NFL game summary for 10/28/1979:

Phil Simms passed for two touchdowns and Joe Danelo booted a pair of field goals as the Giants won their fourth straight game. Danelo's 49 and 31-yard field goals were sandwiched around a 19-yard touchdown toss from Simms to Gary Shirk. An alert Giants defense recorded four interceptions.

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	110.4  (23)	134.1  (25)	244.5  (28)	16
	DEFENSE	151.8  (21)	188.5  (20)	340.2  (20)	24
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	130.1  (16)	166.4  (16)	296.5  (16)	24
	DEFENSE	115.0  (6)	155.8  (10)	270.8  (4)	19

Line: Rams by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (4-5-0)	3	7	3	7	20
Los Angeles Rams (4-5-0)	0	0	7	7	14

( 3- 0) NYG Joe Danelo 49 yard field goal
(10- 0) NYG Gary Shirk 19 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)
(13- 0) NYG Joe Danelo 31 yard field goal
(13- 7) LA  Eddie Hill 21 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)
(20- 7) NYG Johnny Perkins 14 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)
(20-14) LA  Preston Dennard 3 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)

                     NYG             LA
First Downs:         10              20
Rushes-yards:        35-110          31-95
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-23-173-1      21-36-284-4
Sacked-yards:        5-49            2-13
Net pass yards:      124             271
Net yards/pass:      4.4             7.1
Total net yards:     234             366
Total plays:         63 (55% run)    69 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             2-0
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     10-94           8-53

Attendance: 43,376

Passing:
NYG: Phil Simms, 9 of 22 for 173 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Randy Dean, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
LA: Pat Haden, 20 of 35 for 282 yards and 2 TDs (4 int); Ken Clark, 1 of 1 for 2 yards

Rushing:
NYG: Billy Taylor, 15 for 39 yards; Doug Kotar, 13 for 30 yards; Phil Simms, 5 for 46 yards; Dave Jennings, 1 for 2 yards; Earnest Gray, 1 for -7 yards
LA: Wendell Tyler, 11 for 37 yards; Cullen Bryant, 8 for 32 yards; Eddie Hill, 5 for 17 yards; Elvis Peacock, 5 for 5 yards; Ken Clark, 1 for 3 yards; Pat Haden, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
NYG: Doug Kotar, 4 for 57 yards; Johnny Perkins, 3 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Dwight Scales, 1 for 55 yards; Gary Shirk, 1 for 19 yards and 1 TD
LA: Preston Dennard, 7 for 94 yards and 1 TD; Ron Smith, 3 for 49 yards; Elvis Peacock, 3 for 40 yards; Terry Nelson, 2 for 41 yards; Eddie Hill, 2 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Wendell Tyler, 2 for 17 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 13 yards; George Andrews, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Bobby Hammond, 2 for 47 yards; Beasley Reece, 1 for -4 yards
LA: Drew Hill, 4 for 93 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Bobby Hammond, 3 for 11 yards
LA: Eddie Brown, 6 for 11 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Harry Carson, 1 for 14 yards; Brian Kelley, 1 for 13 yards; Dan Lloyd, 1 for 3 yards; Alan Caldwell, 1 for 2 yards
LA: Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
NYG: Dave Jennings, 8 for 354 yards
LA: Ken Clark, 5 for 203 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Joe Danelo, 2/3
LA: Frank Corral, 0/1

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