weekly release - New York Giants

game 2
BUCCANEERS VS. GIANTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
GIANTS 41, BUCCANEERS 34
The Giants were able to rebound from a sloppy first half in order to come out on the
right end of a hard fought 41-34 thriller over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers in
MetLife Stadium.
Eli Manning threw for three touchdowns, and established a new career high with 510
yards passing, also second most in the history of the franchise (Phil Simms, 1985).
Manning continued his trend of excelling in the fourth quarter, as he completed passes
to Victor Cruz and Martellus Bennett for touchdowns of 80, and 33 yards, respectively.
Hakeem Nicks scored on a 23 yard pass from Manning in the second quarter. Andre
Brown recorded the first touchdown of his career, on a two yard run, to cap off the scoring
for the game and give the Giants the lead for good. Giants’ Kicker Lawrence Tynes
accounted for four made field goals.
The first half saw Manning throw three interceptions, the last of which was returned 60
yards by Tampa Bay cornerback Eric Wright for a touchdown with 0:08 left in the first
half. The return increased the Buccaneers’ lead to 24-13. Tampa Bay was able to capitalize
on each interception, as their first three touchdowns came off of Giants’ turnovers.
The Buccaneers seemed to have the game in control Connor Barth made a 52 yard field
goal, to extend Tampa Bay’s lead to 27-13. From there, it was basically all Giants, as they
outscored Tampa Bay, 28-7 the rest of the way, to improve their record to 1-1 on the
season. The Giants recorded 604 total yards in the game, which was second most in the
history of the franchise (N.Y. Yanks, 1950).
1 2 3 4 OT F
BUCCANEERS 3 21 3 7 - 34
GIANTS 6 7 3 25 - 41
SCORING SUMMARY
Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home
Giants 1 12:43 L.Tynes 37 yd. Field Goal (6-51, 2:17) 0 3
Buccaneers 1 8:42 C.Barth 45 yd. Field Goal (7-60, 4:01) 3 3
Giants 1 2:54 L.Tynes 24 yd. Field Goal (12-63, 5:48) 3 6
Buccaneers 2 13:48 V.Jackson 29 yd. pass from J.Freeman (C.Barth kick) (3-28, 0:56) 10 6
Buccaneers 2 6:19 D.Martin 8 yd. run (C.Barth kick) (2-13, 0:47) 17 6
Giants 2 1:54 H.Nicks 23 yd. pass from E.Manning (L.Tynes kick) (8-80, 4:25) 17 13
Buccaneers 2 0:08 E.Wright 60 yd. interception return (C.Barth kick) 24 13
Buccaneers 3 13:14 C.Barth 52 yd. Field Goal (5-14, 1:46) 27 13
Giants 3 0:39 L.Tynes 36 yd. Field Goal (13-64, 5:40) 27 16
Giants 4 12:22 L.Tynes 24 yd. Field Goal (9-30, 2:59) 27 19
Giants 4 6:48 V.Cruz 80 yd. pass from E.Manning (A.Brown run) (3-88, 0:53) 27 27
Giants 4 3:59 M.Bennett 33 yd. pass from E.Manning (L.Tynes kick) (4-67, 1:44) 27 34
Buccaneers 4 1:58 M.Williams 41 yd. pass from J.Freeman (C.Barth kick) (5-80, 2:01) 34 34
Giants 4 0:31 A.Brown 2 yd. run (L.Tynes kick) (4-80, 1:27) 34 41
TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
buccaneers Giants
Rushing Yards Martin - 66 Brown - 71
Receiving Yards Jackson - 128 Nicks - 199
Passing Yards Freeman - 243 Manning - 510
Touchdowns Jackson - 1 Brown - 1
martin - 1 Cruz - 1
stroughter - 1 Nicks -1
bennett - 1
Field Goals (long) Barth - 2 (52) Tynes - 4 (36)
Tackles (solo) Foster - 13 (12) Pierre-Paul - 8 (4)
Sacks - Pierre-Paul - 1.0
blackburn - 1.0
Interceptions Foster - 1 Boley - 1
mcDonald - 1 Webster - 1