GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY GIANTS (0-2) at WASHINGTON (2-0)

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 17
WASHINGTON 17 12:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 45 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 17
WASHINGTON 17 10:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 7 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 17
WASHINGTON 17 8:19 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 42 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

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NY GIANTS 17
WASHINGTON 17 7:33 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NYG BALL ON WAS 44 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL TD NYG
PLAXICO BURRESS 33 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING
(LAWRENCE TYNES KICK)

NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 5:32 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 5:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 38 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 2:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 13 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL
NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 2:19 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON NYG 35 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 0:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
NY GIANTS 24
WASHINGTON 17 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 0 7 14 24
WASHINGTON 7 10 0 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:41 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 3:29.
Key plays: Manning 27-yard pass to Shockey to Washington 43; Ward
10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 25. NY GIANTS 3-0.
10:03 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards in 0:40.
Key plays: Fletcher recovery of Manning fumble at New York 6.
WASHINGTON 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

7:05 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 8 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: J Campbell 8-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-5 to
Washington 41; J Campbell 49-yard pass to Moss to New York 10. WASHINGTON
14-3.
14:59 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 47 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:33.
Key plays: Fletcher 9-yard interception return to New York 34.
WASHINGTON 17-3.

3RD QUARTER:

5:10 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-6 to
Washington 42; Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
24; Manning 21-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-8 to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-10.

4TH QUARTER:

2:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 6:11.
Key plays: Manning 23-yard pass to Burress to Washington 27; Manning
7-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-6 to Washington 16; Ward 6-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to Washington 5. NY GIANTS 17-17.
9:28 NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 33 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 44 yards in 2:01.
Key plays: Pierce recovery of Campbell fumble at Washington 44;
7-yard pass interference on Redskins' Springs on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
34. NY GIANTS 24-17.

NY GIANTS - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 7 4
Passing 10 10
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 5-16-31%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 315 260
Total offensive plays 68 63
Average gain per play 4.6 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 96 82
Rushing attempts 30 27
Average gain per rush 3.2 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 219 178
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 2-12
Gross passing yards 232 190
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 36-21-2 34-16-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 4.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 3-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 7-45.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.6 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 23 45
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-23 3-36
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-76 5-140
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-9
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 6-37
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 4-1
TOUCHDOWNS 3 2
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:58 27:02


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 26 94 3.6 10 0 C PORTIS 14 60 4.3 16 1
R DROUGHNS 3 3 1.0 1 2 J CAMPBELL 4 12 3.0 10 0
E MANNING 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 L BETTS 7 9 1.3 13 0
S MOSS 1 2 2.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 21-36-232 2 1 33 J CAMPBELL 16-34-190 0 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 2-12.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 6 26 4.3 10 0 C PORTIS 6 37 6.2 22 0
P BURRESS 5 86 17.2 33 1 S MOSS 3 82 27.3 49 0
J SHOCKEY 5 79 15.8 27 0 C COOLEY 3 19 6.3 8 1
A TOOMER 4 24 6.0 9 0 A RANDLE E 2 32 16.0 20 0
S MOSS 1 17 17.0 17 0 L BETTS 1 13 13.0 13 0
M SELLERS 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER-BAKER 1 9 9.0 9 0
S TAYLOR 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 5 196 39.2 0 1 48 D FROST 7 318 45.4 0 3 58

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MCQUARTERS 3 23 7.7 10 0 A RANDLE EL 3 36 12.0 27 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DROUGHNS 3 76 25.3 34 0 R CARTWRIGHT 5 140 28.0 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 3/3 1/1 S SUISHAM 2/2 1/2
Dist.: 34 Dist.: (39) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
E MANNING 1 1 0 0-0 J CAMPBELL 4 1 0 1-0
M KIWANUKA 0 0 1 0-0 A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
A PIERCE 0 0 0 0-1 L FLETCHER-BAKER 0 0 0 0-1
C COOLEY 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M KIWANUKA 8 7 1 2-12 L LANDRY 11 6 5 0-0
S MADISON 6 6 0 0-0 L FLETCHER-BAKER 10 5 5 0-0
J BUTLER 5 5 0 0-0 S SPRINGS 6 6 0 0-0
O UMENYIORA 5 4 1 0-0 A CARTER 4 4 0 1-13
J TUCK 4 4 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 4 4 0 0-0
G WILSON 4 4 0 0-0 S TAYLOR 4 4 0 0-0
A ROSS 4 3 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 4 3 1 0-0
A PIERCE 3 2 1 0-0 P DANIELS 3 3 0 0-0
B COFIELD 2 2 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 3 2 1 0-0
M STRAHAN 2 1 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0
K MITCHELL 2 1 1 0-0 C ROGERS 2 2 0 0-0
F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 K GOLSTON 2 1 1 1-0
L TYNES 1 1 0 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 2 1 1 0-0
K CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0
H BLADES 1 1 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 0 1 0-0</div>

 

LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- The New York Giants'much-maligned defense took a stand Sunday afternoon. So didPlaxico Burress.


The defense had a stirring goal-line stand on the finalpossession of the game and the hobbled Burress caught thego-ahead touchdown as the Giants held on for a 24-17 victoryover the Washington Redskins.


Reuben Droughns had two TDs for New York (1-2), which scored 21unanswered points after halftime to secure the victory.

The Giants' defense held the Redskins, who had a first downinside New York's 2-yard line in the final minute. Ladell Bettswas stopped on both third and fourth down, getting stuffed byGiants safety James Butler as he tried to run off left tackle onthe game's final play.


It had been an embarrassing start to the campaign for the porousGiants' defensive unit, which had allowed a league-high 80points entering Sunday's play. The astronomical total was themost New York has surrendered in its first two games sincegiving up 86 to start the 1966 season - when it finished 1-12-1.



To make matters worse for New York, linebacker Antonio Piercemade sarcastic remarks about his group's struggles, imploringthe fans and media to come up with solutions if they could.

Ironically, it was Pierce who recovered a fumble by Redskinsrunning back Clinton Portis on a botched exchange with 7:46 leftin the final period to set up the go-ahead score.


Giants quarterback Eli Manning found Burress on a short hitch,and the lanky wide receiver broke free and ran in for a 33-yardscore with 5:32 left - absorbing a crushing hit by Washingtonsafety LaRon Landry as he scored.


New York's defense did the rest, thwarting two attempts byWashington at a game-tying scoring drive in the final minutes.

Quarterback Jason Campbell was 16-of-34 for 190 yards and onetouchdown for the Redskins, who failed to post a surprising 3-0start after being picked to finish last in NFC East in thepreseason.

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 0 7 14 24
WASHINGTON 7 10 0 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 34 YD, 7:41. Drive:
9 plays, 54 yards in 3:29. Key
plays: Manning 27-yard pass to
Shockey to Washington 43; Ward
10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
Washington 25. NY GIANTS 3-0
WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN
SUISHAM KICK), 10:03. Drive: 2
plays, 6 yards in 0:40. Key plays:
Fletcher recovery of Manning fumble
to New York 6. WASHINGTON 7-3
2ND QUARTER: WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 8 YD PASS FROM JASON
CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK),
7:05. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in
4:16. Key plays: J Campbell 8-yard
pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-5 to
Washington 41; J Campbell 49-yard
pass to Moss to New York 10.
WASHINGTON 14-3
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 47 YD, 14:59. Drive:
4 plays, 5 yards in 1:33. Key
plays: Fletcher 9-yard interception
return to New York 34. WASHINGTON
17-3
3RD QUARTER: NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE
TYNES KICK), 5:10. Drive: 10 plays,
61 yards in 5:10. Key plays:
Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on
3rd-and-6 to Washington 42; Manning
15-yard pass to Burress on
3rd-and-7 to Washington 24; Manning
21-yard pass to Shockey on
3rd-and-8 to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-10
4TH QUARTER: NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE
TYNES KICK), 2:27. Drive: 11 plays,
62 yards in 6:11. Key plays:
Manning 23-yard pass to Burress to
Washington 27; Manning 7-yard pass
to Shockey on 3rd-and-6 to
Washington 16; Ward 6-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to Washington 5. NY
GIANTS 17-17
NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 33 YD PASS FROM ELI
MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK),
9:28. Drive: 4 plays, 44 yards in
2:01. Key plays: Pierce recovery of
Campbell fumble at Washington 44;
7-yard pass interference on
Redskins' Springs on 3rd-and-7 to
Washington 34. NY GIANTS 24-17

ATT: 90,803</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 0 7 14 24
WASHINGTON 7 10 0 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:41 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 3:29.
Key plays: Manning 27-yard pass to Shockey to Washington 43; Ward
10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 25. NY GIANTS 3-0.
10:03 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards in 0:40.
Key plays: Fletcher recovery of Manning fumble to New York 6.
WASHINGTON 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

7:05 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 8 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: J Campbell 8-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-5 to
Washington 41; J Campbell 49-yard pass to Moss to New York 10. WASHINGTON
14-3.
14:59 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 47 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:33.
Key plays: Fletcher 9-yard interception return to New York 34.
WASHINGTON 17-3.

3RD QUARTER:

5:10 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-6 to
Washington 42; Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
24; Manning 21-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-8 to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-10.

4TH QUARTER:

2:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 6:11.
Key plays: Manning 23-yard pass to Burress to Washington 27; Manning
7-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-6 to Washington 16; Ward 6-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to Washington 5. NY GIANTS 17-17.
9:28 NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 33 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 44 yards in 2:01.
Key plays: Pierce recovery of Campbell fumble at Washington 44;
7-yard pass interference on Redskins' Springs on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
34. NY GIANTS 24-17.

NY GIANTS - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 7 4
Passing 10 10
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 5-16-31%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 315 260
Total offensive plays 68 63
Average gain per play 4.6 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 96 82
Rushing attempts 30 27
Average gain per rush 3.2 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 219 178
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 2-12
Gross passing yards 232 190
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 36-21-2 34-16-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 4.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 3-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 7-45.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.6 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 23 45
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-23 3-36
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-76 5-140
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-9
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 6-37
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 4-1
TOUCHDOWNS 3 2
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:58 27:02


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 26 94 3.6 10 0 C PORTIS 14 60 4.3 16 1
R DROUGHNS 3 3 1.0 1 2 J CAMPBELL 4 12 3.0 10 0
E MANNING 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 L BETTS 7 9 1.3 13 0
S MOSS 1 2 2.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 21-36-232 2 1 33 J CAMPBELL 16-34-190 0 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 2-12.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 6 26 4.3 10 0 C PORTIS 6 37 6.2 22 0
P BURRESS 5 86 17.2 33 1 S MOSS 3 82 27.3 49 0
J SHOCKEY 5 79 15.8 27 0 C COOLEY 3 19 6.3 8 1
A TOOMER 4 24 6.0 9 0 A RANDLE E 2 32 16.0 20 0
S MOSS 1 17 17.0 17 0 L BETTS 1 13 13.0 13 0
M SELLERS 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER-BAKER 1 9 9.0 9 0
S TAYLOR 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 5 196 39.2 0 1 48 D FROST 7 318 45.4 0 3 58

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MCQUARTERS 3 23 7.7 10 0 A RANDLE EL 3 36 12.0 27 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DROUGHNS 3 76 25.3 34 0 R CARTWRIGHT 5 140 28.0 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 3/3 1/1 S SUISHAM 2/2 1/2
Dist.: 34 Dist.: (39) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
E MANNING 1 1 0 0-0 J CAMPBELL 4 1 0 1-0
M KIWANUKA 0 0 1 0-0 A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
A PIERCE 0 0 0 0-1 L FLETCHER-BAKER 0 0 0 0-1
C COOLEY 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M KIWANUKA 8 7 1 2-12 L LANDRY 11 6 5 0-0
S MADISON 6 6 0 0-0 L FLETCHER-BAKER 10 5 5 0-0
J BUTLER 5 5 0 0-0 S SPRINGS 6 6 0 0-0
O UMENYIORA 5 4 1 0-0 A CARTER 4 4 0 1-13
J TUCK 4 4 0 0-0 M WASHINGTON 4 4 0 0-0
G WILSON 4 4 0 0-0 S TAYLOR 4 4 0 0-0
A ROSS 4 3 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 4 3 1 0-0
A PIERCE 3 2 1 0-0 P DANIELS 3 3 0 0-0
B COFIELD 2 2 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 3 2 1 0-0
M STRAHAN 2 1 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0
K MITCHELL 2 1 1 0-0 C ROGERS 2 2 0 0-0
F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 K GOLSTON 2 1 1 1-0
L TYNES 1 1 0 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 2 1 1 0-0
K CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0
H BLADES 1 1 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head Linesman-Wayne
Mackie, Line Judge-Ron Phares, Field Judge-Steve Zimmer, Side
Judge-Dave Wyant, Back Judge-Richard Reels.

Att: 90,803 Time of Game: 3:12</div>

 

LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- The New York Giants'much-maligned defense took a stand Sunday afternoon. So didPlaxico Burress.


The defense had a stirring goal-line stand on the finalpossession of the game and the hobbled Burress caught thego-ahead touchdown as the Giants held on for a 24-17 victoryover the Washington Redskins.


Reuben Droughns had two TDs for New York (1-2), which scored 21unanswered points after halftime to secure the victory.

The Giants' defense held the Redskins, who had a first downinside New York's 2-yard line in the final minute. Ladell Bettswas stopped on both third and fourth down, getting stuffed byGiants safety James Butler as he tried to run off left tackle onthe game's final play.


"That's what you call 'want to,' man, that's all that's calledis 'want to,'" Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora said. "Weknew they were going to run the football. They brought theoffensive lineman as a tight end over to my side, and I was justlike, I just have to knock him back. I just have to. I wasable to do that and get penetration.


"I don't think I've ever been in a game like that before in mywhole career - never. To win it like that, man, you couldn'thave written a better script than that."


It had been an embarrassing start to the campaign for the porousGiants' defensive unit, which had allowed a league-high 80points entering Sunday's play. The astronomical total was themost New York has surrendered in its first two games sincegiving up 86 to start the 1966 season - when it finished 1-12-1.

To make matters worse for New York, linebacker Antonio Piercemade sarcastic remarks about his group's struggles, imploringthe fans and media to come up with solutions if they could.

Ironically, it was Pierce who recovered a fumble by Redskinsrunning back Clinton Portis on a botched exchange with 7:46 leftin the final period to set up the go-ahead score.


"Antonio played for the Redskins, so the air horn or whatever hewas using, I didn't really think twice about that," Giantsdefensive end Michael Strahan said in reference to Pierce toyingwith the New York media earlier in the week. "I was just moreor less thinking that he said he has never lost a game that he'splayed in against the Redskins since he's been with the Giants.I'm glad we could help him keep that streak alive."

Giants quarterback Eli Manning found Burress on a short hitch,and the lanky wide receiver broke free and ran in for a 33-yardscore with 5:32 left - absorbing a crushing hit by Washingtonsafety LaRon Landry as he scored.


"It was an all-out blitz, and I was the hot guy on that play,"Burress said. "Eli made the throw, and I kind of cut in frontof Carlos (Rogers) and snatched the ball and he missed thetackle and I got up to Sean Taylor and made a move and scored.

"I didn't even see Landry. He literally took my feet off theground - I was in the air horizontally. He really laid a hit onme, but I didn't feel it."


Burress also spoke about his juke to break into the open field."I gave him one of those old backyard Virginia Beach moves andhe fell for it," Burress said.


Burress, who rebounded from three first-half drops to finishwith 86 yards on five receptions, was slowed by a sore ankle.

"I felt about 80 percent, but I felt good enough to play," hesaid. "I feel that my 80 percent is good enough to go out andcompete. I chose to go out there and play so I wasn't going tolet it be an excuse."


Excuses aside, Burress knew he had amends to make in the secondhalf.


"When we came in at halftime, there was nobody more disappointedthan myself," he said. "I felt bad because I was letting myteam down. The defense was playing great, and I was out therejust stinking it up, basically. It was just one thing afteranother - just seemed like I couldn't get a handle on the ballearly.


"I just had to keep fighting. I've never played like that inthe first half. If we would have lost that game, I would havefelt horrible. But in the end, we finished strong and won thegame."


New York's defense did the rest, thwarting two attempts byWashington at a game-tying scoring drive in the final minutes.

"That's what we wanted to do today was win the fourth quarter,"Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "We rose up on the goal lineand were able to make a couple of plays there with them runningat our left side."


Coughlin was impressed with his team's resolve to rise from thewinless ranks.


"Other than pride? That was about it," he said. "Our theme allweek was one of winning the fourth quarter. We made some niceadjustments and kept swinging, kept battling away."

Derrick Ward ran for 96 yards on 26 carries and Manning threwfor 232 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for theGiants, who face off with the rival Philadelphia Eagles nextSunday night.


Quarterback Jason Campbell was 16-of-34 for 190 yards and onetouchdown for the Redskins, who failed to post a surprising 3-0start after being picked to finish last in NFC East in thepreseason.


"We let one get away and this is really tough because we had theopportunity to go 3-0 and go three games up on the Giants andbe at the top of the division with the (Dallas) Cowboys,"Campbell said. "For us to drop one today at our own fieldreally hurts."


Especially when the Redskins had four chances to gain one yardthat could have sent the game into overtime.


"When you get that close and lose the game, it really feelsbad," Campbell said. "We had a couple of plays that we felt wecould get it in the the end zone, and we just couldn't get thejob done."


"We felt like that was our two best shots to try and get in theend zone there," Redskins coach Joe Gibbs said. "We like thosetwo plays that we ran."


So did the Giants, who were ready and waiting both times.

"When it comes down to one last play, it's time to man up andthat's football at the basics," Giants linebacker MathiasKiwanuka said.

 

Re: NFL: NY GIANTS (0-2) at WASHINGTON (2-0)

F**k yeah! What an awesome game.

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 0 7 14 24
WASHINGTON 7 10 0 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

7:41 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 3:29.
Key plays: Manning 27-yard pass to Shockey to Washington 43; Ward
10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Washington 25. NY GIANTS 3-0.
10:03 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards in 0:40.
Key plays: Fletcher recovery of Manning fumble to New York 6.
WASHINGTON 7-3.

2ND QUARTER:

7:05 WAS - TD, CHRIS COOLEY 8 YD PASS FROM JASON CAMPBELL (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 4:16.
Key plays: J Campbell 8-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-5 to
Washington 41; J Campbell 49-yard pass to Moss to New York 10. WASHINGTON
14-3.
14:59 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 47 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:33.
Key plays: Fletcher 9-yard interception return to New York 34.
WASHINGTON 17-3.

3RD QUARTER:

5:10 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:10.
Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-6 to
Washington 42; Manning 15-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
24; Manning 21-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-8 to Washington 1.
WASHINGTON 17-10.

4TH QUARTER:

2:27 NYG - TD, REUBEN DROUGHNS 1 YD RUN (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 6:11.
Key plays: Manning 23-yard pass to Burress to Washington 27; Manning
7-yard pass to Shockey on 3rd-and-6 to Washington 16; Ward 6-yard run on
3rd-and-5 to Washington 5. NY GIANTS 17-17.
9:28 NYG - TD, PLAXICO BURRESS 33 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 44 yards in 2:01.
Key plays: Pierce recovery of Campbell fumble at Washington 44;
7-yard pass interference on Redskins' Springs on 3rd-and-7 to Washington
34. NY GIANTS 24-17.

NY GIANTS - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 7 4
Passing 10 10
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-16-56% 5-16-31%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50%
TOTAL NET YARDS 315 260
Total offensive plays 68 63
Average gain per play 4.6 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 96 82
Rushing attempts 30 27
Average gain per rush 3.2 3.0
Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 219 178
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 2-12
Gross passing yards 232 190
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 36-21-2 34-16-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 4.9
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 3-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-39.2 7-45.4
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 34.6 40.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 23 45
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-23 3-36
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-76 5-140
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-9
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 6-37
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 3-1
TOUCHDOWNS 3 2
Rushing 2 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-4-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:58 27:02


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY GIANTS WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 26 94 3.6 10 0 C PORTIS 14 60 4.3 16 1
R DROUGHNS 3 3 1.0 1 2 J CAMPBELL 4 12 3.0 10 0
E MANNING 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 L BETTS 7 9 1.3 13 0
S MOSS 1 2 2.0 2 0
A RANDLE E 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 21-36-232 2 1 33 J CAMPBELL 16-34-190 0 1 49

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 2-12.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D WARD 6 26 4.3 10 0 C PORTIS 6 37 6.2 22 0
P BURRESS 5 86 17.2 33 1 S MOSS 3 82 27.3 49 0
J SHOCKEY 5 79 15.8 27 0 C COOLEY 3 19 6.3 8 1
A TOOMER 4 24 6.0 9 0 A RANDLE E 2 32 16.0 20 0
S MOSS 1 17 17.0 17 0 L BETTS 1 13 13.0 13 0
M SELLERS 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L FLETCHER-BAKER 1 9 9.0 9 0
S TAYLOR 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J FEAGLES 5 196 39.2 0 1 48 D FROST 7 318 45.4 0 3 58

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R MCQUARTERS 3 23 7.7 10 0 A RANDLE EL 3 36 12.0 27 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DROUGHNS 3 76 25.3 34 0 R CARTWRIGHT 5 140 28.0 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 3/3 1/1 S SUISHAM 2/2 1/2
Dist.: 34 Dist.: (39) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
E MANNING 1 1 0 0-0 J CAMPBELL 3 1 0 1-0
J TUCK 0 0 1 0-0 A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
A PIERCE 0 0 0 0-1 L FLETCHER-BAKER 0 0 0 0-1
C COOLEY 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
M KIWANUKA 8 6 21.5-6.5 L LANDRY 11 6 5 0-0
S MADISON 6 6 0 0-0 L FLETCHER-BAKER 10 5 5 0-0
J BUTLER 5 5 0 0-0 S SPRINGS 6 6 0 0-0
J TUCK 5 4 1 .5-5.5 A CARTER 4 4 0 1-13
O UMENYIORA 5 4 1 0-0 M WASHINGTON 4 4 0 0-0
G WILSON 4 4 0 0-0 S TAYLOR 4 4 0 0-0
A ROSS 4 3 1 0-0 R MCINTOSH 4 3 1 0-0
A PIERCE 3 2 1 0-0 P DANIELS 3 3 0 0-0
B COFIELD 2 2 0 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 3 2 1 0-0
M STRAHAN 2 1 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0
K MITCHELL 2 1 1 0-0 C ROGERS 2 2 0 0-0
F ROBBINS 2 1 1 0-0 K GOLSTON 2 1 1 1-0
L TYNES 1 1 0 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 2 1 1 0-0
K CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0
H BLADES 1 1 0 0-0
D EVANS 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head Linesman-Wayne
Mackie, Line Judge-Ron Phares, Field Judge-Steve Zimmer, Side
Judge-Dave Wyant, Back Judge-Richard Reels.

Att: 90,803 Time of Game: 3:12</div>

 

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