| New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 2, 1977 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 46174 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 81 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Monroe Eley 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 35 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 47 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Alfred Jenkins 8 pass from Kim McQuilken (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Emery Moorehead |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 52 | C | Ralph Hill |
| 74 | ROG | John Hicks |
| 62 | ROT | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 12 | QB | Jerry Golsteyn |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Gary Jeter |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 77 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 21 | LCB | Bill Bryant |
| 29 | SS | Clyde Powers |
| 20 | FS | Jim Stienke |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wallace Francis |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 70 | LOG | Dave Scott |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 68 | ROG | R.C. Thielemann |
| 66 | ROT | Warren Bryant |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Scott Hunter |
| 24 | RB | Haskel Stanback |
| 46 | FB | Monroe Eley |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 54 | LLB | Fulton Kuykendall |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Ortega |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 28 | RCB | Frank Reed |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYG | 25:17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3/16 | / | 9 | 69 | 3 | 2 |
| ATL | 34:43 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6/17 | / | 5 | 30 | 4 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 105 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 27 | 84 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Scott Hunter | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Woody Thompson | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Monroe Eley | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Kim McQuilken | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 151 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 2 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 7.6 | |
| Joe Pisarcik | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 78 | 15.6 | 78 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 7 | 30.4 | 2 | 153 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 | 81 | 18.9 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 117 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 80.1 | |
| Kim McQuilken | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 47 | 7.8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 138.9 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 164 | 6.8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 100.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 153 | 21.9 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Haskel Stanback | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Mitchell | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Monroe Eley | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Wallace Francis | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 164 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ralph Ortega | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||
| Dave Jennings | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 0 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||
| John James | 6 | 286 | 47.7 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 5 | 0 | 43 | 8.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | 6 | 2 | 82 | 13.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Karl Farmer | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| John Mendenhall | 1.0 |
| Jack Gregory | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Greg Brezina | 2.0 |
| Jim Bailey | 2.0 |
| Mike Lewis | 1.0 |
| Wilson Faumuina | 1.0 |
| Fulton Kuykendall | 1.0 |
| Jeff Merrow | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 9.0 |