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New York Giants 16 at Detroit Lions 30

Sunday, September 17, 1972

New York Giants 16, Detroit Lions 30

1234Final
New York Giants (0-1-0)0100616
Detroit Lions (1-0-0)01371030

Scoring

NYGDET
2ndDETErrol Mann 26 yard field goal03
DETJohn Hilton 66 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)010
NYGPete Gogolak 42 yard field goal310
DETErrol Mann 20 yard field goal313
NYGRocky Thompson 92 yard kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick)1013
3rdDETAl Barnes 8 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)1020
4thDETRon Jessie 11 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)1027
NYGBob Tucker 2 yard pass from Norm Snead (kick failed)1627
DETErrol Mann 38 yard field goal1630

Team Stats

NYGDET
First downs1418
Rush-yards-TDs27-112-037-192-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-25-137-1-19-17-207-3-0
Sacked-yards1-42-7
Net pass yards133200
Total yards245392
Fumbles-lost3-10-0
Turnovers20
Penalties-yards6-688-76

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Charlie Evans NYG 14 57 0 0 5 38 0 0
Bob Tucker NYG 5 69 1 0
Norm Snead NYG 16 25 137 1 1 0
Ron A. Johnson NYG 12 54 0 0 2 6 0 0
Don Herrmann NYG 1 1 0 0 4 24 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Greg Landry DET 9 17 207 3 0 0 4 33 0 0
John Hilton DET 3 120 1 0
Steve Owens DET 20 113 0 0
Altie Taylor DET 13 46 0 0 1 2 0 0
Craig Cotton DET 1 32 0 0
Ron Jessie DET 2 29 1 0
Al Barnes DET 2 24 1 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
John Douglas NYG 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Bobby Duhon NYG 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0 2 20 10.0 0 0
Rocky Thompson NYG 0 0 0 0 4 198 49.5 1 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lem Barney DET 0 0 0 0 3 26 8.7 0 0
Ron Jessie DET 0 0 0 0 3 86 28.7 0 0
Mike Lucci DET 1 0 0 0
Mickey Zofko DET 0 0 0 0 1 44 44.0 0 0