2008 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 14, 2008 · Edward Jones Dome
New York GiantsWinner
41
at
St. Louis Rams
13
NYG -8 ✓O 43.5 ✓Dome
New York Giants 41–13 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NYG
20/29, 260 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
15.9 expected points added · +12.6% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
New York Giants
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 20/29 | 260 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Jacobs | 15 | 93 | 6.2 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Derrick Ward | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | 1.7 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 | 4.7 |
| David Carr | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Butler | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ross | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Kehl | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Tuck | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Renaldo Wynn | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Robbins | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Pierce | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domenik Hixon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Louis Rams
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- NYG -8
- Closing total
- 43.5
- NYG moneyline
- —
- STL moneyline
- —
Giants closed -8 and covered, winning by 28.
Total closed 43.5; the game landed 54 — over by 10.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Edward Jones Dome
- Roof / surface
- dome · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Indoors — weather neutralized
- Referee
- Bill Leavy
- Rest
- NYG 10 days · STL 7 days
- Coaches
- Tom Coughlin vs Scott Linehan