| 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 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 71 | LOT | Craig Hertwig |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 38 | RB | Lawrence Gaines |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 83 | LDT | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | RDT | John Woodcock |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | James Hunter |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 89 | WR | Ed Marshall |
| 76 | LOT | Mike Gibbons |
| 79 | LOG | Al Simpson |
| 61 | C | Karl Chandler |
| 74 | ROG | John Hicks |
| 63 | ROT | Doug Van Horn |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 15 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| 24 | RB | Marsh White |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 66 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 71 | RDE | Dave Gallagher |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 21 | LCB | Bill Bryant |
| 29 | LS | Clyde Powers |
| 23 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 21 | RCB | Jim Stienke |
| 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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