| Detroit Lions at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1967 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 63011 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 33 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 30 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Amos Marsh 35 pass from Karl Sweetan (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Bill Malinchak 9 pass from Karl Sweetan (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 52 pass from Karl Sweetan (Garo Yepremian kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Earl Morrall punt blocked out of end zone by Bruce Maher | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Aaron Thomas 27 pass from Earl Morrall (Pete Gogolak kick) | 23 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Tommy Watkins 4 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 30 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 52 | LOT | Bill Cottrell |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Karl Sweetan |
| 24 | HB | Mel Farr |
| 87 | FL | John Henderson |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess |
| 78 | ROT | Francis Peay |
| 89 | TE | Bobby Crespino |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 40 | HB | Joe Morrison |
| 88 | FL | Aaron Thomas |
| 23 | FB | Ernie Koy |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 70 | RDE | Glen Condren |
| 52 | LLB | Bill Swain |
| 57 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 81 | LS | Freeman White |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 48 | RCB | Clarence Childs |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 9 | 3 | 0.3 | 6 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Triplett | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Case | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 1 | 216 | 12.7 | 52t | 3 | 1 | 8 | 133.0 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 1 | 48 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 13.5 |
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 57 | 8.1 | 27t | 1 | 4 | 30 | 111.3 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Malinchak | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Mel Farr | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Triplett | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Vince Costello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Earl Morrall | 7 | 185 | 26.4 | 40 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Zawadzkas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | |
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