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Nov 23, 4:15PM - Giants at Cardinals
Game 11
  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Giants 0 17 7 13 37
Cardinals 3 9 7 10 29
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Giants beat the Cardinals 37-29.
Eli Manning was 26-of-33 for 240 yards with 3 TDs.
Derrick Ward rushed for 69 yards on 20 carries and 1 TD, and caught 4 passes for 30 yards.
Domenik Hixon rushed for 11 yards on 1 carry and caught 6 passes for 57 yards.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 4 yards on 9 carries.
Kevin Boss caught 4 passes for 48 yards and 1 TD.
Steve Smith caught 4 passes for 45 yards.
Amani Toomer caught 4 passes for 30 yards and 1 TD.
Sinorice Moss caught 2 passes for 20 yards.
Madison Hedgecock caught 2 passes for 10 yards and 1 TD.
Terrell Thomas had 1 INT.
Justin Tuck had 1 sack and 1 forced fumble.
Domenik Hixon had kickoff returns of 83 and 68 yards.
John Carney kicked field goals of 33, 27 and 33 yards.

Game Notes:
"I have to admit it was hard for me to relax at halftime even with the Giants holding a 17-12 lead. I knew that the Cardinals were supposed to be a good team this year, but being a longtime Giants fan, and seeing their team do so poorly for really way so long, I still figured there was no way they could measure up to the Giants at all. Now here the Cardinals were, playing with confidence, moving the ball against our defense, and making third down plays without any trouble. About four minutes before the half the Cardinals had the lead, but luckily Domenik Hixon took the kickoff back 68 yards to the Arizona 32 yard line, and soon Eli Manning threw a pass to Amani Toomer for a 12 yard touchdown.
That still only had the Giants up 17-12 and I felt a bit better, but this game looked like it could go either way at that point. I shouldn't have worried, because even though they played us tight, the Giants offense kept things going in the second half with Eli Manning completing almost every pass. By the end of the game, Derrick Ward showed he was a real workhorse, and Domenik Hixon was the top receiver and special teams player with his two runbacks for a total of 269 yards. The defense also kept after Kurt Warner and nailed him for two turnovers. Even with all that, the Cardinals hung in and got the score to within eight points in the fourth quarter. Look out Philadelphia, because you're up next against the Cardinals."


Game Notes:
"The Giants defense didn't have to work hard at stopping the run today. The Cards had only 23 yards total on 15 carries. Now when you hear something like that you figure it must have been an easy one-sided affair, but the pass-happy Arizona Cardinals lived up to their reputation. The Giants couldn't stop Kurt Warner from throwing for 351 yards, and their passing attack kept them in this game. In the end it wasn't enough, even with the Giants playing without Brandon Jacobs or Plaxico Burress once he had to leave the game.
The Cardinals kept the Giants rushing attack to under 100 yards, but Eli Manning also showed what he could do with his arm, and he threw for 240 yards and three touchdowns, missing on only 7 of his 33 passes. The Giants defense allowed Kurt Warner to throw over 300 yards for a fifth consecutive time, and that puts him one short of Steve Young's NFL record. The record that's most important though is the win-loss record and the Giants will take that tradeoff any day."

Early Stats:

Scoring:
First Quarter
CARDS - FIELDGOAL
Play: Neil Rackers, 34 yd field goal , 06:23.
Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards in 6:57

CARDS 3-0
Second Quarter
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Derrick Ward, 1 yd run (John Carney kick is good), 11:46.
Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 6:08
GIANTS 7-3

CARDS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Tim Hightower, 4 yd run pass failed, 07:55.
Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:47
CARDS 9-7

GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play: John Carney, 33 yd field goal , 06:56.
Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 1:00

GIANTS 10-9

CARDS
- FIELDGOAL
Play: Neil Rackers, 20 yd field goal , 03:52.
Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 3:02

CARDS 12-10

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Amani Toomer, 12 yd pass from Eli Manning (John Carney kick is good), 01:15.
Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards in 2:41
GIANTS 17-12
Third Quarter
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Madison Hedgecock, 2 yd pass from Eli Manning (John Carney kick is good), 10:41.
Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards in 2:04
GIANTS 24-12

CARDS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Tim Hightower, 1 yd run (Neil Rackers kick is good), 00:53.
Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 4:40
GIANTS 24-19
Fourth Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Kevin Boss, 10 yd pass from Eli Manning (John Carney kick is good), 11:20.
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:34
GIANTS 31-19

GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play: John Carney, 27 yd field goal , 06:22.
Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 4:13

GIANTS 34-19

CARDS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Anquan Boldin, 5 yd pass from Kurt Warner (Neil Rackers kick is good), 04:07.
Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards in 2:15
GIANTS 34-26

GIANT
S - FIELDGOAL
Play: John Carney, 33 yd field goal , 02:00.
Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards in 2:07

GIANTS 37-26

CARDS
- FIELDGOAL
Play: Neil Rackers, 44 yd field goal , 00:42.
Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 1:24

GIANTS 37-29

Game Stats:

Notes:
Cardinals Kurt Warner threw a TD pass for the 19th straight game, tying Neil Lomax for the franchise record.

Giants fullback Madison Hedgecock caught the first touchdown pass of his career.

Giants Domenik Hixon's 269 all-purpose yards were the third-highest total in Giant history. It matched Del Shofner in 1962, and only nly Joe Scott (279 yards in 1948) and Tiki Barber (276 yards in 2002) had more in a single game.

Giants have scored at least 30 points in four straight games for first time since 1967-68, when they extended the streak to five.

Giants Eli Manning passed for three touchdowns for the third time this season.

Giants became only the second team in history to win 5 consecutive games over teams with winning records. The 1970 Minnesota Vikings own the record with 6 victories.

Playing with a retractable roof closed and the conditions perfect, John Carney was the only kicker activated.


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