The New York Giants close out their home slate for the 2024 regular season against the Indianapolis Colts, and veteran umpire Bill Vinovich and his staff will officiate the game.
Vinovich is a 19-year NFL veteran who is in his 16th season as a referee, making him the second oldest referee (behind Carl Cheffers, who is in his 17th season as a referee) among the officials listed.
His team consists of referee Scott Walker, judge Dae Keller, linesman Tripp Sutter, field judge Aaron Santi, side judge Jimmy Buchanan, back judge Todd Prukop, replay official Denise Crudup and replay assistant Chad Wakefield.
Keller and Buchanan were on Vinovich’s team last season.
This year, Vinovich’s crew called the fifth lowest penalty among the teams of officials (172 in 14 matches worked). This will be the team’s first assignment to officiate a Giants game this season and his first mission with the Giants since Week 10 in 2022 (Giants vs. Houston), in which the Crew called 12 penalties in that game.
Vinovich, last year’s Super Bowl referee, is also a college basketball official. The 64-year-old first served as an NFL official from 2001 to 2006 (first as a side judge for referees Dick Hantak and Ed Hochuli).
Vinovich took time off due to health issues, but returned to the NFL in 2012 once he was healthy. In addition to last year’s Super Bowl, he had nine other postseason assignments.
Vinovich is the only NFL referee in history to have officiated two Super Bowl games between the same teams (Kansas City and San Francisco, Super Bowls LIV and LVIII).
