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Week 14 . Giants vs. New Orleans
Giants Scoring:
- The Giants’ 52 points scored were their highest
total since a 55-24 victory over Green Bay on
Dec. 20, 1986. It was the most points ever scored
by a Tom Coughlin-coached team in the regular
season. The previous best was achieved on Dec.
3, 2000, when his Jacksonville Jaguars defeated
Cleveland, 48-0. The Jaguars defeated Miami,
62-7, in a 1999 AFC Divisional Playoff Game.
Kickoff Return:
- The Giants set a team record with 287 kickoff
return yards in the game (227 by Wilson and 60
by Jerrel Jernigan). The former record of 274
yards was set at Washington on Nov. 27, 1966.
Rookie RB David Wilson:
- Wilson had a breakout game. He scored on a 97-yard kickoff return and had other returns of
58 and 52 yards. He also rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns. His 327 all-purpose yards
established a team record. The former mark of 303 was set by Domenik Hixon at New Orleans
on Oct. 18, 2009. Hixon’s breakdown was 230 yards on kickoff returns, 51 on punt returns and
22 on receptions.
- Wilson is the first player in NFL history with at least 200 kickoff return yards and 100 rushing
yards in the same game.
- Wilson’s 227 kickoff return yards (on four runbacks) was the third-highest single-game total in
Giants history, surpassed only by Willie Ponder’s 259 yards vs. Pittsburgh on Dec. 18, 2004 and
Hixon’s 230 yards at New Orleans in 2009.
- Wilson scored the Giants first touchdown on his 97-yard kickoff return in the first quarter.
It was the Giants’ first kickoff return touchdown since Hixon’s 74-yard runback against New
England on Dec. 29, 2007. The Giants had played 76 regular season and nine postseason games
since the last kickoff return touchdown.
WR Victor Cruz:
- Cruz caught eight passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. It was the second game in a row the
Giants had both a 100-yard rusher (David Wilson -- 13 carries for 100 yards) and a 100-yard
receiver. Last Monday in Washington, Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 103 yards and Cruz gained 104
yards on five catches.
- Cruz increased his season totals to 76 receptions for 1,004 yards. He finished the 2011 season
with 82 catches for a team-record 1,536 yards.
QB ELi Manning:
- Manning completed 22 of 35 passes for 259 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions for
a passer rating of 99.6.
- This was Manning’s seventh career four-touchdown game, tying Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle for
the franchise record. The Giants are 4-3 in those games.
S Stevie Brown:
- Brown intercepted two passes, which he returned for 91 yards. That increased his season
totals to seven picks for 259 return yards. The seven interceptions are the most by a Giant since
1984, when Mark Haynes had seven. Brown’s 259 yards are a single-season franchise record.
The former mark of 251 was set by Hall of Famer Emlen Tunnell in 1949 and matched by Dick
Lynch in 1963.
- Brown’s 70-yard interception return was the longest by a Giant since Kevin Dockery’s 96-yarder
at Dallas on Oct. 23. 2006.
2012 new york giants • week 15 • AT ATLANTA FALCONS