Sunday October 31, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/31/1976:



Mike Boryla capped a 61-yard second quarter drive with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Harold Carmichael as the Eagles won for the sixth time in their last seven games with the Giants. Punt returner Larry Marshall started the scoring drive with a 16-yard return and brought back another Giants punt 15 yards, setting up Horst Muhlmann's 20-yard field goal with 10 seconds left in the first half.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE153.0  (11)119.0  (25)272.0  (20)19
DEFENSE156.9  (20)187.1  (23)344.0  (22)16
OFFENSE113.7  (25)145.3  (16)259.0  (24)18
DEFENSE168.3  (22)162.7  (14)331.0  (19)10

Line: Giants by 3

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (3-5-0)0100010
New York Giants (0-8-0)00000

( 7- 0) PHI Harold Carmichael 13 yard pass from Mike Boryla (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(10- 0) PHI Horst Muhlmann 29 yard field goal
                     PHI             NYG
First Downs:         14              14
Rushes-yards:        39-150          30-114
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-23-113-0     17-28-215-0
Sacked-yards:        2-18            6-38
Net pass yards:      95              177
Net yards/pass:      3.8             5.2
Total net yards:     245             291
Total plays:         64 (60% run)    64 (46% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             1-0
Turnovers:           0               0
Penalties-yards:     7-44            6-50

Attendance: 68,690

Passing:
PHI: Mike Boryla, 13 of 23 for 113 yards and 1 TD NYG: Craig Morton, 17 of 28 for 215 yards
Rushing:
PHI: James McAlister, 14 for 68 yards; Tom Sullivan, 14 for 56 yards; Dave Hampton, 11 for 26 yards NYG: Doug Kotar, 15 for 77 yards; Larry Csonka, 7 for 21 yards; Marsh White, 4 for 12 yards; Craig Morton, 2 for 5 yards; Gordon Bell, 2 for -1 yards
Receiving:
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 5 for 58 yards and 1 TD; James McAlister, 4 for 14 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 19 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 10 yards; Dave Hampton, 1 for 7 yards; Tom Sullivan, 1 for 5 yards NYG: Jim Robinson, 8 for 102 yards; Doug Kotar, 3 for 37 yards; Ray Rhodes, 2 for 39 yards; Bob Tucker, 2 for 21 yards; Walker Gillette, 1 for 10 yards; Larry Csonka, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Larry Marshall, 1 for 24 yards NYG: Gordon Bell, 2 for 47 yards; Doug Kotar, 1 for -13 yards
Punt returns:
PHI: Larry Marshall, 5 for 48 yards NYG: Jim Robinson, 5 for 5 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
PHI: Spike Jones, 8 for 322 yards NYG: Dave Jennings, 8 for 342 yards
Field Goals:
PHI: Horst Muhlmann, 1/2 NYG: Joe Danelo, 0/1


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