NFL game summary for 09/17/1972:

Three touchdown passes by Greg Landry, a trio of field goals by Errol Mann and Steve Owens' 113 rushing yards highlighted the Detroit offense that broke away from a 13-10 halftime lead. New Lions' tight end John Hilton, filling for injured Charlie Sanders, caught three passes for 120 yards, including a 66-yard TD play.

Line: Lions by 9

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (0-1-0)	0	10	0	6	16
Detroit Lions (1-0-0)	0	13	7	10	30

( 0- 3) DET Errol Mann 26 yard field goal
( 0-10) DET John Hilton 66 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
( 3-10) NYG Pete Gogolak 42 yard field goal
( 3-13) DET Errol Mann 20 yard field goal
(10-13) NYG Rocky Thompson 92 yard kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick)
(10-20) DET Al Barnes 8 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(10-27) DET Ron Jessie 11 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(16-27) NYG Bob Tucker 2 yard pass from Norm Snead (kick failed)
(16-30) DET Errol Mann 38 yard field goal

                     NYG             DET
First Downs:         14              18
Rushes-yards:        27-112          37-192
Yards/rush:          4.1             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-25-137-1     9-17-207-0
Sacked-yards:        1-4             2-7
Net pass yards:      133             200
Net yards/pass:      5.1             10.5
Total net yards:     245             392
Total plays:         53 (50% run)    56 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             7.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     6-68            8-76

Attendance: 54,418

Passing:
NYG: Norm Snead, 16 of 25 for 137 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
DET: Greg Landry, 9 of 17 for 207 yards and 3 TDs

Rushing:
NYG: Charlie Evans, 14 for 57 yards; Ron Johnson, 12 for 54 yards; Don Herrmann, 1 for 1 yard
DET: Steve Owens, 20 for 113 yards; Altie Taylor, 13 for 46 yards; Greg Landry, 4 for 33 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Evans, 5 for 38 yards; Don Herrmann, 4 for 24 yards; Ron Johnson, 2 for 6 yards
DET: John Hilton, 3 for 120 yards and 1 TD; Ron Jessie, 2 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Al Barnes, 2 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Craig Cotton, 1 for 32 yards; Altie Taylor, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 4 for 198 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 26 yards; John Douglas, 1 for 10 yards
DET: Ron Jessie, 3 for 86 yards; Mickey Zofko, 1 for 44 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 2 for 20 yards
DET: Lem Barney, 3 for 26 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Mike Lucci, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 4 for 171 yards
DET: Herman Weaver, 3 for 113 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 1/2
DET: Errol Mann, 3/3

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