2016 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at New York Giants
Sep 18, 2016 · New Meadowlands Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New York Giants edged New Orleans Saints 16–13. ScoutIndex had favored Giants (61%) going in. Giants improve to 2-0; Saints fall to 0-2. Eli Manning led the way with 368 passing yards. Giants out-gained the opponent 432–304 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 20 |
| 304 | Total yards | 432 |
| 263 | Passing yards | 368 |
| 41 | Rushing yards | 64 |
| 29/44 | Comp / Att | 32/41 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 29/44 | 263 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 9 | 30 | 0 |
| Tim Hightower | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandin Cooks | 7 | 9 | 68 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 4 | 5 | 56 | 0 |
| Willie Snead | 5 | 8 | 54 | 1 |
| Mark Ingram | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Coby Fleener | 2 | 8 | 29 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Brandon Coleman | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 32/41 | 368 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 14 | 42 | 0 |
| Rashad Jennings | 13 | 27 | 0 |
| Orleans Darkwa | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Shepard | 8 | 8 | 117 | 0 |
| Victor Cruz | 4 | 8 | 91 | 0 |
| Odell Beckham Jr. | 8 | 11 | 86 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| Rashad Jennings | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Donnell | 4 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| Will Tye | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Orleans Darkwa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |