Late in the first quarter, a 15-yard punt return by Amani Toomer set the Giants up in Washington territory, which eventually led to a 35-yard Brad Daluiso field goal after a third-down drop by wide receiver Ike Hilliard.
But after New York went three-and-out, Green was sacked by defensive tackle Christian Peter and fumbled, with Hamilton recovering; one play later, Kanell hit Toomer with a tightly thrown pass for a touchdown, increasing their lead to 31–17.
The Raiders' next drive was foiled by a Strahan sack, and a 39-yard punt return by Amani Toomer set the Giants up at Oakland's 36; but after a 14-yard run by Barber, the series stalled, and Daluiso missed wide right on a 40-yard kick.
But left guard Steve Wisniewski was flagged for false start, and Jessie Armstead sacked George and forced a fumble; Harlow recovered again, but they were knocked out of field goal range and punted down to the 6.
New York's offense sputtered, as Kanell was sacked on consecutive drives by defensive tackles Leon Lett and Chad Hennings, while Garrett hit Irvin with a 30-yard pass and Sanders returned a punt 39 yards; however, a missed Cunningham field goal kept the score the same early in the fourth.
It started bad on the opening drive, as Danny Kanell's second pass was behind Tiki Barber and intercepted by safety Charles Mincy, who returned it 22 yards for a touchdown, Tampa Bay's first first-quarter points of the season.
Eventually, they settled for a Husted field goal to make the score 13–3; two plays later, Kanell was intercepted by cornerback Ronde Barber for his career-high third pick, and Alstott rumbled 28 yards to set up his own touchdown to ice the game.
The Giants hosted the surprising Falcons—led by their former head coach Dan Reeves—on Sunday Night Football, and fell 34–20 as Atlanta blew the game open in the second half, with New York's offense again coming up short.
They were given an early opportunity as running back Jamal Anderson fumbled on their first play from scrimmage and Conrad Hamilton recovered; but after left guard Greg Bishop was called for holding, the Giants had to settle for a 46-yard Brad Daluiso field goal.
Later in the first quarter, Charles Way carried four times for 20 yards on a drive that started at midfield, including a 5-yard sweep on 4th-and-3; but Kanell was sacked by defensive linemen Shane Dronett and Chuck Smith, so Daluiso kicked another field goal.
After a Falcons punt, the Giants took over at their own 10-yard line; but after gaining five yards on an offsides, Kanell had the ball stripped out of his hands on a rollout by defensive end Antonio Edwards, who caught it out of the air and went in for a score to put Atlanta up 14–6.
But on the next play, Howard Cross fumbled it right back to Dronett; however, a pair of holding penalties halted the ensuing drive, and with two minutes left in the first half, Kanell completed passes to Ike Hilliard, Tiki Barber and Amani Toomer for short gains before hitting David Patten deep for a 39-yard touchdown due to a blown coverage.
The Giants' offense awoke from their slumber with a 34-7 demolition of the Cardinals, giving them 14 wins in their last 15 home meetings against them; Danny Kanell threw for a career-high 259 yards and three touchdowns, while the defense sacked Jake Plummer seven times.
After a sack by Robert Harris and Keith Hamilton stopped Arizona's next drive, Kanell hit Howard Cross for 22 yards; later he completed a third-down pass to David Patten, and a roughing the passer penalty on linebacker Jamir Miller put the ball on the 9.
A 23-yard pass from Danny Kanell to Chris Calloway put the Giants across midfield, and the running of Gary Brown helped take them into the red zone; however, their drive would also stall, so Brad Daluiso kicked a 32-yard field goal.
The defense stopped Smith for no gain on 3rd-and-1 to force a punt, but the offense went three-and-out, and a 32-yard pass from Aikman—who had briefly left the game with a sprained finger—to wide receiver Ernie Mills led to Cunningham's third field goal.
Now down by two scores with eight and a half minutes left, Kanell came out throwing to Ike Hilliard for 16 yards and Calloway for 20; but a drop by Howard Cross, a sack by defensive tackle Leon Lett, and a hurried incomplete pass forced New York to punt.
Against the two-time defending NFC Champion Packers, the Giants were dominated in all phases of the game in front of their home crowd, giving up huge advantages in first downs (24–9), total yards (433–127) and time of possession (39:43-20:17) as they fell 37–3, the biggest road win for Green Bay since 1962.
With less than two minutes remaining in the first half, Gary Brown ran for a first down on 3rd-and-1; but Kanell was sacked on consecutive plays by defensive ends Vonnie Holliday and White, getting stripped of the ball, which was recovered by Keith McKenzie.
After a three-and-out, Favre completed passes to Freeman and rookie Corey Bradford to reach New York's 32; then Holmes touched the ball five straight times for 25 yards before fullback William Henderson covered the last seven for a score.
Steve Young picked up 37 yards on a pair of scramble runs to New York's 22; a holding on Smith and a sack by Strahan left them facing 3rd-and-33, but a 24-yard catch by Owens gave Richey a chance to convert a 39-yard field goal, making the score 24–7.
A pair of false starts left the Giants with 3rd-and-19 from their own 13; Kent Graham tossed a screen pass out to Tiki Barber, who got downfield blocks from Greg Bishop and right guard Ron Stone, and went 87 yards for a score, the team's longest play from scrimmage since Rich Houston in 1972.
However, Plummer turned his own screen pass to fullback Larry Centers into a 54-yard gain three plays later; then Murrell ran through Tito Wooten and Percy Ellsworth for his second touchdown to put Arizona up 14–7.
But Jim Fassel—who had been John Elway's offensive coordinator at Stanford University and for two years in Denver—and the Giants stunned the Broncos 20–16 on a last-minute touchdown pass from Kent Graham to Amani Toomer to end Denver's bid for a perfect season.
On the first play of the game, Rich Gannon was sacked by Chad Bratzke and appeared to fumble the ball to Keith Hamilton, but was ruled down by contact; it didn't matter, as he was shaken up and briefly replaced by Elvis Grbac, whose first pass was intercepted off a deflection by Percy Ellsworth, who took it 43 yards for an early touchdown.
Gannon re-entered the game, but Kansas City punted after one first down on their next drive, and New York ran the ball five times with Gary Brown for 38 yards before Kent Graham shook off a blitz and found Amani Toomer in the corner of the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown, the pair's first scoring hookup since their last-minute win over the Broncos the previous week.
They had another chance to score late in the first half when Gannon was intercepted by Phillippi Sparks; but after getting down to the 9, Roman Oben was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the 15-yard loss led to Brad Daluiso missing a 41-yard field goal wide left in the final seconds.
After a series of three-and-outs, New York got chunk running plays from Gary Brown and Charles Way, plus a third-down conversion pass from Kent Graham to Ike Hilliard; it resulted in a 43-yard Brad Daluiso field goal.
Philadelphia ran the ball eight times on their next drive, benefitting from a face mask penalty on Marcus Buckley and a 25-yard pass from Detmer to wide receiver Jeff Graham; but on 3rd-and-2 from New York's 3, Staley was stopped short, so they kicked a Chris Boniol field goal just before halftime.
A 54-yard kickoff return by Allen Rossum gave Philadelphia a short field to begin the fourth quarter; but after Detmer converted on a fourth-down pass to fullback Kevin Turner, he was intercepted by Sam Garnes three plays later.