| New Orleans Saints at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1997 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 68891 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Kevin Alexander 32 pass from Dave Brown (Brad Daluiso kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 36 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Chris Calloway 14 pass from Dave Brown (Brad Daluiso kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 32 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 39 FG | 9 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Andre Hastings |
| 81 | WR | Randal Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 67 | LOG | Andy McCollum |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 66 | ROG | Mike Verstegen |
| 74 | ROT | Clarence Jones |
| 87 | TE | John Farquhar |
| 5 | QB | Heath Shuler |
| 24 | RB | Mario Bates |
| 34 | FB | Ray Zellars |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Darren Mickell |
| 93 | LDT | Wayne Martin |
| 99 | RDT | Pio Sagapolutele |
| 94 | RDE | Joe Johnson |
| 52 | SLB | Richard Harvey |
| 54 | MLB | Winfred Tubbs |
| 55 | WLB | Mark Fields |
| 25 | LCB | Alex Molden |
| 30 | SS | Anthony Newman |
| 29 | FS | Sammy Knight |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Allen |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Kevin Alexander |
| 80 | WR | Chris Calloway |
| 72 | LOT | Roman Oben |
| 78 | LOG | Greg Bishop |
| 69 | C | Derek Engler |
| 65 | ROG | Ron Stone |
| 74 | ROT | Scott Gragg |
| 87 | TE | Howard Cross |
| 17 | QB | Dave Brown |
| 21 | RB | Tiki Barber |
| 30 | FB | Charles Way |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Michael Strahan |
| 97 | LDT | Robert Harris |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Hamilton |
| 77 | RDE | Chad Bratzke |
| 98 | LOLB | Jessie Armstead |
| 90 | MLB | Corey Widmer |
| 57 | ROLB | Corey Miller |
| 22 | LCB | Phillippi Sparks |
| 20 | SS | Sam Garnes |
| 29 | FS | Tito Wooten |
| 31 | RCB | Jason Sehorn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mario Bates | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Heath Shuler | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tyrone Wheatley | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 203 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 58.9 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Dave Brown | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 1 | 194 | 7.8 | 32t | 2 | 4 | 35 | 97.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| John Farquhar | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Randal Hill | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Andre Hastings | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Eric Guliford | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mario Bates | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Brett Bech | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Chris Calloway | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Charles Way | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin Alexander | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 32t | 1 |
| Tiki Barber | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Aaron Pierce | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Howard Cross | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Sammy Knight | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Thomas Randolph | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 53 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brad Maynard | 5 | 172 | 34.4 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Amani Toomer | 3 | 1 | 76 | 25.3 | 44 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 4 | 286 | 71.5 | 1 |
| New York Giants | ||||
| Brad Daluiso | 3 | 208 | 69.3 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28.5 | 30 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| David Patten | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Wayne Martin | 1.5 |
| Alex Molden | 1.0 |
| Pio Sagapolutele | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Michael Strahan | 1.0 |
| Corey Widmer | 1.0 |
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