| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 15, 1968 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 45698 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 6 run (Bill Shockley kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morrison 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earl Gros 5 pass from Kent Nix (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morrison 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Randy Minniear 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Fran Tarkenton 4 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Compton 9 pass from Kent Nix (Bill Shockley kick) | 28 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 23 FG | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 17 FG | 34 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Buzin |
| 86 | TE | Butch Wilson |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 27 | HB | Randy Minniear |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 23 | FB | Ernie Koy |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 79 | RDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 56 | LLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 57 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | J.R. Wilburn |
| 74 | LOT | John Brown |
| 79 | LOG | Larry Gagner |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 82 | TE | John Hilton |
| 10 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak |
| 87 | FL | Roy Jefferson |
| 38 | FB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Ken Kortas |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell |
| 59 | MLB | Ray May |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 49 | LCB | Lou Harris |
| 28 | LS | Clendon Thomas |
| 20 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 47 | RCB | Marv Woodson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Ronnie Blye | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Earl Gros | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 172 | 7.8 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 110.4 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kent Nix | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 2 | 91 | 4.1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.6 |
| Dick Shiner | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 41 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Randy Minniear | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 84 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13t | 2 |
| Butch Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 62 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5t | 1 |
| John Hilton | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Lurtsema | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Lockhart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ronnie Blye | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 66 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Henderson | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 44 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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