Dixon steps up in Giants victory

Ron Dixon lead the New York Giants receivers with 4 catches for 107 yards. QB Kerry Collins racks up another 300 yard game.

Team		1	2	3	4			SCORE
NY Giants		7	6	6	8			27
Minnesota		0	3	3	14			20

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter	- NY Giants Touchdown - 1-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Charles Stackhouse. (Matt Bryant kick) 6:10 Remaining. (3 plays, 23 yards. Time of Drive: 1:35)
2nd Quarter	- Minnesota Field Goal - 20-yarder by Gary Anderson. 12:36 Remaining. (10 plays, 51 yards. Time of Drive: 5:07) - NY Giants Touchdown - 30-yard run by Ron Dayne. (P-A-T failed) 8:48 Remaining. (7 plays, 72 yards. Time of Drive: 3:48)
3rd Quarter	- Minnesota Field Goal - 27-yarder by Gary Anderson. 9:11 Remaining. (7 plays, 48 yards. Time of Drive: 3:02) - NY Giants Touchdown - 11-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Amani Toomer. (kick failed) 0:22 Remaining. (6 plays, 91 yards. Time of Drive: 2:59)
4th Quarter	- Minnesota Touchdown - 1-yard run by Moe Williams. (Gary Anderson kick) 12:06 Remaining. (3 plays, 81 yards. Time of Drive: 1:11). - Minnesota Touchdown - 78-yard run by Michael Bennett. (Gary Anderson kick) 8:36 Remaining. (2 plays, 78 yards. Time of Drive: 0:16) - NY Giants Touchdown - 8-yard run by Tiki Barber. (Kerry Collins pass to Marcellus Rivers) 2:43 Remaining. (10 plays, 80 yards. Time of Drive: 5:53)

Final Team Statistics	NY Giants	Minnesota
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	26	17
By Rushing	9	11
By Passing	12	5
By Penalty	5	1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	1-11-9%	0-9-0%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0-1-0%	0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS	460	356
Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing)	71	57
Average gain per offensive play	6.5	6.2
NET YARDS RUSHING	169	224
Total Rushing Plays	35	26
Average gain per rushing play	4.8	8.6
NET YARDS PASSING	291	132
Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass	1-9	5-44
Gross yards passing	300	176
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED	35-25-1	26-12-0
Average gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing)	8.1	4.3
PUNTS Number and average	5-43.8	6-41.0
Net punting average	35.8	38.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including Kickoffs)	13	26
No. and Yards Punt Returns	1-13	3-20
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns	3-72	5-115
No and Yards Interception Returns	0-0	0-0
PENALTIES No. and Yards	9-84	10-84
FUMBLES No. and Lost	1-0	3-2
TOUCHDOWNS	4	2
Rushing	2	2
Passing	2	0
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts	2-4	2-2
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts	0-1	2-2
SAFETIES	0	0
FINAL SCORE	27	20
TIME OF POSSESSION	34:14	25:46

Final Individual Statistics

NY Giants						Minnesota
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
T.Barber	24	127	5.3	20	1	M.Bennett	15	167	11.1	78	1
R.Dayne	6	40	6.7	30	1	D.Culpepper	6	42	7.0	17	0
T.Carter	1	6	6.0	6	0	T.Bouman	1	9	9.0	9	0
T.Rouen	1	0	0.0	0	0	J.Kleinsasser	1	4	4.0	4	0
K.Collins	3	-4	-1.3	-1	0	M.Williams	2	2	1.0	1	1
						K.Richardson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Total	35	169	4.8	30	2	Total	26	224	8.6	78	2

PASSING	ATT	CP	YDS	TK/YD	TD	LG	IN	PASSING	ATT	CP	YDS	TK/YD	TD	LG	IN
K.Collins	35	25	300	1/9	2	46	1	D.Culpeppe	20	9	91	3/22	0	23	0
								T.Bouman	6	3	85	2/22	0	48	0
Total	35	25	300	1/9	2	46	1	Total	26	12	176	5/44	0	48	0

PASS RECEIVING	NO	YARDS	AVG	LONGEST	TD	PASS RECEIVING	NO	YARDS	AVG	LONGEST	TD
T.Barber	7	46	6.6	19	0	R.Moss	3	85	28.3	48	0
A.Toomer	5	83	16.6	46	1	J.Kleinsasser	2	19	9.5	10	0
R.Dixon	4	107	26.8	33	0	B.Chamberlain	2	11	5.5	6	0
D.Campbell	4	35	8.8	27	0	M.Bennett	2	9	4.5	6	0
J.Shockey	3	19	6.3	7	0	C.Walsh	1	23	23.0	23	0
D.Jones	1	9	9.0	9	0	D.Bates	1	19	19.0	19	0
C.Stackhouse	1	1	1.0	1	1	M.Williams	1	10	10.0	10	0
Total	25	300	12.0	46	2	Total	12	176	14.7	48	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	LONGEST	TD	INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	LONGEST	TD
					K.Mixon	1	6	6	0
Total	0	0	0	0	Total	1	6	6	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG	PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	IN20	LG
T.Rouen	5	219	43.8	1	1	55	K.Richardson	6	246	41.0	0	1	49
Total	5	219	43.8	1	1	55	Total	6	246	41.0	0	1	49

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YARDS	LG	TD	PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YARDS	LG	TD
D.Joyce	1	2	13	13	0	N.Davis	3	1	20	11	0
[DOWNED]	1	0	0	0	0	[TOUCHBACK]	1	0	0	0	0
[OUT OF BOUNDS]	2	0	0	0	0
Returns	1	2	13	13	0	Returns	3	1	20	11	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YARDS	LG	TD	KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YARDS	LG	TD
D.Joyce	3	0	72	26	0	C.James	5	0	115	29	0
[TOUCHBACK]	2	0	0	0	0
Returns	3	0	72	26	0	Returns	5	0	115	29	0

NY Giants
FUMBLES	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FORCED	OPP-REC	YDS	TD
T.Rouen	1	0	-8	0	0	0	0	0
D.Campbell	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
F.Ferrara	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
K.Holmes	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
C.Griffin	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
K.Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	1	1	-8	0	2	2	-2	0
Minnesota
FUMBLES	FUM	OWN-REC	YDS	TD	FORCED	OPP-REC	YDS	TD
T.Bouman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B.Liddiard	1	0	-26	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	0	-26	0	0	0	0	0

Final Defensive Statistics

NY Giants	TKL	AST	COM	SAC	YDS	IN	PD	FF	FR
B.Short	4	5	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
O.Stoutmire	6	1	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
M.Barrow	3	3	6	1.0	9.0	0	1	0	0
D.Jones	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
K.Holmes	4	0	4	1.0	20.0	0	0	1	0
C.Griffin	3	1	4	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	1
W.Allen	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
M.Strahan	2	1	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	0
J.Sehorn	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
W.Peterson	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
F.Ferrara	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	0
S.Williams	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
L.Legree	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
K.Lewis	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	34	14	48	5.0	44.0	0	1	2	2

Minnesota	TKL	AST	COM	SAC	YDS	IN	PD	FF	FR
W.Offord	8	0	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
G.Biekert	6	2	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
N.Rogers	5	2	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
C.Hovan	5	1	6	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	0
R.Bradford	3	2	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
K.Mixon	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0
E.Kelly	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
C.Chavous	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
B.Williams	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
L.Johnstone	2	1	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
H.Crockett	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
T.Carter	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
L.Bromell	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
F.Robbins	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
J.Nelson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
C.James	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
L.Hall	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	50	12	62	1.0	9.0	1	1	0	0

Field Goals
NY Giants	Minnesota
M.Bryant 31WL	G.Anderson (20)(27)
(made(__) & missed)