| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1988 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 38354 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Chadwick 15 pass from Rusty Hilger (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Paul McFadden 42 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 1 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | New York GiantsNYG | Paul McFadden 33 FG | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Stephen Baker |
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 66 | LOT | Bill Roberts |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 60 | ROG | Eric Moore |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Eric Dorsey |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 53 | LOG | Kevin Glover |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 74 | ROG | Joe Milinichik |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 87 | TE | Pat Carter |
| 12 | QB | Rusty Hilger |
| 33 | RB | Garry James |
| 49 | FB | Tony Paige |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 58 | LOLB | George Jamison |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 43 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 34 | SS | James Griffin |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry James | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Rusty Hilger | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 |
| John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 0 | 227 | 6.3 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 79.3 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Rusty Hilger | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 1 | 147 | 5.3 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 62.6 |
| John Witkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Stephen Baker | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Lionel Manuel | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Bavaro | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Phil McConkey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tony Paige | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Garry James | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pat Carter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sheldon White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Maury Buford | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Stephen Baker | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 | |
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Neal Guggemos | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Brad Beckman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Carl Painter | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gary Lee | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 2.0 |
| Eric Dorsey | 1.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.0 |
| George Martin | 1.0 |
| Perry Williams | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 1.5 |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| George Jamison | 1.0 |
| Thomas Strauthers | 1.0 |
| Eric Williams | 0.5 |
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