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| KCGirl | Oct 30 2005, 07:10 PM Post #1 |
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Shaper of Young Minds (aaahhhhhh!)
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October 30, 2005 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Somewhere, Wellington Mara had to be smiling. After a wrenching and emotional week in which Mara, the Giants’ patriarch, passed away, and two days after attending his funeral, the Giants put on one of their most dominant performances in recent memory. They crushed the Washington Redskins, 36-0, in Giants Stadium. It was the Giants’ biggest regular-season victory since a 44-7 rout of Phoenix on Dec. 4, 1998. It was their most one-sided shutout victory since they crushed the Redskins, 53-0, on Nov. 5, 1961. The shutout was the Giants’ first since a 41-0 victory over Minnesota in the 2000 NFC Championship Game (Jan 14, 2001) and their first in the regular season since 20-0 triumph against Philadelphia on Nov. 22, 1998. Washington coach Joe Gibbs was shutout for the first time in 207 regular season games as an NFL head coach. The only other time he was shutout was a 17-0 loss to the Giants in the 1986 NFC Championship Game (Jan. 11, 1987). Tiki Barber rushed for a career-high 206 yards – the second-highest total in team history - and a touchdown. Brandon Jacobs and Jeremy Shockey also scored touchdowns and Jay Feely tied a career-best with five field goals. After scoring, Barber gave the ball to Tim McDonnell, one of Mara’s 40 grandchildren. The defense, which accounted for three of the Giants’ four takeaways, preserved the shutout with a goal-line stand early in the fourth quarter. Barber’s four-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter increased the Giants lead to 36-0. The Giants took possession at the Washington 23 after Osi Umenyiora recovered Chris Cooley’s fumble. On third down, Eli Manning’s 12-yard pass to Shockey gave the Giants a first-and-goal at the six. Barber then carried the ball on three consecutive plays, the last time right up the middle for the score. Feely’s 44-yard field with 4:04 remaining in the third period had increased the Giants’ advantage to 29-0. The Giants doubled their lead by converting three Redskins turnovers into 13 points in a span of 4:07 covering the second and third quarters. The surge began with the Giants leading, 13-0. On second-and-15 from the Washington 22-yard line, Mark Brunell completed a pass to Santana Moss for a four-yard gain. But Moss was stripped of the ball by rookie cornerback Corey Webster. It was recovered by Kendrick Clancy at the Washington 27. The Giants picked up a first down, but stalled at the 15, and Feely came on to kick a 33-yard field goal for a 16-0 lead. Moments later, the Giants again took away the ball. On Washington’s third play from scrimmage, Brunell’s pass for David Patten was intercepted by linebacker Antonio Pierce, who played his first four NFL seasons for the Redskins. Pierce returned the ball 17 yards to the Washington 29. A penalty pushed the Giants back 10 yards, but Barber quickly picked up 14 on a run off left tackle. But two plays later, Jacobs was stopped for no gain on third-and-two, and Feely came on to kick 39-yard field goal with two seconds remaining in the half. The Giants’ 19-0 halftime lead was the Giants’ largest after two periods since Oct. 31, 2004, when they held a 20-0 advantage at Minnesota. That was also the last time the Giants did not allow a point in the first half. After a moving video tribute to Mara was shown at halftime, the team returned to the field with the Redskins still in a giving mode. Ladell Betts fielded the second-half kickoff two yards deep and ran 25 yards to the Washington 23. He was hit there by Reggie Torbor and fumbled. The ball was recovered by Willie Ponder at the 23. Once again, a 10-yard penalty pushed the Giants back. And again it was Barber who bailed them out, running 18 yards around left end to the 15-yard line. Derrick Ward then picked up a first down at the 10. On the next play, Manning threw a pass to the right side for Shockey, who caught the ball at the three-yard line and bulled his way into the end zone for the touchdown that made it 26-0. The Giants took a 6-0 lead on Feely’s first two field goals in the opening quarter. On the first play of the game, Barber took a pitch and ran around left end for 57 yards to the Redskins’ 16-yard line. But Manning was sacked for an 11-yard loss on third down from the seven, and Feely came on to kick a 39-yard field goal. Late in the quarter, the Giants moved from their own 43 to the Washington 31 before Feely kicked a 50-yard field goal, his third this season from at least 50 yards. Early in the second period, Barber’s 59-yard run – also down the left side – gave the Giants a first down at the Washington one-yard line. After Jacobs lost two yards, he forced his way into the end zone from three yards out for a 13-0 Giants lead. |
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