Baltimore Ravens vs New York Giants Match Player Stats On Oct 16, 2016

The Sports Xchange
Oct 16, 2016

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York quarterback Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes, two of which were deep balls to receiver Odell Beckham Jr., as the Giants snapped a three-game losing streak with a 27-23 win over the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium.

The victory was Manning's 100th as a starter, putting him in elite company with Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, John Elway, Joe Montana and Ben Roethlisberger as the only other starting NFL quarterbacks to record 100 career victories and two Super Bowls with one team.

The final pass to Beckham, who earlier in the game had suffered a left hip pointer, put the Giants in the lead for good as Manning recorded multiple touchdowns for the first time this season.

New York had a late-game scare when Terrance West recorded his second touchdown of the game, a 2-yard rush that was set up by a very questionable pass interference call against Giants cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, to put Batimore in front 23-20 with 2:04 remaining.

But as they had done for most of the game, Manning (32 of 46 for 403 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions) connected with Beckham for the game-winning, 66-yard touchdown, a pass that also gave Beckham his first-ever 200-yard receiving game.

The Ravens scored 10 points off Giants turnovers, the first of which came on a first-quarter catch by Beckham that was stripped by safety Eric Weddle.

Following that first turnover, Baltimore, already up 3-0 on Justin Tucker's 23-yard field goal to cap their opening drive, took a 10-0 lead on running back Terrance West's 1-yard touchdown run.

The Giants settled down on both sides of the ball in the second quarter when Manning found Lewis on a 24-yard touchdown, the first of his three scoring passes, to make it 10-7 Ravens.

New York threatened to tie the game before the half, but Manning's pass intended for receiver Sterling Shepard was picked off by cornerback Will Davis to end the drive as time expired.

The Giants, who won the opening coin toss and deferred, put together an impressive drive to start the third quarter, going 15 plays and 72 yards.

The drive featured a big conversion on fourth down when Manning found Shepard for a 10-yard gain on fourth-and-3 to keep the drive alive.

After Manning's third-down pass to Lewis was incomplete, the Giants capped that lengthy scoring drive with Josh Brown's 21-yard field goal to tie things up at 10-10.

The New York offense hit another rocky patch later in the third quarter when Manning's pass intended for Shepard was picked off by cornerback Tavon Young to give the Ravens the ball on the Giants' 27-yard line.

However, Baltimore had to settle for another Tucker field goal, this one 39 yards which gave the Ravens a 13-10 lead.

The Ravens' lead was short-lived as Manning found Beckham with 75-yard strike on a post which gave the Giants their first lead in the game. That touchdown reception by Beckham was also his 27th from Manning, pushing him past Hakeem Nicks for the second-most touchdown receptions caught from Manning.

On the ensuing possession, Baltimore threatened to re-take the lead with a drive that was aided by a facemask penalty called against Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins that gave the Ravens first-and-goal at the New York 5-yard line.

However, the Giants defense came up with three huge plays for zero or negative yards, the final of which was a big stop by linebacker Jonathan Casillas on a fourth-and-goal rush by West that was stopped for minus-1 yards.

Tucker added a 35-yared field goal in the fourth quarter, a drive that was extended thanks to a defensive pass interference penalty called against Giants cornerback Trevin Wade. Tucker's third field goal of the game made it a 17-16 game in favor of the Giants.

New York answered that Ravens scoring drive with one of their own, capping a seven-play, 61-yard surge on Brown's 31-yard field goal, which gave the Giants a 20-16 lead with 5:54 left in the fourth quarter.

The Giants (3-3) will head to London next week to face the Los Angeles Rams at Twickenham Stadium. The Ravens (3-3) will be back at MetLife Stadium next week to face the New York Jets.

Notes: Beckham's lost fumble, which set up the Raven's first touchdown drive of the day, was his first since Week 14 of the 2014 season. ... Baltimore CB Jimmy Smith left the game after the first half when he suffered a concussion on the Giants' final offensive series of the game. He was replaced by Tavon Young. ... Eli Manning's second touchdown pass of the game, the 75-yarder to Beckham, was the 301st of his career, pushing him past former Broncos quarterback John Elway for seventh place on the NFL's all-time list.