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Sept 26, 1:00 pm - Titans at Giants
| Game 3 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Titans | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| Giants | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| ESPN Scores | ESPN Recap | ESPN Stats |
Giants
lose to the Titans 29-10.
Eli Manning was 34-of-48 for 386 yards and 2 INTs.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for
88 yards on 15 carries and 1 TD, and caught 5 passes for 30 yards.
Brandon
Jacobs rushed for 17 yards on 4 carries and caught 1 pass for 1 yard.
Steve
Smith caught 9 passes for 103 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 7 passes for 56 yards.
Mario
Manningham caught 6 passes for 78 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 3 passes for 88
yards.
Travis Beckum caught 2 passes for 7 yards.
Madison Hedgecock caught
1 pass for 23 yards.
Mathias Kiwanuka had 1 sack.
Lawrence Tynes
kicked a 50 yard field goal, and missed on attempts of 53 and 44 yards.
Game
Notes:
"It was a bit cool at
the stadium but a real nice day for a football game. You already know the score
and the results so I'll just point out the things that got me going as I watched
today. The crowd was thrilled to see Kevin Boss make his first catch of the day
and take it 54 yards as the Titans defenders struggled to bring him down. Wow!
At the end of the second quarter with the Giants trailing by seven, Mario Manningham
made a great sideline catch to stop the clock with 42 seconds left. That was followed
by Ahmad Bradshaw running off a draw play for a 10 yard touchdown and a 10-10
tie score.
At that point there was another half left to play and I thought
the Giants would get it all together. They had played a sloppy game so far but
looked to be the better team on the field. The next highlight for me was in the
third quarter watching Ahmad Bradshaw run the ball about 20 yards to the Titans
6 yard line - closed my eyes on his fumble on the very next play. Finally Mario
Manningham's 25 yard catch that got the Giants to the Titans 44 yard line gave
me hope but that drive ended with a missed field goal after yet another mistake.
Lawrence Tynes saw his 38 yard attempt turned into a 43 yarder on a delay of game
penalty.
Most of the fans hung it up when the Titans chewed up the fourth
quarter clock and scored another field goal to make it 22-10. If you hung in after
that you got to see Kareem McKenzie lose his cool to draw his second unnecessary
roughness penalty. It put Manning in a tough 3rd and 25 and that helped kill off
any faint chance the Giants had to pull this one out. The Titans added a touchdown
after that to make it 29-10. The Giants have a week to figure out what kind of
football team they want to be when they play Chicago."
"What you saw today was a Tom Coughlin coached team way out of control, and out of control teams don't win many football games. The Giants put up less points (10) than the penalty flags they earned (11) and as a result lost a game they could have won. Eli Manning threw exactly twice as many passes as he did last week for a better completion ratio but with worse results - zero touchdowns and 2 interceptions (386 yards on 48 passes, 34 completions).
Things looked bad in the third quarter when Eli Manning hit Mario Manningham for a 44-yard pass down the sideline and the play was called back because Ahmad Bradshaw was flagged for a chop block in the end zone. That resulted in a safety, but Bradshaw really killed the next drive with his fumble at the Titans 5 yard line. The score was a a manageable 19-10 at that point but the players were unmanageable. Their lack of putting team first above their feelings kept them from scoring any additional points while the Titans added 10 more and this game was over. One of the things I don't get in this game is why Coughlin tried that extra long field goal early on when they were down just 3-0. What has Tynes shown in the past that encouraged that decision, and the result gave the Titans great field position when he missed.
Kevin Boss was one bright spot today. They sure could have used his help last week blocking and making catches like he did today. The Giants biggest tasks were to shut down running back Chris Johnson and get to quarterback Vince Young. Next week the task will be to simpler, to try and behave like professional football players."
Scoring:
| First Quarter |
| TENNESSEE
- FIELDGOAL Play: Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards in 3:19 Tennessee 3-0 |
| Second Quarter |
| TENNESSEE
- TOUCHDOWN |
| Third Quarter |
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TENNESSEE
- SAFETY Play: Drive: 2 plays, 0 yard in 1:34 Tennessee 12-10 Play: Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards in 2:56 Tennessee 19-10 |
| Fourth Quarter |
| TENNESSEE
- FIELDGOAL |
Notes:
Before today the same five Giants offensive lineman had started 46 of the past 50 games.
The Jets were second in the NFL with just 36.
Titans win was the 10th straight against an NFC opponent and their fifth straight over the Giants.
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