Week 10

Note: This is the beginning of a series of articles on the New York Football teams (kind of late, no!)

New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers
A heartbreaking loss by the Giants to a team that they could have beaten. A long drive to start the game which ended with a Lawrence Tynes 23 Yard field goal.

But the Niners answered right back with a 36 yarder by David Akers. Game tied at 3.

At the start of the second quarter, Eli Manning and the Giants ran a mix of running and passing plays that ended with another Tynes field goal, this one a 25 yarder to put the Giants ahead 6-3.

And...

The Niners returned with a 52 yard field goal by David Akers to tie the game at 6.

Then Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman called for an onside kick recovered by the Niners. After this, Eli Manning threw a pass intercepted by Carlos Rogers which seemed (to me) a critical mistake.

It turned out not so big.

Corey Webster returned the favor by intercepting Alex Smith and returning it for 6 yards, and Manning threw 2 short passes to RB DJ Ware, who was filling in for the injured Ahmad Bradshaw, and thus ended the first half.

Third Quarter

A long drive by the 49ers ends in a 28 yarder by Akers. 12-6 Niners.

Then it got rolling.

Eli Manning throws a 13 yard touchdown to Mario Manningham and Lawrence Tynes extra point is good to put the Giants ahead 13-12.

Fourth Quarter

Alex Smith throws a pass to TE Vernon Davis for a 31 yard touchdown, followed by a 2-point conversion to WR Michael Crabtree. Niners ahead 20-13.
RB Kendall Hunter rushed for a 17 yard touchdown and Akers' extra point was good. 27-13 Niners.

Eli and Big Blue came back with a 32 yard touchdown pass to Hakeem Nicks and Tynes' extra point was good. It seemed like they were coming back, 27-20 Niners.

The comeback never happened.

A number of incompletions by Manning, who just couldn't sprinkle his fourth-quarter magic today, killed the Giants chances for a comeback.

With the loss, Big Blue fell to 6-3 while the Niners improved to 8-1.

On to Buffalo.

Tony Romo and the Cowboys jumped out to an early lead and never gave it back.

A first quarter touchdown to WR Dez Bryant followed by an extra point by Dan Bailey made it 7-0 Cowboys.

Ryan Fitzpatrick was then sacked for -10 yards, which led to a 52-yard punt by Brian Moorman which was caught by Akwasi Owusu-Ansah. Leading to an illegal block penalty on Cowboys CB Orlando Scandrick costing them 10 yards. The Cowboys, however, were able to retain posesion of the ball long enough for Romo to throw a 5 yard touchdown to WR Laurent Robinson followed by an extra point by K Dan Bailey. 14-0 Cowboys.

Tony Romo then threw a touchdown to WR Laurent Robinson and an extra point to make it 21-0.

But the Bills got back, with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing a 3 yard TD pass to David Nelson with K Dave Rayner's extra point good. 21-7.

With 1 minute left in the half, RB DeMarco Murray rushed for a 1-yard TD followed by a Bailey extra point. 28-7 Dallas.

At the start of the third quarter, both teams played good defense but Dan Bailey again made a field goal, (this one for 45 yards). 31-2 Cowboys.

With 19 second to go, Bailey made a 36 yarder, and it was 34-7 Cowboys.

Fourth Quarter
ALL COWBOYS

With 5:15 left, Bailey made another field goal to make it 37-7, followed by a Fitzpatrick interception by Terrencxe Newman for a touchdown and Bailey point is good. 44-7 'Boys.

By this point, Dallas pulled QB Tony Romo out and replaced him with Jon Kitna just to rest him., and the Bills suffered a HUMILIATING defeat by the Cowgirls.