Giants lose to the Patriots 27-26.
Eli Manning was 24 of 44 for 361 yards with 2 TDs and had 1 carry for 10 yards.
Rashad Jennings rushed for 39 yards on 11 carries and caught 2 passes for 12 yards.
Orleans Darkwa rushed for 15 yards on 5 carries.
Shane Vereen rushed for 14 yards on 4 carries and caught 2 passes for 12 yards.
Andre Williams rushed for 2 yards on 2 carries.
Odell Beckham Jr. caught 4 passes for 104 yards and 1 TD.
Dwayne Harris caught 6 passes for 82 yards and 1TD.
Will Tye caught 5 passes for 56 yards.
Rueben Randle caught 3 passes for 51 yards.
Myles White caught 1 pass for 28 yards.
Jerome Cunningham caught 1 pass for 16 yards.
Trumaine McBride had 1 interception.
Markus Kuhn recovered a fumble.
Jasper Brinkley, Craig Dahl and Robert Ayers each had 1 sack.
Josh Brown kicked 37, 38, 53 and 29 yard field goals.

Game Notes:
"You know the Giants always rise to the occasion when they play the Patriots, and at the half the score was 17-10 in their favor. They came so very close in this game and almost got the win. It was such a disappointment when they didn't. The Giants held a six point lead going into the dreaded fourth quarter, and I wasn't the only one thinking - Here's where they'll mess up again, but on the first play they came up with a sack-fumble on Tom Brady. Thank you Jasper Brinkley and Markus Kuhn!
Now the ball was on the Patriots 31 yard line and I was sure Eli Manning was going to put more points on the board. Unfortunately Manning took a 13 yard sack and they had to punt on a 4th and 21. Only three plays later Brady made up for his fumble with a 76 yard touchdown pass to Rob Gronkowski and New England took over the lead 24-23. When the Giants went three-and-out, and Brady marched his team down the field again it looked like the fourth quarter jinx had settled in.
Then Trumaine McBride saved the day with an interception right at the Giants 1 yard line. Manning kept the chains moving and threw the ball to Odell Beckham Jr. for a touchdown and I was ecstatic until the call was reversed. Two more pass plays didn't work and Josh Brown kicked a 29 yard field goal to put the Giants in the lead again 26-24 with less than two minutes to go.
Brady had no timeouts left and he had to make a 4th and 10 from his 20 yard line or lose the game, and he made it. Stephen Gostkowski had to kick a 54 yard field goal or lose the game and he kicked it. Just like that the Giants were on the losing end 27-26. Like everyone else I was so disappointed. The Giants had come so close to winning this game, just like some of their others and I hope they can break this jinx for the six remaining games."

Game Notes:
"You knew the Patriots were going to target Odell Beckham Jr., but from the start Eli Manning made it known he was going to throw it to him anyway. In all, Manning threw for 361 yards and 104 went to Beckham. Manning targeted him twelve times and Beckham pulled in four including an 87 yard touchdown. Beckham just needed to hang onto the last one to make it five and to help give the Giants a win over New England. While there's no guarantee that a 30-24 lead would have held up the Patriots, with just 2:01 left on the clock and just one timeout, would have needed a touchdown to win the game instead of a field goal.
The Giants defense had managed to get Tom Brady way off his game compared to his usual performances. They had sacked Brady three times, caused him to fumble twice and even intercepted him once down by their goal line. Bear in mind Brady's thrown only two others over the course of the season. The defense also held the Patriots running game to less than 80 yards.
This was another game the Giants could have won. Did Beckham blow it when he didn't secure the ball in the endzone after his catch? Yes, but like in so many football games there are other factors that also could have made the difference. For example there was 2:06 left on the clock when the Giants had a first-and-goal at the 5 yard line. A running play would have insured getting to the two minute warning.
Instead Manning threw that pass to Beckham which was ruled incomplete at 2:01. Now the clock would stop on the next play no matter what you would call. For the Giants it was an incomplete pass to Dwayne Harris, and after the next one, Manning was sacked and the Patriots used their final timeout. Brady had 1:47 to work with for his last drive and it took every second to get down to the Giants 36 yard line to manage a 54 yard winning field goal.
All in all the Giants played one of their strongest games against one of the best teams in the league. They have a 5-5 record and currently have the lead the NFC East. They move onto their bye week and have a nice chance to evaluate the team and their upcoming opponents. In fact they can watch the Eagles play twice over the bye week because of the Thanksgiving Day game, and it may come down to beating them in the final game to win the division title."

Giants Odell Beckham Jr. had the longest touchdown catch of his career - 87 yards.

Giants Eli Manning's first-half total of 251 yards was a career-high.

Giants Josh Brown extended his record streak to 27 consecutive successful field goal attempts.

Patriots were the first team to score a first-possession touchdown vs. the Giants this season.

Patriots Tom Brady has thrown only 3 interceptions on the year.

Patriots Rob Gronkowski had the longest touchdown catch of his career - 76 yards.

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