Sunday, September 17, 1989
Detroit Lions 14, New York Giants 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (0-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| New York Giants (2-0-0) | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| DET | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Raul Allegre 49 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | DET | Richard Johnson 71 yard pass from Bob Gagliano (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3rd | DET | Barry Sanders 4 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 3 |
| NYG | Ottis Anderson 11 yard rush (Raul Allegre kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| NYG | Odessa Turner 9 yard pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| 4th | NYG | Mark Bavaro 24 yard pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 14 | 24 |
| DET | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-95-1 | 39-129-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-31-344-1-3 | 20-26-218-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-29 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 315 | 216 |
| Total yards | 410 | 345 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-40 | 1-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Gagliano | DET | 21 | 31 | 344 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Johnson | DET | 9 | 172 | 1 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 12 | 57 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 96 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Jason Phillips | DET | 2 | 31 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Mobley | DET | 3 | 23 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Troy Johnson | DET | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Phil Simms | NYG | 20 | 26 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | NYG | 25 | 85 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Mark Bavaro | NYG | 5 | 64 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Odessa Turner | NYG | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Maurice Carthon | NYG | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lionel Manuel | NYG | 2 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| George Adams | NYG | 3 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Zeke Mowatt | NYG | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mark Ingram | NYG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Lee Rouson | NYG | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NYG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jerry Ball | DET | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Crockett | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Griffin | DET | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Palmer | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 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 | |||
| Carl Banks | NYG | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Collins | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve DeOssie | NYG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Myron Guyton | NYG | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Erik Howard | NYG | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Ingram | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Marshall | NYG | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Taylor | NYG | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||