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Manning's 4 TD's pushes Giants past Bengals

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:57 AM.

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Eli Manning bounced back from a bad Week 2 performance against St. Louis, throwing for 262 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Giants to a 45-28 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Giants Stadium.

Manning completed 20-of-26 passes on the afternoon, but was interecepted twice. The Bengals' Carson Palmer threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns of his own, the final scoring toss tying the game at 28 entering the fourth quarter.

The Giants' Kenny Phillips swung momentum back to the Giants (3-0) with a key interception, setting up a touchdown pass from Manning to Amani Toomer, and the Giants never relinquised the lead from there.

Toomer had 8 catches for 118 yards with the touchdown. Steve Smith chimed in with 5 catches for 63 yards and a score. On the ground, Brandon Jacobs had a big day, rushing for 185 yards on 29 carries and a score.

Phillips led all New York defenders with 8 tackles.

Stats:
Passing: Manning 20-26-262-4-2
Rushing: Jacobs 29-185, TD
Receiving: Toomer 8-118, TD
Defense: Phillips 8 tckl, INT

Team Stats:
Total offense: NYG 464-367
Rushing: NYG 202-69
Passing: Cin 298-262
3rd Down: NYG 11-12 (91%); Cin 9-15 (60%)
T.O.P.: NYG 33:49-26:07

Comments

# 1 rudyjuly2 @ Jun 25

Pretty nice offensive stats. Cinci's defense sucks.

# 2 DJ @ Jun 25

Thanks. Yeah, they were pretty soft. Of course, Eli still managed to throw 2 passes right to them, lol. He can really get your blood boiling with some of the decisions he makes out on the field.