1982 New York Giants season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 New York Giants 1982 4–5 10th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC East) Ray Perkins George Young Wellington Mara Giants Stadium Did not qualify LB Lawrence TaylorLB Harry CarsonCB Mark HaynesP Dave Jennings Giants seasons 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. 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 WoolfolkRunning backUniversity of Michigan 2 45 Joe MorrisRunning 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 President – Wellington Mara General Manager – George Young Director of Pro Personnel – Ernie Adams Head Coach – Ray Perkins Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt Offensive Backfield – Bob Lord Receivers – Pat Hodgson Offensive Line – Bill Austin Defensive Coordinator – Bill Parcells Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman Linebackers – Bill Belichick Defensive Backfield – Fred Glick Special Teams – Romeo Crennel Roster 1982 New York Giants 12 Scott Brunner  8 Mark Reed American football 17 Jeff Rutledge 45 Leon Bright 26 Rob Carpenter running back 31 Clifford Chatman 27 Larry Heater 20 Joe Morris American football y 21 Butch Woolfolk y 88 Floyd Eddings y 83 Earnest Gray 85 John Mistler 82 Danny Pittman 81 Tom Mullady 87 Gary Shirk 67 Billy Ard G 74 Rich Baldinger y T 60 Brad Benson T 66 Chris Foote American football C 61 Ernie Hughes C 72 Gordon King American football T 65 John Tautolo G 68 J. 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Turner G 59 Rich Umphrey y C 79 Dee Hardison DE 70 Gary Jeter DE 75 George Martin American football DE 76 Curtis McGriff DE 77 Bill Neill NT 78 Jerome Sally y NT 80 Phil Tabor DE 53 Harry Carson ILB 57 Byron Hunt OLB 55 Brian Kelley American football ILB 51 Frank Marion American football ILB 52 Joe McLaughlin American football ILB 56 Lawrence Taylor OLB 10 Brad Van Pelt OLB 58 Mike Whittington OLB 22 Brian Carpenter American football y CB 29 Bill Currier SS 46 Mike Dennis defensive back CB 37 Larry Flowers American football FS 36 Mark Haynes CB 24 Terry Jackson cornerback CB 28 Beasley Reece SS 44 Pete Shaw American football SS 18 Joe Danelo K 13 Dave Jennings American football P 64 Jim Burt American football NT IR 63 Bruce Kimball American football G IR -- Dan Lloyd American football LB IR 54 Bill Matthews American football LB IR 39 Mike Mayock S IR -- Sylvester McGrew y DE IR 86 Johnny Perkins WR IR -- Scott Phillips no WR IR 69 Roy Simmons G (Ret.) 7px 11 Phil Simms QB IR 73 Jeff Weston American football T IR -- Jeff Wiska y G IR 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 CowboysCancelled 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 70,766Recap 12 November 25 at Detroit Lions W 13–6 1–3 Pontiac Silverdome 64,348Recap 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 66,053Recap 15 December 19 at Washington Redskins L 14–15 3–4 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium50,030Recap 16 December 26 at St. Louis Cardinals L 21–24 3–5 Busch Stadium39,824Recap 17 January 2 at Philadelphia Eagles W 26–24 4–5 Veterans Stadium55,797Recaphttp://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1982-nyg 1982 New York Giants Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Season summary Week 12 at Lions 1982 Detroit Lions season New York Giants 1982 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Twelve: New York Giants (0–3) at Detroit Lions (2–1) November 25, 1982 Thursday 12:00 p.m. EST Giants 0 0 6 7 Lions 3 3 0 0 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan Indoors (dome) CBS Pat Summerall and John Madden Pro-Football-Reference.com 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 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season New York Giants 1982 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Fourteen: New York Giants (2–3) at Philadelphia Eagles (1–4) December 11 12:30 p.m. Eagles 7 0 0 0 Giants 3 14 3 3 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 66,053 35 F C Fred Silva CBS Jack Buck play-by-play, Hank Stram color commentator Box Score 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 1982 Philadelphia Eagles season New York Giants 1982 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Seventeen: New York Giants (3–5) at Philadelphia Eagles (3–5) January 2, 1983 1:00 p.m. Giants 3 10 10 3 Eagles 7 7 0 10 Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 44 F C Red Cashion 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 References External links 1982 New York Giants on Pro-Football-Reference.com New York Giants on jt-sw.com Category:New York Giants seasons New York Giants New York Giants season Category:20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex Category:Long stubs with short prose