NFL game summary for 11/01/1970:

Sixteen points, covering a safety and two TD passes by Fran Tarkenton within a span of a minute and one-half, enabled the Giants to defeat the Jets in the long-awaited New York neighborhood rivalry before the largest sports crowd in Shea Stadium history. Ron Johnson's 69 yards on 25 carries lent authority to the Giants' passing game. Don Maynard caught three passes from Al Woodall to pass Lionel Taylor for second place among lifetime receivers, 570 to Taylor's 567.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	117.8  (14)	188.0  (7)	305.8  (7)	12
	DEFENSE	116.8  (11)	158.3  (13)	275.2  (12)	17
New York Jets	OFFENSE	104.3  (20)	204.7  (4)	309.0  (6)	17
	DEFENSE	96.5  (7)	168.5  (16)	265.0  (8)	15

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (4-3-0)	0	3	16	3	22
New York Jets (1-6-0)	0	7	3	0	10

( 0- 7) NYJ George Nock 8 yard pass from Al Woodall (Jim Turner kick)
( 3- 7) NYG Pete Gogolak 25 yard field goal
( 3-10) NYJ Jim Turner 31 yard field goal
( 5-10) NYG Safety, Chuck Mercein tackled in end zone by Jim Files
(12-10) NYG Bob Tucker 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(19-10) NYG Clifton McNeil 11 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(22-10) NYG Pete Gogolak 37 yard field goal

                     NYG             NYJ
First Downs:         15              16
Rushes-yards:        37-100          29-102
Yards/rush:          2.7             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-22-153-0     13-17-166-2
Sacked-yards:        1-13            6-31
Net pass yards:      140             135
Net yards/pass:      6.1             5.9
Total net yards:     240             237
Total plays:         60 (61% run)    52 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             3-2
Turnovers:           0               4
Penalties-yards:     3-25            6-73

Attendance: 63,903

Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 11 of 22 for 153 yards and 2 TDs
NYJ: Al Woodall, 12 of 16 for 164 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Steve O'Neal, 1 of 1 for 2 yards

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 25 for 69 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 7 for 13 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 4 for 17 yards; Joe Morrison, 1 for 1 yard
NYJ: George Nock, 14 for 45 yards; Lee White, 6 for 42 yards; Chuck Mercein, 5 for 4 yards; Al Woodall, 4 for 11 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 3 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Clifton McNeil, 3 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Ron Johnson, 2 for 52 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 2 for 7 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for 18 yards
NYJ: Pete Lammons, 6 for 73 yards; Don Maynard, 3 for 48 yards; George Sauer, 2 for 35 yards; George Nock, 1 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Mike Battle, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Les Shy, 2 for 30 yards; Bobby Duhon, 2 for 19 yards
NYJ: Mike Battle, 3 for 77 yards

Punt returns:
NYJ: Mike Battle, 1 for 11 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 36 yards; Tom Longo, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NYG: Bill Johnson, 5 for 241 yards
NYJ: Steve O'Neal, 2 for 71 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/2
NYJ: Jim Turner, 1/1

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