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  FINAL
NY Giants 19, Buffalo 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
NY Giants 3 10 3 3 19
Buffalo 3 7 0 7 17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
BUF   FG   STEVE CHRISTIE 50 YD, 5:44. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Flutie 36-yard pass to Moulds to Buffalo 49; Flutie 9-yard pass to K Williams on 3rd-and-4 to New York 36. BUFFALO 3-0
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 42 YD, 10:35. Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 4:51. Key plays: Collins 9-yard pass to Mitchell to New York 39; Collins 27-yard pass to Barber to Buffalo 29. NY GIANTS 3, BUFFALO 3
2ND QUARTER
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 21 YD, 2:51. Drive: 6 plays, 24 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Strahan recovery of Flutie fumble at Buffalo 28; Montgomery 13-yard run to Buffalo 10. NY GIANTS 6-3
BUF   TD   THURMAN THOMAS 23 YD PASS FROM DOUG FLUTIE (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 13:09. Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Flutie 8-yard pass to Gash on 3rd-and-1 to New York 35; Flutie 9-yard pass to Moulds to New York 26. BUFFALO 10-6
NYG   TD   AMANI TOOMER 14 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 14:57. Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards in 1:48. Key plays: Collins 12-yard pass to Mitchell on 3rd-and-6 to New York 49; Collins 13-yard pass to Barber on 3rd-and-11 to Buffalo 39; Collins 20-yard pass to Hilliard to Buffalo 14. NY GIANTS 13-10
3RD QUARTER
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 21 YD, 10:32. Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards in 5:47. Key plays: Montgomery 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 50; Collins 14-yard pass to Barber to Buffalo 36; Montgomery 14-yard run to Buffalo 6. NY GIANTS 16-10
4TH QUARTER
BUF   TD   JONATHAN LINTON 2 YD RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 5:26. Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Wiley 52-yard interception return to New York 22; Flutie 13-yard pass to Collins on 3rd-and-10 to New York 9. BUFFALO 17-16
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 48 YD, 14:20. Drive: 9 plays, 33 yards in 1:29. Key plays: Collins 12-yard pass to Jurevicius to Buffalo 46; Collins 15-yard pass to Barber on 3rd-and-15 to Buffalo 36. NY GIANTS 19-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  NYG BUF
FIRST DOWNS
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
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
20
6-16
0-0
334
72
4.6
94
28
3.4
240
23-44
5.5
0-0
5-46.6
133
4-101
1-34
6-40
1-1
31:11
13
7-17
0-2
237
63
3.8
76
28
2.7
161
15-32
4.6
3-23
4-44.5
176
5-94
1-52
6-63
1-1
28:49

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Buffalo (Steve Christie 39, 48).
NY Giants rushing
Joe Montgomery 20-77, Kerry Collins 2-7, Tiki Barber 4-6, Amani Toomer 1-4, Greg Comella 1-0.
Buffalo rushing
Doug Flutie 6-25, Antowain Smith 6-19, Jonathan Linton 8-17, Thurman Thomas 8-15.
NY Giants passing
Kerry Collins 23-44 for 240 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 15-32 for 184 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
NY Giants receiving
Tiki Barber 8-90, Ike Hilliard 6-62, Pete Mitchell 5-41, Amani Toomer 3-35, Joe Jurevicius 1-12.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 3-55, Andre Reed 3-40, Thurman Thomas 2-35, Bobby Collins 2-20, Peerless Price 2-16, Kevin Williams 2-10, Sam Gash 1-8.
NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Pete Monty 5-1-0, Ryan Phillips 4-1-0, Michael Strahan 4-1-1, Emmanuel Mcdaniel 4-0-0, Jeremy Lincoln 4-0-0, Keith Hamilton 3-0-0, Jessie Armstead 3-0-1, Shaun Williams 3-0-0, Cedric Jones 3-0-1, Sam Garnes 2-0-0, Bashir Levingston 2-0-0, Percy Ellsworth 1-1-0, Christian Peter 1-0-0, Scott Galyon 1-0-0, Rodney Stevens 2-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 4-4-0, Henry Jones 7-0-0, Phil Hansen 4-0-0, Ken Irvin 4-0-0, Sam Rogers 3-1-0, Kurt Schulz 3-1-0, Thomas Smith 3-1-0, Bruce Smith 2-2-0, Pat Williams 3-0-0, Antoine Winfield 3-0-0, Ted Washington 1-2-0, John Holecek 1-2-0, Daryl Porter 1-0-0, Marcellus Wiley 1-0-0, Sean Moran 1-0-0.
Interceptions
NY Giants (Bashir Levingston 1 for 34 yards); Buffalo (Marcellus Wiley 1 for 52 yards).
Fumbles lost
NY Giants (Kerry Collins); Buffalo (Doug Flutie).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
NY Giants (Michael Strahan); Buffalo (Sam Cowart).
Officials
Referee-Bernie Kukar, Umpire-Carl Paganelli, Head linesman-Tom Johnson, Line judge-Jeff Bergman, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Back judge-Richard Reels.
A: 72,527; T: 3:12.

 


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