Giants
Schwartz NYP: Breaking down the putrid Jets-Giants matchup
https://nypost.com/2019/11/10/breaking-down-the-putrid-jets-giants-matchup/
Serby NYP: Blooper Bowl between Giants, Jets will leave you sick
https://nypost.com/2019/11/09/blooper-bowl-between-giants-jets-will-leave-you-sick/
Lombardo NJ.com: Can Jets defense sustain dominance against the run vs. struggling Giants RB Saquon Barkley? | 3 key matchups
https://www.nj.com/giants/2019/11/can-jets-defense-sustain-dominance-against-the-run-vs-struggling-giants-rb-saquon-barkley-3-key-matchups.html
Leonard NYDN: Pat Shurmur and Giants reach crossroads in must-win vs. Jets
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/ny-pat-shurmur-advance-20191109-btgqt3w3kbcv3exuvfk6gfjoka-story.html
QB
Schwartz NYP: Giants get serious about fixing Daniel Jones’ turnover woes
https://nypost.com/2019/11/09/giants-get-serious-about-fixing-daniel-jones-turnover-woes/
RB
Schwartz NYP: How Giants should consider protecting Saquon Barkley
https://nypost.com/2019/11/10/how-giants-should-consider-protecting-saquon-barkley/
Defense
Eisen Giants.com: Giants D looks to get back on track vs. Jets
https://nypost.com/2019/11/09/giants-get-serious-about-fixing-daniel-jones-turnover-woes/
DT
Slater NJ.com: Here is Dexter Lawrence’s expensive, at-home secret for avoiding rookie wall | Giants Q& A
https://www.nj.com/giants/2019/11/here-is-dexter-lawrences-expensive-at-home-secret-for-avoiding-rookie-wall-giants-qa.html
OLB
Serby NYP: Markus Golden’s path to Giants began with being kicked out of school
Giants pass rusher Markus Golden takes a timeout to tackle some Q& A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
https://nypost.com/2019/11/09/markus-goldens-path-to-giants-began-with-being-kicked-out-of-school/
NFL
Volin Boston Globe: SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
NFL still a long way from calling London home
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2019/11/09/why-nfl-team-based-london-would-create-major-issues/vN637vsqt35DzkCVXDlSBJ/story.html
Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC)
11/10/19, 10:46 AM
Teams with most estimated 2020 cap space
1 Dolphins- $104M
2 Colts- $103M
3 Bills- $84.5M
4 Texans- $79.1M
5 Buccaneers- $75.4M
6 Cowboys- $74.3M
7 Cardinals- $70.3M
8 Seahawks- $67.7M
9 Raiders- $64.4M
10 Broncos- $63.1M
ARIZONA
Fitzgerald AZ Republic: 'This loss is on me': Patrick Peterson vows to bounce back from P2 Defect vs. 49ers
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2019/11/08/arizona-cardinals-patrick-peterson-vows-better-vs-buccaneers/2520203001/
CINCINNATI
Sheeran CincyJungle: Bengals not shutting down A.J. Green, per report
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2019/11/10/20957681/bengals-not-shutting-down-a-j-green-per-report
CLEVELAND
Labbe Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sunday is an important day for the Browns' future and 4 other things to watch against the Bills
https://www.cleveland.com/sports/g66l-2019/11/43ba0f53f62987/sunday-is-an-important-day-for-the-browns-future-and-4-other-things-to-watch-against-the-bills.html
La Canfora CBS.com: Browns analytics department recommended current Vikings OC for head coach over Freddie Kitchens
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-analytics-department-recommended-current-vikings-oc-for-head-coach-over-freddie-kitchens/amp/
DALLAS
Dallas Morning News: Cris Collinsworth talks Cowboys-Vikings, why Dallas is ‘money’ for the TV industry
“Any television executive ... would do the Dallas Cowboys all 16 games.” -- Collinsworth
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2019/11/10/cris-collinsworth-talks-cowboys-vikings-why-dallas-is-money-for-the-tv-industry/
Hill Fort Worth Star Telegram: Dak Prescott admits he has yet to sign a new deal because he is betting on himself
https://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article237152299.html
DENVER
Newman Denver Post: Broncos Insider: Forecasting the team’s final seven games and the probability of finishing .500
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/10/broncos-insider-forecasting-final-seven-games/amp/
DETROIT
Rogers Detroit News: Reports: Matthew Stafford's starting streak to end because of fractured bones in back
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/11/10/detroit-lions-matthew-staffords-starting-streak-end-because-fractured-bone-back/2554650001/
HOUSTON
Wilson Houston Chronicle: Texans safety Justin Reid ends interception drought
https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/Texans-safety-Justin-Reid-ends-interception-14822615.php
INDIANAPOLIS
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
11/10/19, 4:07 AM
Colts QB Jacoby Brissett (knee) was declared out on Saturday, and he’s considered week-to-week, source said. The hope is he’s back next week, but nothing is certain and the team will be ready if QB Brian Hoyer has multiple starts
LOS ANGELES RAMS
Klein LA Times: Rams look to get running game back on track in Pittsburgh
https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2019-11-09/rams-look-to-get-running-game-back-on-track-in-pittsburgh?
MIAMI
Jackson Miami Herald: Here’s what players say has changed inside the Dolphins. And the difference it’s making
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article237083014.html
Salguero Miami Herald: Tua vs. Burrow in a battle of QB gunslingers has one clear winner: The Miami Dolphins
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article237073454.html
NEW ENGLAND
Reiss ESPN Boston: Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (Stephen Gostkowski had same hip surgery as Nick Folk; N'Keal Harry's return; Bill Belichick reminds players of Veteran's Day; Gunner's first D1 game; Michael Bennett; Christian Fauria set for 25 etc.)
https://www.espn.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4818583/stephen-gostkowski-can-lean-on-nick-folk-in-comeback-from-hip-surgery
Guregian Boston Herald: Can Tom Brady still put the Patriots on his back to win games if the defense falters?
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/09/can-tom-brady-still-put-the-patriots-on-his-back-to-win-games-if-the-defense-falters/
Rapoport NFL.com: Pats' Kraft wanted Gronkowski back for playoffs
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001074684/article/kraft-told-gronkowski-that-patriots-want-him-back-for-playoffs
NEW ORLEANS
Just Nola.com: Which key areas do the Saints want to improve in? Explosive plays and turnovers
https://www.nola.com/sports/saints/article_333ed43e-030f-11ea-9934-abb717396752.amp.html
NEW YORK JETS
Cimini ESPN NY: A look at what's happening around the New York Jets:
How Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is taking charge behind the scenes
3. Call of Duty, green vs. blue: Leonard Williams was traded 13 days ago to the Giants, but he hasn't lost touch with his former teammates. They've been in touch while playing Call of Duty.
"I joined a session [Wednesday] night and he was like, 'Yeah, these are all my new teammates,'" linebacker Jordan Jenkins said with a laugh. "There were five guys, all Giants fans."
Jenkins said he believes there were some Giants players on there, too. Yes, sports have changed.
Williams was a popular player on the Jets, and his former teammates had nothing but good things to say about him. Some expressed interest in jersey-swapping with him after the game, but it sounds like nose tackle Steve McLendon has the inside track, based on seniority.
"I wouldn't mind winning the game and talking a little trash to him afterwards," Jenkins said.
This is a big game for Williams, who has no sacks this season and only two in his past 20 games. If he can't break through against the Jets' offensive line, he might not sack another quarterback. It's a pride game for the Jets. They've suffered plenty this season, and the last thing they need is a former player wrecking another game for them.
"He knows our arsenal, we know his," center Jonotthan Harrison said. "It's going to be who out-competes the other person."
9. Did you know? Darnold and Giants quarterback Daniel Jones are 22. This marks only the 13th matchup in the Super Bowl era between starting quarterbacks 22 or younger. The previous youngest matchup in the Jets-Giants rivalry was Ken O'Brien and Phil Simms in 1984 -- a combined 53 years.
https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/81482/how-jets-quarterback-sam-darnold-is-taking-charge-behind-the-scenes
Glauber Newsday: Jamal Adams carries legacy of dad and former Giant George Adams
https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/jamal-adams-jets-1.38393029
SAN FRANCISCO
Branch SF Chronicle:
Little big man: 49ers’ Emmanuel Sanders has toughness to match talent
https://www.sfchronicle.com/49ers/article/Little-big-man-49ers-Emmanuel-Sanders-has-14823326.php
Branch SF Chronicle: 49ers’ George Kittle doubtful for showdown with Seahawks
https://www.sfchronicle.com/49ers/article/49ers-George-Kittle-doubtful-for-showdown-with-14823038.php
SEATTLE
Jude Seattle Times: Rookie sensation DK Metcalf has earned Russell Wilson’s trust — and it’s showing for the Seahawks
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/rookie-sensation-dk-metcalf-has-earned-russell-wilsons-trust-and-its-showing-for-the-seahawks/
Condotta Seattle Times: Josh Gordon ‘grateful’ to get another chance with Seahawks and to play with Russell Wilson
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/josh-gordon-grateful-to-get-another-chance-with-seahawks-and-to-play-with-russell-wilson/
TAMPA BAY
Sherman TB Times: Why the Bucs’ last eight games matter
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2019/11/09/why-the-bucs-last-eight-games-matter/?
Encina TB Times: Is Shaquil Barrett worth prime pass-rusher money?
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2019/11/09/is-shaquil-barrett-worth-prime-pass-rusher-money/
Colleges/Draft
Wolken USA Today: Week 11 observations: Alabama doesn't deserve Playoff spot, but that doesn't mean it won't get one
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2019/11/10/college-football-week-11-takeaways-observations-alabama-playoff/2553232001/
Thamel Yahoo Sports: Joe Burrow, LSU might've just buried Alabama's College Football Playoff hopes
https://sports.yahoo.com/joe-burrow-lsu-mightve-just-buried-alabamas-college-football-playoff-hopes-011904824.html
QB
Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler)
11/9/19, 7:40 PM
Tua Tagovailoa on 3rd/4th down: 8-for-11 for 127 yards, 6 1st downs, 1 TD.
Mixed bag overall from Tua vs. LSU, including several critical mistakes. But his impact on money downs was an impressive takeaway from this game.
Degnan Miami Herald: Jarren Williams has record-setting day as Miami crushes Louisville to become bowl eligible
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article237115859.html
WR
Schubert Denver Post: “I live for moments like this”: CU Buffs Laviska Shenault shows no quit in do-or-die win over Stanford
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/09/laviska-shenault-cu-buffs-no-quit-win-over-stanford/
K
Sielski Phil Inquirer: Lincoln University’s Cole Klubek is an Air Force vet, a white guy in a black world, and college football’s most unusual kicker
https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/cole-klubek-lincoln-university-football-hbcu-mississippi-state-20191110.html
History
Giants on 11-10
11-10-1929 Giants 22 Orange Tornadoes 0
Brooklyn Eagle: Tony Plansky and Len Sedbrooke Star as Orange A. C. Meets Ruin. By HAROLD C. BURR.
“In a footnote to their program the New York Football Giants say It will take a tornado or a blizzard to pre vent any of the scheduled pro games at the Polo Grounds. What the modesty of the publicity man keeps him from saying is that it will take a tornado and a blizzard to stop the Giants themselves. If it lsn t Benny Ftiedman It's somebody else in those fatal red and black uniforms of Tim Mara s hirelings. Yesterday against the Oranste A. C, it was Tony Plansky, 205-pound halfback from Oeorgetown, and Len Sedbrooke, of Phillips Col lege, playing his first season of pro football. Plansky was on the payroll last year, but an in lured ankle kept him from wreaking any great damage. The Orange A. C. came to New York, smug In the knowledge they already had held the Harlem steam rollers to a scoreless tie. But Messrs. Planskv and Sedbrooke soon showed them the other score was all a mistake. So easily did the Giants handle the visitors from Jersey's wilds that other score could have been an error in addition If there had only been something to add.
SEDBROOKE SETTLES IT. That 23 0 score Is more like a correct line on the two elevens. It was the kind of a game 22 0 games usually are. From the moment Feather Intercepted a forward. pass thrown bv George Pease and ran to Orange's 25-yard line and Sed brooke took the ball over in two plays the game was all rolled up in the Giants' blankets. Sedbrooke's first plunge made a mere preliminary six yards. But he went the whole way on the next try. He didn't stab the Orange line. He wrecked it, carrying clinging sedgments of It across. He was so harried he lost the ball in transit, but not until he had been draped to his knees In the safety zone. This Sedbrooke Is about as easy to bring down as a Maine moose annoyed by flies.
DIDN'T MIND SWOOPERS. Sedbrooke rested on the next touchdown, Flaherty scoring it on a pass from Friedman. But Plansky was lumbering usefully all over the place. He ran the ends for all of his 205 pounds. He threw forward passes through mazes of swooping orange. The Giant line was as loose as a broken halyard yesterday. But that defect didn't annoy big Tony. He dodged the men bearing down on him with the grace of the gazelle and threw the ball 25 and 35 yards down the field to a waiting com patriot. And when- Orange began batting down his passes In the second period, Plansky, like all great bodies, took It calmly. The Olants were on the 12-yard mark then, too. But Plansky fell back and kicked a goal from the field with hU left foot from the 28-ards. 4 was Redbrooke's turn next. Just bv way of variety h Intercepted a forward pass by Klrkleskl at mid-field and sprinted for a practically unmolested touchdown. That was all from Plansky and Sedbrooke, but It just a,bout ruined the Orange A. C. Benny Friedman must have been glad of the rest.”
Who were the Orange Tornadoes?
“When the Duluth (Minnesota) Eskimos folded in 1929, their owner Ole Haugsrud sold the franchise rights to Orange, New Jersey meat salesman Edwin “Piggy” Simandl, who had high hopes for a group of football players he managed who had, until then, been known as the Orange Athletic Club (an amateur club since 1887 that had turned semi-pro in 1919). Orange had even had the honor of playing in the brief World Series of Football tournament at the old Madison Square Garden in 1902 and 1903, the official first-ever indoor football games.
So when Piggy Simandl bought the defunct Eskimoes franchise, he started with his existing lineup and gave this unexpected town of Orange, New Jersey an NFL team: The Orange Tornadoes (or sometimes Golden Tornadoes).
The team played all around Orange and even East Orange, from Knights of Columbus Stadium to Casey Stadium to Orange's Central Playground to Ashland Field (now Paul Robeson Stadium) and Orange Oval Park.
The NFL’s Orange Golden Tornadoes opened their season at Knights of Columbus stadium with an impressive 34-0 exhibition game shutout of the Elizabeth Collegians on Sept. 22, 1929. In their first league game on Sept. 29, they faced off against the New York Giants and managed to hold them to a 0-0 tie in front of 9,000 fans at Casey Stadium.
Unfortunately, the rest of the season didn’t go quite as well, with the Orange Tornadoes losing a November 10 rematch against the Giants at the Polo Grounds 22-0 before 20,000 fans, and a December 8 26-0 shutout loss to the Chicago Cardinals. By the end of the season, they had a 3-4-4 NFL record and were 6-5-4 overall, good enough for 6th in the league.
But there were other challenges beyond the play on the field that would doom the Orange Tornadoes existence: One was the stock market crash on October 29, 1929. Another was poor attendance at home games by the end of the season (about 1,500 fans showed up), which led owner Simandl to relocate the team to Newark for the 1930 season.
The third challenge came from within: After another NFL team, the Dayton Triangles, folded at the end of the season, Orange Tornadoes coach Jack Depler bought that franchise and started a new team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, who played at Ebbets Field—and took most of the Tornadoes’ players with him. When the Newark Tornadoes opened the 1930 season, they did so with a roster mostly filled with college players—Simandl himself even took the field as fullback for a few games. They finished the season 1-11-1, including two shutout losses to the turncoat Brooklyn Dodgers, and Simandl gave up his NFL franchise (although the Orange A.C. would continue, and play exhibitions against the NY Giants, for several more years).”
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6M2H0_a-brief-history-of-the-nfls-orange-tornadoes?guid=6fd8f64c-cdd1-41cb-bbd4-3b8175c4d8b3
11-10-1940 Cleveland Rams 13 Giants 0
NYDN: Cleveland Takes Giants By Jack Smith
“Foiling the statistics, the batting odds and a squad of well-padded pigskinners, the underdog Cleveland Rams not only upset the Giants, 13 0, at the Polo Grounds, but doubled the indignity of the defeat by holding them scoreless for the first time since 1937. Held to four first downs, the alert Rams profited by Vic Spadaccini's two pass interceptions, one of which he whisked back 60 yards for a second-period touchdown. The second interception started another lightning thrust which finished as Johnny (the Hammer) Drake battled across from the two.
Spadaccini, plump ex-Minnesota quarterback, was a particularly tough gent on defense. His touch down sprint with a Giant pass in the second period was a pretty run and chilled the Giants just when they were getting hot. Leemans, sent in at the start of the second period, had engineered one Giant drive from the Giant 28 to the Rams' 45, where it faltered. Next time the Giants got the ball, Tutfy sprinted 16 yards to the Rams' 43. Tuffy faded back and heaved a pass intended for Shaffer. Spadaccini speared it on the dead run and never stopped until he reached the end zone.”
11-10-1946 Giants 45 Eagles 17
Pass Filchock 2 TD Passes; Nix 1 TD Pass
Rec Poole 2 TD receptions
NYDN: “Spotting the Eagles 10 quick points and apparently in for a sound, second-straight beating, the Giants suddenly cut loose with their greatest scoring orgy in five years yesterday. The 100 yards of chalk-striped turf at the Polo Grounds was churned up for six touchdowns by rampaging New York backs and ends and, when the poor, befuddled Phillies finally dragged their weary carcasses into the'dressing room, the Giants had won, 45-17, and had regained undisputed possession of first place in the NFL's Eastern Division. Those Eagles still don't know what hit them. . . and the TD’s came so fast and furiously, 60,784 fans weren't quite certain how it was done either.
The Giants struck back at the cocky Eugles at 12:41 of the first period, and they still were hitting: paydirt six seconds from the final seconds.
They ran up 38-straight points before the Eagles managed a .second touchdown. After every New York TD, Ken (The Foot) Strong added the extra point, and he also made good with a 12-yard field goal back in the second period when it looked as though our guys might need every point they could get.
POOLE CATCHES TWO TD's. The Giants manufactured this mauling by almost every conceivable method runs, passes and kicks. Their touchdowns were set up by (1) Hank Soar's great punt return; (2) Gil Steinke's fumble; (3 Tommy Thompson's fumble; (1) a poor Philly punt (only 34 yards) by Joe Muha, and (5) another Steinke fumble. Only their last tally was a concentrated drive, carrying 55 yards, and all but five yards of this was gobbled up by a pass and a penalty. Six of Steven Owen's hired liands grabbed points for themselves.
with Jim Poole, Mississippi's gift to New York, taking two Frank Filchock touchdown flips for 12 points, to 9 for Ken Strong on six conversions and a field goal. Augie Lio toed a 36-yard field goal at 3:07 of the first and Gil Steinke stole a Filchock flip, intended for Poole, and lugged it 54 s yards a little over a minute later. So the Eagles had an early 10-0 lead. Then our lads were off to the races. Joe Muha tried a quick-kick, but Soar spotted the maneuver and brought the boot back 39 yards. From the Eagle 37, Paschal, Filchock and Hapes powered to the 23, then Filchock flipped to Hank Liebel on the 15. Three plays later, Flinging Frank pitched 11 yards to Poole in the end zone after the latter and feinted the Eagles' Steinke and Kish out of position. At 4:43 of the second it was all tied up, 10-10, as Strong hit with his field goal. And at 7:07 of the same session the Giants were in front to stay. Soar, who only gets in there on defense, again touched it off when he fielded Steinke's fumble and took it to the 13. Paschal slanted over tackle from the 3 after Filchock had picked up 10. Coulter and DeFilippo both hugged Thompson's fumble a bare two minutes later and this Philly error resulted in Hapes' hitting for 17 yards and the third TD at the 10-minute mark of the second. After Muha's punt slid off the side of his foot and out of bounds in the third, the Giants drove 44 yards for a 31-10 lead. The last 32 yards were covered by Filcjiock's pass to Poole on the goal line, and again the Giant end made a monkey out of Steinke. A Thompson-to-Ferrante aerial carried to the 8 in the final moments of the third, but Fili-powicz intercepted a pass in the end zone to spoil that march.
REAGAN SCORES ONE Captain Cope recovered Steinke's second bobble in the fourth and the Giants' 37-yard power parade wound up with Frank Reagan cutting back off guard for two yards and a TD at 11:37. The Eagles finally broke into the scoring column again at 13:20 of this last chukker on a 53-yard run by Bosh Pritchard and Al Sherman's 14-yard heave to Dick Hunter. But the Giants had time for another at 14:54, and the subs got it, Emery Nix throwing to John Weiss.”
11-10-1957 Giants 27 Chicago Cardinals 14
Pass Conerly 21-10-185-2-0; Gifford 1-1-18-0-0
Rush Gifford 24-126-1
Rec Gifford 4-91-0
AP: “In the east, the Giants (5-2) stayed right behind the Browns by defeating Chicago's Cardinals, 27-14.
The Giants made good use of their veterans. Chuck Conerly, 36 passed for a pair of touchdowns and Ben Agajanian, 38 notched two field goals. Trailing 17-0 late in the third quarter, the Cards came back with Ollie Mat-son going over twice to cut the lead to 17-14. But Agajanian booted one and Frank Gifford went 24 yards for a six-pointer to put the game out of reach.”
11-10-1963 Giants 42 Eagles 14
Pass Tittle 20-16-261-3-0; Griffing 11-5-67-1-1
Rush Webster 8-43-1
Rec Shofner 6-119-1; Gifford 5-59-1
NEW YORK (AP)- “The New York Giants charged into a first-place tie in the Eastern Division of the National Football League Sunday by rolling over the battered Philadelphia Eagles. Eagles 42-14. YJi.. Tittle, the old Bald Eagle of the Giants, threw three touchdown passes and completed 16 of 20 for 261 yards.. The victory put the Giants in a tie with the Cleveland Browns, who lost to Pittsburgh 9-7. Both the Giants and Browns have 7-2 records. Phil King scored twice for the Giants, on a 38-yard pass play
from Tittle and a three-yard romp around end .Tittle hit Joe Morrison on a seven-yard touchdown pass and Frank Gifford on a 14-yard toss. Alex Webster drove home from the two after a 40-yard pass from Y.A. Tittle to Aaron Thomas. Don Chandler padded the five extra points, The Eagles were in the ball game only briefly. A 64-yard bomb from King Hill to the fleet Tommy McDonald tied the score at 7-7 ;in; the first period. After that, the Giants simply battered the Eagles forward wall and hounded Hill and his successor, former Giant, Ralph Guglielmi,
After Tittle had posted a 35-7 lead on the scoreboard. Coach AUie Sherman gave rookie Glynn Griffing a chance to run the dub with three minutes to go in the third period. The former Mississippi ' quarterback finished the game although he gave up a touchdown when rookie Lee Roy Caffey of Texas A& M - intercepted and ran 87 yards for an Eagle score In the final two minutes. Griffing threw his first TD pass as a pro, a 22-yard toss to Del Shofner, who was all alone in the end zone. Chandler added his sixth conversion.
It was the Giants' seventh win in nine starts and their fourth in a row. They had whipped the Eagles earlier 37-14 and this was the sixth straight time they had beaten them in regular season play in Sherman's regime. The 42 points were a season high for the Giants who had lost only to Pittsburgh and Cleveland.”
11-10-1968 Giants 27 Cowboys 21
Pass Tarkenton 24-16-187-2-0
Rush Frederickson 11-45-0
Rec Jones 4-94-1
Int Maher 1-89-0; Lockhart 1-0-0; Williams 1-21-0
UPI “The Dallas Cowboys may have lost their fat lead in the National Football League's Capitol Division Sunday because receiver Lance Rentzel went into a deep freeze that let New York gets its third interception and beat the Cowboys 27-21. Pete Gogolak had just kicked the second of two fourth-quarter field goals with 2:44 left in the game when the Cowboys, 17 point pre-game favorites, launched a desperate bid to pull out the key victory before a hometown crowd of 72,163 fans. Gogolak, whose 25 and 10-yard field goals provided the margin of victory and snapped a six- game New York losing streak to Dallas, kicked off deep into the end zone and Dallas started its desperation drive on its own 20- yard line. Don Meredith quickly hit Bob Hayes with a 25-yarder out to the 45-yard line and then Meredith rolled slowly to his right on the next play. Rentzel had gone deep down the right sideline and did not have a Giant defender within 15 yards of him. He was waving frantically for Meredith's attention. But, by the time Meredith noticed him, so had New York's Carl Lockhart, who sped across and intercepted the pass that ended Dallas' chances and cut the Cowboys (7-2) lead over the Giants (6-3) to one game with five games to play. Meredith generally drew the blame for not picking up a wide open receiver sooner, but Rentzel would not have any of that version. "I thought I was wide open and I froze for a minute," he said. "I should have come back on the ball. It was a bad play on my part ... not Don's. Lockhart had his own version: "We were in a prevent defense. Rentzel had run a deep sideline pattern through (Bruce) Maher's zone. When I looked over there, he (Rentzel) was wide open and waving. It's a good thing Meredith was running the sprint out because he had to stop and plant his foot. If that had not happened I would not have had time to get over there." It was Maher who earlier had picked off another of Meredith's passes and scooted 89 yards with it to set up the Giants' second touchdown, which came on a five-yard flip from Frank Tarkenton to Joe Morrison for a 14-0 New York lead. Tarkenton had scrambled 22 yards for the first touchdown. He later hit Homer Jones with 60-yard scoring bomb and set up the first of Gogolak's winning field goal.”
11-10-1974 Jets 26 Giants 20 OT
Pass Morton 32-21-237-2-0
Rush Dawkins 11-49-0
Rec Gillette 5-83-0; Grim 5-62-1; Tucker 5-55-1
NYT: Jets Doon Giants On Ivan Namath's Pass In Overtime,26& #8208;20
“NEW HAVEN, Nov.—Joe, Namath delivered under fire again today, this time in sudden& #8208;death, overtime with a 5& #8208;yard touchdown pass to. Emerson Boozer that gave the Jets tory over the gaints.
The finish, bfore a stunned crowd of 67,740 r at Yale Bowl, came 6 minutes 53 sec Onds into the extra period after both teams opportunities to win the game on field, goals, the Jets in regulation time and the Glants in sudden& #8208;death.
Tlie 31& #8208;year& #8208;old Namath, who had figured in a piece of Pro football history with the Jets’ 1969 Super Bowl triumph, was the decisive factor in the first regularseatoh tie game to be resolved in sudden death under the National Football League's new rules. Earlier this season, Pittsburgh and Dearer, played to a 35& #8208;35 tie after, neither team scored in the 15& #8208;minute extra session.
‘Nemeth the Giant zone coverages perfectly for a 42& #8208;yard completion over the middle to Rich Caster, the tight end, on the Jets’ first play from scrimmage in the overtime, then followed with a 13 yarder to Jerome Barkum, a wide receiver, at the Giant 20.
Three running plays produced another first down and carried to the 5. On second down, Namath faked inside handoff and tossed Boozer, his primary receiver, who had got behind Brad Van Pelt, the Giant linebacker, in the end zone.
“Van Pelt had been loosening up all day on his coverages to help out with the pass,” said Ken Shipp, the Jet’ offensive assistant, who called the touchdown play down to the sidelines from the press box. “But as we moved down there in the overtime, ht started coming back in tight to play the run. He played run on that.”
Namath, who had thrown 17 interceptions during a six& #8208;game Jet losing streak, was neither sacked nor intercepted today and finished with 20 completions in 34 attempts for 236 yards. He also completely fooled the Giant defense and Jet coaches with his first touchdown run in five years—a 3& #8208;yarder after a fake and bootleg around the left side. That third& #8208;down play tied the game, 20& #8208;all, with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The Jets’ chance to win id regulation time came with 16 seconds left, after Nemeth had completed three consecutive passes for 43 yards to the Giant 17. But Jim Steinke, a reserve Giant cornerback, pushed in from the right side and blocked a 29& #8208;yard fieldgoal attempt by Pat Leahy, the free agent, who was signed only two days ago by the Jets as a replacement for tte injured Bobby Howfield. 7 “I came in clean,” said Steinke. “He didn't kick it ery high, and I got the end of my middle finger on the ball.”
The Giants won the toss in sudden& #8208;death, chose to receive and marched from their 45 ta the Jet 25 with a pair of first downs.
On fourth and 1, Coach Bill Arnsparger bypassed a try for the first down for a 42& #8208;yard field& #8208;goal attempt by Pete Gogolak, who missed a 47& #8208;yarder in the second quarter and has failed to convert anything beyond 40 yards this season.
Gogolak's kick appeared to have the distance, and he began jumping up and down excitedly, thinking the ball had cleared the goalposts. To his dismay and anger, officials signaled wide to the left.
“The ball was at least a foot inside the uprights,” Gogolak later charged. “I had a good foot into the ball, and the ball was curving after it went through. I don't know What was the motivation behind the call. Either it was intentional or he doesn't know how to call field goals.”
The Jets’ victory evened the regular& #8208;season series between the two teams at one game apiece and left each with 2–7 won& #8208;lost records. It also left the Giants wondering about sudden& #8208;death as a way of life. The Giants now have played four overtime games—two in exhibitions and the 1958 championship classic with the Baltimore Colts—and have lost all four.
Namath's game& #8208;winning heroics also nullified another superb effort by Craig Morton, the Giant quarterback, who completed 21 of 32 passes for 237 yards, including touchdown tosses to Bob Tucker (2) yards) and Bob Grim (12).
The Giants, who have lost nine of 10 regular& #8208;season games in the last two years at their home away from home, were not helped by the absence of Ron Johnson, who has a broken bone in his right hand. Two defensive starters, John Mendenhall and Chuck Crist, were lost with injuries in the fourth quarter.
But it was Namath who forced the Giants, to overcompensate. He came out firing and completed his first seven passes, then used up the first 10 minutes of the third quarter and the first 7 minutes of the fourth quarter with scar ing drives on short passes and inside runs as the Giants tried to defend against the outside passing game with their linebackers.
A holding penalty against Winston Hill, the right tackle, nullified a 3& #8208;yard run by Hank Bjorklund that would have given the Jets a 17& #8208;13 lead in the third quarter. Instead, they settled for a 22& #8208;yard Leahy field goal that made it 13& #8208;all.
“They were protecting him very well,” Spider Lockhart, the Giant free safety, said of Namath's offensive line. “And he was attacking us.”
Namath's fragile knees, which have inhibited his mobility throughout his.10& #8208;year career, became his strongest asset on the fourth& #8208;quarter fake and bootleg, his seventh scoring run.
“I almost fell out of the press box,” Shipp said.
Caster was not Namath's primary receiver on his first pass in overtime. But he was open mainly because the two Giant safeties, Lockhart and Clyde Powers, the rookie who replaced Crist, were doubling on outside receivers.
“Joe really wanted this game more than anything,” Shipp said. “Not only for the intracity business, but he really wanted to give the club a lift. I guess you could say he did it in style again.”
11-10-1985 Giants 24 LA Rams 19
Pass Simms 30-16-239-1-2
Rush Morris 24-70-2
Rec Manuel 5-75-0
Int Hill 1-30-0
LA Times: Heavily Penalized Rams Have Beef About the Calls That Caused Grief By GENE WOJCIECHOWSKI Times Staff Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-“When the Rams re-examine their 24-19 loss to the New York Giants Sunday, they will see red and yellow. Red is for anger, something the Rams did their best to conceal following a game filled with strange and perplexing occurrences. Yellow is for flags, and many of them. Twelve times the game officials pulled the yellow handkerchiefs from their back pockets; 10 times they tossed them toward the Rams. In all, the Giants would gain 99 yards and 5 first downs because of Ram penalties. The Rams would benefit from two New York penalties, good for 15 yards and not much else. This would have been acceptable had the Rams left the Tri-State area with their ninth victory. Instead, they departed with a second defeat and enough indignation to occupy them during a cross-country charter flight. Three calls in particular annoyed the Rams, enough so to cause Coach John Robinson to turn new shades of crimson without benefit of direct ultraviolet rays. Afterward, in the Ram locker room, Robinson had recovered from his brief fit- He calmly congratulated the' Giants for a game well played and carefully shooed inquiries about the officiating to a remote corner. "The thing that irritates me about all these things after the game, is that they aren't the game," he said. "The game is the people that play it. They (the officials) control some things, but damn it, the people who play it deserve the attention and both the guys who won and the guys who lost." Maybe so, but, gosh darn it, referee Jerry Markbreit and his crew of six earned a bit of attention, too. The festivities began in the fourth period, as the Giants attempted to increase a 17-16 lead. About 12 minutes remained in the game when New York quarterback Phil Simms attempted a long pass to wide receiver Bobby Johnson. The Giants, with the ball on their own 43, needed 23 yards for a first down usually a nice situation for a defense. Simms threw, Johnson ran, cor-nerback LeRoy Irvin bumped and field judge Bill Stanley tossed a flag: pass interference on the Rams. Irvin's impropriety cost the Rams 39 yards and two plays later, after Joe Morris runs of one and three yards, the Giants had a touchdown. Television replays were inconclusive. The Rams were in a deep zone as Johnson ran his pattern straight up the field. He had beaten Irvin, but the ball was under thrown. The fun began shortly thereafter. "He clearly bumped the receiver before the ball got there," said Stanley. "It was clearly pass interference by the defense. The receiver was definitely looking at the ball. The defender wasn't." Irvin argued for a moment following the call and then retreated to the Ram huddle. He spent much of his postgame time telling all, "I'm not going to worry about it." That, of course, doesn't mean he agrees with the call. "It was a big play for them," Irvin said. "It probably was the deciding play of the game. "They said I pushed the receiver," he said. "I doubt if I pushed him. He was trying to come back to the ball, too. It's a judgment call." Said Johnson of the play: "I was slowing down and he (Irvin) ran up my back. If they wouldn't have thrown it, I probably would have had a heart attack, been thrown out of the game." The same series provided a second controversy. On the three-yard touchdown run by Morris, the officials hesitated in their decision. The Rams considered Morris duly stopped. The Giant offense, unsure of the outcome, couldn't decide whether to remain on the field or . celebrate. Line judge Howard Roe ended the suspense by signaling a touchdown. "He looked short to me," said defensive end Reggie Doss, a member of the Ram goal-line defense. "It was a lead play and they were trying to blow us off the ball. One official called him down, about eight inches short." Why did the call take so long? "I guess it was because they were confused themselves," said Doss. "I think they were uncertain about a lot of the calls and that's why they had so many meetings with themselves. Despite the alleged injustices, the Rams remained only eight points behind with about 10 minutes remaining. The Giants kicked off and Ron. Brown returned the ball 89 yards to ' the New York 11. Two Eric Dicker-son runs accounted for three yards. On third and seven from the Giant eight, quarterback Jeff Kemp dropped back and waited for receiver Bobby Duckworth to find an opening in the corner of the end zone. Free safety Kenny Hill was nearby. Duckworth caught the ball, touched one foot on the turf before Hill drove him out of bounds. Back judge Tom Kelleher ran to the scene, paused for a moment and ruled no touchdown. Robinson, looking as if someone had accused him of wearing dresses, sprinted to the end zone and addressed Kelleher. It was a short conversation. "He said there was no way he (Duckworth) would have come down in bounds," Robinson said. Duckworth, who hurt his shoulder on the play, had no comment. Kelleher and Hill were less hesitant to speak. "Even without the defense," said Kelleher, "my judgment says he couldn't have stopped and got the second foot in-bounds." Hill was equally agreeable. "Of course he was out," said Hill. "No question about it, it was a great call." Hill was smiling. "I was trying to knock the ball loose and not necessarily trying to get him out of bounds," he said. "I would have really been upset had the call gone against me." The Rams were not smiling. They feigned indifference at times, but occasionally decided they had seen enough of Markbreit's entourage.
Then, field judge Jim Stanley flagged Irvin for his first pass interference penalty of the seasononly the third against the Rams in the 10 games and jumped the Giants 39 yards to the Rams' four-yard line, instead of leaving them third-and-23 at the Rams' 43. Stanley ruled that Irvin interfered with wide receiver Bobby Johnson, although Irvin had the better chance to catch the pass because the ball was under thrown and, Irvin looked back for the ball, thus appearing to comply with the new interpretation of the rule. Two plays later, little Joe Morris banged over from a yard away and schoolteacher Eric Schubert kicked the extra point to increase the Giants' lead to 24-16. Two minutes later, Kemp, sitting third and seven at the Giants' eight-yard line after an 89-yard kickoff return by Ron Brown, fired a line drive to Duckworth in the deep left side of the end zone. Back judge Tom Kelleher ruled that Duckworth got only one foot down before tumbling out of bounds. Robinson raced down the sideline and vehemently let Kelleher know that Duckworth would have had both feet in-bounds if Giant strong safety Kenny Hill hadn't knocked him out of bounds. "He (Hill) drilled him (Duckworth)," Robinson repeated later. "I was looking right down the sideline. There's no question he had one foot down and no question he would have got the other foot down if the man hadn't tackled him." Robinson expects the usual satisfaction from the league office after a review of the films this week. "The league'U look at it and say, 'Well, you were right,' and you go on from there," he said. "That's a part of this game." Duckworth, in pain from a bruised left collarbone that knocked him out of the game, had very little to say about the play. "I don't know, man," was all he'd say. Actually, the less said by the Rams, the better. They were outgained and, in the clutch, outplayed by a team that is, like themselves, coming of age in the NFL. The victory left the Giants (7-3) tied with the Dallas Cowboys atop the NFC East. . Meanwhile, the Rams' lead over San Francisco (5-4) in the NFC West slipped to 2V6 games. The 49ers' play at Denver tonight As expected, it was a struggle between two strong defenses. Owens and linebacker Mike Wilcher sacked Giant quarterback Phil Simms, and the Rams, who lead the league in takeaways with 36, took it away from the Giants three times on interceptions by Irvin and safety Johnnie Johnson and a fumble recovery. The latter occurred on the Giants' first play when Simms passed into the flat to Lionel Manuel, who was frisked by cornerback Gary Green, with linebacker Mel Owens recovering at the Giant six. Eric Dickerson cracked for three, two and the final yard for a 7-0 lead. But four other times, including the Duckworth call, when the Rams reached the Giants' 14, 23, 9 and 8, they were unable to budge the NFL's top-ranked defense and went away increasingly dissatisfied with field goals by Mike Lansford from 31, 40, 26 and 25 yards. Lansford's only miss in his last dozen attempts has been from 51 yards. "We've got to get points," Lansford said. "It's a little frustrating on behalf of the offense, but if we have to kick field goals, I'm gonna do it.”
11-10-1991 Giants 21 Phoenix Cardinals 14
Pass Hostetler 21-12-124-0-0
Rush Hampton 24-99-1; Hostetler 5-49-2
Rec Ingram 3-46-0
Int Jackson 1-3-0; Walls 1-0-9
Sacks Marshall 3.0
Punt Landeta 6-283-47.2
NYT: Hostetler Man on Move As Giants Win
“The Giants finally got well today. Or at least they got better.
They played aggressively on offense, with Jeff Hostetler, their quarterback, running for two touchdowns and Rodney Hampton carrying 24 times for 99 yards. Their running game gained 180 yards. They played aggressively on defense, with Leonard Marshall getting three of their four sacks of Tom Tupa.
They played with emotion and intensity. And they finally stopped the other team from pulling out a game at the end. The result was a satisfying 21-14 victory over the Phoenix Cardinals.
The Super Bowl champions had lost their last two games. The victory lifted them to a hardly elegant 5-5 record, but at least they played well and made progress toward a wild-card berth in the National Football League playoffs.
By losing today, the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions fell to 6-4 and the Atlanta Falcons to 5-5. By winning, the Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles rose to 5-5. The Vikings, who play the Bears on Monday night, are also 5-5. At the moment, those six teams are contending for the National Conference's three wild-card berths.
On a cloudy 74-degree afternoon, the crowd of 50,048 in Sun Devil Stadium watched the Giants beat the Cardinals for the seventh straight time. The Cardinals, with offensive problems all season, lost their third straight game and fell to 4-7.
The Giants were favored, and they led from the start.
Their first touchdown came late in the first quarter on Hostetler's creativity. On third down from the Cardinals' 47-yard line, with 5 yards needed for a first down, the Giants lined up in the shotgun formation. The Cardinals blitzed.
Hostetler saw room to run up the middle. He slipped by Eric Swann, the Cardinals' 310-pound rookie defensive lineman, and Michael Zordich, the free safety, and scored. Then he spiked the ball so hard in the end zone that it bounced into the stands.
"I saw an opening and it was pretty big," Hostetler said, "so I just took off."
"One guy made the wrong gap move," said Coach Joe Bugel of the Cardinals.
The next time the Giants had the ball, they scored again. On successive plays, Hampton raced 34 yards round left end and Mark Ingram caught a 30-yard pass from Hostetler. That put the Giants on the Cardinals' 2-yard line. Two plays later, Hampton hurdled over from the 1, and the Giants led, 14-0.
Late in the half, the Cardinals struck back with an 81-yard drive. The big play was a 50-yard pass from Tom Tupa to Ernie Jones. Johnny Johnson, held to 37 yards rushing all day, ran 3 yards for the touchdown.
"That long pass was my fault," said Mark Collins, the Giants' cornerback. "I gambled on making a play. We did a lot of gambling all day to get pressure on them, and it worked."
So at halftime, the Giants led, 14-7. They took the second-half kickoff and kept the ball for what seemed like an eternity as they moved 91 yards in 18 plays consuming 11 minutes 14 seconds. Hostetler ran the final 4 yards on a bootleg, diving into the right corner of the end zone for the touchdown.
After that drive, Lawrence Taylor said he congratulated every offensive lineman. Last Monday night, after a 30-7 beating from the Eagles, the All-Pro outside linebacker said that all 47 Giants players and the coaches had quit.
"Today we had intensity throughout," Taylor said.
With their 21-7 lead, the Giants seemed home free. They had alternated pressuring Tupa and blanketing his receivers. They had forced the Cards to run inside, and not effectively.
With less than three and a half minutes remaining in the game, the Giants seemed to be running out the clock. Then Freddie Joe Nunn forced Hampton to fumble, and Tim McDonald recovered for the Cardinals on their 43.
Bugel lifted Tupa and sent in Stan Gelbaugh, who led the London Monarchs to the championship of the new World League of American Football last summer.
On his first play, Gelbaugh passed 23 yards to Larry Centers. On his second, he passed 34 yards to Ricky Proehl in the rear of the end zone, and suddenly the Giants' lead was down to 21-14.
Proehl had lined up in the slot, with Greg Jackson, the Giants' strong safety, covering him. Gelbaugh moved around to escape the pass rush, Proehl broke free and Gelbaugh hit him.
"That was a nice play," Taylor said. "But we didn't think they were capable of doing it again."
Taylor was right. But the Giants had to survive an onside kickoff, and then Everson Walls had to intercept Gelbaugh with 1 minute 53 seconds remaining after the Giants were forced to punt.
"It's one game," Coach Ray Handley said. "It was something we needed to do, to win a division game on the road. We're not thinking of making the playoffs, just getting ourselves straightened out."
11-10-1996 Panthers 27 Giants 17
Pass Brown 31-15-223-2-3
Rush Hampton 19-73-0
Rec Calloway 9-75-1
Int Armstead 1-0-0
Charlotte Observer: “The camera-shy Carolina Panthers broke out of a first-half daze Sunday night and slapped a prime-time beating on the New York Giants.
After a long afternoon of watching football games on television, the Panthers came up with a season-saving highlight show in the second half to whip the Giants 27-17 in Ericsson Stadium.A goal-line stand in the third quarter and three second-half interceptions saved Carolina from playoff oblivion as the Panthers overcame their own mistakes to stop a two-game losing streak and run their record to 6-4.
``We watched a lot of teams lose this afternoon,' linebacker Kevin Greene said. ``We knew this was a chance to help ourselves.'
``I think we can start talking about it now,' tight end Wesley Walls said. ``This was important for our playoff chances.'
Pat Terrell picked off two Dave Brown passes, Toi Cook intercepted another, and Greg Kragen recovered a New York fumble as the Panthers surged from a 17-10 deficit to win their fifth straight game at home this year.
Carolina has outscored its opponents 62-10 in the second half in Ericsson.
``It's definitely home,' Terrell said.
Terrell and the Panthers' safeties spent much of the first half chasing New York receivers that cornerbacks Eric Davis and Tyrone Poole couldn't cover. Terrell's interception with 8:16 left in the third period set up an Anthony Johnson touchdown, and Kragen's fumble recovery on the next Giants series set up a field goal by John Kasay that gave the Panthers the lead for good.
Terrell said the game changed even before that.
``We made some adjustments at halftime,' Terrell said. ``We had to start making plays. They made some big plays early, and we made 'em late.'
Carolina took the opening drive and went 72 yards for a touchdown that should have demoralized the Giants. The Panthers scored in six plays, a series of pitches, screens and slants that moved Carolina through the New York defense with relative ease.
On first down at the Giants' 35, Rocket Ismail took a handoff from Johnson on a counter reverse and ran around the right side of a stunned New York defense. Phillipi Sparks missed a tackle at the 30, and Ismail ran past three Giants who had no idea Ismail was still running.
The 7-0 lead lasted four minutes. New York had not scored a touchdown on its opening drive all season. The Giants needed only eight plays to score Sunday night, torching the Carolina defense with a 60-yard drive capped by a 13-yard pass from Brown to Chris Calloway.
Brown threw one incomplete pass on the series, his first, then completed three straight against a slow-starting Panthers secondary. Poole and Davis were each burned on simple pass plays, and New York scored with 7:16 left in the first quarter.
Carolina's second drive ended with a failed third-and-1 at the New York 31 and a missed field goal attempt by Kasay. The Giants then scored on their second drive of the game for the first time all season, going 60 yards in only five plays. Brown hit a wide-open Thomas Lewis from 23 yards after Poole deserted his zone and left the New York receiver 15 yards in the open at the Carolina goal line.
``I don't know why we started slow,' Terrell said. ``They were throwing underneath, quick passes and counters that became big plays. Eventually, we made some, too.'
Ismail gave the Panthers a big play on third down midway through the second quarter, catching a Kerry Collins pass at the Giants' 32, a 30-yard gain that set up a Kasay field goal with 7:28 to play in the half.
Down 14-10, Carolina's defense stopped the Giants, and the offense made one final first-half drive. It ended with a Collins interception at the New York 22 on one of the worst plays of the year for Carolina.
Collins had plenty of time and more than a minute left in the half, but he forced a screen pass to Winslow Oliver, who never turned around, and the pass was picked off by Jessie Armstead ending the last Panthers' threat.
At halftime, Coach Dom Capers reworked his offense, giving Collins shorter routes to throw to and bringing Howard Griffith into the passing scheme. He also changed defenses.
The Panthers brought their safeties to the aid of the corners, and the defensive front began pressuring Brown. Still, the former Duke quarterback moved the Giants downfield on the first drive of the second half. The Giants had a first-and-goal at the Carolina 4, leading by four.
``That's where the game changed,' Carlton Bailey said. ``We knew we couldn't let 'em in. In the huddle, we just said we were going to bring the fire. And then we did.'
Rodney Hampton ran inside on first down and got nothing. On second down, Greene broke through the line and pressured Brown into an incomplete pass. On third, Chad Cota came on a safety blitz and forced Brown into another incompletion.
The Giants settled for a field goal.”
11-10-2002 Giants 27 Vikings 20
Pass Collins 35-25-300-2-1
Rush Barber 24-127-1
Rec Dixon 4-107-0; Toomer 5-83-1
UPI: “MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- With Minnesota quarterback Daunte Culpepper sitting on the bench, the New York Giants had their best offensive day of the season Sunday as Tiki Barber totaled 173 yards from scrimmage and Kerry Collins passed for 300 yards in a 27-20 victory over the Vikings.
After managing only seven offensive touchdowns in their first seven games, the Giants (5-4) have six in the last two, including three against Minnesota, which has the worst-ranked defense in the NFC.
With Coach Jim Fassel calling the plays for the second straight week, New York totaled a season high in points and 458 yards of offense. Barber had 127 yards rushing and Ron Dixon had 107 receiving.
The Giants threw away eight points in the kicking game and a 13-point fourth-quarter lead before marching 80 yards on eight plays, taking the lead for good on Barber's eight-yard run with 2:43 to play.
"You have to show some toughness and some grit when it's time to stop a team and win a football game," said Vikings Coach Mike Tice, whose team was the first to seven losses in the NFC. "We didn't do that."
Collins then hit third-string tight end Marcellus Rivers for the two-point conversion -- New York's first attempt of the season -- to cap the scoring.
All three of the Giants' touchdown drives were for at least 72 yards. They went 91 yards on six plays late in the third quarter, taking a 19-6 lead when Collins found a wide-open Amani Toomer in the end zone from 11 yards.
The Vikings (2-7) even made Ron Dayne look good. The embattled former Heisman Trophy winner carried six times for 40 yards, 30 of which came on one play as he ran up the middle untouched to make it 13-3 with 8:48 left in the first half.
While they built a seemingly comfortable 19-6 lead, it could have been even better for the Giants, but holder Tom Rouen misplayed the snap on an extra point and field goal. Matt Bryant also missed an extra point and 31-yard field goal try.
"It shouldn't have been that close," Fassel said. "We left eight points off the scoreboard. But offensively, we gutted it out and made plays."
Collins completed 25 of 35 passes, chewing up a mistake-prone defense that began the week last in the conference in total defense (376.5 yards per game) and passing defense (282.1). Both numbers went up Sunday.
Minnesota's offense was not much better. Booed often, Culpepper was benched after going nine of 20 for 91 yards. Greeted by a standing ovation, Todd Bouman took over and sparked a touchdown drive. But he also fumbled twice.
"They can boo," Culpepper said of his home crowd. "They don't understand football."
Michael Bennett had a career-best 167 yards rushing -- his third straight 100-yard game -- on just 15 carries, including a 78-yard touchdown that put the Vikings ahead for the first time, 20-19 with 8:36 remaining.
"We had our little lapses, but our offense picked it up when we needed them to," Giants defensive end Michael Strahan said. "And defensively, we went out there at the end and closed it out."
Bennett was the only offensive factor for Minnesota, which had 356 yards. Randy Moss had just one catch through three quarters and finished with three for 85 yards.
It was the first game for Vikings first-round pick Bryant McKinnie, who plays left tackle and was beaten several times by defensive end Kenny Holmes. He entered on the Vikings' second possession and played until the middle of the second quarter.
While the Giants went just one of 11 on third-down conversions -- the teams combined to go one for 20 -- the Vikings' defense extended three drives with third-down penalties. Minnesota had 10 penalties for 84 yards. New York finished with nine for 84.
"Thankfully, we made some plays on first and second down that helped us out," Collins said.
The only successful third-down play came on the decisive drive as Collins hit rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey for six yards on third and four from Minnesota's 23, quieting a crowd that began to roar following Bennett's go-ahead touchdown.
"They had all the momentum and it was loud," Fassel said. "But our guys came out and executed."
Two plays after Shockey's catch, Barber scored the decisive touchdown. After hauling in a nine-yard reception, he ran off right guard, losing his balance inside the five before crossing the goal line.
"It was a big win, especially the way the game went," Collins said. "We got up early, they come back and take the lead. For us to respond in that situation says a lot about our team."
11-10-2013 Giants 24 Raiders 20
Pass Manning 22-12-140-1-1
Rush Brown 30-115-1
Rec Randle 3-50-1
Int Thomas 1-65-0
Reuters. “: Andre Brown made his season debut and rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown as New York won a sloppy battle against visiting Oakland. Brown, who missed the first eight games after breaking his leg in the preseason, carried the ball 30 times for the Giants (3-6), who overcame three turnovers. Eli Manning went 12-for-22 for 140 yards - including a 5-yard touchdown to Rueben Randle. Terrelle Pryor struggled to 11-of-26 passing for 122 yards and an interception but added a rushing touchdown as the Raiders (3-6) dropped to 0-4 on the road.
Both teams took advantage of poor special teams play in the first quarter, with New York fumbling the opening kickoff that led to Pryor’s 1-yard TD run. The Giants returned the favor with a blocked punt that Cooper Taylor returned 21 yards for the tying score less than five minutes later, but a fumble led to a field goal that put Oakland back on top. The turnovers continued into the rest of the contest, and the Raiders took a 17-14 lead into the break on the strength of a 43-yard interception return for a touchdown by Tracy Porter with 1:18 left in the half. Terrell Thomas picked off Pryor and returned it to the 4-yard line later in the third quarter, and Brown cashed it in with a 1-yard TD run that gave New York a 21-20 edge with 2:15 left in the third.”
Giants Birthdays 11-10
Chris Canty RDT/DE FA-DAL 2009 NYG 2009-2012 11-10-1982
Ralph Hill C FA-MEMPHIS WFL 1976 NYG 1976-1977 11-10-1949
