The New York Giants stunned the soccer world with a 45-33 upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday by doing a little very un-Big-like issues.
A type of issues was returning a kickoff for a landing.
Huge receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette took the second-half kickoff 100 yards for a rating to provide the Giants a 28-13 lead.
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Right here’s a couple of fast notes concerning the play:
- It was the twenty fourth kickoff return for a landing within the Giants’ 100-season historical past, together with two within the postseason.
- It was the Giants’ first kickoff return for a landing since Oct. 25, 2015 — 155 video games in the past. Dwayne Harris scored on a 100-yard runback vs. Dallas.
“Any individual instructed me it was the primary one since 2015,” Smith-Marsette mentioned after the sport. “9 years, that’s a reasonably very long time. I’m pleased. Hopefully, I can do it once more someday.”
“What a fantastic return to start out out within the second half,” mentioned head coach Brian Daboll. “I don’t suppose he was touched, nice blocking. That’s what it must appear to be, although.”
The 100-yard runback tied the franchise file for longest kickoff return for a landing with Harris’ and two others — Clarence Childs versus Minnesota in 1964 and Emlen Tunnell towards the New York Yanks in 1951.
In accordance with the FOX broadcast, it was the primary time the Giants returned the second-half kickoff for a landing since Jack Salscheider did it on Oct. 30, 1949.
Salscheider, a halfback who performed only one season for the Giants, took the second-half kickoff 95 yards to the home within the Giants’ 41-38 victory over the Chicago Cardinals at Comiskey Park.
