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Oct 28, 1:00 pm - Giants at Miami (London)
| Game 8 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Giants | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Miami | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| ESPN Scores | ESPN Recap | ESPN Stats |
Giants win over the Dolphins 13-10.
Eli Manning was 8-of-22 for 59, and 1
rushing touchdown.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 131 yards on 23 carries and caught
2 passes for 6 yards.
Reuben Droughns rushed for 27 yards on 8 carries.
Jeremy
Shockey caught 2 passes for 14 yards.
Plaxico Burress caught 5 passes for 43
yards.
Amani Toomer caught 1 pass for 13 yards.
Fred Robbins had 1 sack.
Kawika
Mitchell had 1 forced fumble.
Lawrence Tynes kicked 2 field goals of 20 and
41 yards and missed on a 29 yard attempt.
Game
Notes:
"The
Giants won a bad weather game despite playing badly. They scored all their points
in the first half, and the Dolphins got all theirs in the second. Lucky for the
Giants, their former kicker, Jay Feely, now playing for Miami, missed on a 48
yard field goal in the first quarter. That was his first miss of the year and
proved to be the difference, because the Dolphins were just three points shy when
the clock ran out.
The Giants really should have won this game easy, but instead
they made it exciting for the big crowd, letting
Miami score a touchdown to close the gap to 13-10 at the end. It probably made
the NFL happy to have a closer game for this first time overseas event, but not
us Giants fans. Miami proved that even down and out teams with losing records
can be dangerous. The Giants proved that they can play badly at a moment's notice."
Game
Notes:
"OK, so the weather
was bad, there was all the traveling, long trip and jet lag and all, but why should
it affect the Giants passing game so much more than Miami? Cleo Lemon completed
17 of his 30 passes for 149 yards and 1 touchdown. Eli Manning completed 8 of
his 22 passes and for only 59 yards. That's just 2.7 yards a catch - almost hard
to do. Not all of this was Manning's fault, because there were a number of drops.
Was there some miscommunication between him and his receivers? Guys, even though
you're playing in a foreign country, everybody was still speaking English. Right?
Finally with about a minute left in the half, Eli Manning decided to run one in
10 yards for the Giants only touchdown. Also, lucky for the offense, Brandon Jacobs
had a career high 131 yards on his 23 carries, and even without scoring himself,
Jacobs actually carried this game for the Giants.
Once
again this week Antonio Pierce drew an 'Unnecessary Roughness' call. It's starting
to become a bad habit with him, and it gave Miami a first-and-10 on the Giants
14 yard line. The Dolphins had a touchdown a few plays later. So now I'll go back
to what I said last week - -
'I hate to be a downer after a win, and probably
the Giants can play sloppy next week and still beat the 0-7 Miami Dolphins, but
missed extra points, blocked punts and foolish penalties won't win you games against
some of the tougher competition coming up for the Giants.' - -
This time instead
of the missed extra point, it was a missed field goal, and that's not headed in
the right direction with Dallas coming up."
Scoring:
| First Quarter |
| Play: Lawrence Tynes, 20 yd field goal, 3:33. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 4:47. GIANTS 3-0 |
| Second Quarter |
|
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN |
| Third Quarter |
|
MIAMI - FIELDGOAL |
| Fourth Quarter |
|
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| Giants | Miami | |
| First Downs | 19 | 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Rushing | 13 | 6 |
| Passing | 4 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 2 |
| 3rd-Down Efficiency | 3/11 - 27% | 6/13 - 46% |
| 4th-Down Efficiency | 1/1
- 100% | 0/0
- 0% |
| Total Net Yards | 238 | 254 |
| Total plays | 60 | 59 |
| Average gain | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 189 | 116 |
| Rushes | 37 | 28 |
| Average gain per rush | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Tackles for loss-yards |
1-2 | 1-1
|
| Net Yards Passing | 49 | 138 |
| Times sacked: Number-Yards | 1
- 10 | 1 -
11 |
| Gross passing yards | 59 | 149 |
| Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted | 8 - 22 - 0 | 17 - 30 - 0 |
| Avg gain per pass play | 2.1 | 4.5 |
| Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks | 4 - 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 - 0 |
| Punts: Number and Average | 4 - 41.8 | 4 - 43.3 |
| Had blocked | 0 | 0 |
| Net Punting Average | 31.8 | 34.5 |
| FGs - PATs Had Blocked | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs) | 35 | 0 |
| Number-Yards: Punt Returns | 3 - 35 | 0 - 0 |
| Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns | 2 - 66 | 4 - 74 |
| Number-Yards: Interception Returns | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties: Number-yards | 7 - 60 | 7 - 61 |
| Fumbles: Number-lost | 3 - 1 | 4 - 2 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | 0 | 0 |
| Fumble Returns | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points: Made-attempts | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Kicking: Made-Attempts | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| 2 Pointers: Made-Attempts | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Field Goals: Made-attempts | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 1/3 - 33% | 1/2 - 50% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1/2 - 50% | 0/1 - 0% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
| Final Score | 13
| 10 |
| Time Of Possession | 32:05 | 27:55 |
Notes:
Eli Manning scored the first regular-season
NFL rushing touchdown in Europe.
Eli Manning failed to throw a touchdown pass
for the first time this season.
Eli Manning is 11-1 in the month of October
for his career.
Brandon Jacobs ran for a career-high 131 yards.
Giants enter their bye week with a 6-2 record - the same record they had at midseason in 2006.
Next Home Game
Sun, Nov. 11, Cowboys at Giants, 4:15 PM
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