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Jan 6, 1:00 pm - Giants at Tampa Bay
Game 17- NFC Wild Card
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Bucs700714
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Giants win the Wildcard game 24-14.
Eli Manning was 20-of-27 for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 34 yards on 13 carries and 1 touchdown.
Brandon Jacobs also caught 2 passes for 16 yards and 1 touchdown.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 66 yards on 17 carries.
Amani Toomer caught 7 passes for 74 yards and 1 touchdown.
Plaxico Burress caught 4 passes for 38 yards.
Steve Smith caught 3 passes for 29 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 2 passes for 14 yards.
Michael Strahan had 1 sack and 1 forced fumble.
R.W. McQuarters had 1 interception.
Corey Webster had an interception and a fumble recovery.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 25 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"Do you rest players or do you play them? There was lots of talk about that and injuries and momentum this week. Well the Giants strong showing against New England sure didn't seem to carry over, and Tampa Bay owned the first quarter. Eli Manning's group couldn't get anything going at all against the Bucs defense. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay's offense chipped away at the Giants defense, moving the ball, and making first downs until they scored a touchdown on their second possession with less than two minutes left in the quarter.
That's when things changed. The determined Giants decided to 'make momentum' out of nothing, as soon as the second quarter started. For the first time the defense held the Bucs to a 3-and-out. Then a 17 yard Eli Manning pass to Amani Toomer got them a first down for the first time in the game. Manning finished this drive off from the Bucs 5 yard line with a short pass that Brandon Jacobs carried in for a touchdown. The score was 7-7 when the Bucs took over, and the Giants defense had them 3-and-out again. Jacobs scored on the Giants next drive, this time with an 8 yard touchdown run. Then a Tynes fieldgoal in the third quarter made it 17-7.
When the Giants chewed up the last part of the third quarter and almost half of the fourth with a nice long 92 yard drive, you knew the Bucs were done. That was a 4 yard touchdown pass to Amani Toomer, and the Bucs were now looking up at a 24-7 scoreboard.
The Giants eased up on defense to prevent a big play, and this allowed Tampa Bay to move the ball, but at the expense of the clock. Jeff Garcia's touchdown pass to Alex Smith for 6 yards and Matt Bryant's extra point made it 24-14 and that was the end of the scoring for this game. Now I think the Giants are ready to face the well-rested Cowboys."


Game Notes:
"Once they got past the opening quarter, it was another strong game for the Giants, and they finally did it. They won a postseason game with Tom Coughlin as the head coach and with Eli Manning at quarterback. Last week when they lost to New England Eli, outplayed Tom Brady. This week he outplayed Jeff Garcia, and if you think about it, he even outplayed his older brother Peyton. Eli has cracked his first playoff win in just three tries and it took Peyton four.
Now do you realize that the Giants may have a chance to erase almost all their mistakes from this year? They lost twice to Dallas in the regular season and have another shot at them next week. If that works, they could possibly end up playing Green Bay for the NFC Championship and who knows? Another win and maybe it will turn out that they'll face New England in the Super Bowl. Now that would be some way to end an exciting football season."

Early Stats:
Scoring:
First Quarter
TAMPA BAY - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Earnest Graham, 1 yd run (Matt Bryant kick is good), 1:49.
Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards in 5:13.
TAMPA BAY 7-0
Second Quarter
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Brandon Jacobs, 5 yd pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 10:02.
Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards in 4:04.
TAMPA BAY 7-7
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Brandon Jacobs, 8 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 4:06.
Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 4:23.
GIANTS 14-7
Third Quarter

GIANTS - FIELDGOAL
Play:
Lawrence Tynes, 25 yd field goal , 9:56.
Drive: 9 plays, 23 yards in 4:54.
GIANTS 17-7

Fourth Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Amani Toomer, 4 yd pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 8:03.
Drive: 15 plays, 92 yards in 8:37.
GIANTS 24-7
TAMPA BAY - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Alex Smith, 6 yd pass from Jeff Garcia (Matt Bryant kick is good), 3:25.
Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards in 4:38.
GIANTS 24-14

Game Stats:
  Giants Bucs
First Downs
16
20
      Rushing
4
8
      Passing
12
11
      Penalty
0
1
3rd-Down Efficiency
5/12 - 41%
9/14 - 64%
4th-Down Efficiency
0/0  - 0%
0/0  - 0%
Total Net Yards
277
271
      Total plays
58
62
      Average gain
4.8
4.4
Net Yards Rushing
100
69
      Rushes
30
22
      Average gain per rush
3.3
3.1
      Tackles for loss-yards
4-7
2-7
Net Yards Passing
177
202
      Times sacked: Number-Yards
1 - 8
1 - 5
      Gross passing yards
185
207
Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
20 - 27 - 0
23 - 39 - 2
      Avg gain per pass play
6.3
5.0
Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
5 - 1 - 0
3 - 0 - 0
Punts: Number and Average
6 - 44.5
5 - 36.8
      Had blocked
0
0
Net Punting Average
43.7
33.8
FGs - PATs Had Blocked
0 - 0
0 - 0
Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
15
5
      Number-Yards: Punt Returns
2 - 15
2 - 5
      Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
3 - 54
5 - 106
      Number-Yards: Interception Returns
2 - 0
0 - 0
Penalties: Number-yards
5 - 41
4 - 25
Fumbles: Number-lost
0 - 0
2 - 1
Touchdowns
3
2
      Rushing
1
1
      Passing
2
1
      Interceptions
0
0
      Kickoff Returns
0
0
      Fumble Returns
0
0
      Punt Returns
0
0
Extra Points: Made-attempts
3 - 3
2 - 2
      Kicking: Made-Attempts
3 - 3
2 - 2
      2 Pointers: Made-Attempts
0 - 0
0 - 0
Field Goals: Made-attempts
1 - 1
0 - 0
Red Zone Efficiency
3/4 - 75%
2/2 - 100%
Goal To Go Efficiency
2/3 - 66%
2/2 - 100%
Safeties
0
0
Final Score
24
14
Time Of Possession
33:31
26:29

Notes:
Giants were held to minus-two yards of offense in the first quarter.

Giants have won every road game since the season opener against the Cowboys.

Tampa Bay led the NFC with a plus-15 turnover margin.
They gave up 1 fumble and 2 interceptions to the Giants.


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Jan 13 NFC Divison Game - Giants at Dallas, 4:30PM.
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