Week 6 · Recap
Giants 27, Saints 34: Week 6 recap
What happened
The Giants fell to the Saints 34-27 at home at MetLife Stadium in Week 6, moving to 3-2-1.
The Giants outgained the Saints 461-319 in total yards, lost the turnover battle, 4 giveaways to 1, and went 4-14 on third down.
J.J. McCarthy went 11 of 21 for 243 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. J.J. McCarthy had 2 carries for 26 yards on the ground. Malik Nabers led the receivers with 12 catches for 165 yards.
On defense, Tremaine Edmunds had 9 tackles.
Team stats
- 461Total yards319
- 377Passing yards144
- 84Rushing yards175
- 23First downs18
- 4-14Third down4-15
- 2-4Red zone (TD-att)3-3
- 4Turnovers1
- 5-18Sacked-yards0-0
- 10-73Penalties-yards7-52
- 28:58Possession31:02
Box score from ESPN.
Scoring plays
Score: NO-NYG- 1st quarter
- NYGTyrone Tracy Jr. 17 Yd pass from Jameis Winston (Dominic Zvada Kick)5:140-7
- 2nd quarter
- NYGDominic Zvada 34 Yd Field Goal2:270-10
- NODaniel Carlson 58 Yd Field Goal1:183-10
- NOBryce Lance 2 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Daniel Carlson Kick)0:0110-10
- 3rd quarter
- NOAlvin Kamara 31 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Daniel Carlson Kick)12:2117-10
- NOTyler Shough 1 Yd Rush (Daniel Carlson Kick)5:4324-10
- NODaniel Carlson 51 Yd Field Goal1:1227-10
- 4th quarter
- NOChris Olave 18 Yd pass from Tyler Shough (Daniel Carlson Kick)11:3134-10
- NYGTyrone Tracy Jr. 5 Yd Rush (J.J. McCarthy Pass to Isaiah Likely for Two-Point Conversion)7:0034-18
- NYGIsaiah Likely 24 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)5:0634-24
- NYGDominic Zvada 41 Yd Field Goal2:0434-27
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Data note: scores, schedules, standings, injuries, lines, and ESPN's predictor come from ESPN's public APIs, as of Nov 13, 2026, 10:25 a.m. CT. Written text is generated from that data and adds no numbers of its own.