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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 15th, 1968
New York Giants 34 at Pittsburgh Steelers 20
Sunday, September 15, 1968
New York Giants 34, Pittsburgh Steelers 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (1-0-0) | 7 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0) | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Scoring
| NYG | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Dick Hoak 6 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| NYG | Joe Morrison 10 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 6 | |
| PIT | Earl Gros 5 yard pass from Kent Nix (Bill Shockley kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd | NYG | Joe Morrison 13 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 13 |
| NYG | Randy Minniear 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 13 | |
| NYG | Fran Tarkenton 4 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 13 | |
| PIT | Dick Compton 9 yard pass from Kent Nix (Bill Shockley kick) | 28 | 20 | |
| 4th | NYG | Pete Gogolak 23 yard field goal | 31 | 20 |
| NYG | Pete Gogolak 17 yard field goal | 34 | 20 |
Team Stats
| NYG | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-165-2 | 25-130-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-22-172-2-0 | 15-32-194-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 166 | 194 |
| Total yards | 331 | 324 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-70 | 4-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 12 | 22 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Jones | NYG | 3 | 101 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Minniear | NYG | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 3 | 35 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Blye | NYG | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Butch Wilson | NYG | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 1 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | PIT | 10 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kent Nix | PIT | 10 | 22 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Hilton | PIT | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | PIT | 4 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| J.R. Wilburn | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Compton | PIT | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ronnie Blye | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Scott Eaton | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Holifield | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Lurtsema | NYG | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jon Henderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Watkins | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||