NFL game summary for 11/03/1974:

Craig Morton made his first start for the New York Giants and threw a third-down 51-yard pass to Joe Dawkins for a victory over the Chiefs in the first-ever meeting of the two clubs. Len Dawson came off the bench and led an exciting Kansas City comeback that ended with the Chiefs on the 1-yard line as time ran out after Chuck Crist made a game-saving tackle on Larry Brunson. Ron Johnson returned to action and gained 66 yards and scored twice for the Giants. Rookie Woody Green had 66 yards and Ed Podolak 73 yards for the losers, who gained 403 yards.

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	106.0  (23)	133.3  (18)	239.3  (23)	23
	DEFENSE	145.7  (18)	161.4  (14)	307.1  (17)	17
Kansas City Chiefs	OFFENSE	124.1  (17)	114.7  (22)	238.9  (24)	22
	DEFENSE	134.9  (12)	163.9  (16)	298.7  (15)	26

Line: Chiefs by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (2-6-0)	7	13	3	10	33
Kansas City Chiefs (3-5-0)	7	7	0	13	21

( 0- 7) KC  Woody Green 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)
( 7- 7) NYG Walker Gillette 7 yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(13- 7) NYG Ron Johnson 1 yard rush (kick failed)
(20- 7) NYG Ron Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
(20-14) KC  Morris Stroud 8 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick)
(23-14) NYG Pete Gogolak 33 yard field goal
(23-17) KC  Jan Stenerud 19 yard field goal
(26-17) NYG Pete Gogolak 35 yard field goal
(26-24) KC  Larry Brunson 23 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick)
(33-24) NYG Joe Dawkins 51 yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(33-27) KC  Jan Stenerud 42 yard field goal

                     NYG             KC
First Downs:         19              29
Rushes-yards:        41-94           42-139
Yards/rush:          2.3             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-33-256-0     29-41-293-1
Sacked-yards:        1-4             3-29
Net pass yards:      252             264
Net yards/pass:      7.4             6.0
Total net yards:     346             403
Total plays:         75 (54% run)    86 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        4-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               1
Penalties-yards:     8-85            4-37

Attendance: 61,437

Passing:
NYG: Craig Morton, 17 of 33 for 256 yards and 2 TDs
KC: Len Dawson, 25 of 33 for 238 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Mike Livingston, 4 of 8 for 55 yards

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 25 for 66 yards and 2 TDs; Joe Dawkins, 12 for 19 yards; Doug Kotar, 2 for 7 yards; Craig Morton, 2 for 2 yards
KC: Woody Green, 30 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Ed Podolak, 12 for 73 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Grim, 4 for 70 yards; Walker Gillette, 4 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Joe Dawkins, 3 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Bob Tucker, 3 for 45 yards; Ray Rhodes, 2 for 35 yards; Ron Johnson, 1 for 11 yards
KC: Ed Podolak, 7 for 51 yards; Barry Pearson, 6 for 79 yards; Larry Brunson, 5 for 82 yards and 1 TD; Morris Stroud, 5 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Elmo Wright, 3 for 32 yards; Woody Green, 3 for 13 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Leon McQuay, 4 for 117 yards; Joe Dawkins, 1 for 20 yards; Doug Kotar, 1 for 18 yards
KC: Bill Thomas, 3 for 77 yards; Cleo Miller, 3 for 68 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Ray Rhodes, 2 for 68 yards; Leon McQuay, 2 for 30 yards; Pete Athas, 1 for 0 yards
KC: Ed Podolak, 2 for 24 yards; Woody Green, 1 for 8 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Brian Kelley, 1 for 10 yards

Punting:
NYG: Dave Jennings, 5 for 198 yards
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 6 for 265 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/2
KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/2

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