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Sunday December 6, 1970
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NFL game summary for 12/06/1970:



With the score 6-6 in the final period, the Giants thwarted a Buffalo fake field goal attempt and mounted a 77-yard march that climaxed with Fran Tarkenton throwing a nine-yard scoring pass to Clifton McNeil. Tarkenton later tossed a four-yard TD pass to Tucker Frederickson.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Buffalo BillsOFFENSE113.5  (18)176.0  (8)289.5  (12)43
DEFENSE123.5  (15)143.4  (5)266.9  (7)21
New York GiantsOFFENSE132.2  (9)193.8  (3)326.0  (3)21
DEFENSE123.3  (14)167.5  (17)290.8  (17)26

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (3-8-1)06006
New York Giants (8-4-0)0331420

( 0- 3) NYG Pete Gogolak 25 yard field goal
( 3- 3) BUF Grant Guthrie 23 yard field goal
( 6- 3) BUF Grant Guthrie 28 yard field goal
( 6- 6) NYG Pete Gogolak 15 yard field goal
( 6-13) NYG Clifton McNeil 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 6-20) NYG Tucker Frederickson 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
                     BUF             NYG
First Downs:         13              15
Rushes-yards:        24-73           35-151
Yards/rush:          3.0             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-31-174-1     11-19-141-0
Sacked-yards:        7-67            4-22
Net pass yards:      107             119
Net yards/pass:      2.8             5.2
Total net yards:     180             270
Total plays:         62 (38% run)    58 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          2.9             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     5-70            5-40

Attendance: 62,870
Passing:
BUF: Dennis Shaw, 14 of 28 for 163 yards (1 int); James Harris, 1 of 3 for 11 yards
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 11 of 19 for 141 yards and 2 TDs

Rushing:
BUF: Lloyd Pate, 13 for 53 yards; Bill Enyart, 9 for 22 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 1 for 3 yards; James Harris, 1 for -5 yards
NYG: Ron Johnson, 21 for 100 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 12 for 39 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 13 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
BUF: Haven Moses, 5 for 54 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 4 for 88 yards; Bill Enyart, 4 for 18 yards; Austin Denney, 1 for 10 yards; Lloyd Pate, 1 for 4 yards
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 82 yards; Clifton McNeil, 3 for 46 yards and 1 TD; Tucker Frederickson, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Ron Johnson, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Ike Hill, 3 for 33 yards; Lloyd Pate, 1 for 21 yards
NYG: Les Shy, 1 for 62 yards; Pat Hughes, 1 for 3 yards

Punt returns:
BUF: Ike Hill, 2 for -7 yards
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 2 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
BUF: Paul Maguire, 6 for 222 yards
NYG: Bill Johnson, 3 for 135 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: Grant Guthrie, 2/3
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/4




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