Giants win the season opener over the Redskins 16-7.
Eli Manning was 19-of-35 for 216 yards, ran for 1 TD and had 1 INT.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 116 yards on 21 carries.
Derrick Ward rushed for 39 yards on 9 carries.
Plaxico Burress caught 10 passes for 133 yards.
Justin Tuck had 1 sack.
John Carney kicked 3 field goals of 24 and 25 and 47 yards.

Game Notes:
"The last time we got to see the Redskins play against our guys was at Giants Stadium last December. They had lost four straight games and because of a quarterback injury, were stuck putting Todd Collins on the field to lead their offense, and he hadn't started a game in 10 years. No matter, the Giants lost that game 22-10.
Everyone kept dropping the ball on Eli, Lawrence Tynes missed a field goal, Brandon Jacobs ran well, but so did Clinton Portis for them. Both Moss brothers played. Shockey ended up with a broken leg. It was a hard game to forget.
Well, that was then and this is now. It seems you don't often get to see the Giants win a game unless you're in front of a TV set. Well, they brought it home for us fans tonight, and if you were lucky to see it live, you have another game that's going to be hard to forget.
Eli Manning, the MVP of the Super Bowl, scored the first touchdown of the new NFL season by running the ball into the endzone. Just try and forget that. Plaxico Burress was catching everything. Brandon Jacobs couldn't be stopped. Justin Tuck and the defense were awesome. It was a great start for the new season."

Game Notes:
"The Redskins made some big changes in the offseason, a new head coach, a new offensive coordinator, and a new defensive coordinator. That's a lot to get together by the opening game of a new season and they just weren't ready for prime time. Jim Zorn's West Coast offense replaced Joe Gibbs run-oriented attack. That ended up with a total of 11 first downs and 209 total yards compared to the Giants with 21 first downs and 354 total yards. Of course that was reflected in the final score and time of possesion which was 35:43 for the Giants and 24:17 for the Redskins.
The Giants started off strong and were up 13-0. Then with with only three minutes to go in the first half things misfired. The Giants had a 2nd and 2 from the Redskins 26 yard line and were only able to come up with a field goal to make it 16-0. Admittedly things only looked worse than they were because the Giants offense had been doing so well up to that point. But it was time to remember that this was also the first game of the season for the Giants as well as the Redskins. Another reminder of that came along on the ensuing kickoff where the special teams unit allowed a 50 yard return. Then the Giants defense took their turn at opening game jitters with a foolish 15 yard facemask penalty that allowed the Redskins to continue their drive. The net result was 7 points for the Redskins before the end of the half. BTW - It was also the first game of the season for the refs, because it looked like a bad call on that facemask penalty.
The Redskins finished the 2007 season ranked eighth in total defense and they started to click in the second half. The Giants couldn't score, but the Redskins were in the same boat, so the game ended with a 16-7 victory by the Giants. There was outstanding play by Plaxico Burress. He doesn't practice and is always last minute, so the Giants let him wait to the last minute before restructuring his contract today. Brandon Jacobs played great and the Giants should have given him a new one instead of letting him play out his final year. Eli Manning made a few mistakes, but still played a great game finishing with 19 completions on 35 attempts for 216 yards. The Giants look game-ready out of the box."

Since Coughlin’s arrival in 2004, the Giants hold a 6-3 edge in their series with the Redskins.

Giants are 47-32-5 on opening day.
The 47 victories place them third in NFL history, behind Chicago (49) and Green Bay (48).

Tom Coughlin is 8-5 in opening games, 2-3 with the Giants.

Giants are the first team in the Super Bowl era to have two players 42 or older on the roster at the same time, kicker John Carney, 44, and punter Jeff Feagles, 42.

Redskins DE Jason Taylor, who was given a 50-50 chance of playing, started the 131st straight game of his career.

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