Factoid
The Giants’ running game tailed off last year. A year after rushing for a league-high 157 yards per game, they dipped down to 115. They also scored 5 fewer rushing touchdowns.
But don’t count on New York staying down for long. They have good personnel, and Tom Coughlin has a remarkably strong track record with running games. In his last 11 years in the league (as a head coach with both New York and Jacksonville), his teams consistently have ranked among the leaders in rushing.
RUSHING YARDS DURING COUGHLIN’S LAST 11 SEASONS
Average rushing yards per game during Tom Coughlin’s last 11 seasons as an NFL head coach. He was with Jacksonville through 2002, and he took over in New York in 2004. Coughlin was not in the league in 2003, so those figures aren’t included. The “Tom Coughlin” numbers show the average of the Giants and Jaguars during his time with those franchises.
Yards
133.5 Pittsburgh
133.4 Denver
128.9 Tom Coughlin
128.7 Atlanta
127.6 Jacksonville
125.7 Tennessee
124.9 Minnesota
123.5 NY Giants
120.9 Kansas City
119.9 Dallas
119.0 Washington
118.8 San Francisco
118.7 NY Jets
118.5 Baltimore
113.4 Cincinnati
113.3 Buffalo
113.0 San Diego
112.8 Seattle
112.3 Philadelphia
111.7 Miami
111.7 Oakland
109.4 New England
108.5 Tampa Bay
106.9 Carolina
106.7 New Orleans
105.9 St. Louis
105.3 Green Bay
103.9 Houston
103.0 Indianapolis
102.6 Chicago
95.5 Cleveland
93.4 Detroit
88.9 Arizona
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS DURING COUGHLIN’S LAST 11 SEASONS
Average rushing touchdowns per season during Tom Coughlin’s last 11 seasons as an NFL head coach. He was with Jacksonville through 2002, and he took over in New York in 2004. Coughlin was not in the league in 2003, so those figures aren’t included. The “Tom Coughlin” numbers show the average of the Giants and Jaguars during his time with those franchises.
TDR
17.4 Jacksonville
17.0 San Diego
16.7 Tom Coughlin
16.7 Kansas City
15.6 Denver
15.3 Tennessee
15.1 Minnesota
14.6 Pittsburgh
14.5 NY Giants
14.5 New England
14.3 Indianapolis
14.2 Atlanta
14.1 Dallas
14.0 Miami
13.6 New Orleans
12.8 Washington
12.8 San Francisco
12.8 St. Louis
12.7 NY Jets
12.6 Carolina
12.5 Seattle
12.3 Oakland
12.1 Houston
11.7 Green Bay
11.4 Baltimore
11.4 Arizona
11.3 Philadelphia
11.2 Cincinnati
11.1 Buffalo
11.0 Tampa Bay
10.0 Detroit
9.4 Chicago
8.0 Cleveland
—Ian Allan
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