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Giants at Bills 2015, Week 4: A look at some of this week's interesting numbers

Numbers to know heading into Giants at Bills.

Eli Manning
Eli Manning
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With your New York Giants traveling to Western New York to face the Buffalo Bills this weekend let's look at some of the numbers of interest heading into this Week 4 contest.

  • Tom Coughlin is now one of only four coaches in NFL history to win a game after his 69th birthday. The others are Marv Levy, George Halas and Dick Vermeil. Halas, at 72 years and 318 days is the oldest coach to ever win a game.
  • The Giants are 7-1 against the AFC East during Coughlin's tenure.
  • The Giants did not commit a turnover against the Washington Redskins, the second time in three games this season that has happened. They did not cough up the ball at Dallas on opening night. The Giants have won seven of their last eight games in which they did not have a turnover. The game vs. the Cowboys on Sept. 13 was the only loss.
  • The Giants had no turnovers and did not allow a sack vs. Washington. It was the 12th time in Coughlin's 12 seasons they accomplished that exacta. The Giants are 11-1 in those games. The only loss was on Dec. 7, 2008 vs. Philadelphia.
  • The Giants are 24-10 when Eli Manning is not sacked and 68-68 when he is.
  • Manning has thrown 108 passes without an interception, the second-longest streak to begin a season in Giants history. Fran Tarkenton was not intercepted in his first 163 passes in 1969. Manning's interception-free streak is the third-longest overall in his career. He threw 176 passes without a pick last season before Seattle's Earl Thomas intercepted a throw that was tipped by Odell Beckham Jr. Manning had a 124-pass streak without an interception from Sept. 11-Oct. 16, 2005.
  • Manning's 279 passing yards against Washington increased his career total to 40,519. That places him 14th on the NFL career list. Manning needs to throw for just 33 yards in Buffalo Sunday to move past Hall of Famer Joe Montana (40,551) and into 13th place.
  • The Giants have just one turnover in their first three games, the first time they've done that since 2008. That season, the Giants set what was then an NFL record with only 13 turnovers in 16 games (as did the Miami Dolphins). New England (2010) and San Francisco (2011) have since lowered the mark to 11 turnovers in a 16-game season.
  • The Giants' one turnover is tied with Green Bay for the NFL-low through three games.
  • Odell Beckham Jr. has 15-game career totals of 110 receptions for 1,574 yards and 14 touchdowns. The first two figures are NFL records for the first 15 games in a season (the receptions total is a 16-game record, and he needs only 20 yards vs. the Bills to established a 16-game yardage record).
  • Victor Cruz needs only 37 receiving yards to reach 4,000 for his career.
  • Running back Shane Vereen needs 37 rushing yards to reach 1,000 for his career.
  • The Giants need eight victories to become the third franchise in NFL history to reach 700. The others are Chicago (752) and Green Bay (743).