POSTED: Tuesday December 2nd 2008
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GIANTS NOTEBOOK, DECEMBER 2, 2008

By Michael Eisen

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Eli Manning set or tied several statistical milestones in the Giants’ 23-7 victory Sunday against the Redskins in Washington.

The fifth-year quarterback started his 67th consecutive games, tying him with Kerry Collins for the longest streak by a Giants quarterback in the Giants Stadium era (since 1976). Manning needs two starts to break Fran Tarkenton’s team record of 69 consecutive starts, set from 1967-71.

 

Manning has the third-longest starting streak among active quarterbacks, behind Brett Favre (265) and his brother, Peyton Manning (172).

Manning’s 305 passing yards in Washington increased his career total to 14,009. That moved him ahead of Tarkenton (13,905) and into fourth place on the Giants’ career list. Kerry Collins is third with 16,875.

The touchdown pass Manning threw to Amani Toomer on the Giants’ first possession was the 96th of his career. That moved him into a tie with Y.A. Tittle for fourth place in Giants history. Tarkenton is third with 103 scoring passes.

Manning was also intercepted for the 72nd time in his career (by D’Angelo Hall in the second quarter). That ties him with Tarkenton for third on the all-time list. But Manning has along way to go before he catches Phil Simms at No. 2 (157) or Charlie Conerly at No. 1 (167).

With four games remaining, Manning has put together his finest statistical season. He has completed 230 of 371 passes, a 62.0 percentage that is significantly higher than his 54.7 career completion rate entering the season. His previous career best was 57.7 percent in 2006.

Manning’s current passer rating of 91.3 is 17.9 points higher than his career rating of 73.4 entering the season. His best full-season rating of 77.0 was set in 2006.

Manning’s fourth-quarter rating of 101.7 is third in the NFL and his third down rating of 99.7 is fifth. He has thrown four touchdown passes and one interception in the fourth quarter and six touchdown passes and two picks on third down.

Manning needs to throw for 376 yards and one touchdown in the final four games to become the first Giants quarterback in history with four consecutive seasons with at least 3,000 yards and 20 touchdown passes.

Manning is now 41-26 as the Giants’ starting quarterback. He is the first Giants QB to be 15 games over .500 since Phil Simms retired at the end the 1993 season with a 95-64 record.

 

*The Giants won their 11th game on Sunday, one more than the victory total in their 2007 Super Bowl season. They are the fifth defending Super Bowl champion to win more games the season following a championship than they did on their way to winning the Lombardi Trophy (not counting the strike-shortened 1982 season). Three of the previous four teams went on to win a second consecutive Super Bowl.

 

*With four games remaining.

 

*The victory in Washington was the 1,200th game in Giants history (including postseason games). The Giants are 637-530-33. That breaks down to 617-507-33 in the regular season and 20-23 in postseason play.

 

*The Giants’ current seven-game winning streak is the second-longest single-season streak of Tom Coughlin’s career. His 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars team won 11 games in a row. Coughlin’s Jaguars teams also won eight games in a row spanning the 1996-97 regular seasons and seven straight starting in 1997 and ending the following year.

 

*The Giants are second in the NFL in average time of possession at 33:23. They have owned the time of possession advantage in all but two games this season. The only regulation game the opponent owned the ball longer than they did was their only loss, at Cleveland on Oct. 13. The Browns held the ball for 32:25. In their overtime victory over Cincinnati on Sept. 21, the Giants had the ball for 33:06, compared to the Bengals’ time of possession of 33:15.

 

*The Giants need to score 97 points in their final four games to set a franchise record for points in a season (currently 448 in 1963). They lead the NFL in scoring with 352 points.

 

*Despite totaling 195 yards on the ground in their last two games, the Giants continue to lead the NFL in rushing with an average of 160.2 yards a game. They are also first with an average of 4.9 yards a carry.

 

*The Giants lead the NFC and are tied with Miami for second in the NFL with a plus-10 turnover differential. Tennessee, the NFL’s other 11-1 team, has the NFL’s best differential at plus-13. Chicago is second in the conference at plus-six.

 

*Brandon Jacobs is eighth in the league with 950 rushing yards. His average of 5.1 yards per carry is first among the 40 NFL backs with at least 100 rushing attempts.

 

*John Carney, who has missed just one of 28 field goal attempts (and it was blocked), leads the NFL with 114 points, four more than former Giant Matt Bryant of Tampa Bay.

 

 

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