Oct 26, 1:00 pm (FOX) - Giants at Minnesota
| Game 7 |
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
| Giants |
7 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
29 |
| Vikings |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
Giants hand the Vikings their first loss of the season 29-17.
Kerry Collins was 23-of-39 for 375 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception
Tiki Barber had 20 carries for 75 yards, 1 touchdown, and he caught
5 passes for 47 yards.
Michael Strahan had 2 sacks.
Ike Hilliard had 9 catches for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Jeremy Shockey had 3 catches for 81 yards.
Amani Toomer had 3 catches for 96 yards.
Rookie cornerback Frank Walker, playing in his first game, came
up with a big interception.
Game
Notes:
"I had a good feeling about this game. Maybe because of the
way the Vikings were playing the Giants. I mean, it was a shocker
that they went for that 51 yard career long field goal when their
opening drive was stopped. They showed no respect for the Giants
offense, not caring about giving them good field position if the
field goal missed.
Even more surprising was when they went for the 54 yard field goal after the Giants had sliced through their defense twice in a row. They missed and the Giants got the ball on their own 44
yard line. People complain about Jim Fassel's decisions, but how about Mike Tice's? I guess with his team sitting at 6-0, he figures he's playing with 'house money', but I know how that always
works out for me.
Anyway, after a few more doses of Giants offense, Tice passed up a shorter 49 yard field goal attempt. Maybe watching Ike Hilliard make all those catches, and seeing Tiki Barber bob and weave
and catch for over a hundred yards can have that effect. It also helps when you have Shockey do some of his trademark style catch and runs on your defense. I think the Giants gained some respect
today and showed that maybe they're not some crummy 2-4 team. Maybe they are really an underachieving 3-4 team about to explode."
Game Notes:
"In the first half, Randy Moss made 5 catches for 121 yards and 2 touchdowns. He would have had one more for an additional 64 yards, but Will
Allen closed on Moss and broke up the completion. Then somehow in the second half they held Moss to just 2 catches for 4 yards. What changed?
The Giants surprised the Vikings with a flea-flicker on the opening play of the second half. That turned into a 51 yard gain for Amani Toomer and Conway finished the drive with a field goal
to put the score at 16-10.
Fassel did some good play calling in this game, but you still have to wonder. He almost always has Tiki Barber running the ball on first down plays. The Vikings caught on and were shutting
it down so bad that Tiki even had a four yard loss on one of those plays. Fassel put Levens in at that point, and ran him the same way for the same results. I hope he doesn't use this as an
example of why he neglected using Levens for so long.
Later on, things looked bad for the Giants when the Vikings blocked a punt close to the goal line. Backup linebacker Wes Mallard failed to block Jack Brewer who got to the ball, but Mallard
turned something bad into something good when he scooped up the ball and ran it for a first down. The Giants got to keep the ball at their own 25. That was a nice gift to give your head coach,
and rookie cornerback Frank Walker gave Fassel another when he made a nice interception that led to Ike Hilliard's second touchdown catch of the game. That put the score at 29-17 with not
much time left in the game, and that was it. Now it's on to the Jets next week."
Early Stats:
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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T BARBER 20 75 3.8 17 1 M WILLIAMS 11 69 6.3 38 0
D LEVENS 5 7 1.4 3 0 D CULPEPPER 5 48 9.6 19 0
K COLLINS 3 1 0.3 3 0 O SMITH 11 32 2.9 8 0
R MOSS 1 -12-12.0 0 0
PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
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K COLLINS 23-39-375 1 2 51 D CULPEPPER 18-31-241 2 2 35
Sacked-Yards Lost: K COLLINS 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: D CULPEPPER 4-19.
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
I HILLIARD 9 100 11.1 19 2 R MOSS 7 125 17.9 35 2
T BARBER 5 47 9.4 21 0 N BURLESON 3 52 17.3 32 0
A TOOMER 3 96 32.0 51 0 M WILLIAMS 2 19 9.5 11 0
J SHOCKEY 3 81 27.0 46 0 K HOWRY 2 15 7.5 8 0
T CARTER 2 45 22.5 30 0 J KLEINSASSER 2 8 4.0 7 0
D LEVENS 1 6 6.0 6 0 O SMITH 1 17 17.0 17 0
C STACKHOUSE 1 5 5.0 5 0
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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F WALKER 1 18 18.0 18 0 C CHAVOUS 1 0 0.0 0 0
J HARRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 3 144 48.0 0 0 53 E JOHNSON 4 147 36.8 1 1 45
T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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B MITCHELL 1 0 0.0 0 0 K HOWRY 2 18 9.0 11 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JOYCE 2 41 20.5 24 0 D CHAPMAN 4 51 12.8 20 0
B MITCHELL 1 16 16.0 16 0 K HOWRY 3 59 19.7 23 0
KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
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B CONWAY 2/2 3/3 A ELLING 2/2 1/2
Dist.: 20 44 37 Dist.: 51 (54)
O-D OD
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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B MITCHELL 1 0 0 0-0 D CULPEPPER 1 0 0 1-0
D JONES 0 0 1 0-0
DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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M BARROW 9 4 5 0-0 C CHAVOUS 10 9 1 0-0
S WILLIAMS 8 7 1 0-0 G BIEKERT 8 6 2 0-0
M STRAHAN 6 5 1 2-6 H CROCKETT 5 5 0 0-0
D JONES 6 3 3 1-9 B WILLIAMS 5 5 0 0-0
B SHORT 6 3 3 0-0 C CLAIBORNE 5 4 1 0-0
W ALLEN 3 3 0 0-0 D WALKER 4 4 0 0-0
R BROWN 3 3 0 0-0 K WILLIAMS 4 3 1 1-8
F WALKER 3 3 0 0-0 K IRVIN 4 3 1 0-0
O STOUTMIRE 3 3 0 0-0 - TEAM 3 3 0 0-0
L LEGREE 3 3 0 0-0 K MIXON 3 2 1 0-0
O UMENYIORA 3 2 1 0-0 F ROBBINS 1 1 0 0-0
K HOLMES 2 2 0 1-4 E HENDERSON 1 1 0 0-0
C GRIFFIN 1 1 0 0-0 C HOVAN 1 0 1 0-0
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Scoring:
| First Quarter |
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VIKINGS - FIELDGOAL (4:48)
AARON ELLING 51 YD
Drive: Drive:8 plays, 40 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: Culpepper 17-yard pass to Smith to Minnesota 44; Culpepper 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to New York 39.
VIKINGS 3-0
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (7:41)
IKE HILLIARD 19 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (BRETT CONWAY KICK) Drive:6 plays, 76 yards in 2:53
Drive: plays, 76 yards in 2:53 .
Key plays: Barber 13-yard run to New York 48; Collins 16-yard pass to Shockey to Minnesota 36; Barber 17-yard run to Minnesota 19.
GIANTS 7-3 |
| Second Quarter |
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GIANTS - FIELDGOAL (11:29)
BRETT CONWAY 20 YD
Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards in 3:12.
Key plays: Collins 21-yard pass to Barber to Minnesota 35; Collins 30-yard pass to Minnesota 3.
GIANTS 10-3
VIKINGS - TOUCHDOWN (13:07)
RANDY MOSS 33 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (AARON ELLING KICK)
Drive: 4 plays, 79 yards in 1:38.
Key plays: Culpepper 10-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 31; Culpepper 35-yard pass to Moss to New York 33).
GIANTS 10-10
GIANTS - FIELDGOAL (11:56)
BRETT CONWAY 44 YD Drive:11 plays, 62 yards in 1:49
Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 1:49.
Key plays: Collins 8-yard pass to Hilliard on 3rd-and-4 to New York 26; Collins 22-yard pass to Toomer to Minnesota 38; Collins 12-yard pass to Hilliard to Minnesota 26.
GIANTS 13-10 |
| Third Quarter |
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GIANTS - FIELDGOAL (1:46)
JBRETT CONWAY 37 YD
Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards in 1:46.
Key plays: Collins 51-yard pass to Toomer to Minnesota 21.
GIANTS 16-10
VIKINGS - TOUCHDOWN (8:38)
RANDY MOSS 1 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (AARON ELLING KICK)
Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards in 3:09.
Key plays: M Williams 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 37; Culpepper 32-yard pass to Burleson to New York 2.
VIKINGS 17-16
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| Fourth Quarter |
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GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (9:31)
Collins 19-yard pass to Shockey to Minnesota 2 Drive:6 plays, 80 yards in 2:58
Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 2:58.
Key plays: Barber 11-yard run to New York 31; Collins 46-yard pass to Shockey plus 11-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Vikings' Hovan to Minnesota 11.
GIANTS 23-16
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (11:21)
IKE HILLIARD 14 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (BRETT CONWAY KICK)
Drive: 3 plays, 17 yards in 1:36.
Key plays: Walker 18-yard interception return to Minnesota 17.
GIANTS 29-16
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Game Stats:
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Vikings |
NY Giants |
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
|
22
9
11
2
|
26
6
18
2
|
Third Down Efficiency
|
4-11-36%
|
4-11-36%
|
Fourth Down Efficiency
|
0-1-0%
|
0-1-0%
|
Total Net Yards
Total offensive plays
Average gain per play
|
359
63
5.7
|
450
68
6.6
|
Net Yards Rushing
Rushing attempts
Average gain per rush
Tackles for loss-yards
|
137
28
4.9
2-15
|
83
28
3.0
7-14
|
Net Yards Passing
Times sacked: Number-Yards
Gross passing yards
|
222
4-19
241
|
367
1-8
375
|
Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
Avg gain per pass play
|
31-18-2
6.3
|
39-23-1
9.2
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Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
|
4-2-1
|
7-0-0
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Punts: Number and Average
Had blocked
Net punting average
|
4-36.8
0
36.8
|
4-36.0
1
31.5
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Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
Number-Yards: Punt Returns
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
Number-Yards: Interception Returns
|
18
2-18
7-110
1-0
|
18
1-0
3-57
2-18
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Penalties: Number-yards
|
9-52
|
9-70
|
Fumbles: Number-lost
|
1-0
|
1-0
|
Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Interceptions
Other (blocked kicks, etc.)
|
2
0
2
0
0
|
3
1
2
0
0
|
Extra Points: Made-attempts
Kicking: Made-Attempts
Passing: Made-Attempts
Rushing: Made-Attempts
|
2-2
2-2
0-0
0-0
|
2-3
2-2
0-1
0-0
|
Field Goals: Made-attempts
FGs - PATs had blocked
|
1-2
0-0
|
3-3
0-0
|
Red Zone Efficiency
|
1-1-100%
|
3-6-50%
|
Goal To Go Efficiency
|
1-1-100%
|
0-1-0%
|
Safeties
|
0
|
0
|
Time Of Possession
|
29:39
|
30:21
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Notes:
Vikings Randy Moss had 7 catches for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Vikings Daunte Culpepper threw his first two interceptions of the year.
Michael Strahan's 2 sacks to puts
him at 103 1/2.
Tiki Barber's 122 all-purpose yards
moved him past Frank Gifford (9,862) into first place in all-purpose
yards in Giants history. Barber now has 9,879.
Rookie cornerback Frank Walker,
in his first game, caught the first interception of his career.
It was the first one Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper threw
this season.
Next Game
Sun, Nov 2- Giants at Jets 1:00 PM ET
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