NYG 16 @ DET 30 - 1972 NFL

1972 Week 1

New York GiantsNYG

16-30

Detroit LionsDET

Sun, September 17, 1972 · 2:00PM · Tiger Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Detroit Lions -9.5

NYG: Alex Webster · DET: Joe Schmidt

NYG

Team Stats

DET

1st Downs

27-112

Rushing

37-192

16-25-137

Passing

9-17-207

245

Total Yards

392

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Errol Mann 26 yard field goal

John Hilton 66 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)

Pete Gogolak 42 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NYG
Passing
Norm Snead	16/25	137	1	1	1	74.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Charlie Evans	14	57	0	8	0
Ron Johnson	12	54	0	12	0
Don Herrmann	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Charlie Evans		5	38	0	13
Ron Johnson		2	6	0	4
Don Herrmann		4	24	0	9
Bob Tucker		5	69	1	25
DET
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Greg Landry	9/17	207	3	0	2	136.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Greg Landry	4	33	0	14	0
Steve Owens	20	113	0	18	0
Altie Taylor	13	46	0	9	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Altie Taylor		1	2	0	2
John Hilton		3	120	1	66
Craig Cotton		1	32	0	32
Ron Jessie		2	29	1	18
Al Barnes		2	24	1	16

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NYG
DET
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mike Lucci			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NYG
Pete Gogolak	1/2	1/2	0	0	-	-
Tom Blanchard	-	-	4	171	42.8	49
DET
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Errol Mann	3/3	3/3	0	0	-	-
Herman Weaver	-	-	3	113	37.7	42

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NYG
Bobby Duhon	1	26	0	2	20	0
Rocky Thompson	4	198	1	0	0	0
John Douglas	1	10	0	0	0	0
DET
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Lem Barney	0	0	0	3	26	0
Ron Jessie	3	86	0	0	0	0
Mickey Zofko	1	44	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

NYG

QBNorm Snead

RBRon Johnson

FBCharlie Evans

WRRich Houston

WRDon Herrmann

TEBob Tucker

LTWillie Young

LGDick Enderle

CGreg Larson

RGDoug Van Horn

RTJoe Taffoni

NYG at DET, 1972 NFL game