NYG 20 @ ATL 23 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 5

New York GiantsNYG

20-23

Atlanta FalconsATL

Sun, October 1, 1978 · 1:00PM · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Surface: grassLine: New York Giants -3.0

NYG: John McVay · ATL: Leeman Bennett

NYG

Team Stats

ATL

1st Downs

25-87

Rushing

51-152

7-21-86

Passing

14-26-226

146

Total Yards

350

Scoring

1st Quarter

Larry Csonka 6 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)

George Martin 83 yard blocked field goal return (Joe Danelo kick)

14-

2nd Quarter

Wallace Francis 54 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick)

14-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NYG
Passing
Joe Pisarcik	7/21	86	0	0	3	46.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Dan Doornink	8	55	0	16	0
Bobby Hammond	4	22	0	12	0
Larry Csonka	4	17	1	8	0
Billy Taylor	7	2	0	5	0
Willie Spencer	2	-9	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
James Thompson	1	0	0	0	0
Dan Doornink	2	1	8	0	8
Larry Csonka	1	1	8	0	8
Billy Taylor	2	1	6	0	6
Willie Spencer	1
Al Dixon	3	2	45	0	26
Johnny Perkins	9	2	19	0	10
Jim Robinson	1
ATL
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Steve Bartkowski	14/26	226	1	0	3	96.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Steve Bartkowski	8	12	1	6	0
Haskel Stanback	19	51	1	9	0
Bubba Bean	11	50	0	11	0
Ricky Patton	7	29	0	15	0
Mike Esposito	5	16	0	7	0
Wallace Francis	1	-6	0	-6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bubba Bean	2	2	1	0	3
Ricky Patton	1	1	3	0	3
Mike Esposito	2
Wallace Francis	8	7	153	1	54
Jim Mitchell	9	3	54	0	22
Billy Ryckman	2	1	15	0	15
Dennis Pearson	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NYG
Bill Bryant			0					1
Jack Gregory			0				1
Gary Jeter			0					1
Ernie Jones			0					2
Jim Krahl			0				1
George Martin			0				1
Jim Robinson			0					1
ATL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Rolland Lawrence			0				1
Ralph Ortega			0					1
Frank Reed			0				1
Wilson Faumuina			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NYG
Joe Danelo	2/2	2/4	0	0	-	-
Dave Jennings	-	-	5	213	42.6	-
ATL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Fred Steinfort	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
John James	-	-	3	94	31.3	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NYG
James Thompson	0	0	0	1	4	0
Beasley Reece	2	40	0	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	1	24	0	0	0	0
ATL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Billy Ryckman	0	0	0	3	63	0
Alfred Jackson	2	29	0	1	6	0
Tom Pridemore	2	35	0	0	0	0
George Franklin	1	26	0	0	0	0

NYG

Expected Points Added

ATL

-3.0Total3.0

-21.1Off Total0.8

-16.7Off Pass7.1

-4.2Off Rush-12.8

-0.8Def Total21.1

-7.1Def Pass16.7

12.8Def Rush4.2

15.8

Starting Lineups

NYG

QBJoe Pisarcik

RBDan Doornink

RBBobby Hammond

WRJim Robinson

WRJohnny Perkins

TEAl Dixon

LTGordon Gravelle

LGDoug Van Horn

CJim Clack

RGJ.T. Turner

RTRon Mikolajczyk

NYG at ATL, 1978 NFL game