Preseason Week 1: New York Giants at Buffalo Bills

August 14, 2004
66°
Rich Stadium (Buffalo, NY) Attendance: 35,341 (47%)
New York Giants 3 7 3 6 - 19
Buffalo Bills 0 7 0 0 - 7

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) New York Giants: 4-2-BUF 7 (5:23) 1-Fred Sumlin 25 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 0 NYG 3
(Qtr 2) Buffalo Bills: 1-20-BUF 25 (14:58) 19-William Mathews pass complete to 10-Mauricio Meyer for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Jesse Hudson. BUF 7 NYG 3
(Qtr 2) New York Giants: 3-2-BUF 15 (1:26) 8-William Lawler pass complete to 10-William Grant for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fred Sumlin. BUF 7 NYG 10
(Qtr 3) New York Giants: 4-9-BUF 31 (8:26) 1-Fred Sumlin 48 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 7 NYG 13
(Qtr 4) New York Giants: 4-8-BUF 30 (7:06) 1-Fred Sumlin 47 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 98-David Tran was injured on the play. BUF 7 NYG 16
(Qtr 4) New York Giants: 4-4-BUF 26 (3:22) 1-Fred Sumlin 43 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 7 NYG 19

Team Statistics

Buffalo Bills New York Giants
First Downs 10 14
- Rushing 3 9
- Passing 5 4
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 176 248
- Offensive Plays 49 70
- Yards Per Play 3.59 3.54
Net Rushing Yards 59 158
- Rushing Attempts 15 53
- Yards Per Rush 3.93 2.98
Net Passing Yards 117 90
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 16 / 1 16 / 11 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 161 100
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 44 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.44 5.29
- Yards Per Completion 10.06 9.09
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 10 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 6 / 51
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 3 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 68 1 / 19
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 6
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 43
Time of Possession 21:15 38:46

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 5:20 1:31 OWN 25 4 17 Interception
1 0:17 0:30 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
2 11:21 2:11 OWN 19 3 8 Punt
2 7:12 2:04 OWN 14 3 1 Punt
2 1:22 1:13 OWN 28 6 25 Punt
3 15:00 2:12 OWN 25 5 20 Fumble
3 11:23 1:33 OWN 22 4 20 Fumble
3 8:22 2:12 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 4:05 3:57 OWN 45 7 22 Missed FG
4 11:28 1:35 OWN 12 3 -9 Punt
4 7:02 1:37 OWN 25 4 6 Downs
4 3:18 0:40 OWN 32 3 -9 Punt

New York Giants

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 9:40 OWN 33 14 60 Field Goal
1 3:49 3:32 OPP 42 6 24 Missed FG
2 14:47 3:26 OWN 25 6 11 Punt
2 9:10 1:58 OWN 35 3 9 Punt
2 5:08 3:46 OWN 44 9 56 Touchdown
2 0:09 0:09 OWN 20 1 -3 Half
3 12:48 1:25 OPP 35 3 11 Fumble
3 9:50 1:28 OPP 32 3 1 Field Goal
3 6:11 2:06 OWN 13 3 1 Punt
3 0:08 3:40 OWN 40 6 7 Punt
4 9:53 2:51 OPP 46 5 17 Field Goal
4 5:25 2:07 OPP 31 3 5 Field Goal
4 2:38 2:38 OWN 33 8 36 Game

Rushing Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Paul Hannah 6 25 4.17 11 2 0
Marty Miller 4 22 5.50 11 1 0
Mario Alvarado 5 12 2.40 4 0 0

New York Giants

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Curtis Henderson 20 74 3.70 13 3 0
Ricky Fletcher 11 36 3.27 10 1 0
Christopher Cary 15 28 1.87 10 1 0
Dan Hubbard 6 20 3.33 9 0 0
John Triplett 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Mathews 12 8 118 1 / 0 1 75 1 91.67
Micheal Long 16 8 43 5 / 44 0 10 0 56.25

New York Giants

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
William Lawler 12 9 83 1 / 10 1 17 0 121.18
John Triplett 4 2 17 0 / 0 0 14 0 61.46

Receiving Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mauricio Meyer 2 81 40.50 75 1
Thomas Solomon 4 25 6.25 10 0
Andrew Brennan 2 19 9.50 10 0
Thomas Mitchell 1 18 18.00 18 0
Nolan King 2 7 3.50 6 0
Salvador Sherwood 1 5 5.00 5 0
Mario Alvarado 2 2 1.00 2 0
James Farley 1 2 2.00 2 0
Paul Hannah 1 2 2.00 2 0

New York Giants

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dana Mendez 3 19 6.33 12 0
William Grant 2 18 9.00 15 1
Dennis Preston 1 17 17.00 17 0
Dan Hubbard 1 15 15.00 15 0
William Fraser 1 14 14.00 14 0
Robin Neal 1 11 11.00 11 0
Darrin Cook 1 5 5.00 5 0
Curtis Henderson 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Medlin 29 14 4 5
Cody Pierce 28 12 1 1
Raymond Turner 17 8 1 1
Marty Miller 3 3 0 0
Jarred Giles 0 1 0 0
Salvador Sherwood 0 4 0 0
Alfredo Matthews 5 5 0 2
Rodger Marvin 21 16 0 0
Paul Hannah 8 2 0 0
Gerald Cochran 0 2 0 0
Nolan King 21 15 0 0
Gregory McNear 2 3 0 0
Robert Davis 0 1 0 0
Thomas Frederick 0 1 0 0
Kurt Kittle 0 1 0 0
David Tran 0 2 0 0
Timothy Skelly 2 2 0 0
Tracy Reyes 0 2 0 0
Juan Brock 0 1 0 0
Francis Johnson 0 2 0 0
James Duquette 0 1 0 0
Leon Stricklin 1 2 0 0
Mario Alvarado 3 0 0 0
Daniel Watson 17 7 0 0
Brandon Bolton 39 24 0 1
Robert Holmes 14 8 0 0
James Farley 0 5 0 1
Andrew Brennan 0 6 0 0
Thomas Solomon 6 11 0 0
James Maynard 17 5 0 0
Charles Huntington 0 1 0 0
Mauricio Meyer 0 7 0 0
Thomas Mitchell 0 7 0 0
Edward Shive 1 4 0 1
Allen Danforth 0 1 0 0
Milton Sloan 0 1 0 0
Alan Tucker 0 1 0 0
Christopher Powell 33 17 0 0
Jonathan Comstock 0 1 0 0

New York Giants

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles McCarthy 17 27 1 2
Brandon Hicks 0 3 0 1
Steve Hutson 0 3 0 0
Thomas Newsome 14 30 0 1
Mark Dahl 11 2 0 0
Gene Stein 12 25 0 0
Willie Martinez 0 1 0 0
Stanton Sullivan 0 4 0 0
William Morton 0 1 0 0
Anthony Williams 0 1 0 0
Samuel Pyron 0 2 0 0
Darrin Cook 0 4 0 0
William Parenteau 13 27 0 6
Lawrence Baker 0 1 0 0
Paul Morris 0 1 0 0
Terrence Triplett 0 1 0 0
Mark McDuffie 3 14 0 2
Doug Macaulay 4 1 0 0
Augustus Dickey 4 0 0 0
Michael Miller 0 1 0 0
James Hays 7 26 0 3
Christopher Cary 1 17 0 0
Will Jernigan 0 3 0 1
Robert Valdez 16 30 0 5
William Fraser 0 15 0 0
Eugene Willis 1 1 0 0
Nicolas Velazco 0 2 0 0
Jeffery Moore 1 1 0 0
Mark Neeley 0 2 0 0
Ken Mills 13 27 0 2
Douglas Morrow 16 18 0 1
Jaime Preuss 13 29 0 1
Ricky Fletcher 2 2 0 0
Dan Hubbard 6 33 0 1
Dennis Preston 3 15 0 1
Robin Neal 0 6 0 0
William Grant 0 11 0 1
Sean Cheesman 14 33 0 1
Brian McGuire 1 31 0 2
Dana Mendez 0 11 0 1
Curtis Henderson 2 8 0 0
Michael Durbin 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Buffalo Bills

New York Giants

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Morris 1 6 6.00 0

Fumble Stats

Buffalo Bills

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marty Miller 1 0 0 0
Micheal Long 1 0 0 0
Juan Brock 0 1 0 0
David Tran 0 0 1 0

New York Giants

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Cary 1 0 0 0
Mark Neeley 0 1 0 0
Terrence Triplett 0 0 1 0
Jamie Rios 0 1 1 0

Punting

Buffalo Bills

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ryan Matas 6 278 46.33 39.50 53 1

New York Giants

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clarence Faulkner 4 176 44.00 42.25 49 3

Kicking

Buffalo Bills

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jesse Hudson 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 1 / 1

New York Giants

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Fred Sumlin 4 / 5 3 / 3 0 / 0 48 1 / 1

Punt Return

Buffalo Bills

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Hannah 1 7 7.0 7 0

New York Giants

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robin Neal 2 12 6.0 7 0
Peter Tuttle 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kick Return

Buffalo Bills

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Paul Hannah 2 68 34.0 0

New York Giants

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robin Neal 1 19 19.0 0

Defensive Stats