| New York Giants at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1988 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 69770 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 31 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Mickey Shuler 5 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 20 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Stephen Baker 5 pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Freeman McNeil 6 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Stephen Baker 9 pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Lionel Manuel 9 pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Al Toon 5 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Stephen Baker |
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 76 | LOT | John Elliott |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 60 | ROG | Eric Moore |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Eric Dorsey |
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 55 | RILB | Gary Reasons |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 39 | LCB | Sheldon White |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 61 | LOT | Jeff Criswell |
| 79 | LOG | Mike Haight |
| 53 | C | Jim Sweeney |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 68 | ROT | Reggie McElroy |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 43 | FB | Roger Vick |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Paul Frase |
| 94 | NT | Scott Mersereau |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 55 | LOLB | Alex Gordon |
| 54 | LILB | Troy Benson |
| 59 | RILB | Kyle Clifton |
| 57 | ROLB | Kevin McArthur |
| 48 | LCB | Bobby Humphery |
| 36 | SS | Rich Miano |
| 25 | FS | George Radachowsky |
| 40 | RCB | James Hasty |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 20 | 97 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| George Adams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roger Vick | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 0 | 230 | 7.0 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 106.9 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 214 | 8.2 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 113.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lionel Manuel | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Mark Bavaro | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Stephen Baker | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 2 |
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stacy Robinson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| George Adams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mickey Shuler | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Al Toon | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Roger Vick | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Maury Buford | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 66 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Joe Prokop | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Wayne Haddix | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Neal Guggemos | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| JoJo Townsell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Marion Barber | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Nuu Faaola | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Leonard Marshall | 2.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Ken Rose | 3.0 |
| Marty Lyons | 2.0 |
| Troy Benson | 1.0 |
| Alex Gordon | 1.0 |
| Scott Mersereau | 1.0 |
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