POSTED: Monday December 28th 2009
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Giants Postgame Notes, vs. Carolina
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Notes and statistics from the Giants’ 41-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
The Giants lost for the seventh time in 10 games after their 5-0 start and fell to 8-7 entering next week’s season finale in Minnesota.
The 32-point loss was the Giants’ worst since a 45-7 loss at New Orleans on Dec. 14, 2003. It was their worst home loss since a 35-0 defeat to Dallas on Sept. 4, 1995. In addition, the loss was the third-worst the Giants suffered at home in the 34-year history of Giants Stadium. They fell to Green Bay, 37-3, on Nov. 15, 1998.
Carolina played without leading rusher DeAngelo Williams but still ran for 247 yards, the most yards on the ground the Giants ever allowed in Giants Stadium. The previous high was 242 in a strike-replacement game vs. San Francisco on Oct. 5, 1987. Their previous high rushing total allowed in a non-strike game in Giants Stadium was 239 yards vs. Dallas on Nov. 9, 1980 in a 38-35 Giants victory. The 247 rushing yards were the most the Giants have allowed in any home game since Dec. 8, 1968, when the St. Louis Cardinals ran for 277 yards in a 28-21 victory over the Giants in Yankee Stadium.
Jonathan Stewart, who started for Williams, rushed for 206 yards on 28 carries, the third-highest individual total ever against the Giants. Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins ran for 215 yards on Oct. 8, 1933 and Buffalo’s Terry Miller gained 208 yards on Nov. 26, 1978.
The Giants rushed for 60 yards, their second-lowest total of the season. They ran for 57 yards at Denver on Thanksgiving night.
The Giants had no takeaways for the first time since their loss at New Orleans on Oct. 18. Prior to that, their last no-takeaway game was when the Panthers played here on Dec. 21, 2008.
The Giants trailed at halftime, 24-0, their largest deficit after two quarters since falling behind the Seahawks in Seattle, 35-3, on Sept. 24, 2006. It was the second time this season they were shutout in the first half. They trailed Denver, 16-0, last month. Prior to that, the Giants had scored points in the first half of 78 consecutive regular season games.
The Giants trailed in the third quarter, 31-0. The 31-point deficit was their largest since they fell behind Minnesota, 41-10, on Nov. 25, 2007. It was the Giants’ largest deficit before scoring since falling behind the Seahawks, 35-0, in 2006.
The Panthers scored 21 points in the second quarter, the most points scored by a Giants opponent in one quarter since Sept. 16, 2007, when Green Bay scored 21 in the fourth quarter.
This was the Giants’ 272nd and last regular season game in Giants Stadium. They finished with a record of 155-117, including 4-4 this season. The Giants were 7-4 in postseason games for a total record of 162-121.
This was the 476th regular season game played in Giants Stadium, which is the most in history in one stadium. Chicago’s Wrigley Field is second with 365.
Eli Manning completed 29 of 43 passes for 296 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. He increased his season total to a career-high 3,880 yards, beating his previous best of 3,762 yards, set in 2005. That is the third-highest total in Giants history, topped only by Kerry Collins’ 4,073 yards in 2002 and Phil Simms’ 4,044 in 1984.
Manning has exactly 300 completions this season, one shy of his career high, set in 2006, and the fifth-best total in Giants history.
Manning now has 27 touchdown passes, three more than his previous single-season best, set in 2005 and 2006.
When Manning was intercepted by Richard Marshall in the second quarter, it ended a streak of 84 consecutive passes without a pick.
Lawrence Tynes scored four points on a field goal and extra point and increased his season total to a career-high 126, one more than he had with Kansas City in 2005. That ties Joe Morris (21 touchdowns in 1985) for the fourth-highest total in team history.
Steve Smith caught seven passes to extend his single-season record total to 97 receptions. Smith scored his seventh receiving touchdown to take the team lead (Ahmad Bradshaw has seven rushing touchdowns).
Smith’s 1,163 receiving yards are the sixth-highest total in team history.
Domenik Hixon’s 112 kickoff return yards increased his career total to 1,509 and moved him past Joe Scott (1,467 from 1848-53) and into seventh place on the franchise’s career list.
The Giants’ inactive list included four players who started two weeks ago against Philadelphia: offensive linemen Rich Seubert and Kareem McKenzie and defensive backs Corey Webster and Aaron Ross. McKenzie, Webster and Ross were inactive last week in Washington; Seubert was hurt on the first series against the Redskins.
Rookie Will Beatty started for McKenzie at right tackle and Kevin Boothe stepped in for Seubert at left guard. Both McKenzie and Seubert have injured knees. Seubert missed his first game since Dec. 30, 2006, when he sat out a game at Washington. Seubert, the longest-tenured Giants player, had looked forward to playing in the Giants Stadium finale.
Webster (knee) was replaced at left cornerback by Kevin Dockery. Ross, who started at safety vs. the Eagles, was replaced by Michael Johnson, who started the first 11 games before missing a game with a groin injury. Johnson returned to the starting lineup last week.
The Giants’ other inactive players were wide receivers Ramses Barden and Sinorice Moss, running back D.J. Ware and newly-signed tight end Scott Chandler.
Offensive lineman Adam Koets was in uniform for just the third time in his three-year career. The other games he was active for were the 2007 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Tampa Bay and the 2008 season finale in Minnesota.
Steve Smith, Chris Snee and Bary Cofield were the game captains, along with season captains Manning and punter Jeff Feagles.
The pregame ceremony featured longtime season ticket holders Dennis Drinkwater and Tom Curry representing Giants fans as honorary captains for the coin toss.
The halftime show included Bruce Springsteen singing (on tape) “Wrecking Ball,” the song he wrote to commemorate the stadium’s closing, along with a video of images of players and coaches who have left their mark.
Jason Sehorn’s spectacular interception in a 2000 NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Philadelphia was voted by fans as the best play in stadium history. The Giants’ 1986 NFC Championship Game victory over Washington was voted the best moment. Sehorn and Lawrence Taylor were introduced during the halftime ceremonies and received long, loud ovations.
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