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  FINAL
NY Giants 31, New Orleans 3
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New Orleans 3 0 0 0 3
NY Giants 7 17 7 0 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NYG   TD   KENT GRAHAM 6 YD RUN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 11:16. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 5:56. Key plays: Graham 23-yard pass to Toomer to New York 44; Hilliard 24-yard run to New Orleans 32; Graham 16-yard pass to Mitchell to New Orleans 14. NY GIANTS 7-0
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 25 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 3:44. Key plays: Tolliver 29-yard pass to Craver to New York 39; Williams 22-yard run to New York 17. NY GIANTS 7-3
2ND QUARTER
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 41 YD, 4:12. Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards in 4:12. Key plays: Levingston 32-yard kickoff return to New York 43; Graham 8-yard pass to Hillard on 3rd-and 4 to New Orleans 23. NY GIANTS 10-3
NYG   TD   AMANI TOOMER 27 YD PASS FROM KENT GRAHAM (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 13:57. Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards in 2:45. Key plays: Graham 9-yard pass to Toomer to New Orleans 43; Graham 9-yard pass to Mitchell on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 30. NY GIANTS 17-3
NYG   TD   JOE JUREVICIUS 53 YD PASS FROM KENT GRAHAM (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 78 yards in 0:32. Key plays: Graham 9-yard pass to Barber to New York 31; Graham 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 35; Graham 7-yard pass to Barber to New York 47. NY GIANTS 24-3
3RD QUARTER
NYG   TD   JOE MONTGOMERY 12 YD RUN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 10:53. Drive: 1 play, 12 yards in 0:06. Key plays: Armstead 31-yard interception return to New Orleans 12. NY GIANTS 31-3

TEAM STATISTICS
  NOR NYG
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
12
8
3-15
0-3
270
64
4.2
107
27
4.0
163
14-35
4.4
2-13
6-39.0
143
3-31
5-112
1-0
5-40
1-0
27:49
19
12
10-17
0-0
321
70
4.6
106
37
2.9
215
19-29
6.5
4-24
6-40.2
101
3-25
1-32
3-44
7-49
2-1
32:11

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 24-111, Danny Wuerffel 1-0, Lamar Smith 1-minus 5, Marvin Powell 1-1.
NY Giants rushing
Leshon Johnson 18-36, Joe Montgomery 14-28, Ike Hilliard 1-24, Kent Graham 3-9, Tiki Barber 1-9.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Tolliver 14-33 for 176 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD, Lamar Smith 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Danny Wuerffel 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
NY Giants passing
Kent Graham 19-29 for 239 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Eddie Kennison 5-62, Aaron Craver 3-51, Josh Wilcox 2-30, Lawrence Dawsey 2-18, Andre Hastings 1-24, Ricky Williams 1-minus 9.
NY Giants receiving
Pete Mitchell 5-69, Amani Toomer 3-59, Ike Hilliard 3-17, Joe Jurevicius 2-63, Leshon Johnson 2-16, Charles Way 2-6, Tiki Barber 1-7, Howard Cross 1-2.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Chris Bordano 5-3-0, La'roi Glover 5-3-1, Keith Mitchell 5-2-0, Sammy Knight 6-0-0, Willie Clay 4-2-0, Ink Aleaga 4-1-0, Fred Weary 4-1-0, Troy Wilson 4-0-2, Wayne Martin 3-1-0, William Whitehead 3-1-0.5, Alex Molden 3-1-0, Brady Smith 3-0-0.5, Ashley Ambrose 2-1-0, Tyronne Drakeford 2-0-0, Mark Fields 2-0-0, Rob Kelly 1-0-0, Jared Tomich 0-1-0.
NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Garnes 8-3-0, Cedric Jones 3-5-1, Jason Sehorn 4-3-0, Scott Galyon 2-2-0, Jessie Armstead 2-2-0, Robert Harris 3-0-0, Phillippi Sparks 3-0-0, Andre Weathers 3-0-0, Keith Hamilton 2-1-0.5, Corey Widmer 0-3-0, Ryan Phillips 2-0-0, Percy Ellsworth 2-0-0, Bernard Holsey 2-0-0, Michael Strahan 2-0-0.5, Jeremy Lincoln 2-0-0, Marcus Buckley 1-1-0, Pete Monty 1-0-0, Bashir Levingston 1-0-0, Shaun Williams 0-1-0, George Williams 0-1-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Keith Mitchell 1 for 0 yards); NY Giants (Ryan Phillips 1 for 0 yards, Jessie Armstead 1 for 31 yards, Percy Ellsworth 1 for 13 yards).
Fumbles lost
NY Giants (Joe Montgomery).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Fred Weary).
Officials
Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Bob Wagner, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Byron Boston, Field judge-David Warden, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Back judge-Bill Leavy.
A: 77,982; T: 3:00.

 


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