2005 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 23, 2005 · Giants Stadium
Final
Denver Broncos 23 at New York Giants 24. Final.
New York Giants 24–23 — decided on the final possessions.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Denver Broncos
50 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
New York Giants
45 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
Denver Broncos
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 18/29 | 194 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 24 | 120 | 5.0 | 1 | +5.7 |
| Tatum Bell | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 0 | +2.9 |
| Jake Plummer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +1.8 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Gold | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Williams | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrent Williams | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Paymah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Trevor Pryce | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Giants
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 23/42 | 214 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiki Barber | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 1 | −4.0 |
| Tim Carter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +0.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Pierce | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Strahan | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Greisen | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Osi Umenyiora | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gibril Wilson | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Curtis Deloatch | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenderick Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Giants -2
- Closing total
- 46.5
- Broncos moneyline
- —
- Giants moneyline
- —
Giants closed -2, won by 1 — but didn't cover.
Total closed 46.5; the game landed 47 — over by 0.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Giants Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Cool, 53°F at kickoff; breezy at 12 mph out of the north-west; overcast.
- Referee
- Jeff Triplette
- Rest
- Broncos 7 days · Giants 7 days
- Coaches
- Mike Shanahan vs Tom Coughlin