GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY GIANTS (6-3) at DETROIT (6-3)

NFL: NY GIANTS (6-3) at DETROIT (6-3)

<h3>Giants look to end second-half funk, visit Lions</h3>

NY Giants (6-3) at Detroit (6-3) Sunday 1:00 pm EST

DETROIT (Ticker) -- The New York Giants attempt to solve theirsecond-half season woes when they visit the Detroit Lions onSunday.


The Giants come into this contest off Sunday's difficult 31-20loss to NFC East rival Dallas (8-1). Trailing the Cowboys byvirtually three games in the division now, New York turns itsfocus to the NFC wild card race.


A win against Detroit - the current co-leaders with the Giantsamong wild card contenders - would go a long way to improvingNew York's playoff standing, but securing wins this time of yearhas not been a team strength in recent campaigns.


Including Sunday's loss, New York is 8-17 in in Weeks Ninethrough 16 during the last four seasons with coach Tom Coughlinat the helm.


The Giants had been rolling prior to Sunday's loss to Dallas,having won six consecutive games after opening the year withlosses to the Cowboys and Green Bay (8-1).


New York's defense had a lot to do with the six-game win streak,allowing 79 points during that span - one less than itsurrendered in the first two games.


And while the Giants bottled up Dallas' rushing attack Sunday,allowing just 82 yards, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo threw fourtouchdown passes.


Don't expect that fact to be lost on Detroit quarterback JonKitna, who is eighth in the NFL with 2,294 passing yards thisseason.


The veteran has plenty of options at his disposal in widereceivers Roy Williams (team-leading five touchdown receptions),Shaun McDonald, Mike Furrey and rookie Calvin Johnson.

The Lions likely will be relying heavily on their passing gameafter rushing for minus-18 yards - the worst total in the NFLsince 1946 - in Sunday's 31-21 loss at Arizona.


With that lost, which ended a three-game win streak, Detroitfell two games behind Green Bay in the NFC North and has plentyof work ahead if it hopes to make up any ground.


While the Lions are 4-0 at home and plays three of their nextfour games at Ford Field, those three games are against theteams with the best records in the NFC - the Giants, Packers andCowboys. Additionally, Detroit plays at San Diego (5-4) inDecember and closes the regular season with a trip to Green Bay.

Making their first regular-season trip to Ford Field, the Giantstrail the Lions 17-20-1 in the all-time series and have droppedthe last two meetings.

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 0
DETROIT 0 14:53 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DET BALL ON DET 27 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 0
DETROIT 0 11:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 19 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 0
DETROIT 0 9:07 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DET BALL ON DET 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 0
DETROIT 0 5:48 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 9 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL FG NYG
LAWRENCE TYNES 28 YD

NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 0:37 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 0:37 LEFT, 1ST QTR

DET BALL ON DET 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 3
DETROIT 0 0 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 28 YD, 14:23. Drive:
10 plays, 81 yards in 5:11. Key
plays: Manning 34-yard pass to
Jacobs to New York 43; Manning
17-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-2
to Detroit 33; Jacobs 18-yard run
to Detroit 17. NY GIANTS 3-0</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 14:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR

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

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 12:11 LEFT, 2ND QTR

DET BALL ON DET 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 10:38 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 8 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 6:11 LEFT, 2ND QTR

DET BALL ON DET 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0 4:07 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

NY GIANTS 3
DETROIT 0

NYG BALL ON DET 45 YD LINE
3RD AND 4</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL TD NYG
BRANDON JACOBS 10 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING
(LAWRENCE TYNES KICK)

NY GIANTS 10
DETROIT 0 0:23 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 10
DETROIT 0 0:18 LEFT, 2ND QTR

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

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 7 10
DETROIT 0 0 0 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 28 YD, 14:23. Drive:
10 plays, 81 yards in 5:11. Key
plays: Manning 34-yard pass to
Jacobs to New York 43; Manning
17-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-2
to Detroit 32; Jacobs 18-yard run
to Detroit 17. NY GIANTS 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NYG - TD, BRANDON JACOBS 10 YD PASS FROM ELI
MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK),
14:37. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in
3:44. Key plays: Jacobs 18-yard run
to New York 38; Manning 11-yard
pass to Sockey to New York 49;
Manning 11-yard pass to Moss on
3rd-and-4 to Detroit 34; Manning
3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Detroit
10. NY GIANTS 10-0</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 3 7 10
DETROIT 0 0 0 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

14:23 NYG - FG, L Tynes 28 Yd.
Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards in 5:11.
Key plays: Manning 34-yard pass to Jacobs to New York 43; Manning
17-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-2 to Detroit 32; Jacobs 18-yard run to
Detroit 17. Ny Giants 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

14:37 NYG - TD, B Jacobs 10 Yd Pass From E Manning (L Tynes Kick).
Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 3:44.
Key plays: Jacobs 18-yard run to New York 38; Manning 11-yard pass
to Shockey to New York 49; Manning 11-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-4 to
Detroit 34; Manning 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Detroit 10. Ny Giants 10-0.

Ny Giants - Detroit End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Ny Giants Detroit

FIRST DOWNS 12 5
Rushing 6 1
Passing 6 4
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-8-50% 0-6-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 241 131
Total offensive plays 35 25
Average gain per play 6.9 5.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 61 16
Rushing attempts 12 8
Average gain per rush 5.1 2.0
NET YARDS PASSING 180 115
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-18
Gross passing yards 180 133
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 23-18-0 15-9-0
Avg gain per pass play 7.8 6.8
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-48.0 5-43.4
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-27 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 17:55 12:05


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Ny Giants Detroit

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B JACOBS 8 49 6.1 18 0 K JONES 8 16 2.0 8 0
E MANNING 2 12 6.0 9 0
R DROUGHNS 2 0 0.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 18-23-180 0 1 34 J KITNA 9-15-133 0 0 32

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J KITNA 2-18.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B JACOBS 4 49 12.3 34 1 S MCDONALD 3 52 17.3 32 0
J SHOCKEY 4 29 7.3 11 0 M FURREY 2 9 4.5 7 0
S MOSS 3 33 11.0 14 0 R WILLIAMS 1 26 26.0 26 0
A TOOMER 3 28 9.3 17 0 C FITZSIMM 1 21 21.0 21 0
P BURRESS 2 15 7.5 9 0 S MCHUGH 1 18 18.0 18 0
K BOSS 1 15 15.0 15 0 K JONES 1 7 7.0 7 0
R DROUGHNS 1 11 11.0 11 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 1/1 1/1
Dist.: 28</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 10
DETROIT 0 15:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at DETROIT

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NY GIANTS 10
DETROIT 0 14:32 LEFT, 3RD QTR

DET BALL ON DET 33 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>