1959 Giants 31 - 1978 Rams 20

Great game for Charley Conerly, as he lights up the Rams defense for 3 TD's. This was the first time I have played against the 59 Giants, and they are a tough well balanced bunch. The Rams mediocre running game had little success against Sam Huff and his crew, leaving Pat Haden to try to beat the Giants with his arm. He just isn't that good.

1978 Los Angeles 20, 1959 New York 31
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1978 Los Angeles	6	7	0	7	0	20
1959 New York	7	17	0	7	0	31

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:46	1978 Los Angeles	C.Bryant 2 yd. run (kick blocked)	6-0 LAN
1	4:15	1959 New York	F.Gifford 6 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	7-6 NYN
2	13:06	1959 New York	J.Morrison 22 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	14-6 NYN
2	7:52	1978 Los Angeles	R.Jessie 38 yd. pass from P.Haden (F.Corral kick)	14-13 NYN
2	4:26	1959 New York	P.Summerall 43 yd. field goal	17-13 NYN
2	0:15	1959 New York	A.Webster 4 yd. pass from C.Conerly (P.Summerall kick)	24-13 NYN
4	7:54	1978 Los Angeles	C.Bryant 2 yd. run (F.Corral kick)	24-20 NYN
4	4:08	1959 New York	J.Morrison 13 yd. run (P.Summerall kick)	31-20 NYN

Team Statistics
	1978 Los Angeles	1959 New York
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-11-3-21	6-19-0-25
Third Down Efficiency	10-15-67%	8-14-57%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-2-50%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-14-100%	21-28-75%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	291-65-4.5	399-72-5.5
Total Net Yards Rushing	81	130
Total Rushes	32	37
Average Per Rush	2.5	3.5
Passes Completed/Attempted	18/31 (58.1%)	20/33 (60.6%)
Net Yards Passing	210	269
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.2	8.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/12	2/16
Punts/Average	3/33.0	3/41.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/30	2/2
Kickoffs/Returns	4/94	2/40
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/9
Penalties/Yards	3/11	7/67
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	6/3	1/1
Time of Possession	30 mins 2 secs	30 mins 15 secs
Average Drive Start	LAN 29	NYN 32

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1978 Los Angeles
Pat Haden	31	18	222	58.1	7.2	1	3.2	1	3.2	38	2/12	77.6
1959 New York
Charlie Conerly	33	20	285	60.6	8.6	3	9.1	0	0	33	2/16	118.9

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1978 Los Angeles
John Cappelletti	14	30	2.1	7	0	0	2/1
Cullen Bryant	11	34	3.1	16	2	0	2/1
Lawrence McCutcheon	5	1	0.2	5	0	0	1/0
Rod Phillips	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Pat Haden	1	16	16.0	16	0	0	1/1
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	12	56	4.7	17	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	8	24	3.0	13	1	0	0/0
Alex Webster	6	20	3.3	5	0	0	0/0
Mel Triplett	5	28	5.6	8	0	0	0/0
Phil King	3	5	1.7	3	0	0	1/1
Don Heinrich	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1978 Los Angeles
Billy Waddy	6	74	12.3	20	0	0
John Cappelletti	5	52	10.4	17	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	16	8.0	10	0	0
Willie Miller	2	23	11.5	13	0	0
Terry Nelson	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Ron Jessie	1	38	38.0	38	1	0
Charle Young	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
1959 New York
Frank Gifford	7	86	12.3	16	1	0
Kyle Rote	3	55	18.3	29	0	0
Joe Morrison	3	48	16.0	22	1	0
Bob Schnelker	3	69	23.0	33	0	0
Alex Webster	2	17	8.5	13	1	0
Mel Triplett	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
Phil King	1	6	6.0	6	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1978 Los Angeles
1959 New York
Pat Summerall	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/1	0/0	1/2	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1978 Los Angeles
Glen Walker	3	33.0	32.3	0	2	39	0
1959 New York
Don Chandler	3	41.7	31.7	0	1	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1978 Los Angeles
Jim Jodat	2	52	26.0	33	0
Jerry Latin	2	42	21.0	23	0
1959 New York
George Scott	2	40	20.0	21	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1978 Los Angeles
Jackie Wallace	2	0	30	15.0	25	0
1959 New York
Lindon Crow	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Morrison	1	0	2	2.0	2	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1978 Los Angeles
Jack Youngblood	10	0	0
Bob Brudzinski	9	0	1
Pat Thomas	9	0	0
Hacksaw Reynolds	6	0	0
Jim Youngblood	4	1	0
Rod Perry	3	0	0
Bill Simpson	3	0	0
Fred Dryer	3	0	0
Dave Elmendorf	2	0	0
Larry Brooks	1	0	0
Mike Fanning	1	1	0
Nolan Cromwell	1	0	0
Tom Mack	0	0	1
Pat Haden	0	0	1
Terry Nelson	0	0	1
1959 New York
Cliff Livingston	10	0	0
Dick Modzelewski	6	0	1
Sam Huff	6	1	1
Dick Lynch	5	0	0
Jimmy Patton	5	0	0
Jim Katcavage	5	1	0
Dick Nolan	5	0	0
Lindon Crow	3	0	0
Rosey Grier	3	0	1
Joe Morrison	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1978 Los Angeles
1959 New York
Andy Robustelli	1	9	9.0	9	0

Game Story

Charlie Conerly was fantastic as New York bested Los Angeles by the score of 31 to 20. Conerly passed for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns. Frank Gifford led all rushers, carrying the ball 12 times for 56 yards. New York was in control on third down, converting on 8 of 14 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing Los Angeles 285 to 222 yards. New York led at halftime 24 to 13.

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