The mighty Eagle aeriel attack landed in Yankee Stadium with designs on soaring past the poor New York defense. Instead New York's shaky vertical game took control and Fran Tarkenton had one of his better performances (17-29-171-2td-2int). As usual Tark was hurried, batter and sacked he managed to toss 2 TD passes to Joe "Glory Days" Morrison, while inside the Red Zone. This was no small feat considering Tark turned the ball over 3 times inside the RZ the previous week vs NO.New York had a comfortable 14-3 lead early in the 4th when the Eagles got it in gear when Norm Bulaich caught a 2 yard toss from Roman Gabriel on a gutsy 4th down play call. With 9:43 remaining in the game a nail biter was in the making. Both teams exchanged possessions 
and it came down to 4th and 16 on the Giants 45, when Philly elected to punt. Smelling a herring the Giants snuffed out the fake punt attempt (a pass from Tom O'Nell to Tom Bailey). New York got a first down when Tarkenton called a play action pass and hit Rich Houston for 16 yards. Philly had no time outs and New York was content to let the clock run out.
and it came down to 4th and 16 on the Giants 45, when Philly elected to punt. Smelling a herring the Giants snuffed out the fake punt attempt (a pass from Tom O'Nell to Tom Bailey). New York got a first down when Tarkenton called a play action pass and hit Rich Houston for 16 yards. Philly had no time outs and New York was content to let the clock run out.Both teams were able to run the ball. Bobby Duhon lead all runners with 86 yards on 14 carries, which was 2 yards more than Philly's Tom Sullivan
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