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Box Score: New York Giants at San Diego Chargers

Posted: Sun September 27, 1998 at 8:16 p.m. EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NY GIANTS 14 7 7 6 34 SAN DIEGO 0 6 10 0 16 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYG - TD, GARY BROWN 4 YD RUN (BRAD DALUISO KICK), 10:52. Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards in 4:01. Key plays: Kanell 16-yard pass to Hilliard on 3rd-and-11 to New York 45; Kanell 5-yard pass to Calloway on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 28; Kanell 20-yard pass to Hilliard on 3rd-and-10 to San Diego 8. NY GIANTS 7-0 NYG - TD, CHRIS CALLOWAY 25 YD PASS FROM DANNY KANELL (BRAD DALUISO KICK), 14:10. Drive: 2 plays, 27 yards in 0:38. Key plays: Gray 36-yard interception return to San Diego 27. NY GIANTS 14-0 2ND QUARTER: NYG - TD, CHARLES WAY 1 YD RUN (BRAD DALUISO KICK), 7:08. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 4:23. Key plays: Ellsworth 22-yard interception return to New York 39; Kanell 17-yard pass on 3rd-and-10 to Calloway to San Diego 30; Kanell 22-yard pass to Hilliard to San Diego 5. NY GIANTS 21-0 SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 41 YD, 13:09. Drive: 8 plays, 41 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Leaf 23-yard pass to Still to New York 41; 21-yard pass interference penalty on Giants' Ellsworth to New York 17. NY GIANTS 21-3 SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 46 YD, 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 0:51. Key plays: Leaf 15-yard pass to Jones to New York 45; Leaf 8-yard pass to Still on 3rd-and-1 to New York 28. NY GIANTS 21-6 3RD QUARTER: SDG - FG, JOHN CARNEY 34 YD, 5:27. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Leaf 31-yard pass to Slaughter to New York 22. Leaf 18-yard pass to Still to New York 15. NY GIANTS 21-9 NYG - TD, PERCY ELLSWORTH 20 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (BRAD DALUISO KICK), 7:22. NY GIANTS 28-9 SDG - TD, CHARLIE JONES 41 YD PASS FROM CRAIG WHELIHAN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 9:32. Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards in 2:10. Key plays: Whelihan 9-yard pass to Still to San Diego 46; Means 9-yard run to New York 41. NY GIANTS 28-16 4TH QUARTER: NYG - FG, BRAD DALUISO 32 YD, 3:17. Drive: 7 plays, 23 yards in 2:05. Key plays: Toomer 15-yard punt return to San Diego 37; Kanell 9-yard pass on 3rd-and-3 to Toomer to San Diego 21. NY GIANTS 31-16 NYG - FG, BRAD DALUISO 19 YD, 10:12. Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards in 3:52. Key plays: 29-yard pass interference penalty on Chargers' Shaw to San Diego 6. NY GIANTS 34-16 TEAM STATISTICS NYG SDG
FIRST DOWNS 19 17 Rushing 6 4 Passing 12 12 Penalty 1 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-17 7-18 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 313 355 Total plays 73 72 Average gain 4.3 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 105 89 Rushes 40 21 Average per rush 2.6 4.2 NET YARDS PASSING 208 266 Completed-attempted 17-33 21-49 Yards per pass 6.3 5.2 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 2-24 Had intercepted 1 4 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-47.5 5-46.8 RETURN YARDAGE 197 73 Punts-returns 3-30 3-18 Kickoffs-returns 3-77 2-47 Interceptions-returns 4-90 1-8 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-66 10-85 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 2-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:24 29:36 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. NY Giants rushing: Gary Brown 20-66, Charles Way 10-26, Tyrone Wheatley 4-15, Danny Kanell 2-2, Tiki Barber 1-minus 1, Kent Graham 3-minus 3. San Diego rushing: Natrone Means 11-56, Craig Whelihan 3-13, Terrell Fletcher 6-11, Ryan Leaf 1-9. NY Giants passing: Danny Kanell 17-33 for 208 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. San Diego passing: Ryan Leaf 15-34 for 193 yards, 4 INT, 0 TD, Craig Whelihan 6-15 for 97 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. NY Giants receiving: Chris Calloway 6-94, Ike Hilliard 5-71, Charles Way 2-15, Gary Brown 2-12, Amani Toomer 1-11, Tiki Barber 1-5. San Diego receiving: Bryan Still 8-104, Charlie Jones 3-64, Webster Slaughter 3-53, Freddie Jones 3-47, Terrell Fletcher 3-18, John Burke 1-4. NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Conrad Hamilton 7-0-0, Christian Peter 4-1-0, Percy Ellsworth 4-0-0, Carlton Gray 4-0-0, Jessie Armstead 4-0-0, Phillippi Sparks 4-0-0, Michael Strahan 3-0-1, Keith Hamilton 2-0-0, Sam Garnes 2-0-0, Chad Bratzke 2-0-0, Cedric Jones 1-1-1, Corey Widmer 0-2-0, Ryan Phillips 1-0-0, Tiki Barber 1-0-0. San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Junior Seau 12-0-0, Rodney Harrison 10-2-0, Charles Dimry 6-0-0, Kurt Gouveia 4-1-0, Marco Coleman 4-0-0, Terrance Shaw 4-0-0, Lewis Bush 3-1-0, Greg Jackson 2-2-0, Norman Hand 2-0-0, Raylee Johnson 1-1-0, Gerome Williams 1-0-0, William Fuller 1-0-0, Gerald Dixon 1-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 1-0-0, Jamal Williams 0-1-0. Interceptions: NY Giants (Percy Ellsworth 2 for 42 yards, Carlton Gray 1 for 36 yards, Phillippi Sparks 1 for 12 yards); San Diego (Greg Jackson 1 for 8 yards). Fumbles lost: None. Opponent's fumbles recovered: None. Officials: Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Hendi Ancich, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Dale Orem, Back judge-Jim Saracino, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Field judge-Ron Spitler. A: 55,672; T: 3:26.


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