Nov 23, 4:15PM - Giants at Cardinals
Game 11 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
Giants |
0 |
17 |
7 |
13 |
37 |
Cardinals |
3 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
29 |
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
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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
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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
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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
GIANTS
- 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
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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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