| Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 60860 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 45 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York Giants | Terry Jackson 47 blocked punt recovery (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 42 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 23 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Gary Shirk 35 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 3 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bubba Bean | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Ray Strong | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Haskel Stanback | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| June Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Mayberry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Phil Simms | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 2 | 94 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 14.9 |
| June Jones | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 84 | 10.5 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 87.5 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 0 | 155 | 4.8 | 35t | 1 | 3 | 11 | 69.1 |
| Randy Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Bubba Bean | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gary Shirk | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Dwight Scales | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Earnest Gray | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dan Lloyd | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 276 | 34.5 | 49 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| James Mayberry | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Don Smith | 1.0 |
| Jeff Yeates | 1.0 |
| Greg Brezina | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| George Martin | 3.5 |
| Brian Kelley | 2.0 |
| Dan Lloyd | 1.0 |
| Phil Tabor | 0.5 |
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