EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.  Something had to give when the New York Giants sent the NFL's most potent ground game against a Baltimore Ravens defense that ranked first at stuffing the run.

The Giants ran over and around middle linebacker Ray Lewis and the rest of the Ravens' defense, amassing 207 rushing yards in a 30-10 trampling of the visitors that extended their record to an NFC-best 9-1.

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"We were all talking about 'Let's get 100 yards,'" said center Shaun O'Hara. "We understood how good they were."

O'Hara then thought about how sweet it was to double the game-plan goal.

BOX SCORE: Giants 30, Ravens 10

"It's crazy," he said. "It doesn't happen in the NFL, and it doesn't happen against the Baltimore Ravens."

Baltimore (6-4) began the afternoon allowing an average of 65.4 yards on the ground. And yet Brandon Jacobs, after encountering a logjam in the middle of the field, bounced outside to his left for a 36-yard gallop on New York's initial handoff.

The Ravens had been so good at overwhelming offensive lines and pinning opposing backs behind the line of scrimmage that many of their previous opponents gave up trying and quickly took to the air. The Giants attacked them 33 times with running plays — and averaged 6.3 yards per try.

Baltimore, which had its four-game winning streak abruptly halted, had surrendered one rushing touchdown before this. Jacobs banged in from 1-yard out on each of his team's first two possessions to help create a 13-0 first-quarter advantage that grew to 20-3 command by halftime.

"That's what I do," said Jacobs. "I set the tone for our team."

Jacobs finished with all 73 of his yards in the opening half. He carried only twice more after that, finishing with 11 attempts, due to what he indicated was a mild knee injury.

Backfield mates Ahmad Bradshaw (nine carries, 96 yards with the bulk of those coming on a 77-yard fourth-quarter dash) and Derrick Ward (11 rushes, 41 yards) made the most of limited opportunities.

"All three of us in the backfield did well and it could have been worse," Jacobs said. "Due to technical difficulties, I couldn't return."

The Giants extended their perfection at home to 6-0. They churned out at least 200 yards on the ground for the fifth time this season, including each of the last three games. That made life easy for quarterback Eli Manning (13-for-23, 153 yards, one TD, one interception).

"We all knew we had something special this year with the running backs, with the quarterback, with the offensive line coming back," guard Rich Seubert said.

Lewis admitted to overpursuing on Bradshaw's 77-yard run. He indicated those kinds of breakdowns typified Baltimore's long afternoon.

"The bottom line is we don't let people get outside on us," he said. "They did."