs	2005	2013	42	118	36%
Eddie Price	1950	1955	33	64	52%
Doug Kotar	1974	1981	33	90	37%
Rob Carpenter	1981	1985	31	61	51%
Frank Gifford	1952	1964	30	142	21%
Rashad Jennings	2014	2016	25	41	61%
Ottis Anderson	1986	1992	25	90	28%
Tucker Frederickson	1965	1971	22	66	33%
Joe Morrison	1959	1972	17	188	9%
Saquon Barkley	2018	2018	16	16	100%
Ernie Koy	1965	1970	16	79	20%
Butch Woolfolk	1982	1984	16	42	38%
Mel Triplett	1955	1960	16	73	22%
Billy Taylor	1978	1981	15	45	33%
Gary Brown	1998	1999	14	19	74%
Ron Dayne	2000	2004	13	66	20%
Larry Csonka	1976	1978	13	40	33%
Bobby Hammond	1976	1979	13	34	38%
Derrick Ward	2004	2008	11	52	21%
Orleans Darkwa	2014	2017	11	48	23%
Tyrone Wheatley	1995	1998	11	46	24%
Andre Williams	2014	2015	10	32	31%
Andre Brown	2012	2013	10	18	56%
Phil King	1958	1963	10	73	14%

The Giants have had a lot of great wide receivers — Del Shofner, Homer Jones, Frank Gifford, and, um, Odell Beckham come to mind — but it’s Amani Toomer who leads the franchise in this metric. Toomer did so 55 times with New York; meanwhile, OBJ led the Giants in receiving yards in 62% of his games! It’s a bit of an apples-to-oranges comparison since Beckham only played with the Giants during his prime years, but he and Calvin Johnson are the only players to lead a team in receiving yards over 60% of the time while playing at least 60 games with that team.

Receiver	First Yr	Last Yr	Leading Receiver	Total Games	%
Amani Toomer	1996	2008	55	201	27%
Chris Calloway	1992	1998	41	115	36%
Odell Beckham	2014	2018	37	60	62%
Kyle Rote	1951	1961	35	126	28%
Homer Jones	1964	1969	31	73	42%
Bob Tucker	1970	1977	31	100	31%
Frank Gifford	1952	1964	31	142	22%
Plaxico Burress	2005	2008	29	63	46%
Del Shofner	1961	1967	29	81	36%
Victor Cruz	2010	2016	26	75	35%
Mark Bavaro	1985	1990	26	90	29%
Lionel Manuel	1984	1990	26	98	27%
Ike Hilliard	1997	2004	24	101	24%
Hakeem Nicks	2009	2015	23	80	29%
Jeremy Shockey	2002	2007	23	86	27%
Earnest Gray	1979	1984	22	89	25%
Joe Morrison	1959	1972	22	188	12%
Bob Schnelker	1954	1960	21	87	24%
Aaron Thomas	1962	1970	20	119	17%
Johnny Perkins	1977	1983	19	73	26%
Mark Ingram	1987	1992	19	80	24%
Stephen Baker	1987	1992	18	94	19%
Mike Sherrard	1993	1995	17	35	49%
Tiki Barber	1997	2006	17	161	11%
Walker Gillette	1974	1976	14	38	37%
Rueben Randle	2012	2015	14	64	22%
Steve Smith	2007	2010	13	51	25%
Alex Webster	1955	1964	13	116	11%
Jim Robinson	1976	1979	11	53	21%
Ron Johnson	1970	1975	11	67	16%
Gary Shirk	1976	1982	11	102	11%
Bob McChesney	1950	1952	10	37	27%
Mario Manningham	2008	2014	10	53	19%
Don Herrmann	1969	1974	10	70	14%

That’s it for the Giants version of this series. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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