| Baltimore Colts at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 58711 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 40 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Roosevelt Leaks 3 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Steve Mike-Mayer 29 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Mike Siani 10 pass from Greg Landry (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Earnest Gray 4 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don McCauley 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don McCauley 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 35 | WR | Glenn Doughty |
| 45 | WR | Mike Siani |
| 89 | LOT | Wade Griffin |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Pratt |
| 57 | C | Ken Mendenhall |
| 62 | ROG | Ken Huff |
| 68 | ROT | Jeff Hart |
| 86 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 20 | HB | Joe Washington |
| 48 | FB | Roosevelt Leaks |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Fred Cook |
| 88 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 76 | RDT | Joe Ehrmann |
| 79 | RDE | Greg Fields |
| 54 | LLB | Sanders Shiver |
| 56 | MLB | Ed Simonini |
| 53 | RLB | Stan White |
| 30 | LCB | Doug Nettles |
| 40 | SS | Bruce Laird |
| 25 | FS | Nesby Glasgow |
| 47 | RCB | Larry Braziel |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 74 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| 38 | RB | Billy Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | NG | John Mendenhall |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 10 | LOLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 59 | LILB | Randy Coffield |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | ROLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 25 | FS | Ray Oldham |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Ben Garry | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 9 | 2 |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 15 | 87 | 5.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 1 | 176 | 7.3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.2 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 4 | 67 | 4.8 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 47.9 |
| Randy Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Mike Siani | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Doughty | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Johnny Perkins | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Sanders Shiver | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Laird | 0 | ||||
| Norm Thompson | 0 | ||||
| Larry Braziel | 0 | ||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Oldham | 0 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 39 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Nesby Glasgow | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Nesby Glasgow | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hicks | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |
| Fred Cook | 1.0 |
| Greg Fields | 1.0 |
| Herb Orvis | 1.0 |
| Stan White | 1.0 |
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