1984 New York Giants season

The 1984 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season in the National Football League. With a 9–7 record, the Giants finished in a tie for second in the National Football Conference East Division and qualified for the playoffs.[1] In the Wild Card round, New York traveled to Anaheim Stadium and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 16–13 to advance to the Divisional round.[2] Instead of traveling across the country back to New York, the Giants spent the week in Fresno, California. They used the facilities at Fresno State to prepare for the San Francisco 49ers.[3] However, the Giants lost to the 49ers 21–10.[4]

1984 New York Giants season
OwnerWellington Mara
Head coachBill Parcells
General managerGeorge Young
Home fieldGiants Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division placeT-2nd NFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 16–13
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 10–21
Pro Bowlers
3

Offseason

NFL Draft
1984 New York Giants draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 3 Carl Banks *  LB Michigan State
1 27 William Roberts *  G Ohio State
3 59 Jeff Hostetler *  QB West Virginia
4 105 Gary Reasons  LB Northwestern State
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff
1984 New York Giants staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman
  • Linebackers – Bill Belichick
  • Defensive Backfield – Len Fontes

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Johnny Parker

Roster
1984 New York Giants roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 2, 1984 Philadelphia Eagles W 28–27
71,520
2 September 9, 1984 Dallas Cowboys W 28–7
75,921
3 September 16, 1984 at Washington Redskins L 30–14
52,997
4 September 23, 1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17–14
72,650
5 September 30, 1984 at Los Angeles Rams L 33–12
53,417
6 October 8, 1984 San Francisco 49ers L 31–10
76,112
7 October 14, 1984 at Atlanta Falcons W 19–7
50,268
8 October 21, 1984 at Philadelphia Eagles L 24–10
64,677
9 October 28, 1984 Washington Redskins W 37–13
76,192
10 November 4, 1984 at Dallas Cowboys W 19–7
60,235
11 November 11, 1984 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 20–17
46,534
12 November 18, 1984 St. Louis Cardinals W 16–10
73,428
13 November 25, 1984 Kansas City Chiefs W 28–27
74,383
14 December 2, 1984 at New York Jets W 20–10
74,975
15 December 9, 1984 at St. Louis Cardinals L 31–21
49,973
16 December 15, 1984 New Orleans Saints L 10–3
63,739

Week 1 vs. Eagles
See also: 1984 Philadelphia Eagles season and Eagles–Giants rivalry
Week One: Philadelphia Eagles (0–0) at New York Giants (0–0)
1 2 34Total
Eagles 3 3 14727
Giants 7 14 0728

at Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

Week 2
Week Two: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cowboys (1–1) 0 0 707
Giants (2–0) 14 7 7028

at The Meadowlands

Week 10
Week Ten: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Giants (6–4) 6 0 7619
Cowboys (6–4) 0 7 007

at Texas Stadium

Week 13 vs. Kansas City

The Giants made a late comeback to defeat the Chiefs 28–27. Rob Carpenter helped their cause with two 1-yard touchdown runs.[6] The Chiefs were leading 27–14 and were led by Bill Kenney, who threw three touchdown passes. The Giants then rallied; first came a five-play drive that ended with Phil Simms hitting Bobby Johnson with a 22-yard touchdown pass with 7:30 left. Then the Giants took the lead with an 80-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Zeke Mowatt with 2:22 left.[7]

Playoffs
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Wild Card December 23, 1984 at Los Angeles Rams W 16–13
67,037
Divisional December 29, 1984 at San Francisco 49ers L 21–10
60,303

Standings
NFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Washington Redskins(2) 11 5 0 .688 5–3 8–4 426 310 W4
New York Giants(5) 9 7 0 .563 5–3 7–7 299 301 L2
St. Louis Cardinals 9 7 0 .563 5–3 6–6 423 345 L1
Dallas Cowboys 9 7 0 .563 3–5 7–5 308 308 L2
Philadelphia Eagles 6 9 1 .406 2–6 3–8–1 278 320 L1

See also

References
  1. "1984 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  2. Peters, Ken (December 24, 1984). "Mysterious Giants tip Rams in playoff battle". Kentucky New Era. Associated Press. p. 1C. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  3. Anderson, Dave (December 25, 1984). "Giants are just where they want to be—Fresno". The Register-Guard. The New York Times. p. 3B. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  4. "1984 New York Giants". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  5. "1984 Eagles Statistics" (PDF). Philadelphia Eagles. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  6. "Kansas City Chiefs at New YorK Giants – November 25, 1984". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  7. Litsky, Frank (November 26, 1984). "2 Late Giant Scores Stun Chiefs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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