Sunday October 28, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/28/1979:



Phil Simms passed for two touchdowns and Joe Danelo booted a pair of field goals as the Giants won their fourth straight game. Danelo's 49 and 31-yard field goals were sandwiched around a 19-yard touchdown toss from Simms to Gary Shirk. An alert Giants defense recorded four interceptions.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE110.4  (23)134.1  (25)244.5  (28)16
DEFENSE151.8  (21)188.5  (20)340.2  (20)24
OFFENSE130.1  (16)166.4  (16)296.5  (16)24
DEFENSE115.0  (6)155.8  (10)270.8  (4)19

Line: Rams by 6

Team1234F
New York Giants (4-5-0)373720
Los Angeles Rams (4-5-0)007714

( 3- 0) NYG Joe Danelo 49 yard field goal (10- 0) NYG Gary Shirk 19 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) (13- 0) NYG Joe Danelo 31 yard field goal (13- 7) LA Eddie Hill 21 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) (20- 7) NYG Johnny Perkins 14 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) (20-14) LA Preston Dennard 3 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)
                     NYG             LA
First Downs:         10              20
Rushes-yards:        35-110          31-95
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-23-173-1      21-36-284-4
Sacked-yards:        5-49            2-13
Net pass yards:      124             271
Net yards/pass:      4.4             7.1
Total net yards:     234             366
Total plays:         63 (55% run)    69 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             2-0
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     10-94           8-53

Attendance: 43,376

Passing:
NYG: Phil Simms, 9 of 22 for 173 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Randy Dean, 0 of 1 for 0 yards LA: Pat Haden, 20 of 35 for 282 yards and 2 TDs (4 int); Ken Clark, 1 of 1 for 2 yards
Rushing:
NYG: Billy Taylor, 15 for 39 yards; Doug Kotar, 13 for 30 yards; Phil Simms, 5 for 46 yards; Dave Jennings, 1 for 2 yards; Earnest Gray, 1 for -7 yards LA: Wendell Tyler, 11 for 37 yards; Cullen Bryant, 8 for 32 yards; Eddie Hill, 5 for 17 yards; Elvis Peacock, 5 for 5 yards; Ken Clark, 1 for 3 yards; Pat Haden, 1 for 1 yard
Receiving:
NYG: Doug Kotar, 4 for 57 yards; Johnny Perkins, 3 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Dwight Scales, 1 for 55 yards; Gary Shirk, 1 for 19 yards and 1 TD LA: Preston Dennard, 7 for 94 yards and 1 TD; Ron Smith, 3 for 49 yards; Elvis Peacock, 3 for 40 yards; Terry Nelson, 2 for 41 yards; Eddie Hill, 2 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Wendell Tyler, 2 for 17 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 13 yards; George Andrews, 1 for 2 yards
Kick returns:
NYG: Bobby Hammond, 2 for 47 yards; Beasley Reece, 1 for -4 yards LA: Drew Hill, 4 for 93 yards
Punt returns:
NYG: Bobby Hammond, 3 for 11 yards LA: Eddie Brown, 6 for 11 yards
Interceptions:
NYG: Harry Carson, 1 for 14 yards; Brian Kelley, 1 for 13 yards; Dan Lloyd, 1 for 3 yards; Alan Caldwell, 1 for 2 yards LA: Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 7 yards
Punting:
NYG: Dave Jennings, 8 for 354 yards LA: Ken Clark, 5 for 203 yards
Field Goals:
NYG: Joe Danelo, 2/3 LA: Frank Corral, 0/1


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