| New York Giants at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 85 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 26 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | John Hilton 66 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 42 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 20 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Rocky Thompson 92 kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Al Barnes 8 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ron Jessie 11 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Tucker 2 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick failed) | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 38 FG | 16 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 31 | RB | Charlie Evans |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 68 | LDT | Dan Goich |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Al Barnes |
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 87 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 84 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 44 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charlie Evans | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 20 | 113 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 1 | 137 | 5.5 | 1 | 74.9 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 207 | 12.2 | 3 | 136.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Charlie Evans | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Hilton | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| John Douglas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Zofko | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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