| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1969 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54358 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 61 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Eddy 14 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 39 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 74 punt return (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 45 | WR | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Buzin |
| 86 | TE | Butch Wilson |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 23 | HB | Ernie Koy |
| 24 | FB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 72 | LDT | Frank Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 66 | LLB | Henry Davis |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Heck |
| 56 | RLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bill Malinchak |
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 53 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 30 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 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 |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Nick Eddy | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 0 | 78 | 4.9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48.4 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 37 | 4.1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 47.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 1 | 124 | 5.6 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 59.7 |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Homer Jones | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Phil Odle | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pete Gogolak | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Randy Minniear | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 6 | 214 | 35.7 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 1 | 82 | 27.3 | 74t | 1 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Holifield | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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