2000 · Week 1
Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants
Sep 3, 2000 · Giants Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New York Giants defeated Arizona Cardinals 21–16. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Giants (62%). Giants improve to 1-0; Cardinals fall to 0-1. Tiki Barber paced the offense with 144 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 3 catches for 25 yards. Cardinals turned it over 4 times to Giants's 2.
Team stats
| ARI | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 20 |
| 361 | Total yards | 395 |
| 318 | Passing yards | 172 |
| 43 | Rushing yards | 223 |
| 28/49 | Comp / Att | 17/25 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 28/49 | 318 | 2 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 12 | 16 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 9 | 11 | 128 | 2 |
| Frank Sanders | 5 | 13 | 78 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 6 | 6 | 71 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Mac Cody | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Joel Makovicka | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Hardy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 17/25 | 172 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 13 | 144 | 2 |
| Ron Dayne | 23 | 78 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiki Barber | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Dayne | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Ike Hilliard | 3 | 4 | 62 | 0 |
| Greg Comella | 5 | 6 | 42 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 4 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Dan Campbell | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |