| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: January 8, 2012 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 79909 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 26 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 6 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Safety, Eli Manning intentional grounding penalty enforced in end zone | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Hakeem Nicks 4 pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Lawrence Tynes 22 FG | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Hakeem Nicks 72 pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Mario Manningham 27 pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) | 2 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Julio Jones |
| 84 | WR | Roddy White |
| 74 | LOT | Will Svitek |
| 76 | LOG | Justin Blalock |
| 62 | C | Todd McClure |
| 61 | ROG | Joe Hawley |
| 77 | ROT | Tyson Clabo |
| 88 | TE | Tony Gonzalez |
| 2 | QB | Matt Ryan |
| 33 | RB | Michael Turner |
| 42 | FB | Mike Cox |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Abraham |
| 91 | LDT | Corey Peters |
| 95 | RDT | Jonathan Babineaux |
| 93 | RDE | Ray Edwards |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 56 | RLB | Sean Weatherspoon |
| 24 | LCB | Dominique Franks |
| 25 | SS | William Moore |
| 28 | FS | Thomas DeCoud |
| 23 | RCB | Dunta Robinson |
| 21 | DB | Chris Owens |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Victor Cruz |
| 82 | WR | Mario Manningham |
| 88 | WR | Hakeem Nicks |
| 28 | WR | D.J. Ware |
| 66 | LOT | David Diehl |
| 77 | LOG | Kevin Boothe |
| 64 | C | David Baas |
| 76 | ROG | Chris Snee |
| 67 | ROT | Kareem McKenzie |
| 85 | TE | Jake Ballard |
| 10 | QB | Eli Manning |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Justin Tuck |
| 97 | LDT | Linval Joseph |
| 99 | RDT | Chris Canty |
| 90 | RDE | Jason Pierre-Paul |
| 94 | SLB | Mathias Kiwanuka |
| 93 | MLB | Chase Blackburn |
| 49 | WLB | Michael Boley |
| 23 | LCB | Corey Webster |
| 21 | SS | Kenny Phillips |
| 26 | FS | Antrel Rolle |
| 31 | RCB | Aaron Ross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Michael Turner | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Julio Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brandon Jacobs | 14 | 92 | 6.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Eli Manning | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 41 | 24 | 58.5 | 0 | 199 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 71.1 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Eli Manning | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 0 | 277 | 8.7 | 72tt | 3 | 1 | 7 | 137.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Julio Jones | 8 | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 12 | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 6 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jacquizz Rodgers | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Hakeem Nicks | 9 | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 72t | 2 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Mario Manningham | 5 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Victor Cruz | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jake Ballard | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Brandon Jacobs | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Travis Beckum | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jeremy Kapinos | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 62 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Britton Colquitt | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Will Blackmon | 5 | 1 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Shaun Suisham | 7 | 459 | 65.6 | 6 |
| New York Giants | ||||
| Matt Prater | 6 | 390 | 65.0 | 6 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Eric Weems | 4 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Antone Smith | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15L | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jerrel Jernigan | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| John Abraham | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Rocky Bernard | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Osi Umenyiora | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Curtis Lofton | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Weatherspoon | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Owens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominique Franks | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Adkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunta Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Palmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shann Schillinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Peters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Sidbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Walls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Weems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Antrel Rolle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Blackburn | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ross | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Boley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Sash | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacquian Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Tuck | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Grant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Canty | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osi Umenyiora | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Amukamara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Bernard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Beckum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Blackmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathias Kiwanuka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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