| Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 70546 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Hammond 6 pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Johnny Perkins 21 pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Ted McKnight 2 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Larry Csonka 1 run (Joe Danelo kick blocked) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 41 FG | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 24 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 40 FG | 10 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Henry Marshall |
| 60 | LOT | Matt Herkenhoff |
| 73 | LOG | Bob Simmons |
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay |
| 65 | ROG | Tom Condon |
| 70 | ROT | Jim Nicholson |
| 88 | TE | Walter White |
| 10 | QB | Mike Livingston |
| 32 | LHB | Tony Reed |
| 22 | RHB | Ted McKnight |
| 39 | FB | Mark Bailey |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Art Still |
| 74 | NT | Jeff Lloyd |
| 75 | RDE | Sylvester Hicks |
| 64 | LOLB | Whitney Paul |
| 59 | LILB | Gary Spani |
| 55 | RILB | Dave Rozumek |
| 52 | ROLB | Tom Howard |
| 24 | LCB | Gary Green |
| 46 | SS | Tim Gray |
| 26 | WS | Gary Barbaro |
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 62 | ROT | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 33 | RB | Bobby Hammond |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 70 | RDT | Gary Jeter |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 31 | WS | Ernie Jones |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Tony Reed | 14 | 114 | 8.1 | 48 | 0 |
| Mark Bailey | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 31 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Billy Taylor | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Mike Livingston | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 171 | 6.1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 57.3 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 175 | 7.0 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 107.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Walter White | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Al Dixon | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 21t | 1 |
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 7 | 250 | 35.7 | 45 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 7 | 365 | 52.1 | 68 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 6 | 0 | 76 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 5 | 0 | 45 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 56 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Sylvester Hicks | 0.5 |
| Art Still | 0.5 |
| New York Giants | |
| George Martin | 1.5 |
| Jack Gregory | 0.5 |
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