Nov 24, 9:00 pm (ABC) - Giants at Tampa Bay
| Game 11 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
| Giants |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
| Bucs |
0 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
19 |
Giants lose to Tampa Bay 19-13.
Kerry Collins completed 18 of 34 passes for 160 yards and was intercepted twice.
Tiki Barber had 13 carries for 55 yards.
Tiki Barber caught 5 passes for 34 yards.
Ike Hilliard caught 4 passes for 43 yards.
Amani Toomer had 4 catches for 34 yards.
Matt Bryant kicked two 30-yard field goals.
Frank Walker had 1 interception which he returned for the Giants only touchdown.
Game Notes:
"The Giants played a fairly decent game against a so-so Tampa Bay Buccaneer team, but still came up short. Neither team looked spectacular and
I guess that's why they were both 4-6 coming into this game. Kerry Collins never looked like he had much confidence that he would have time to set and throw, and he was right. Being hurried
he was sacked three times, lost the ball twice on three fumbles, and threw two interceptions.
There were some highlights, like when Collins took off for a 22 yard run, and when Frank Walker had that interception return for a touchdown. The Giants were behind all game, not by much,
but you kind of felt like they weren't going to be able to catch up and that's what happened."
Game Notes:
"What gets me is when the Giants are faced with 2nd down and short yardage, Fassel likes to run Tiki Barber to get the first down. It happened
on their first drive. It was 2nd down and 2 at the Giants 48 yard line and Tiki Barber rushed for 1 yard to bring up a 3rd down and 1. On the very
next drive they had a 2nd and 1 at the Tampa Bay 46 yard line and gave it to Tiki. That play resulted in a 5 yard penalty. In the second quarter it was 2nd down and 2 at the Tampa Bay 39 yard
line, and Fassel gave it to Tiki once again.
The result of all these 2nd down and short yardage plays was a gain of 1 yard that didn't make the first down, a penalty on the play, and a 4 yard run that made the first down. That was it
for the rest of the game. You don't always find yourself blessed with 2nd down and short yardage and I don't think you should waste it. Here's a chance to throw the ball downfield for a big
play, and if you don't complete the pass, you're left with a 3rd down and 2.
The Giants did pretty much the same thing in their loss last week against the Eagles. It just doesn't seem very smart. Maybe Fassel doesn't want to get to the redzone too quick because the
Giants don't do so well there."
Early Stats:
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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T BARBER 13 55 4.2 20 0 M PITTMAN 19 55 2.9 9 0
K COLLINS 2 22 11.0 22 0 T JONES 10 27 2.7 7 1
D LEVENS 1 2 2.0 2 0 A STECKER 4 15 3.8 11 0
C DACH 1 0 0.0 0 0 B JOHNSON 5 -4 -0.8 0 0
PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
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K COLLINS 18-34-160 2 0 18 B JOHNSON 22-32-269 1 1 53
Sacked-Yards Lost: K COLLINS 3-27. Sacked-Yards Lost: B JOHNSON 2-4.
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
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T BARBER 5 34 6.8 13 0 K MCCARDELL 9 83 9.2 15 0
I HILLIARD 4 43 10.8 17 0 C LEE 5 91 18.2 53 1
A TOOMER 4 34 8.5 11 0 J JUREVICIUS 3 43 14.3 22 0
D TYREE 3 23 7.7 11 0 M PITTMAN 2 22 11.0 23 0
M RIVERS 2 26 13.0 18 0 R BARLOW 1 13 13.0 13 0
A STECKER 1 12 12.0 12 0
R DUDLEY 1 5 5.0 5 0
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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F WALKER 1 56 56.0 56 1 D SMITH 1 0 0.0 0 0
J LYNCH 1-981##### 18 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
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J FEAGLES 5 211 42.2 0 2 52 T TUPA 5 170 34.0 0 1 38
T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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B MITCHELL 1 10 10.0 10 0 R BARLOW 2 16 8.0 14 0
D JOYCE 1 8 8.0 8 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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B MITCHELL 2 47 23.5 24 0 T JONES 3 49 16.3 18 0
D JOYCE 1 36 36.0 36 0 R BARLOW 1 18 18.0 18 0
KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
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M BRYANT 1/1 2/2 M GRAMATICA 2/2 1/1
Dist.: 30 30 Dist.: 21
O-D OD
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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K COLLINS 3 2 0 1-0 J WADE 2 0 0 1-0
C DACH 1 0 0 0-0 R BARLOW 1 1 0 0-0
T BARBER 1 0 0 1-0 K MCCARDELL 1 1 0 0-0
J HARRIS 0 0 2 0-0 J LYNCH 1 0 0 1-0
W ALLEN 0 0 0 0-1 W SAPP 0 0 2 0-0
M STRAHAN 0 0 0 0-1 S RICE 0 0 1 0-0
C DARBY 0 0 0 0-1
S QUARLES 0 0 0 0-1
B JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0
DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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M BARROW 12 11 1 0-0 T WANSLEY 8 7 1 0-0
B SHORT 6 5 1 0-0 S QUARLES 8 4 4 0-0
C GRIFFIN 6 5 1 0-0 D SMITH 6 6 0 0-0
W ALLEN 6 4 2 0-0 J LYNCH 6 5 1 0-0
F WALKER 6 4 2 0-0 W SAPP 5 5 0 2-15
O STOUTMIRE 6 4 2 0-0 R BARBER 4 3 1 0-0
K HAMILTON 6 3 3 0-0 R NECE 4 3 1 0-0
R CLARK 5 5 0 0-0 D BROOKS 4 1 3 0-0
D JONES 5 4 1 0-0 S RICE 2 1 1 1-12
M STRAHAN 4 4 0 1-0 G SPIRES 2 1 1 0-0
K WASHINGTON 4 3 1 1-4 E WYMS 1 1 0 0-0
J HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 J PHILLIPS 1 1 0 0-0
L LEGREE 2 2 0 0-0
K SERWANGA 1 0 1 0-0
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Scoring:
| First Quarter |
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NONE
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| Second Quarter |
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TAMPABAY - TOUCHDOWN (3:39)
THOMAS JONES 1 YD RUN (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK)
Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 5:11.
Key plays: Barlow 14-yard punt return to New York 43; 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Giants' Short to New York 23; Johnson 13-yard pass to McCardell on 3rd-and-9 to New
York 9; Johnson 9-yard pass to Lee to New York 3; 4-yard face mask penalty on Giants' Hamilton on 3rd-and-goal to New York 3.
TAMPA BAY 7-0
NYGIANTS - FIELDGOAL (8:23)
MATT BRYANT 30 YD
Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Allen recovery of McCardell fumble at New York 40; Collins 13-yard pass to Barber to Tampa Bay 47; Collins 17-yard pass to Hilliard to Tampa Bay 18; Collins 11-yard
pass to Toomer to Tampa Bay 12.
TAMPA BAY 7-3
TAMPABAY - TOUCHDOWN (11:23)
CHARLES LEE 53 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK)
Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards in 3:00.
Key plays: Pittman 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Tampa Bay 44; Johnson 13-yard pass to McCardell to New York 43.
TAMPA BAY 14-3 |
| Third Quarter |
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NYGIANTS - FIELDGOAL (5:38)
MATT BRYANT 30 YD
Drive: 8 plays, 39 yards in 3:29.
Key plays: Strahan recovery of Barlow fumble at New York 49; Collins 18-yard pass to Rivers to Tampa Bay 33; Collins 11-yard pass to Tyree on 3rd-and-6 to Tampa Bay 18.
TAMPA BAY 14-6
TAMPABAY - FIELDGOAL (11:15)
MARTIN GRAMATICA 21 YD
Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards in 5:37.
Key plays: Johnson 22-yard pass to Jurevicius to New York 48; Johnson 23-yard pass to Pittman to New York 21; Pittman 9-yard run to New York 12.
TAMPA BAY 17-6
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| Fourth Quarter |
NYGIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (2:38)
FRANK WALKER 56 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MATT BRYANT KICK)
TAMPA BAY 17-13
TAMPABAY - SAFETY (2:18)
SAFETY, BALL THROUGH END ZONE.
TAMPA BAY 19-13
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Game Stats:
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Tampa Bay |
NY Giants |
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
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21
5
11
5
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12
4
8
0
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Third Down Efficiency
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4-14-29%
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4-13-31%
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Fourth Down Efficiency
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0-1-0%
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0-1-0%
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Total Net Yards
Total offensive plays
Average gain per play
|
358
72
5.0
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212
54
3.9
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Net Yards Rushing
Rushing attempts
Average gain per rush
Tackles for loss-yards
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93
38
2.4
1-3
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79
17
4.6
1-1
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Net Yards Passing
Times sacked: Number-Yards
Gross passing yards
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265
2-4
269
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133
3-27
160
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Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
Avg gain per pass play
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32-22-1
7.8
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34-18-2
3.6
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Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
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4-1-1
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5-0-0
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Punts: Number and Average
Had blocked
Net punting average
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5-34.0
0
30.4
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5-42.2
0
39.0
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Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
Number-Yards: Punt Returns
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
Number-Yards: Interception Returns
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-965
2-16
4-67
2--981
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74
2-18
3-83
1-56
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Penalties: Number-yards
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5-45
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9-71
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Fumbles: Number-lost
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5-2
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5-2
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Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Interceptions
Other (blocked kicks, etc.)
|
2
1
1
0
0
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1
0
0
1
0
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Extra Points: Made-attempts
Kicking: Made-Attempts
Passing: Made-Attempts
Rushing: Made-Attempts
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2-2
2-2
0-0
0-0
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1-1
1-1
0-0
0-0
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Field Goals: Made-attempts
FGs - PATs had blocked
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1-1
0-0
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2-2
0-0
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Red Zone Efficiency
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1-3-33%
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0-3-0%
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Goal To Go Efficiency
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1-1-100%
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0-0-0%
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Safeties
|
0
|
0
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Time Of Possession
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37:31
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22:29
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Notes:
Giants Kerry Collins 22 yard run was the longest of his career.
Giants Delvin Joyce has the Giants two longest kickoff returns - a 35-yarder in a previous game, and a 36-yarder in this game.
Giants Tiki Barber needs just 27 yards to reach 1,000 for the third time in his career, which would tie Morris for second on the Giants' all-time list.
Rodney Hampton holds the team record for 1,000-yard rushing seasons with five.
Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber was in on a tackle of his identical twin, Tiki, in the 1st quarter.
Ronde Barber's first solo tackle of Tiki came late in the 2nd quarter when he stopped him after a 20-yard run on a draw play.
Tampa Bay's streak of games with a takeaway stretched to 52 on Quarles' recovery of Collins' fumble at the Bucs 45 midway through the opening quarter.
It is the NFL's longest active streak and second to the Eagles' 71 from 1985-90.
Next Game
Sun, Nov 30 - Buffalo at Giants 1:00 PM ET
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