Giants By The Numbers: 97 Is For ...

by Ed Valentine on Jul 28, 2010 4:00 PM EDT in New York Giants By The Numbers

Robert Harris.

Surprisingly, Harris is a fairly recent player who I still have zero recollection of. Maybe I'm just getting old. Harris, though, played for the Giants from 1995-99 after spending three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and posted some impressive numbers.

He had 24 sacks in five seasons spent mostly at left defensive tackle, including 10 in 1997. He also had 129 solo tackles as a Giant. He was a full-time starter his first four seasons in New York.

Other Notables Who Wore No. 97

Cornelius Griffin (DT, 2000-2003). Had 12.5 sacks in four seasons before moving on to the Washington Redskins as a free agent. Griffin teased the Giants with a five-sack rookie season, but never matched that productivity again until after he left New York. He played 14 games for Washington last season and is still a productive NL player.
Mathias Kiwanuka wore 97 his first three seasons in New York before switching to 94 last season. He had his best pro season in 2008 while wearing 97, registering eight sacks.
Warren Thompson, a linebacker, was the first player I can find who wore the 97 jersey as a Giant. He played just three games in 1987, and had two sacks.

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I echo Ed

Who?

Griffin stands out for having been the spy on McNabb in the Divisional Game in 2000

by Danny332 on Jul 28, 2010 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

Good choice

Harris is a good one here. He was consistent and reliable.

Being a New York Football Giants fan or a player is not a label but it is a calling!

Let Us Start A Movement: Bring Back Tyree and Get Rid of Moss!

by BB1156 on Jul 28, 2010 5:30 PM EDT reply actions

LOL Ed

Last seaon during christmas break I was bored so I was looking at a web-site that had the Giants roster and starters year by year and when I was Harris’s name I said Oooohhhhh I remember that guy. I think there are a few reasons why we forget him. 1. They sucked in the mid 90’s. 2. With Strahan and Keith Hamilton who would remember Harris. 3. Griffen took over in 2000 and was very good and they made the SB with that great D so it’s tough to remember Robert Harris.

by Landeta on Jul 28, 2010 9:11 PM EDT reply actions

Scabs?

Were Warren Thompson #97, Frank Nicholson #96 and the other Giant players with numbers in the 90’s who played only 3 or fewer games in 1987 all "replacement players" who were signed / used by the team owners only during the players strike?

I remember that the "strike games" were the 3rd thru 5th of the season. The Giants lost all three of them because the Mara’s didn’t prepare for the strike as well as the other team owners, who gathered non-NFL players union players just in case. That, and the fact that the Giants lost to Chicago and Dallas in the first two games, gave them an 0 – 5 record to start the 1987 season and doomed their chances to repeat as Super Bowl champions. I think that Lawrence Taylor couldn’t stand to see his team lose and joined the "replacement players" for the final strike game.

by Old Giant on Jul 28, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions