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Oct 26, 4:15PM - Giants at Pittsburgh
| Game 7 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Giants | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| ESPN Scores | ESPN Recap | ESPN Stats |
Giants win over the Steelers 21-14.
Eli Manning was 19-of-32 for 199 yards with 1 TD.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 47 yards on 18 carries and caught 1 pass for
6 yards.
Derrick Ward rushed for 37 yards on 13 carries and caught 5 passes for
43 yards.
Steve Smith caught 3 passes for 45 yards.
Amani Toomer caught 2 passes for 39 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 4 passes for 34 yards and 1 TD.
Domenik Hixon caught 1 pass for 17 yards.
Plaxico Burress caught 3 passes for 15 yards.
Mathias Kiwanuka had 3 sacks.
Justin Tuck and Dave Tollefson each had 1 sack.
Bryan Kehl, Corey Webster, James Butler, and Kenny Phillips each had 1
INT.
John Carney kicked 4 field goals of 26, 35, 25 and 24 yards.
Game Notes:
"So this game starts with Plaxico on the sidelines. Why? - Not because
of an injury, but because he didn't show up for a treatment sesion when
- maybe he thought he didn't have to. This stuff is getting old. Plaxico
was back in the game in the second quarter but he wasn't much of a factor
finishing up with just 3 catches for 15 yards. Anyway, this was some game
and it had everything, benchings, two touchdown challenges, undeserved
penalties, foolish penalties, sacks, interceptions, going for it on fourth
downs, a safety, and finally, a fourth quarter tie score with less than
7 minutes left.
Both these teams gave it their all
and it was a very exciting matchup. As advertised, the Steelers were tough
to run on, even for the Giants. For those of you who always argue about
the Eli Manning - Ben Roethlisberger thing, Roethlisberger came out way
behind in this matchup. He completed less than half of his passes for
1 touchdown and 4 interceptions. To be sure, he beat the Giants defense
a few times, but they gave him a lot of pressure. He was sacked 5 times
and knocked down 16 times. Eli Manning did just fine, and a few times
drives were hurt by dropped passes that should have been caught. I'm looking
forward to seeing the Giants take on the Cowboys next week."
Game Notes:
"Twenty
one points does not three touchdowns make. Well, usually it does, but
not today. The Giants scored four field goals, a safety and one touchdown
to come up with that number, and we'll take it. This was a real physical
game. By the end of the half, Pittsburgh was sporting a number of injuries
from an aggressive Giants defense. Ben Roethlisberger took some hits and
had his left hand taped up. The Giants had some injuries too. Kevin Dockery
had to leave the game, but that looked more like a result of Antonio Pierce
falling on him. Even though they were up 9-7, the Pittsburgh defense was
on the field almost twice as much as the Giants.
I thought this would be a bigger factor in the second half, but like the
Giants the Steelers have good depth, and the Giants on offense weren't
able to take advantage of the great field position they had. I'll always
go back to saying that as long as Tom Coughlin insists on calling the
'red zone' the 'green zone', the football gods will look down and laugh
and have their way with him. By the time Tom Coughlin retires, he may
end up with the worse stats on scoring touchdowns when his team is in
his dreamworld 'green zone' (Tom come-on now get with it , red zone -
proper NFL recognized designation).
As we said in the preview, all the NFC East teams but the Giants were
favored to win today and they all did, including the Giants. This is a
tough bunch and the Giants start taking them on with Dallas next week,
and the Eagles the week after. After a break(?) playing Baltimore and
Arizona, they have Washington, Philadelphia and Dallas all in a row,"
Early Stats:
Scoring:
| First Quarter |
| PITTSBURGH - TOUCHDOWN Play: Mewelde Moore, 32 yd run (Jeff Reed kick is good), 11:22. Drive: 4 plays, 60 yards in 1:27 PITTSBURGH 7-0 Play: John Carney, 26 yd field goal, 04:43. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 6:36 PITTSBURGH 7-3 |
| Second Quarter |
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GIANTS - FIELDGOAL |
| Third Quarter |
| PITTSBURGH
- TOUCHDOWN Play: Nate Washington, 65 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick is good), 10:10. Drive: 1 plays, 65 yards in 0:10 PITTSBURGH 14-9 |
| Fourth Quarter |
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GIANTS
- FIELDGOAL |
Notes:
Giants reached the Steelers red zone six
times but only scored one touchdown.
Giants Plaxico Burress did not start in
this game.
He also missed the Oct. 5 game against Seattle - suspended for violating
a team rule.
Giants Eli Manning threw a pass lefthanded
for the second time this season.
Steelers coverage were called for pass interference on that play.
Steelers didn't get into the Giants red zone at all.
Steelers had a league-high 25 sacks entering the game, but had none today.
Giants are 16-3 in October under Coughlin.
Next Game
Nov. 2 Cowboys at Giants at 4:15PM.
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