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New York Football Giants Kick 4 Field Goals to Beat Tennessee Titans in Week 3, 2010

Posted on September 5, 2010 at 07:07 PM.

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The Tennessee Titans traveled to New York to play the NFC East Giants in Week 3 of the season. An odd game that saw only 1 combined Touchdown between the two teams, would end with New York kicking 4 field goals to win the game on the foot of Lawrence Tynes. The story of the game was a time of possession dominance from New York. The Titans would look strong early as they had a long sustained drive in the 2nd quarter capped off by a Chris Johnson TD run to grab the lead going into halftime.

The agressive blitz package approach that the Titans took would bite them in the end. Eli Manning picked it up continually and would pass for 330 Yards, on which Mario Manningham had 175 of those yards on 11 fabulous catches. The Titans knew it was an early season must win game, so they held strong in the Red Zone, never giving up a Touchdown, but the four field goals and control of the game clock by the Giants was enough for the home team to win.

The loss drops the Titans to 0-3 to start the season, and a very challenging start to overcome. Especially with 3 of the first 4 games coming at LP Field, a faster start would have been much better for them. The Titans hold the toughest schedule in the NFL this year and it won't get any easier next week as they return home to face the Denver Broncos.

NFL Scoreboard - Tennessee Titans (TEN) at New York Giants (NYG)

September 5, 2010	1	2	3	4	F
Tennessee Titans	0	7	0	0	7
New York Giants	3	0	3	6	12

Top Performers

Tennessee Titans - Stats

Chris Johnson, 96 Rushing Yds, 1 TD

Michael Griffin, 10 Tackles

New York Giants - Stats

Lawrence Tynes, 4 FG (12 Points Scored)

Mario Manningham, 11 Rec, 175 Yds

Team Stats Comparison

	TEN	NYG
First Downs	11	22
3rd Down Efficiency	4-10	7-15
4th Down Efficiency	0-1	0-0
Total Yards	235	480
Passing Yards	144	323
Rushing Yards	91	157
Penalties-Penalty Yards	1-10	3-25
Turnovers	2 (0)	2 (0)
Time of Possession	13:33	30:27

Scoring Summary

First Quarter			TEN	NYG
NYG	0:36	L. Tynes, 25 Yd FG	0	3
Second Quarter			TEN	NYG
TEN	5:27	C. Johnson, 4 Yd Run (R. Bironas kick)	7	3
Third Quarter			TEN	NYG
NYG	1:48	L. Tynes, 21 Yd FG	7	6
Fourth Quarter			TEN	NYG
NYG	8:19	L. Tynes, 20 Yd FG	7	9
NYG	3:06	L. Tynes, 25 Yd FG	7	12

Tennessee Titans

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Vince Young	13/30	158	0	0
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Chris Johnson	16	91	5.6	1
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Kenny Britt	4	82	20.5	0
Chris Johnson	3	2	0.6	0
Nate Washington	2	25	12.5	0
Craig Stevens	1	13	13.0	0
Bo Scaife	1	17	17.0	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
Michael Griffin	10	0	0	0
Chris Hope	9	0	0	0
Stephen Tulloch	8	0	0	0
Alterraun Verner	5	0	0	0
Jason McCourty	5	0	0	0
Will Witherspoon	4	0	0	0
Gerald Mcrath	3	0	0	0
Jacob Ford	1	1	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Kenny Britt	5	88	0	21
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Alvin Pearman	2	18	0	9
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Rob Bironas	0/0	1/1	1	0
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Brett Kern	5	260	52.0	1

New York Giants

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Eli Manning	21/41	330	0	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Brandon Jacobs	25	138	5.5	0
Ahmad Bradshaw	3	16	5.3	0
Madison Hedgecock	2	7	3.5	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Mario Manningham	11	175	15.9	0
Steve Smith	3	43	14.3	0
Hakeem Nicks	2	34	17.0	0
Kevin Boss	2	20	10.0	0
Ahmad Bradshaw	2	46	23.0	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
Keith Bulluck	10	0	0	0
Kenny Phillips	3	0	0	0
Corey Webster	3	0	0	0
Michael Johnson	2	0	0	0
Justin Tuck	2	0	0	0
Phillip Dillard	2	0	0	0
Clint Sintim	2	1	0	0
Jason Pierre-Paul	1	1	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
D.J. Ware	1	19	0	19
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Aaron Ross	3	14	0	6
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Lawrence Tynes	4/5	0/0	12	25
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Matt Dodge	2	95	47.5	2