| Detroit Lions at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1976 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 66069 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 40 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York Giants | Ed Marshall 11 pass from Craig Morton (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 35 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Lawrence Gaines 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 3 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 43 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Ed Marshall 35 pass from Craig Morton (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gordon Bell | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Marsh White | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Larry Watkins | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 2 | 209 | 6.7 | 0 | 43.6 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 195 | 8.1 | 2 | 70.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Marshall | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 2 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Laslavic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Long | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| James Hunter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Billy Howard | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| John Mendenhall | 2.0 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1.5 |
| Troy Archer | 1.0 |
| Clyde Powers | 0.5 |
| Dave Gallagher | 0.5 |
| Pat Hughes | 0.5 |
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