Dec 7, 1:00 pm (FOX) - Washington at Giants
| Game 13 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
| Redskins |
3 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
20 |
| Giants |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Giants lose to the Redskins 20-7, drop to last place in the NFC East.
Kerry Collins completed only 5 of 14 passes for 62 yards and one interception.
Jesse Palmer completed 7 of 11 passes for 83 yards.
Tiki Barber had 16 carries for 99 yards.
Tiki Barber had 3 catches for 47 yards.
Tim Carter had 3 catches for 42 yards.
Dorsey Levens scored the Giants only touchdown on a 5-yard run into the endzone.
Michael Strahan had 2 sacks.
Game Notes:
"If there's snow, Gamegirl won't go, so this report's not coming to you from one of those cold semi-snow filled stadium seats.
I felt pretty cozy with my decision to watch at home, especially when Tiki Barber fumbled on the Giants second play of the game, to give the Redskins the ball on the Giants 27 yard line. Of
course, it would have been great to see Michael Strahan's impressive 13th sack of the year first hand. He turned a Washington 3rd down and 1 at the goaline into a 4th down and 10, and the
Redskins had to take the 28 yard fieldgoal.
So what do you do if you're the head coach? Do you bench Tiki Barber because he fumbled again? Well, that would be wrong, because on his next three runs, Tiki
goes out there and takes the ball 19 yards, 18 yards, and 15 yards.
Of course this is not the year of the Giants, and that drive ended up with a 26 yard missed field goal attempt by Matt Bryant, and they were still behind. The Redskins went three and out,
and because of a poor punt into the wind, the Giants got the ball back at the Redskins 35 yard line. A few plays later, Dorsey Levens took it in for the touchdown and Bryant's extra point
gave the Giants their lead 7-3.
Then came one of the funniest plays I've seen. On the kickoff return, to save a touchdown, Matt Bryant had to take off after the Redskins returner who looked
to be about twice his size and speed. Bryant either scared or distracted Patrick Johnson, I can't figure out which, as Johnson stepped out of bounds at the Giants 34 yard line while knocking
Bryant to the ground with one hand.
Aside from seeing Strahan make another sack, feeling the pain of seeing Kerry Collins being carted off the field, and I guess maybe making one of those nifty snowmen
on an empty seat next to me like I saw on TV, I missed out on seeing Bruce Smith break the all time sack record. Of course, even a lot of the fans who went to the game missed that. By the time
it happened in the 4th quarter with the Redskins up 20-7, not many people were left there to see it."
Game Notes:
"The Giants offense had the ball for only about 23 minutes compared to the Redskins 37. It's hard to keep drives going when you turn the ball
over and give up 6 sacks. It also doesn't help in scoring points when you miss an easy field goal and commit stupid penalties.
I mean really stupid penalties like when Johnny Harris kicked the official's flag when he 'thought' the penalty was going to be a pass interference call against his buddy Frank Walker. Instead
of killing the Redskins drive, the unsportsman like conduct penalty sustained it, and gave Washington a first down.
The Giants had 7 penalties for 70 yards. They lost Kerry Collins with an ankle sprain when Bruce Smith and LaVar Arrington ran into him on a play that should
have been stopped because the offense committed a penalty. That gave backup quarterback Jesse Palmer a chance to play. Palmer was sacked five times, and one of those gave Bruce Smith the all
time sack leader record he's been chasing for so long (19 years).
In the 4th quarter, because the Giants were so far behind, they had Palmer go for a 4th down and 10 at the Washington 28 yard line, and he completed it to
Amani Toomer for 16 yards. That was the first time the Giants made a 4th down play this season after having failed ten times before that.
Jesse Palmer could end starting for the Giants in the next game against New Orleans. He has to learn whatever Kerry Collins figured out about avoiding sacks with
this inexperienced front line protecting him. If Palmer goes on to be a star quarterback, he gets to laugh off the fact that Bruce Smith broke the record against him. If he doesn't, his career
in NFL history will be as a trivia footnote to one of Bruce Smith's lifetime accomplishments."
Early Stats:
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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T CANIDATE 19 69 3.6 17 0 T BARBER 16 99 6.2 19 0
C MORTON 13 56 4.3 21 0 D LEVENS 7 21 3.0 5 1
R CARTWRIGHT 12 19 1.6 12 0
L COLES 1 5 5.0 5 0
L BETTS 1 3 3.0 3 0
T HASSELBECK 2 -2 -1.0 0 0
PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
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T HASSELBECK 13-19-154 0 2 30 J PALMER 7-11- 83 0 0 36
K COLLINS 5-14- 62 1 0 19
Sacked-Yards Lost: T HASSELBECK 2-16. Sacked-Yards Lost: J PALMER 5-37,
K COLLINS 1-8.
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L COLES 4 55 13.8 24 0 T BARBER 3 47 15.7 36 0
R GARDNER 4 44 11.0 30 1 T CARTER 3 42 14.0 19 0
D MCCANTS 2 28 14.0 22 1 A TOOMER 2 30 15.0 16 0
B JOHNSON 1 19 19.0 19 0 I HILLIARD 2 15 7.5 10 0
P JOHNSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 D TYREE 2 11 5.5 7 0
T CANIDATE 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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C BAILEY 1 2 2.0 2 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
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B BARKER 4 92 23.0 0 0 39 J FEAGLES 4 206 51.5 1 2 59
T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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C MORTON 1 4 4.0 4 0 B MITCHELL 1 5 5.0 5 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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P JOHNSON 1 50 50.0 50 0 D JOYCE 2 37 18.5 26 0
B MITCHELL 2 36 18.0 21 0
KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
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J HALL 2/2 2/3 M BRYANT 1/1 0/1
Dist.: 28 (34) 41 Dist.: (26)
O-D OD
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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L ARRINGTON 0 0 1 0-0 T BARBER 1 1 0 0-0
R UPSHAW 0 0 1 0-0 J PALMER 1 1 0 0-0
J ARMSTEAD 0 0 0 0-1
C BAILEY 0 0 0 0-1
DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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J TROTTER 9 6 3 .5-4 J HARRIS 13 10 3 0-0
J ARMSTEAD 8 6 2 2-14 M STRAHAN 11 8 3 2-16
B HOLSEY 7 6 1 0-0 O STOUTMIRE 9 8 1 0-0
L ARRINGTON 5 3 2 2-16 M BARROW 9 7 2 0-0
F SMOOT 5 3 2 0-0 B SHORT 9 6 3 0-0
R UPSHAW 4 3 1 0-0 D JONES 7 6 1 0-0
I OHALETE 4 2 2 0-0 K HAMILTON 3 3 0 0-0
M BOWEN 3 2 1 0-0 R BROWN 3 3 0 0-0
B SMITH 2 2 0 1-7 K WASHINGTON 3 2 1 0-0
C BAILEY 2 2 0 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 1 2 0-0
L MARSHALL 1 1 0 .5-4 I CHARLTON 2 2 0 0-0
R WYNN 1 1 0 0-0 O UMENYIORA 2 1 1 0-0
L DALTON 1 1 0 0-0 L LEGREE 1 1 0 0-0
R BAUMAN 1 1 0 0-0 F WALKER 1 1 0 0-0
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Scoring:
| First Quarter |
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WASHINGTON - FIELDGOAL (4:08)
JOHN HALL 28 YD
Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 3:34.
Key plays: Bailey recovery of Barber fumble at New York 27; Canidate 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to New York 16; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Giants' Walker to New York 1.
WASHINGTON 3-0
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (12:46)
DORSEY LEVENS 5 YD RUN (MATT BRYANT KICK)
Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 3:19.
Key plays: Barker 16-yard punt to Washington 35; Collins 14-yard pass to Toomer to Washington 21; Levens 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Washington 7.
NY GIANTS 7-3
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| Second Quarter |
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WASHINGTON - TOUCHDOWN (0:58)
DARNERIEN MCCANTS 6 YD PASS FROM TIM HASSELBECK (JOHN HALL KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards in 3:12.
Key plays: P Johnson 50-yard kickoff return to New York 34; Hasselbeck 19-yard pass to B Johnson to New York 15; Canidate 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New York 4.
WASHINGTON 10-7
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| Third Quarter |
WASHINGTON - TOUCHDOWN (4:56)
ROD GARDNER 7 YD PASS FROM TIM HASSELBECK (JOHN HALL KICK)
Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:56.
Key plays: Canidate 17-yard run to Washington 37; Hasselbeck 22-yard pass to McCants on 3rd-and-7 to New York 38; Hasselbeck 24-yard pass to Coles to New York 12.
WASHINGTON 17-7 |
| Fourth Quarter |
WASHINGTON - FIELDGOAL (4:18)
JOHN HALL 41 YD
Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards in 2:03.
Key plays: Armstead 3-yard fumble return to New York 39; Morton 7-yard run to New York 28.
WASHINGTON 20-7 |
Game Stats:
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Washington |
NY Giants |
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
|
20
7
10
3
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15
7
7
1
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Third Down Efficiency
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8-16-50%
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4-12-33%
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Fourth Down Efficiency
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0-0-0%
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1-2-50%
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Total Net Yards
Total offensive plays
Average gain per play
|
288
69
4.2
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220
54
4.1
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Net Yards Rushing
Rushing attempts
Average gain per rush
Tackles for loss-yards
|
150
48
3.1
5-7
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120
23
5.2
0-0
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Net Yards Passing
Times sacked: Number-Yards
Gross passing yards
|
138
2-16
154
|
100
6-45
145
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Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
Avg gain per pass play
|
19-13-0
6.6
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25-12-1
3.2
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Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
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5-2-1
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2-1-1
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Punts: Number and Average
Had blocked
Net punting average
|
4-23.0
0
21.8
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4-51.5
0
50.5
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Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
Number-Yards: Punt Returns
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
Number-Yards: Interception Returns
|
6
1-4
1-50
1-2
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5
1-5
4-73
0-0
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Penalties: Number-yards
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6-35
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7-70
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Fumbles: Number-lost
|
0-0
|
2-2
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Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Interceptions
Other (blocked kicks, etc.)
|
2
0
2
0
0
|
1
1
0
0
0
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Extra Points: Made-attempts
Kicking: Made-Attempts
Passing: Made-Attempts
Rushing: Made-Attempts
|
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
|
2-3
0-0
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0-1
0-0
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Red Zone Efficiency
|
2-4-50%
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1-3-33%
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Goal To Go Efficiency
|
1-2-50%
|
1-1-100%
|
Safeties
|
0
|
0
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Time Of Possession
|
37:08
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22:52
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Notes:
Tiki Barber rushed for over 1,000 yards for the third time in his career.
Michael Strahan has now sacked 54 different quarterbacks.
Kerry Collins made his 67th consecutive start, the 3rd-longest active streak among NFL quarterbacks and the 2nd-longest streak by a quarterback in Giants history.
Fran Tarkenton started a Giants team-record 69 consecutive games from 1967-71.
Kerry Collins had to leave the game in the 3rd quarter with an ankle injury.
Giants lost their fifth consecutive game and fell to 4-9 and into last place in the NFC East.
It is their longest losing streak since a seven-game slump in 1994.
Giants lost their sixth consecutive home game and fell to 1-6 in Giants Stadium (not counting the victory over the Jets as visitors).
It is their longest home losing streak since they dropped the final six games in the stadium in 1983.
Matt Bryant was wide left on a 26-yard field goal attempt, the shortest miss of his two-year career.
Bruce Smith became the NFL's career sacks leader when he tackled Jesse Palmer for a 7-yard loss in the 4th quarter.
He has sacked 74 different quarterbacks.
Former Giant Jessie Armstead had 2 sacks and a fumble recovery.
This is the first time in Jim Fassel's 7 years as head coach that the Giants have lost 5 games in a row.
Next Game
Sun, Dec 14 - Giants at New Orleans 8:30 PM ET
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