Giants' First Super Bowl Title Was 25 Years Ago
by Ed Valentine on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 PM EST
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Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of the New York Giants first Super Bowl championship, a 39-20 thrashing of the Denver Broncos on Jan. 25, 1987.
That, as Giants fans know, was the game Phil Simms will always be remembered for as he went 22-of-25 passing for 268 yards and three touchdowns. His 88 percent completion percentage is still a Super Bowl record.
You know the history, Giants fans. A 10-9 halftime deficit, followed by 24 straight points by the Giants to blow the Broncos out of the Rose Bowl.
That was a great Giants team with Simms, Joe Morris and Mark Bavaro on offense, along with Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, Carl Banks, George Martin and Leonard Marshall on defense. Coached, of course, by Bill Parcells.
If you are old enough that you remember watching that game, please feel free to share your memories. If you are a young pup who has only heard the stories, sit back, read and learn about what still might be the best team the Giants ever had.
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I was in like the 5th grade or something,...
And this was the first year that I started watching football. I saw LT making some incredible tackles during the season and I made up my mind that the Giants was my favorite team. Suprisingly, they ended up winning the Super Bowl that year two. I’ve loved them ever since
Giants fan
i had been a Giants fan for 3 or 4 years at that time and was 26 years old when we won that Superbowl. Simms was superb and our defense was atrocious.
Now that i look back i realize that including this coming Superbowl (46) we have made a Superbowl appearance at an average of 1 every 5 years.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Keep Telling
my kids to savor every minute of seeing their team in the SB, because it doesn’t come around too often. I’m personally trying to do the same this time as well.
1 out of 5 years is great, but let’s not remember how long it took us to make it to our first one. What a great feeling it was to win that night in 1987…
by Pink Flamingo on Jan 26, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
The Giants were a preseason favorite by many
to make it to the Super Bowl that year. After suffering through all the bad years (late sixties to early 80’s) it was unbelievable to watch them. The defense took out like 8 starting quarterbacks that year on their 14-2 run. I used to say before that game, that I hoped the Giants would win one super bowl before I died. They were an awesome team that year. And in the Superbowl, there was no way Mr. Ed (Elway) was going to stop them.
It was a pleasure watching this defense dominate teams.
Offense was so so but the entire team was clicking in that Super Bowl.
i was about 7 or 8 its the first superbowl i have a memory of ........
on another topic i read the game thread for giants 49ers over at bgn LOL hilarious stuff LOL i could pinpoint exactly wut moments of the game they were in by the disgusted shegales fans posts LOL really funny stuff if u have a half hour to kill its deff. worth the time )
Crazy
I lived and died with that team. Now Im the old guard! This site gives me confidence. U guys must believe in Eli – he is the best we ve ever had. Screw them all. We ll fight to the death – I ll be out in front. No one, no one plays with as much heart or class than we do! No one!
by Giant Ken on Jan 25, 2012 10:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
If you want to know what the game meant to me you have to understand where I started.......
I became a Giant’s fan with Chuckin’ Charlie Conerly and the 1956 championship team. My first thril of victory/agony of defeat was watching the Giants defense hold the incomparable Jim Brown to 8 yards in their winning championship playoff game only to lose the championship to Unitas/Ameche in OT in 58. The years that followed were mostly hell. I remember sitting in Giants stadium when a fan hired a crop duster to tow a banner down the middle of the stadium that said “15 years of lousy footballl is enough”. I knew the Giants were close to being back when they lost to the bears in 85. Seeing them win a championship 30 years after that last one in ’56 saw just something very special.
The voyage through the wasteland of the 60's and 70's
The water at the oasis was certainly cool and fresh, the palms blowing in the breeze, the figs and dates. As great as all of the subsequent wins have been, that first swallow of cool fresh water will never be matched.
Coughlin owns Belichick.
by Spider Lockhart on Jan 26, 2012 4:40 AM EST up reply actions
That '56 Championship
was in the year I was born. It was 24 years after that I moved to NYC and became a Giants fan, so I got to watch George Young and Perkins and Parcells (and Simms and Carson and Belichick) build that first Superbowl team. I was lucky enough to be given tickets to three games during the regular season in 1986, so I saw them from the sixth row of old Giants Stadium. I still wear number 11 on game day. I only really learned about the years of frustration from Fred Exley’s book, ‘A Fan’s Notes.’
FINISH!
The backstory really puts Supe XXI in perspective
The years of ridicule…the Jets and Namath owning the town…Tarkenton the lone bright spot on a mediocre squad…the endless losses to Dallas, Washington, and the blowouts at the hands of the league’s elite teams…wondering if the “Glory Days” of Robustelli, Grier, Katcavage, Rote, Gifford, etc. would ever be seen again.
The “Brand New Stadium, Same Old Giants” sign in 1976…Jersey Joe Pisarcik…the fumble…my brother writing desperate letters to George Young begging him to draft some real NFL-caliber talent…the squib v. the ‘skins in ’81, and then the teaser playoff run with Scott Brunner, the anti-Simms…1983’s 3-12-1 debacle – including the worst game in the history of Monday Night Football, “The Game Nobody Wanted to Win” 20-20 tie with the Cards – which made the start of the Parcell’s era look like a return to Bill Arnsparger…the endless injuries to Simms…would this club EVER have what it takes? But then came ‘84, and ’85, and a win over the 49ers, and the sound of Springsteen’s “Glory Days” filling the stadium.
And then 1986 – the magical year. Right up through the game itself, I was nervous…I was among the Giant fans wondering when the other shoe would drop, and when the clock would strike midnight, and if the dream would be shattered. On the phone at halftime, shouting with family members around the country…at 10-9 it’s just too close for comfort and Elway’s running all over the place…
To me, the game was a deliverance of sorts. Demons were cast out. There are no words to describe the elation of watching Big Blue just roll over Denver in the second half. They would win. They would win big. Exclamation point. It was surreal. It took days to sink in.
I remember losing the season opener to the Bears in ’87, with Simms taking a beating, and wondering if our time on the big stage was just a cameo appearance. In reality, it was just the start of a great run of playoffs and championships that have brought the team to 5 Super Bowls.
It is easy to say “things were different back then”, but it’s a fact. Twas a long and winding road to Supe XXI, and the NY Giants have never made their fans wait and suffer for as great a period again.
"Allie Sherman wrecked the Giants!" - my 5th grade bus driver
Maybe I just remember things differently, but...
I always marvel at how much love Tarkenton gets for those years. Granted, he was the feature player, and he was highly entertaining to watch, but he wasn’t all that effective as I remember. He was wonderful, inventive and entertaining, particularly between the 20’s, but the Giants were horrible at finishing off anything after they hit the 20-yard-line. Still, I do admit he was entertaining (and had a temper to boot), but his best work, was done elsewhere.
As for the 86-87 Giants championship team, we’ve won three superbowls, and that was the only team that I thought we won with the best players. Playing as a team, great coaching, luck and an individual or two “stepping up and making big plays” can turn a loss into a win at the margin, as we saw in our last superbowl win. But in both that and in the “Wide Right” Bowl, we were a couple of points and a couple of seconds from being number two. Not in the 86-87 season.
I remember it being one of the few times where each week you EXPECTED the Giants to win, and if they were behind, you STILL expected them to win. You didn’t know how, or who would make the key play, but there were lots of players who could and there was a confidence that at least one of them WOULD.
The win over Buffalo was brilliant coaching and game management and containment, the win over New England, more exciting, but the win over the Broncos was going away and dominating.
that game...
all I remember was the argument I had during the 1st half…me" when the sun goes down we will destroy Denver’ dad "Elway is gonna make your coke head idol look stupid’….me ’ well dad..looks like Simms is going to Disney world..*chuckles*’ Dad’ and you’re gonna get out my fkn face …and take the trash out with you…
kinda sorta almost in a slight way,think this team is gonna be special ,but dont quote me on it .....im drunk
Love the talk of our youth
Just priceless. We r now part of something bigger, something better and more powerful. We need to take this opporyunity to let them know – to point them in the right direction.
by Giant Ken on Jan 25, 2012 10:25 PM EST via mobile reply actions
just watched giants vs 9 ers rewind on NFL Network
“Thank you for drafting me Giants!” JPP
Love seeing the locker em after a win.
I may not be the most noble of men but in a town of lepers, im the one with the most fingers.
Giant LB'zz SUCK!! Mark Herzlich, Jacquian Williams,...Maybe .. Sadly this has been modified.
i remember being scared shitless
Elway and. V Jackson came to play and. The Brooch D looked very good…Our run D was Stella but come 1/2 time I was very worried.
I may not be the most noble of men but in a town of lepers, im the one with the most fingers.
Giant LB'zz SUCK!! Mark Herzlich, Jacquian Williams,...Maybe .. Sadly this has been modified.
Watch the first half of that game if you have it on DVD
John Elway is the best player on the field. He was so freaking good, he carried that Bronco team. He could not hold up in the second half once that great Giant D got going but man he was unbelievable
def gonna see if i can down load it.
Otherwise ill check Amazon.
I may not be the most noble of men but in a town of lepers, im the one with the most fingers.
Giant LB'zz SUCK!! Mark Herzlich, Jacquian Williams,...Maybe .. Sadly this has been modified.
I let my VHS copy get away
Until the 2007 season, I always maintained that the first half of that Superbowl was the best 30 minutes of football I had ever seen.
FINISH!
Wait a minute,...
Someone still had VHS in 2007???? OMG
by PaulieTheDon1 on Jan 26, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Watching the replay on the NFL network and start thinking.....
It doesn’t matter what receiver they put on the field with Peyton Manning, he always makes them look good. Now looking at Eli and thinking, maybe he is starting to do the same thing.
It's a good point
but I think these receivers are reallllly good. I mean look how Sinorice Moss and Ramses Barden didn’t become stars with Eli. Nicks, Cruz and Manningham might be the best trip of receivers in the league.
OFF TOPIC: you know what happens?
I don’t care what people say. And I don’t care about the freaking Eagles or the Cowboys or the Jets. Seriously. Imagine one of these teams achieving what the Giants did achieve this season. They would be happy for the rest of their lives. Nobody would say, :“oh they were lucky,,,”.
But not me. Maybe we’ll win the Superbowl. Maybe we won’t. The Patriots, like it or not, are a great team. I don’t like them, but they are a tough team to beat. And let me tell you now that I respect the Evil Empire, you know? They do things their way, we do things our way but Eli has their number. So far. Fact is, the Giants are in the Superbowl. Once again. With Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning and Victor Cruz and everybody else.
And if they lose this Superbowl its gonna be OK. I will be sad and desperate for days, I will be drunk and maybe I will not be able to work, but It’s gonna be OK. Because I am a Giants fan. And I was raised that way. I don’t care about any other team. The Dream Team, the Cowboys, the Invincible Packers, the Falcons and the 49ers. We did it. Nobody believed in the Giants. Not even me and surely not Banks who tries to write an article in order to explain what happened and NY is going to, and I quote Weatherford “MFSB”…
Hang on to your seats.
Maybe we’re gonna win this bloody thing,
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
Freshmen Year
Second semester had just begun for me at The University of Buffalo. We set up our TV in the lounge of our dorm suite and watched there. I remember being scared to death at half-time. Even though they had the lead, it wasn’t until they hit on the flea-flicker in the third quarter did I feel comfortable that they were going to win.
I was 5 years old, a kid in brooklyn
I remember the NFC divisional game better than the Super Bowl that year, because well i was rooting for Joe Montana. the previous summer I went to San Francisco with my Popa and Nana to visit Nana’s brother, my Great Uncle. For some reason, I came back a 49ers fan and Popa even bought me a 49ers jacket, eventhough he was a Jets fan (go figure). my Dad, always a Giants fan began paying more attention to who i liked in football at this point and my allegiance began shifting. By the time Big Blue won its second Super Bowl I was a majority Giants fan, despite the Niners and Joe winning in 88 and 89, and me now having Joe Montana Football for Sega. Cool Joe remained my favorite QB, but that 1990 Super Bowl really swayed my decision to the Gmen. The last shred of Niners loyalty dissolved when Joe went to the Chiefs in 93. And thats my Giants story.
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
-Abraham Lincoln
"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not 'Mr. Lebowski'. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
-Jeffery Lebowski, The Dude
I would wager that your alligance
swaded from Niners to to GMen right about the time Leonard Marshall crushed Montana in the 1990 NFC title game
One of my favorite sacks ever
The way he was knocked down and looked like out of the play. Got right back up and tracked down Joe like he was prey. What a brutal hit!
I actually just showed the America’s Game Video of that Giants year to my brother for the first time. He saw that sack and and his jaw just dropped. He never seen it before.
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
-Abraham Lincoln
"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not 'Mr. Lebowski'. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
-Jeffery Lebowski, The Dude
by sweatyguido on Jan 25, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
I was 8 years old
It was my third year following football and the Giants had gone from two straight years of losing to the eventual SB champions in the divisional playoffs (SF in 84 Bears in 85) to absoulotley dominating in 1986. My pesemistic roots told hold back then as I could not stop thinking that John Elway was going to somehow pull the upset in the week leading up to the game despite the fact the Giants were 11 point favorites and outscored the 9ners and Redskins by a combined score of 66-3 in the playoffs. I remember being close to tears at halftime but when Bavaro scored early in the third to take the lead I started going nuts, within 10 minuets the Giants were up 33-10 and the game was over. I’ll remember that was the first and only game my Dad was happy with the play of Phil Simms. Whenever the Giants would lose he would always blame Simms even when they won he blamed Simms for playing like crap. It was always “COME ON SIMMS!”
That weekend was great if you were a kid in the NY area. I grew up in North Jersey and there was a massive snow storm the Friday before the game, they let us out of school early and I was able to go home and watch Super Bowl highlights on ESPN. Then when I woke up Monday morning after the SB school was canceld again becasue of another huge storm. My parents came in from the Snow with every News Papers in the area. Star Ledger, NY POST, Daily News, NY times, I still have those papers. It was awsome
ahhhh
The infamous “John Madden draws a penis and testicles on the telestrator” game.
Best part? at the head of the penis, he says “kind of a big mess here” before drawing the. uhhh…..payoff…
Can I get some hot sauce for my doughnut?
I was 8 for this game...
wasn’t really into football until a few years later when I started playing, my best friend was a Giants fan, and he convinced me they were the team to root for. A few years later, I was secretly listening to “wide right” on a radio in my bedroom long after my bedtime…
I was hooked.
My son was 7 when the Gmen won 42, I promised him that if the Giants made another SuperBowl, he could stay up to watch the whole thing. It’s hard to tell between he and I who is more excited this year…
Go Big Blue!
Slightly embarrassing story, but what the hell...
The “Kidsday” section of the Sunday edition of New York Newsday had some suggestions of how young Giants fans could watch the game. One was to make a John Elway tackling dummy out of an old jersey/pants stuffed with pillows. My older brother and I followed the instructions to a T, and proceeded to treat that thing like a rag doll, tossing it all around the living room on every sack, Martin’s safety, and other big defensive plays.
by Step up and make big plays on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 PM EST reply actions
This ain't embarrassing at all
this is awesome
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
You are a giants fan, we all have crazy stories.
I used to tackle the garbage can pretending to be LT
I can watch this over and over again.
Blue Ivy? I don't even know what that means?
No one knows what it means, but its provocative, it gets the people going!
by BigBlueWreckingYou on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 PM EST reply actions
When I converted the old VHS of this game to digital video
I made sure to keep this intro. I love it and glad CBS still uses it for SEC games
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 25, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
You know the true story behind "One Shining Moment"?
CBS originally wanted to use the song for Super Bowl highlights right after the game was over, but the game ran long … so CBS shelved the song and brought it back out a few months later for the 1987 Final Four.
Yea I knew that
I find it interesting that the two songs they used for their SB 21 coverage ended up being used for college sports for CBS, basketball and football.
That is precious
have’t seen that in a long time. Best Superbowl venue? Rose Bowl. Best TV commentators? Summerall and Madden. It’s hard to like those white pants now, tho’.
FINISH!
I remember McConkey running out of tunnel...
running 100 yards, and knocking over one of the end zone pylons with his towel.
Benson – Ard – Oates – Godfrey – Nelson.
This was the first time Disney filmed one of those “I’m going to Disneyworld” after the game, and Simms was worried that he’d blow the line.
I'll always remember McConkey's TD catch
Ball went through Bavaro’s hands, into McConkey’s. Everyone was so happy for him because he played hard but never had a chance for glory before.
I remember Jim Burt’s hit on Montana the game before. We had relentless pressure in that game.
My only earlier football memory is the regular-season TD that Martin scored on Denver. The minute-long INT return, trying to give the ball to LT.
2012 NYG mock - 1: Chase Minnifield CB, 2: Kevin Zeitler G, 3: A.J. Jenkins, WR, 4: Neiko Thorpe S, 5: Brandon Bolden RB, 6: Rishard Matthews WR, 6: some random LB, 7: BPA
George Martin
That play you were talking about was one of 6 of George’s returns for Touchdowns, at the time an NFL record for a DL. That return in the first Denver game was called by Bill Parcells the “greatest football play I’ve ever seen.”
The safety that Martin scored on Elway just before the half was maybe the turning point of the game.
Coughlin owns Belichick.
by Spider Lockhart on Jan 26, 2012 4:34 AM EST up reply actions
I remember watching that season...
… and I’m thinking that’s where the Gatorade bath tradition kinda started.
Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s my first memory of seeing a coach get doused.
Yes that is the year our players started that in NFL
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Harry Carson invented the Gatorade bath....Sneaky SOG!!!..That was funny...
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
The story that emerged years later about McConkey
Walking around the playing field celebrating after the victory, and picking up a loaded gun that a security officer had dropped on the field. The guy definitely had hands and smarts.
And while I believe that the 86 Giants team was the best Giants team of my lifetime, this years team has accomplished something that they did not.
This year’s team has the opportunity to surpass the ’86 team by winning the Super Bowl AND beating Dallas twice in the same season.
Coughlin owns Belichick.
by Spider Lockhart on Jan 26, 2012 4:01 AM EST reply actions
My memory....My parents moved to Florida....and I was watching their house...
It was believe or the first Giants game (the most important one), that I couldn’t watch with my Dad…although we talked alot during the game…I decided to have a few buddies over to watch the game in the very same room that produced cherished memories for me and my Dad…I had the room completely decorated with Giants banners, etc…I even bought us all frosted glass "Big Blue Wrecking Crew mugs to drink our beer out of (I still have mine)..We started at noon…playing poker, etc..Which always got them pissed off at me, because I stink at playing cards but somehow always beat them..They’d get mad when I’d lay down my hand and ask them “Does this win??”…
We were going crazy during that game !!!!…It was a dream come true after all those miserable years…After the game was over, and everybody went home…I cleaned up but left all the decorations in place and told my Dad he’d be proud of our Football room (I sent him pictures of it)..He was really happy…I don’t know what the new owners did with them but they were there…It truly was the best football day of my life !!!
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Superbowl XXI Last Memory
I have been reading BBV for a couple of years now but I had never created an account until now. Bobbi you have been one of my favorite reads and your memory of not being able to watch the game with your dad inspired me to now to share mine as well. Matter of fact, all BBVers tales played a part. I was 15 years old and watching sports wih my dad was a big part of my life with him. He oversaw the concession stands in many sports arena across the east coast so we saw many sporting events in person. Being from New York originally it was mostly the Yankees but the Giants were his favorite football team. I didn’t care but to spend time with him. I remember how excited he was during that game and how we cheered and jumped and celebrated the first Giants Superbowl he ever saw. Unfortunately, it was also his last. He died 3 weeks later while on a business trip at the young age of 38. 25 years later I still get a lil misty thinking of that last big event in our lives together. Now I am ready to watch the Giants in the Superbowl yet again. This time with my son who turns 16 on Superbowl Sunday but never knew his grandfather that inspired my love of Big Blue.
I'm in a ny football state of mind!
Cruz control is set at 80 in Indy on Feb 5th
I'd be lying if I said you didn't just make my eyes well up..because they still are as I write this response...
Everything you wrote here parallels my life with my Dad..Except sadly, your Dad was gone far too early..too young..I still reach for the phone on Sundays or gamedays to call him..my wife still has to remind me he’s gone..It’s a reflex reaction to do that..But you need to know this…What you are doing with your Son is something really special..that bond will always be there for both of you, forever..It is funny what a Sport can do to help a Dad and his Son bond..and I was lucky to have a Dad that I looked up to and was as proud of me as I was him..I finally moved to Florida after retiring from the Air Force and moved to Port St Lucie…My parents lived in Ormond Beach about a 2 1/2 hour ride..I’d drive up there every gameday to be able to again watch the Giants with my Dad..then he got really sick..I called one gameday to tell him I was heading up..and my Mom answered the phone..and I told her I was leaving, “Where’s Dad?”..She said “He died”..I think part of me died with him..that was a bad trip North..
But anyway I’m glad you posted this..and make sure your boy knows what his Granddad was all about..I’m sure you do already..On February 5th, we’ll be watching the Super Bowl with our Sons…Just like our Dads did before us..I’ll be thinking about you during the game..because it hit me in the heart…
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Around that time, I had just entered high school. I remember Otis Anderson being called over the hill and there were many questions about whether he was capable of helping the giants win a championship. Parcells loved veteran players. I remember the spaceshuttle “Challenger” tragedy that year. Those were Madonna’s peak sexy days…man i had it bad for her…and Janet Jackson.
If you want to argue that Manning is a) not a great quarterback or b) not the best quarterback in franchise history your credibility is automatically shot.
by LoNJDTechnology on Jan 26, 2012 7:09 AM EST via Android app reply actions
You were busy playing in 'The Picking Cotton Bowl'...hahaha
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Remember it well!
I was a freshman in college, a long way from jersey. Me and some fellow jerseyans watching the game and that play mc conkey made when he almost scored and lifted his arms to the heavens was classic !!
by oldschoolblue64 on Jan 26, 2012 7:25 AM EST via mobile reply actions
OK here's my list
1) The Rambo Play (regular season)
2) Finally – when you start rooting for a team when they are bad, and it gets worse, OY. Over 10 years from childhood thru adolescence into early adulthood, that’s a long sensitive time.
3) George Martin and Harry Carson – these 2 were the foundation of the team before they drafted Phil. It looked hopeless for them. Then LT hits the scene, and in many ways the media just ignored them. Felt great seeing those two get their rings.
4) Phil Simms – just two years removed from almost losing his job to Scott Brunner, has his best day as a pro on the biggest stage.
Eli is our King!
The media ignored them
Funny it was all Jets coverage back then too, they went 10-1 that year then collapsed and chocked bad vs Clevaland in the divisional round. Ken O’Brien was the next Joe Namath and they were on there way to another SB every year was “their” year, yada yada yada. . . sound familia?, yea I was only 8 back then but I could remember innocently asking my father one time “Why do I only hear about the Jets but everyone in our family and at school is a Giants fan?” I forgot what my dad said but its amazing how big of a little brother complex that organization has had over the years. I think that why I hate them, its like they’ve never tried to establish their own idenity and tradition but would ratehr try and steal the Giants.
I'm 27 years old
The only thing I know about this game…besides buying and wasting it from iTunes…is that my father made a bet on the game. He knew the Giants were going to win so he gave his friend 20 points. 20 not 19…and the Ginats missed an extra point in the game. He lost 200 bucks. I will gamble at the casino but I will never bet money on my own team. It’s stressful enough to have to watch the game and go through the ups and downs but to have real money on it would just be brutal for me.
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 5...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
Watching it**
My iPhone is a big piece of shit
Die hard Giants fan since wide Right! I was 5...
I'm down wit JPP
Yea you know me
Win Ugly.
-Eli Manning for MVP
The giants were the under by -9.5 (as per constanza's report below)
and your Dad gave Denver -20?! He may has well just handed it it over to him. Ha ha
No necessarly with Dad's
My Dad gave me 7-1 odds when Ali was fighting some nobody that no one had ever heard of. Cleaned out my savings when Kenny Norton broke Ali’s jaw.
Coughlin owns Belichick.
by Spider Lockhart on Jan 26, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Carson started the Gatorade Shower in NFL
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Actually the Bears started it the year before
The Giants made the Gatorade shower famous though.
by Late for Dinner on Jan 26, 2012 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
My grandfather and father talked about '56. I listened to '58 on the radio and saw the B&W photos in LIFE Magazine.
The ’70s and early ’80s were tough!! Finally 1987 and 1991. My Dad and I watched two new champions before he died. Giants fans are more fortunate than most NFL fans except for a handfull of teams (Steelers, 49ers, GB, Redskins, NE and yes, Dallas). If you go back pre-Super Bowl, the list is much smaller. This team can and will win another title.
Can't beleive it's been 25 years
What a team and what a season, When I think of this Super Bowl, I remember Phil Simms Stellar play of course but more than that i remember how proud I was the Giants finally won a Super Bowl. I had been a Giant fan for like 10 years at that point and a lot of those years the Giants were horible. The two years before it felt like the Giants were building somthing special only we had teams like the Bears and 49er’s in our way.
by Late for Dinner on Jan 26, 2012 8:40 AM EST reply actions
I was 11
I cannot say I remmember play by play but I do remember we went out to dinner pregame at the Millridge Inn in Jerhico. I was with my cousins, 2 of whom are Cowgirl fans.
I was 10 years old
It was the 2nd Super Bowl I watched. I watched and taped the game all by myself. This was just 3 months after my dad had woken me up out of bed to watch the Buckner incident … “Wake up Phil, the Red Sox are going to win the World Series!”
I sort of hated him for that, and I hated my name (I was named after my dad. No 10-year old kid wants to be named Philip. In 86 it was all Matts and Mikes and Johns.)
Anyway, there were no real football fans in my family. I watched the game in amazement. I stopped hating the name Phil when the Giants went all Simms-McConkey on the broncos. What an amazing game. I watched that videotape over and over again until it wouldn’t play any more.
You PLAY to WIN the GAME.
Dear Tebow, please let the Giants beat the Patriots.
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 26, 2012 8:46 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
great point
I forget this was only 3 months after my Game 6 Euphoria! What a season!
Can't believe it's been 25 years
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by pataroons on Jan 26, 2012 8:53 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I was a passionate fan
and I finally could hold my head up high with my friends who where Dolphin and Cowboy fans…It felt great.
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 26, 2012 8:55 AM EST reply actions
My one momento from that SB....
I got a GIF for that!
Giants by 17 over GB, take it to the bank!
Giants by 10 over SF, take it to the bank! Well, OK, by 3, but we are Super Bowl bound!!!!!!!
by Fester McDougal on Jan 26, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
I started watching
football the previous year because of the Chicago Bears. They seemed to be everywhere and on everything all the time during their ridiculous 85 season. I figured if this football thing was such a big deal, maybe I should follow a team as well, so I picked my hometown Giants. Being a young kid, I thought Simms was the greatest player ever, and even had one of those little Starter action figures of him.
Someone above mentioned the McConkey catch off Bavaro’s fingertips, and that is without a doubt the memory that has been burned into my brain for all time.
This Super Bowl happened 8 months before I was born.
And I was too young to remember Wide Right. The first time I asked my dad about the Super Bowl was the following year when the Skins beat the Bills, but I’d say the first SB I remember watching was 49ers/Chargers. Since the first 3 SBs I remember all featured the Bills, I was under the impression that the Super Bowl was an opportunity for one team to play against them, like they were the final boss in the video game or something.
I was 17 when I watched this SuperBowl
Amazing performance by Simms. In this game. I remember working the phones with my Dad he was a bookie back then and the the spread was Giants-9.5. Everyone and their brother was taking the Broncos. My father and I watched the game and were pretty happy at halftime because the game was so close. I was happy the Giants were winning and him because they were covering. By the End of the game my Dad was dancing around the house screaming and singing i love Phil Simms. I was in awe of the performance by that Giant team that day. Total domination in the second half both Offensively and Defensively . Denver got beat up physically and emotionally that day. Great day to be a Giants fan or a bookie as my Dad bought a new Caddy the next day LOL!.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin.
Well damn, makes me feel old
I was living in Houston, dating a girl in Dallas. Her mom was an accomplished artist and was having a big showing followed by a reception. Of course I was expected to be there. Had a decision to make, stay home with my buddies and get to see something I thought would never happen, or go to Big D and spend it with a bunch of stuffed shirts. Well, I never saw that girl again, one of my better decisions
I was 10 years old...
My parents hosted a Super Bowl party and I remember all the adults saying that whatever happened the SF game was just a tremendous win. And from that game I can vividly remember Montana sitting on the bench by himself, looking in his lap.
And then the Superbowl, I remember much more about the hoopla with the adults than the game. Drinking, laughing, eating it was great. When they started running away with it everyone was cheering and hugging. I remember Madden doing the color commentary, love his voice. “You want to run away from LT, well then you gotta run to Carl Banks instead! Boom he’s on his back!”
and just crazy
how big football pads were back then and the jersey’s were so oversized. Equipment has come a long way.
I was 12 but so fired up
I started really paying attention to football around the start of the 49ers run. I remember the “Catch” and all that and thinking, man the Giants will never be that good. I remember the teams with Brad Van Pelt and Rob Carpenter – ugly stuff. Then they drafted LT and the team started to come around.
That season was amazing. Bavaro running people over, Morris running around them, LT and the Wrecking Crew just killing offenses. It was like there was no doubt they’d win it all. And the run through the playoffs proved that was pretty accurate. 49-3 is always a favorite to bring up to 49er fans. Even though they were down at halftime of the SB, no one thought they’d lose (at least where I was watching). I remember high-fiving my dad so many times my hand hurt. Great memory.
Now let’s make one more in 10 days!! Go Giants!!
Manning lobs it, Burress alone, touchdown New York!
For the empty net, Mark Messier... do you believe it?! Do you believe it?! He said we will win game 6 - he has just picked up the hat trick!
To me, the first will always be the best.
I’d been a rabid Giants fan since the Y.A. Ttttle era of the early 60s, and suffered through what Ed likes to call the Wilderness Years. I was too young to remember 1956. All the suffering made this one so much sweeter. I remember running downstairs to get the newspaper the next morning. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming.
my Dad was a steeler fan
I was not completely sold on them, I actually started rooting for them the year before, LT was one of the reasons. Alegre sealed the deal later, and since then I am a fully Giant fan 24/7.
As for the superbowl, I remember being a litlle bored at the end because it was not a close game.
I was 11
Never forget McConkey running out with the white towel before the game, safety on Elway in the 2nd quarter, the reflection on the pass to Bavaro/McConkey or Carson in the security jacket. Cemented my Giants fan-dom.
Senior in High School
When the Giants won the Superbowl, I remember that my friends and I would talk about the defensive ranking every week, I remember losing the 1st game to the Cowboys that season and the Gatorade baths, which were started by Jim Burt and carried on by Harry Carson. The pounding of SF in the playoffs, and blanking the Redskins, it was a great year and an awesome display of dominance!!!
I was in the US Army over in Germany
Every person in my unit watched that game even though it was early in the morning. Most went to bars in a group to see the game. Very few stayed in the barracks. I was on duty, imagine a lifelong Giants fan pulling night barracks watch on the night his team played in their first Superbowl. I found a TV (some cooks were watching the game in their room) close to my desk and watched most of the game. Virtually no one passed through the door or halls in the barracks during the game. No calls to answer on the phone. I made my rounds during halftime and once the game was over served out the shift on cloud freaking 9. I gave my condolences to the Denver fans in my unit. That game must of hurt them. My brother taped the game (pre DVD times) and It was the first thing I watched when I got back to the USA. I love this franchise and feel blessed to be a fan for 38 years.
Persistence is Omnipotent.
I think it may have been Z100?
But back at the time, a local radio station in New York had recorded a song trumping the Giants inevitable triumph. It included the chorus,
“The Giants are number one
Goin’ to Pasadena to have some fun
Watch Joe Morris run
in Super Bowl 21”
I have no idea why this asinine lyric stuck with me, but I certainly remember it from the time even though I was young.
by Step up and make big plays on Jan 26, 2012 3:54 PM EST reply actions
I was not yet born
First of all I have a lot of respect for you long time giants fans… I am a young but open minded NFL fan (20 years old) Been a giants fan since Coughlin moved from Jax, and I never looked back. And I have to say the amount of success we have had since Eli manning has been drafted is remarkable! I cant imagine what the giants would be like without him! I wish I was there to experience the giants first super bowl win, but since I was not I will be hoping we can continue to build the legacy of this team and win for many years to come.
CHEERS TO THE LEGACY OF BIG BLUE!!!
You down with....... ouch... doesent look like hes getting up
(JPP duh)
Thank you for your post.
i suggest that you go and read New York Giants History from the beginning. It is available on the Giants website. There are some very memorable games in our history such as The Sneakers Game. There is also the Greatest Game Ever Played.
We have had great legendary figures in our Giants history. Many things in pro football were started by Giants. Some of our people had success with us and then had success elsewhere when they left us such as Tom Landry (our CB, 3rd string QB and then our DC), Lombardi etc etc.
In April 2010 Ed Valentine started the Giants By The Numbers series over several weeks where he started with jersey number 1 and went all the way to 99 where we discussed who was the best player we have ever had wearing each jersey number. The most heated discussion was a WR jersey. If you have not read that series yet then starting from number 1 onward will be a great read.
Enjoy the current Giants run we are having with these recent superbowl runs. This is a very special team and we happen to be in the era when we are witnessing with the best quarterback Giants have ever had and we had some excellent qbs in the past.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
First, nice comment...Old dudes like me rely on you young guys..
To ultimately take over the Giants tradition..carry the flag if you will…Long after I’m gone there will be folks like you taking over…Hey you picked the right team to follow and root for..The Giants get passed down from generation to generation..It’s our way…It’s family..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
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