Nov 9, 1:00 pm (FOX) - Atlanta at Giants
| Game 9 |
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
| Atlanta |
7 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
27 |
| Giants |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Atlanta broke a seven-game losing streak with a win over the Giants 27-7.
Kerry Collins was 25-of-40 for 202 yards and 2 interceptions.
Tiki Barber had 16 carries for 120 yards.
Tiki Barber caught 10 passes for 38 yards.
Tiki Barber lost 2 fumbles and recovered a fumble by Kerry Collins.
Tim Carter had 4 catches for 56 yards.
Amani Toomer had 4 catches for 33 yards.
Jeremy Shockey had 3 catches for 46 yards and left late in the 4th quarter with a knee injury.
Michael Strahan had 1 sack.
Game Notes:
"This wasn't the best game to be at. It was a bit chilly, and the way the Giants played didn't make you feel warm and fuzzy. They let the Falcons score right away on their opening drive
and then went 3 and out. Atlanta got the ball back, and suddenly the refs got flag happy, first against the Giants, and then against the Falcons. It got really weird, because soon there were
more flags flying in the air than footballs.
It was hard for either team to get anything going for very long, and when it looked like the Giants might even the
game up, Tiki fumbled the ball away and Atlanta had it at their own 22 yard line right near the end of the 1st quarter. It seemed like the Giants were playing the World Champion Falcons instead
of the 1-7 Falcons up until they had their next possession.
Kerry Collins really mixed it up, using almost the whole offense on this drive. Marcellus Rivers caught a pass. Tiki Barber ran for 18 yards. Ike Hilliard
caught a 10 yards pass, and then Barber ran again. Jeremy Shockey and Amani Toomer caught passes. Finally Dorsey Levens ran the ball in for a 2 yard touchdown, and Brett Conway kicked the
extra point to tie up the game at 7-7.
It looked like the Giants were back on track, but they never scored again against the Falcons who usually give up 30 points a game. The Giants got close to
scoring near the end of the half when they got to the Atlanta 20 yard line, but Kerry Collins threw an interception in the end zone.
Collins threw another interception in the 3rd quarter, and the ball was run back to the Giants 8 yard line. The defense had a chance to stop them from scoring when Dan Reeves had them go for
it on a 4th and 1, but Atlanta ran it in to go up 20-7.
Tiki fumbled the ball away in the 4th quarter at the Atlanta 5 yard line, and that was enough for a lot of the fans. Anyone who hung around to see the Falcons
score again and then stayed on when Fassel put in backup quarterback Jessie Palmer was either a real die hard fan, or just enjoyed booing him and the team. Like I said, it wasn't the best
game to be at."
Game Notes:
"The Giants slept through the first quarter, started the second quarter real strong and then blew scoring opportunities over the rest of the
game.
I'm sure Jim Fassel will hang his head, look somber and say he warned all the players that this was a trap game. Sure, the players made mistakes. Tiki Barber did fumble twice and Kerry Collins
threw those 2 interceptions, but the fact is that a big part of the blame goes to the head coach / offensive coordinator. Somehow Fassel couldn't see that the Falcons were giving him the run
at the expense of covering the pass. By the end of the first half, the Giants were averaging 7.9 yards a rush against 4.8 a pass.
I kept yelling at the TV screen for Fassel to run the ball with Levens and Barber, but that hasn't worked for me before and it didn't work again today. As
the game moved on, you could see that something was wrong with Ike Hilliard, and Shockey wasn't a hundred percent either. That's not good for the passing game, but Fassel was in love with
that empty backfield shotgun formation and refused to give up on it, even though Dan Reeves had obviously done his homework. There were a few long passes, but that was the exception, and Collins
came away with 202 passing yards this game, close to his lowest, and clearly his lowest average a pass this season at 4.2.
Tiki Barber meanwhile, and you can see where I'm going here, averaged 7.5 yards a carry which is his high this season and nearly double what he usually gets.
His total of 120 yards is near the top, and he would have easily logged the most this game with more attempts.
Jim Fassel, it worked once before. Let someone else call the plays, and maybe nobody will have to hang their heads or lose their job."
Early Stats:
RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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W DUNN 25 178 7.1 45 1 T BARBER 16 120 7.5 27 0
T DUCKETT 7 33 4.7 12 2 D JOYCE 1 3 3.0 3 0
K KITTNER 5 5 1.0 5 0 D LEVENS 2 1 0.5 2 1
PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
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K KITTNER 9-23- 65 0 1 16 K COLLINS 25-40-202 2 0 28
J PALMER 2- 4- 9 0 0 7
Sacked-Yards Lost: K KITTNER 1-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: K COLLINS 2-9,
J PALMER 1-6.
RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
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P PRICE 3 37 12.3 16 0 T BARBER 10 38 3.8 11 0
A CRUMPLER 2 21 10.5 11 0 T CARTER 4 56 14.0 21 0
J GRIFFITH 2 4 2.0 4 1 A TOOMER 4 33 8.3 15 0
B FINNERAN 1 5 5.0 5 0 J SHOCKEY 3 46 15.3 28 0
W DUNN 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 I HILLIARD 2 18 9.0 10 0
M RIVERS 2 11 5.5 7 0
V SHIANCOE 1 7 7.0 7 0
D JOYCE 1 2 2.0 2 0
INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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T MCBRIDE 1 25 25.0 25 0
B SCOTT 1 0 0.0 0 0
PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
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C MOHR 7 227 32.4 0 0 42 J FEAGLES 5 174 34.8 1 1 51
T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20
PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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A ROSSUM 2 6 3.0 3 0 B MITCHELL 5 7 1.4 4 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
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T JERVEY 1 23 23.0 23 0 B MITCHELL 2 40 20.0 21 0
A ROSSUM 1 18 18.0 18 0 J FINN 1 19 19.0 19 0
M RIVERS 1 12 12.0 0 0
KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
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J FEELY 3/4 0/0 B CONWAY 1/1 0/0
O-D OD
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
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T MCBRIDE 1 0 0 0-0 T BARBER 2 2 0 0-0
K CARPENTER 0 0 1 0-0 K COLLINS 1 0 0 0-0
P KERNEY 0 0 1 0-0 B MITCHELL 1 0 0 0-0
K NEWMAN 0 0 1 0-0 T CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
K BROOKING 0 0 0 0-1
B SCOTT 0 0 0 0-1
DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
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C DRAFT 13 12 1 1-6 S WILLIAMS 7 6 1 0-0
K BROOKING 8 6 2 0-0 O STOUTMIRE 7 5 2 0-0
B SCOTT 7 4 3 0-0 M BARROW 7 3 4 0-0
T MCBRIDE 5 5 0 0-0 K HAMILTON 6 5 1 0-0
C HALL 5 4 1 0-0 D JONES 5 2 3 0-0
K NEWMAN 5 3 2 0-0 B SHORT 5 2 3 0-0
M STEWART 5 2 3 0-0 K WASHINGTON 3 3 0 0-0
P KERNEY 4 3 1 1-0 R CLARK 3 3 0 0-0
J BOLDEN 2 2 0 0-0 M STRAHAN 3 2 1 1-7
K CARPENTER 2 2 0 0-0 W ALLEN 3 2 1 0-0
R BUCHANAN 2 2 0 0-0 F WALKER 2 2 0 0-0
B SMITH 1 1 0 1-9 K HOLMES 2 1 1 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 R BROWN 2 1 1 0-0
A ULMER 1 1 0 0-0 O UMENYIORA 2 1 1 0-0
E JASPER 1 0 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 2 1 1 0-0
W JOSEPH 1 1 0 0-0
L LEGREE 1 0 1 0-0
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Scoring:
| First Quarter |
ATLANTA - TOUCHDOWN (3:33)
WARRICK DUNN 45 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK)
Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in 3:33.
Key plays: Kittner 11-yard pass to Crumpler to Atlanta 43; Dunn 8-yard run to midfield; Kittner 5-yard pass to Finneran on 3rd-and-3 to New York 45.
ATLANTA 7-0 |
| Second Quarter |
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GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN (6:29)
DORSEY LEVENS 2 YD RUN (BRETT CONWAY KICK)
Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards in 4:48.
Key plays: Barber 18-yard run to midfield; Collins 10-yard pass to Hilliard to Atlanta 40; Collins 5-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 29; Collins 15-yard pass to Toomer
to Atlanta 14; Collins 13-yard pass to Shockey to Atlanta 2.
ATLANTA 7-7
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| Third Quarter |
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ATLANTA - TOUCHDOWN (9:36)
JUSTIN GRIFFITH 4 YD PASS FROM KURT KITTNER (JAY FEELY KICK)
Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards in 5:22.
Key plays: Kittner 16-yard pass to Price on 3rd-and-6 to Atlanta 43; Kittner 11-yard pass to Price to New York 46; Dunn 20-yard run to New York 26; Dunn 9-yard run to New York
7.
ATLANTA 14-7
ATLANTA - TOUCHDOWN (12:06)
T.J. DUCKETT 1 YD RUN (PAT BLOCKED)
Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:37.
Key plays: McBride 8-yard interception return to New York 8.
ATLANTA 20-7
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| Fourth Quarter |
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ATLANTA - TOUCHDOWN (7:12)
DUCKETT 12 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK)
Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards in 2:12.
Key plays: Dunn 19-yard run to New York 28.
ATLANTA 27-7
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Game Stats:
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Atlanta |
NY Giants |
First Downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
|
20
10
7
3
|
18
5
10
3
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Third Down Efficiency
|
4-12-33%
|
4-13-31%
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Fourth Down Efficiency
|
1-1-100%
|
0-2-0%
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Total Net Yards
Total offensive plays
Average gain per play
|
274
61
4.5
|
320
66
4.8
|
Net Yards Rushing
Rushing attempts
Average gain per rush
Tackles for loss-yards
|
216
37
5.8
1-1
|
124
19
6.5
2-2
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Net Yards Passing
Times sacked: Number-Yards
Gross passing yards
|
58
1-7
65
|
196
3-15
211
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Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
Avg gain per pass play
|
23-9-0
2.4
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44-27-2
4.2
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Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
|
5-0-0
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2-0-0
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Punts: Number and Average
Had blocked
Net punting average
|
7-32.4
0
31.4
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5-34.8
0
24.0
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Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
Number-Yards: Punt Returns
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
Number-Yards: Interception Returns
|
31
2-6
2-41
2-25
|
7
5-7
4-71
0-0
|
Penalties: Number-yards
|
7-60
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9-70
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Fumbles: Number-lost
|
1-0
|
4-2
|
Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Interceptions
Other (blocked kicks, etc.)
|
4
3
1
0
0
|
1
1
0
0
0
|
Extra Points: Made-attempts
Kicking: Made-Attempts
Passing: Made-Attempts
Rushing: Made-Attempts
|
3-4
3-4
0-0
0-0
|
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-0
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Field Goals: Made-attempts
FGs - PATs had blocked
|
0-0
0-1
|
0-0
0-0
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Red Zone Efficiency
|
3-3-100%
|
1-2-50%
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Goal To Go Efficiency
|
2-2-100%
|
1-2-50%
|
Safeties
|
0
|
0
|
Time Of Possession
|
30:09
|
29:51
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Notes:
Atlanta quarterback Kurt Kittner passed for only 65 yards.
On four possessions the Giants were inside the Falcons 25 yard line and did not score.
For the second week in a row, the Giants allowed a running back to get over 100 yards.
No one was able to do so for the first 7 games.
Atlanta runningback Warrick Dunn ran for 178 yards.
It was his second best game as a pro.
Warrick Dunn's total was the second-highest against Jim Fassel's Giants.
Stephen Davis gained 183 yards for the Redskins on Nov. 21, 1999.
For the second week in a row the Giants surrendered a touchdown on the opposing team's first possession.
For the second year in a row, the Falcons playing without injured quarterback Michael Vick, beat the Giants.
Dan Reeves got his 200th coaching win and became the seventh NFL coach to reach the 200-win plateau (200-171-2).
Dorsey Levens scored the Giants only touchdown, a two-yard run in the second period.
Tiki Barber now has 10,147 all purpose yards, the first Giant to pass the 10,000-yard mark.
His 10 catches this game gave him a team record 397.
Amani Toomer extended his pass catching streak to 76 games.
Next Game
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