Post by Lithfan on Dec 2, 2015 6:36:22 GMT -5
12/2/1984
In a few days, the New York Jets will take the field as a visitor in their home stadium. This will be the 13th time the two NY teams will meet in a regular season contest, with the Giants winning 8 of the previous 12, including the last 5 meetings. The Jets are 3-3 as the visitor in these contests, but only 1-5 as the home team, so we have that going for us.
31 years ago today, the two teams met, on 12/2/84. It was the fourth regular season meetings between the teams, but it was their first as co-tenants in the same facility. In 1984, it was the Giants that were forced to be the visitors, as the Jets hosted the Giants in Giants stadium. The Jets entered the game having lost 5 in a row, seeing a promising 6-2 first half of the season come apart through a winless November that left them out of contention at 6-7. The Giants came in at 8-5 and in the thick of the race for a playoff spot in the NFC.
The Jets squandered two first quarter opportunities to jump out to an early lead. Kyle Clifton intercepted a Phil Simms pass at the Giants 40, but the Jets were stopped when Tony Paige was stuffed for no gain on a 4th and 1. Later in the quarter, Mike Dennis blocked a Dave Jennings punt, setting the Jets up at the Giants 34, but they had to settle for a 54-yard Pat Leahy field goal attempt that sailed wide.
After stopping the Jets twice, the Giants drew first blood. They jumped out to what appeared to be a 3-0 2nd quarter lead when Ali Haji-Sheikh drilled a 21 yard field goal, but Coach Parcells chose to take the points off the board when Clifton was flagged for leaping from off the line of scrimmage in an attempt to block the kick. Instead, Rob Carpenter carried in from 1 yard out and it was a 7-0 game.
“I was jumping up and down, but it wasn’t much-just a natural reaction,” said Clifton. “After they threw the flag that’s when I started to feel bad. I was aware of the rule...but I don’t recall seeing it called.”
With inside of 90 seconds remaining in the first half, the Jets were threatening, approaching the Giants red zone when RB Marion Barber lost a fumble that was recovered by the Giants Byron Hunt. Phil Simms led the Giants on a 48 yard 2-minute drive that ended in a 48 yard FG and a 10-0 lead.
The Giants extended their lead to 17-0 on a Joe Morris TD run in the 3rd quarter. Down 17, Ken O’Brien tried to rally the Jets back into the game. He would finish 28-41 for 351 yards, but it was too little too late. The Jets could not get into the end zone until the 4th quarter, when they trailed 20-3. O’Brien hit Lam Jones for 32 yards and the score that made the score 20-10.
The Jets had one last chance to get back in the game. O’Brien led them back downfield and with inside of 5 minutes to go, he had the Jets approaching the endzone. Mark Haynes intercepted a pass on the goal line to end the Jets threat, giving the Giants the 20-10 victory.
“We beat ourselves,” said Joe Walton. Our team played pretty hard, but we played a good football team and we made mistakes, which you can’t do against a good team.”
Source: The Day (New London, CT)
In a few days, the New York Jets will take the field as a visitor in their home stadium. This will be the 13th time the two NY teams will meet in a regular season contest, with the Giants winning 8 of the previous 12, including the last 5 meetings. The Jets are 3-3 as the visitor in these contests, but only 1-5 as the home team, so we have that going for us.
31 years ago today, the two teams met, on 12/2/84. It was the fourth regular season meetings between the teams, but it was their first as co-tenants in the same facility. In 1984, it was the Giants that were forced to be the visitors, as the Jets hosted the Giants in Giants stadium. The Jets entered the game having lost 5 in a row, seeing a promising 6-2 first half of the season come apart through a winless November that left them out of contention at 6-7. The Giants came in at 8-5 and in the thick of the race for a playoff spot in the NFC.
The Jets squandered two first quarter opportunities to jump out to an early lead. Kyle Clifton intercepted a Phil Simms pass at the Giants 40, but the Jets were stopped when Tony Paige was stuffed for no gain on a 4th and 1. Later in the quarter, Mike Dennis blocked a Dave Jennings punt, setting the Jets up at the Giants 34, but they had to settle for a 54-yard Pat Leahy field goal attempt that sailed wide.
After stopping the Jets twice, the Giants drew first blood. They jumped out to what appeared to be a 3-0 2nd quarter lead when Ali Haji-Sheikh drilled a 21 yard field goal, but Coach Parcells chose to take the points off the board when Clifton was flagged for leaping from off the line of scrimmage in an attempt to block the kick. Instead, Rob Carpenter carried in from 1 yard out and it was a 7-0 game.
“I was jumping up and down, but it wasn’t much-just a natural reaction,” said Clifton. “After they threw the flag that’s when I started to feel bad. I was aware of the rule...but I don’t recall seeing it called.”
With inside of 90 seconds remaining in the first half, the Jets were threatening, approaching the Giants red zone when RB Marion Barber lost a fumble that was recovered by the Giants Byron Hunt. Phil Simms led the Giants on a 48 yard 2-minute drive that ended in a 48 yard FG and a 10-0 lead.
The Giants extended their lead to 17-0 on a Joe Morris TD run in the 3rd quarter. Down 17, Ken O’Brien tried to rally the Jets back into the game. He would finish 28-41 for 351 yards, but it was too little too late. The Jets could not get into the end zone until the 4th quarter, when they trailed 20-3. O’Brien hit Lam Jones for 32 yards and the score that made the score 20-10.
The Jets had one last chance to get back in the game. O’Brien led them back downfield and with inside of 5 minutes to go, he had the Jets approaching the endzone. Mark Haynes intercepted a pass on the goal line to end the Jets threat, giving the Giants the 20-10 victory.
“We beat ourselves,” said Joe Walton. Our team played pretty hard, but we played a good football team and we made mistakes, which you can’t do against a good team.”
Source: The Day (New London, CT)
