EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Notes and statistics from the Giants' 45-33 victory against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday in MetLife Stadium:

*The Giants broke their franchise-record 10-game losing streak and won for the first time since Oct. 6 in Seattle. They are 3-13 and will end their season next week in Philadelphia, which clinched the NFC East title Sunday with a victory against Dallas.

*The Giants won in MetLife Stadium for the first time this season and avoided finishing winless at home for the first time since 1974, when they were 0-7.

*The Giants, who averaged an NFL-low 14.3 points entering the game, recorded their highest point total since Nov. 1, 2015, when they lost to the Saints in New Orleans, 52-49. It was their highest point total in a victory and at home since Dec. 9, 2012, when they defeated the Saints, 52-27.

*Their previous high point total in Brian Daboll's three seasons as head coach was 38 points on Jan. 1, 2023 – also a home game against the Colts.

*The 12-point margin of victory tied for their third-highest under Daboll. They defeated the Colts by 28 points two years ago, Philadelphia by 17 (27-10) on Jan. 7, 2024, and Washington by 12 (31-19) on Nov. 19, 2023.

*In their three home finales under Daboll, the Giants have defeated Indianapolis twice and Philadelphia once by a combined 110-53.

*The Giants led at halftime, 21-13, ending their franchise-record streak of trailing or being tied after two quarters. They last led at the half on Sept. 22 in Cleveland, 21-7.

*The Giants twice led by 15 points, their largest lead since their 27-10 victory against the Eagles on Jan. 7, 2024.

*For the first time this season, the Giants had a positive turnover differential with three takeaways and no turnovers. They last had a positive differential in their 17-point victory against the Eagles in the 2023 season finale.

*The Giants ended a streak of eight consecutive games with at least one turnover.

*In his fourth start for the Giants, quarterback Drew Lock completed 17 of 23 passes for 309 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions and a career-high passer rating of 155.3. Lock also scored on a 5-yard run. The four touchdown passes – two to Malik Nabers and one each to Wan'Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton - tied his career high, set on Dec. 13, 2020, for Denver at Carolina. That was also when he posted his previous best rating, 149.5.

*Lock's 155.3 rating was the highest by a Giants quarterback with at least 15 attempts since Nov. 18, 2018, when Eli Manning had a rating of 155.8 in a 38-35 victory against Tampa Bay. Manning completed 17 of 18 passes in that game.

*In the first half, Lock completed seven of eight passes for 153 yards and three touchdowns for a perfect rating of 158.3 – the first by a Giants quarterback in a first half since Manning on Oct. 11, 2009, against the Raiders.

*Lock is the first Giants quarterback with four touchdown passes since Daniel Jones threw four in Washington on Dec. 22, 2019. The last Giants quarterback to throw for four scores and run for a touchdown was Manning on Sept. 25, 2014, also at Washington. The previous NFL quarterback to achieve the four-and-one feat was Dallas' Dak Prescott on Nov. 12, 2023, against … the Giants.

*Lock posted the first 300-yard passing game by a Giants quarterback since Dec. 31, 2023, when Tyrod Taylor threw for 319 yards against the Rams. Indianapolis quarterback Joe Flacco threw for 330 yards Sunday, making it the first Giants game in which both starting quarterbacks threw for 300+ yards since the one-point loss to Los Angeles a year ago, when Matthew Stafford passed for 317 yards.

*Nabers led the Giants with seven receptions for a career-high 171 yards, including his touchdowns of 31 and 59 yards. He increased his season total to 104 receptions, the second-highest total in Giants history. Nabers passed Odell Beckham, Jr., who caught 101 passes in 2016. He trails only Steve Smith, who had 107 receptions in 2009.

*Nabers is four shy of the new NFL rookie record of 108 catches, set by Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers, who also had seven catches while playing in the early afternoon time slot on Sunday, when the Raiders won in New Orleans.

*Nabers is tied with Miami's Jaylen Waddle (104 catches in 2021) for the third-highest rookie receptions total in history, behind Bowers and the Rams' Puka Nacua, who had 105 catches for the Rams last season. Bowers has played all 16 games this season, while Nabers has played 14. Nabers can set the rookie record against the Eagles but will begin the day four catches behind Bowers.

*Bowers is second and Nabers third in the league in receptions this season, trailing Cincinnati's Ja'Marr Chase (117). Detroit's Amon-Ra St. Brown has 101 catches and plays tomorrow night in San Francisco.

*Nabers' 59-yard touchdown was his career-long reception, easily topping his 39-yarder vs. Dallas on Sept. 26.

*Nabers' 171 receiving yards was the highest total by a Giants player since Kadarius Toney set the franchise rookie record with 189 yards in Dallas on Oct. 10, 2021.

*Nabers increased his season yardage total to 1,140, the 26^th 1,000-yard season in Giants history and the first since Beckham had 1,052 on 77 catches in 2018. Nabers has the highest receiving yardage total by a Giants player since Beckham finished with 1,367 yards in 2016.

*Nabers' two touchdowns increased his season total to six, tying him with fellow rookie Tyrone Tracy for the team lead. Tracy has five rushing and one receiving touchdown. Nabers is the first Giants player with six touchdown receptions since Beckham had six in 2018, and the first Giants rookie since tight end Evan Engram had six in 2017.

*Tracy rushed for 59 yards to increase his season total to 780, which places him third on the franchise's rookie list. Saquon Barkley rushed for 1,307 yards in 2018, and Hall of Famer Tuffy Leemans had 830 yards in 1936. Tracy passed Ron Dyane, who rushed for 770 yards in 2000.

*Nabers increased his scrimmage yardage this season to 1,142, while Tracy, who also caught two passes for 14 yards, lifted his to 1,057. They are the third pair of rookies in NFL history – and second since the 1970 merger – to each have 1,000+ scrimmage yards. The 1960 American Football League Dallas Texans – who later became the Kansas City Chiefs - had Abner Haynes (1,451 yards) and Johnny Robinson (1,069), and the 2006 New Orleans Saints had Reggie Bush (1,307) and Marques Colston (1,038).

*Nabers and Tracy are the first pair of Giants rookies to each have more than 1,000 scrimmage yards. They rank third and fourth among all rookies in Giants history, trailing only Saquon Barkley (2,028 in 2018) and Beckham (1,340 in 2014). This is the first season since 2018 that the Giants have had two players exceed 1,000 scrimmage yards (Beckham had 1,071).

*Robinson caught five passes for 71 yards, increasing his career high totals to 83 receptions, 656 yards and three touchdowns, which all place him second on the team behind Nabers.

*Ihmir Smith-Marsette returned the second-half kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and a 28-13 Giants lead. It was the Giants' first kickoff return touchdown since Oct. 25, 2015, when Dwayne Harris scored on a runback vs. Dallas – also 100 yards. The Giants' 155-game regular-season streak without a kickoff return touchdown was the NFL's fourth-longest entering Sunday's games, behind Cleveland (244), Tampa Bay (234) and Las Vegas (220).

Smith-Marsette's return was the 24^th in Giants history, including two in the postseason. They are 13-9 in the regular season and 1-1 in the postseason when they return a kickoff for a touchdown.

Smith-Marsette scored the second touchdown of his career and first on a kickoff return. On Nov. 9, 2023, he scored on a 79-yard punt return for Carolina at Chicago.

*Kayvon Thibodeaux and Rakeem Nunez-Roches each sacked Flacco, increasing the Giants total this season to 43 sacks. That is two more sacks than the Giants had in 2023 and is their highest total since they had 47 in 2014.

*Thibodeaux also forced a fumble that was recovered by Elijah Garcia.

*Nunez-Roches sacked Flacco for a 3-yard loss in the first quarter, his first full sack of the season and the sixth of his 10-year career. Nunez-Roches was credited with half-sacks in the Giants' victories at Cleveland on Sept. 22 and Seattle on Oct. 6.

*The Giants forced a turnover on an opponent's opening offensive possession for the third time this season when Dane Belton intercepted Flacco's pass for tight end Mo Alie-Cox on the game's seventh play. The interception was Belton's first of the season and fifth of his three-year career.

On Dec. 15, Adoree' Jackson forced and recovered a Lamar Jackson fumble on Baltimore's first offensive series. In the season opener vs. Minnesota, rookie cornerback Dru Phillips forced a fumble by C.J. Ham after an 8-yard reception that was recovered by Bobby Okereke.

*Flacco, who is 39 years and 347 days old, is the oldest starting quarterback to face the Giants since Nov. 22, 2021, when Tampa Bay's Tom Brady was 44 years and 11 days old.

*Defensive lineman Armon Watts was carted off the with 9:49 remaining in the second quarter with a knee injury. He was activated off injured reserve yesterday after missing the previous four games with a shoulder injury.

*The Giants' inactive players were linebacker Micah McFadden (neck), center John Michael Schmitz (ankle), defensive tackle Cory Durden, cornerbacks Greg Stroman and Dee Williams, and Tim Boyle (third quarterback).

*Schmitz was sidelined after starting each of the first 15 games. In his absence, Greg Van Roten moved over to center from right guard. Undrafted rookie Jake Kubas started at right guard after playing on the left side last week, and Aaron Stinnie started his second game of the season at left guard.

The Giants used their ninth starting offensive line combination of the season, one less than they deployed in 2023 and one less than league-leading New England, which lined up with its 10^th different line in a loss yesterday to the Chargers.