NFL team season
The 1984 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season in the National Football League (NFL). With a 9–7 record, the Giants finished in a tie for second in the National Football Conference East Division and qualified for the playoffs.[1] In the Wild Card round, New York traveled to Anaheim Stadium and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 16–13 to advance to the Divisional round.[2] Instead of traveling across the country back to New York, the Giants spent the week in Fresno, California. The team used the facilities at Fresno State to prepare for the San Francisco 49ers.[3] In spite of this the Giants still lost to the 49ers 21–10.[4]
Offseason
NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Schedule
Game summaries
Week 1 vs. Eagles
Week One: Philadelphia Eagles (0–0) at New York Giants (0–0)
at Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Date: September 2
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C) • Wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
- Game attendance: 71,520[5]
- Referee: Pat Haggerty
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Week 2
Week Two: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants – Game summary
at The Meadowlands
- Date: Sunday, September 9, 1984
- Game time: 1:00pm(ET)
- Game weather: 66 degrees, relative humidity 69%, wind 13 mph
- Game attendance: 75,921
- Referee: Jerry Seeman
- TV announcers (CBS): Jack Buck (play-by-play) and John Madden (color commentator)
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[6]
- Point spread: 49ers by 3
- Over/Under: 44.0 (under)
- Time of Game:
[7]
Week 10: New York Giants (6–4) at Dallas Cowboys (6–4)
at Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas
- Date: November 4, 1984
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), relative humidity 78%, wind 15 mph
- Game attendance: 60,235
- Referee: Gene Barth
- TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall (play-by-play) and John Madden (color commentator)
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Week 13 vs. Kansas City
The Giants made a late comeback to defeat the Chiefs 28–27. Rob Carpenter helped their cause with two 1-yard touchdown runs.[8] The Chiefs were leading 27–14 and were led by Bill Kenney, who threw three touchdown passes. The Giants then rallied; first came a five-play drive that ended with Phil Simms hitting Bobby Johnson with a 22-yard touchdown pass with 7:30 left. Then the Giants took the lead with an 80-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Zeke Mowatt with 2:22 left.[9]
Playoffs
Game summaries
[10]
- Point spread: 49ers by 12
- Over/Under: 41.0 (under)
- Time of Game:
Standings
See also
References
- ^ "1984 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Peters, Ken (December 24, 1984). "Mysterious Giants tip Rams in playoff battle". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. p. 1C. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ Anderson, Dave (December 25, 1984). "Giants are just where they want to be—Fresno". The Register-Guard. The New York Times. p. 3B. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ "1984 New York Giants". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
- ^ "1984 Eagles Statistics" (PDF). Philadelphia Eagles. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ "San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants – October 8th, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys – November 4th, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants – November 25, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ Litsky, Frank (November 26, 1984). "2 Late Giant Scores Stun Chiefs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "Divisional Round – New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers – December 29th, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
