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Sunday October 18, 1970
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NFL game summary for 10/18/1970:



Fran Tarkenton passed for one TD and Pete Gogolak kicked three field goals as the Giants spoiled Joe Kapp's home debut and first start for the Patriots. Clifton McNeil took a 28-yard scoring pass into the end zone. Kapp was Boston's leading ground gainer with 8 carries for 41 yards.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New York GiantsOFFENSE120.5  (13)189.5  (6)310.0  (6)11
DEFENSE120.5  (13)171.0  (18)291.5  (15)12
Boston PatriotsOFFENSE97.5  (22)116.2  (24)213.8  (25)12
DEFENSE163.0  (25)106.8  (2)269.8  (9)11

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New York Giants (2-3-0)370616
Boston Patriots (1-4-0)00000

( 3- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 14 yard field goal
(10- 0) NYG Clifton McNeil 28 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(13- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 18 yard field goal
(16- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 22 yard field goal
                     NYG             BOS
First Downs:         13              14
Rushes-yards:        41-122          27-93
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-14-103-0      10-22-88-1
Sacked-yards:        1-1             3-25
Net pass yards:      102             63
Net yards/pass:      6.8             2.5
Total net yards:     224             156
Total plays:         56 (73% run)    52 (51% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             3.0
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             3-2
Turnovers:           0               3
Penalties-yards:     6-50            6-59

Attendance: 39,091
Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 8 of 14 for 103 yards and 1 TD
BOS: Joe Kapp, 10 of 22 for 88 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 23 for 86 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 13 for 28 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 4 for 16 yards; Clifton McNeil, 1 for -8 yards
BOS: Carl Garrett, 10 for 38 yards; Jim Nance, 9 for 14 yards; Joe Kapp, 8 for 41 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Tucker Frederickson, 3 for 30 yards; Ron Johnson, 2 for 28 yards; Bob Tucker, 2 for 17 yards; Clifton McNeil, 1 for 28 yards and 1 TD
BOS: Carl Garrett, 2 for 22 yards; Bake Turner, 2 for 18 yards; Ron Sellers, 2 for 17 yards; Barry Brown, 2 for 16 yards; Jim Nance, 2 for 15 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Les Shy, 1 for 47 yards; John Douglas, 1 for 16 yards
BOS: Carl Garrett, 3 for 58 yards; Odell Lawson, 1 for 17 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 1 for 7 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Matt Hazeltine, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
NYG: Ernie Koy, 2 for 47 yards
BOS: Tom Janik, 4 for 150 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 3/4
BOS: Gino Cappelletti, 0/1




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