| New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1968 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 49962 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jim Butler 6 run (Bob Etter kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Homer Jones 44 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Aaron Thomas 28 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Perry Lee Dunn 1 run (Bob Etter kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bob Etter 17 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Homer Jones 1 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Perry Lee Dunn 1 run (Bob Etter kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess |
| 78 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 28 | HB | Bobby Duhon |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 23 | FB | Ernie Koy |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 79 | RDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 56 | LLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 66 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | SE | Jerry Simmons |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 66 | LOG | Jim Simon |
| 67 | C | Dan Grimm |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Duich |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 28 | TE | Ray Ogden |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 32 | HB | Jim Butler |
| 80 | FL | Bob Long |
| 41 | FB | Brendan McCarthy |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 70 | LDT | Jim Norton |
| 79 | RDT | Carlton Dabney |
| 78 | RDE | Jerry Shay |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 55 | RLB | Ralph Heck |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 42 | LS | Phil Spiller |
| 49 | RS | Jimmy Burson |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ronnie Blye | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 22 | 92 | 4.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Harmon Wages | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 2 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 227 | 10.3 | 44t | 3 | 1 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 55 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 82.8 |
| Bob Berry | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 150 | 21.4 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 113.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Homer Jones | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 44t | 2 |
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 28t | 1 |
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Crespino | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jerry Simmons | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 61 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Long | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Lee Calland | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 149 | 49.7 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jimmy Burson | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ronnie Blye | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Nick Rassas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Grady Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cerne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Szczecko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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