1982 New York Giants season

The 1982 New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season in the National Football League, but was shortened to nine games due to the 1982 NFL Players Strike.

1982 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
General manager	George Young
Head coach	Ray Perkins
Home stadium	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	4–5
Division place	10th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC East)
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	LB Lawrence Taylor LB Harry Carson CB Mark Haynes P Dave Jennings
← 1981 Giants seasons 1983 →

The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on a 9–7 record from 1981, a season in which they had made the playoffs for the first time since 1963 and also clinched their first winning record since 1972. However, the Giants stumbled out the gates early, starting 0–2 before the strike occurred. After the strike ended, the Giants won four of their last seven games, but missed the playoffs because of losing two tiebreakers against the Saints and the Lions (who both ended with identical 4–5 records). The Giants lost the tiebreakers based on best conference record. The Lions went 4–4 against NFC teams, while the Giants and Saints both went 3–5 against NFC teams. The Lions won the tiebreaker over the Saints, thus eliminating the Saints and Giants from playoff contention and putting the Lions into the playoffs as the final wild card spot in the NFC. This was the nineteenth season out of the last twenty that the Giants missed the playoffs.

Offseason

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	18	Butch Woolfolk	Running back	University of Michigan
2	45	Joe Morris	Running back	Syracuse University
3	–	–	–	–
4	102	Gerry Raymond	Guard	Boston College
5	129	Rich Umphrey	Center	Colorado
6	156	Darrell Nicholson	Linebacker	North Carolina
7	186	Jeff Wiska	Guard	Michigan State
8	213	Robert Hubble	Tight end	Rice
9	240	John Higgins	Defensive back	UNLV
10	270	Rich Baldinger	Tackle	Wake Forest
11	–	–	–	–
12	323	Mark Seale	Defensive tackle	Richmond

Personnel

Staff

1982 New York Giants staff

Front office President – Wellington Mara General Manager – George Young Director of Pro Personnel – Ernie Adams Head coaches Head Coach – Ray Perkins Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt Offensive Backfield – Bob Lord Receivers – Pat Hodgson Offensive Line – Bill Austin

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Bill Parcells Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman Linebackers – Bill Belichick Defensive Backfield – Fred Glick Special teams coaches Special Teams – Romeo Crennel

Roster

1982 New York Giants roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Scott Brunner  8 Mark Reed 17 Jeff Rutledge Running backs (RB) 45 Leon Bright 26 Rob Carpenter 31 Clifford Chatman 27 Larry Heater 20 Joe Morris 21 Butch Woolfolk Wide receivers (WR) 88 Floyd Eddings 83 Earnest Gray 85 John Mistler 82 Danny Pittman Tight ends (TE) 81 Tom Mullady 87 Gary Shirk

Offensive linemen (OL) 67 Billy Ard G 74 Rich Baldinger T 60 Brad Benson T 66 Chris Foote C 61 Ernie Hughes C 72 Gordon King T 65 John Tautolo G 68 J. T. Turner G 59 Rich Umphrey C Defensive linemen (DL) 79 Dee Hardison DE 70 Gary Jeter DE 75 George Martin DE 76 Curtis McGriff DE 77 Bill Neill NT 78 Jerome Sally NT 80 Phil Tabor DE

Linebackers (LB) 53 Harry Carson ILB 57 Byron Hunt OLB 55 Brian Kelley ILB 51 Frank Marion ILB 52 Joe McLaughlin ILB 56 Lawrence Taylor OLB 10 Brad Van Pelt OLB 58 Mike Whittington OLB Defensive backs (DB) 22 Brian Carpenter CB 29 Bill Currier SS 46 Mike Dennis CB 37 Larry Flowers FS 36 Mark Haynes CB 24 Terry Jackson CB 28 Beasley Reece SS 44 Pete Shaw SS Special teams (ST) 18 Joe Danelo K 13 Dave Jennings P

Reserve 64 Jim Burt NT (IR) 63 Bruce Kimball G (IR) -- Dan Lloyd LB (IR) 54 Bill Matthews LB (IR) 39 Mike Mayock S (IR) -- Sylvester McGrew DE (IR) 86 Johnny Perkins WR (IR) -- Scott Phillips WR (IR) 69 Roy Simmons G (Ret.) 11 Phil Simms QB (IR) 73 Jeff Weston T (IR) -- Jeff Wiska G (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 12	Atlanta Falcons	L 14–16	0–1	Giants Stadium	74,286	Recap
2	September 20	Green Bay Packers	L 19–27	0–2	Giants Stadium	68,405	Recap
3	—	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
4	—	at Dallas Cowboys
5	—	St. Louis Cardinals
6	—	Cincinnati Bengals
7	—	at Philadelphia Eagles	Rescheduled to January 2
8	—	Dallas Cowboys	Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
9	—	at Cleveland Browns
10	—	at Los Angeles Rams
11	November 21	Washington Redskins	L 17–27	0–3	Giants Stadium	70,766	Recap
12	November 25	at Detroit Lions	W 13–6	1–3	Pontiac Silverdome	64,348	Recap
13	December 5	Houston Oilers	W 17–14	2–3	Giants Stadium	71,184	Recap
14	December 11	Philadelphia Eagles	W 23–7	3–3	Giants Stadium	66,053	Recap
15	December 19	at Washington Redskins	L 14–15	3–4	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	50,030	Recap
16	December 26	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 21–24	3–5	Busch Stadium	39,824	Recap
17	January 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 26–24	4–5	Veterans Stadium	55,797	Recap

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins(1)	8	1	0	.889	6–1	8–1	190	128	W4
Dallas Cowboys(2)	6	3	0	.667	2–1	4–2	226	145	L2
St. Louis Cardinals(6)	5	4	0	.556	3–1	5–4	135	170	L1
New York Giants	4	5	0	.444	2–3	3–5	164	160	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	6	0	.333	1–5	1–5	191	195	L1

NFC v t e
#	Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1	Washington Redskins	8	1	0	.889	190	128	W4
2	Dallas Cowboys	6	3	0	.667	226	145	L2
3	Green Bay Packers	5	3	1	.611	226	169	L1
4[a]	Minnesota Vikings	5	4	0	.556	187	198	W1
5[a]	Atlanta Falcons	5	4	0	.556	183	199	L2
6[a]	St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	0	.556	135	170	L1
7[a]	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	4	0	.556	158	178	W3
8[b]	Detroit Lions	4	5	0	.444	181	176	W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9[b]	New Orleans Saints	4	5	0	.444	129	160	W1
10[b]	New York Giants	4	5	0	.444	164	160	W1
11[c]	San Francisco 49ers	3	6	0	.333	209	206	L1
12[c]	Chicago Bears	3	6	0	.333	141	174	L1
13[c]	Philadelphia Eagles	3	6	0	.333	191	195	L1
14	Los Angeles Rams	2	7	0	.222	200	250	W1
Tiebreakers
Minnesota (4–1), Atlanta (4–3), St. Louis (5–4), Tampa Bay (3–3) seeds were determined by best won-lost record in conference games. Detroit finished ahead of New Orleans and the N.Y. Giants based on best conference record (4–4 to Saints’ 3–5 to Giants’ 3–5). San Francisco finished ahead of Chicago, and Chicago finished ahead of Philadelphia, based on conference record (49ers’ 2–3 to Bears’ 2–5 to Eagles’ 1–5).

Season summary

Week 12 at Lions

See also: 1982 Detroit Lions season

Week Twelve: New York Giants (0–3) at Detroit Lions (2–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	6	7	13
Lions	3	3	0	0	6

at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan

• Date: November 25, 1982
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter DET – Eddie Murray 46-yard field goal. Lions 3–0. Drive: Second quarter DET – Eddie Murray 44-yard field goal. Lions 6–0. Drive: Third quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 34-yard field goal. Lions 6–3. Drive: NYG – Joe Danelo 40-yard field goal. Tie 6–6. Drive: Fourth quarter NYG – Lawrence Taylor 97-yard interception return (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 13–7. Top passers NYG – Scott Brunner – 12/28, 136 yards, 2 INT DET – Gary Danielson – 12/19, 125 yards, 3 INT Top rushers NYG – Butch Woolfolk – 21 rushes, 87 yards DET – Billy Sims – 26 rushes, 114 yards Top receivers NYG – Johnny Perkins – 5 receptions, 80 yards DET – Mark Nichols – 3 receptions, 49 yards

Week 14 vs Eagles

See also: 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season

Week Fourteen: New York Giants (2–3) at Philadelphia Eagles (1–4)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	0	0	7
Giants	3	14	3	3	23

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

• Date: December 11
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C)
• Game attendance: 66,053
• Referee: Fred Silva
• TV announcers (CBS): Jack Buck play-by-play, Hank Stram color commentator
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 37-yard field goal. Giants 3–0. Drive: PHI – Harold Carmichael 23-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick). Eagles 7–3. Drive: Second quarter NYG – Butch Woolfolk 5-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 10–7. Drive: NYG – Earnest Gray 16-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 17–7. Drive: Third quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 34-yard field goal. Giants 20–7. Drive: Fourth quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 29-yard field goal. Giants 23–7. Drive: Top passers PHI – Ron Jaworski – 17/29, 218 yards, TD, INT NYG – Scott Brunner – 17/26, 272 yards, 2 TD Top rushers PHI – Wilbert Montgomery – 7 rushes, 23 yards NYG – Rob Carpenter – 26 rushes, 58 yards Top receivers PHI – Harold Carmichael – 4 receptions, 57 yards, TD NYG – Floyd Eddings – 5 receptions, 148 yards

Week 17 at Eagles

See also: 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season

Week Seventeen: New York Giants (3–5) at Philadelphia Eagles (3–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	3	10	10	3	26
Eagles	7	7	0	10	24

at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Date: January 2, 1983
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C)
• Referee: Red Cashion
• TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall play-by-play, John Madden color commentator
• Box Score

Ray Perkins last game as Giants head coach

See also

• List of New York Giants seasons