Your right .. I miss Giants Stadium.. I didn't like the name change over to MetLife . And Giants Stadium with the Red and Blue seats made it look more at home for the Giants than the Jets
When I remember the 86 season, there are three game-changing plays that stick in my head. The strange thing is, they were on three consecutive weeks. The first one was at Minnesota, the fourth-and-seventeen play, the week before this game. The second was George Martin's one-handed grab and return in this game. The third was the next week at SF; Bavaro dragging half the Niner D on that third quarter play. There are other individual plays that I can recall, but those three really stand out. What a team, what a season, what great memories. Thanks, Ken.
2008 Giants. Didn't finish it off right, but 5th in offense, 3rd in defense. Started 11-1 for the only time in franchise history. Had 2, 1000 yard backs, averaged 160 yards rushing a game, and over 5 YPC. The most dominant Giants team ever on both sides of the ball. Stupid Burress cost us back to back titles
@@breadandcircuses9967 Watched a fair bit of the 1990 team lately. Taylor/Banks/Marshall peaked in '87, but the 1990 team was better offensively (very deep at running back, added dimension of Meggett, slightly better at receiver and offensive line), and I did not realize how good Mark Collins was. He doesn't get the attention a lot of the other Giants defenders get from that era.
Oh Gosh, i've been looking for this game for years! It was the fisrts giants's game tha i saw ever i, france, during the onlu season on free TV. Thanks XXXXXL !
It rarely happens that 2 teams that meet in SB met in regular season. In fact in 33 years since 86 it’s only happened 8 times and 4 of those involved the Giants. And in the last 17 SBs it’s only happened twice and that involved Giants. Giants Pats 2007 2011. Update 2020 Bucs Chiefs met in regular season then SB
1:12:47- I love Merlin Olsen's chuckle response to the replay of George Martin's tossing aside of John Elway. No doubt Olsen, a legendary HOF DT, was living vicariously through Martin on the play; a defensive lineman's fantasy (give-or-take seventy yards).
I went to this game . . . and we basically wondered, "Do the Giants belong on the same field as the Bronco's?" George Martin and Phil Simms' magic convinced us, maybe they did.
What a HUGE play Martin's INT was. If Denver scores, they're up 13-3 and, the way the Giants offense was playing, it would've been really uphill for the Giants. Same in the SB - Denver should've been up 16-9 at the half.
Most people say that "the pass" that Simms completed on 4th down the previous week, was the moment they knew this was the Giants year. But for me, when I saw Martin intercept and run it in for a TD, that was when I thought this might be the year.
There's something a little more beautiful about football from like 1970-1992. Although I'm a Packer fan, I have to admit that Mike Holmgren broke football to some extent. We were kind of robotic in a way. It really became about "playing the odds," and things like quick passes that basically were run plays. Today of course, that's kind of how everyone plays. But then when you go back to 1986, really the height of football and maybe even American culture... look at how personal and unique the players are. There's nothing robotic about this. Yeah they are coached well and all that, but they're still allowed to be themselves and we've lost some of that today.
@@chrisuncleahmad666 But for one quarter,the SB was a close game,the broncos clearly dominated the 1st half of the SB & squandered opportunity after opportunity...Yes,with assistance of the giants defence!! and predictable play calling. But unlike the giants against the bills in SBXXV,the broncos weren't dominant enough in their smallish OL to impose their will upon their opponent.predictable or not.
@@mrtnt3462 True however in Super Bowl 21 however the Giants were very confident cause in the second half scoring 30 unanswered points plus Phil Simms throwing 10 in a row is like a no hitter
IMO it was 86 with 90 a very close second. To me they were more complete teams. In 07 the o line and run game were solid, but 07 was carried by the pass rush. The back 7 weren’t that good but the front 4 was so good it didn’t matter
Giants have this weird thing where if they make the SB they always play the team they meet in the SB in the regular season. It’s happened 4 out of the 5 times they made the SB. And the only time they didn’t play their SB opponent in the regular season they lost. 2000 Ravens. Their only SB loss
So somebody is watching this at roughly same time as I am. Interesting. I was watching this game as an 8 year old, and I found it odd that Elway would throw a half-hearted lateral. An ESPN reporter turned writer noted the same thing in a book that included a chapter highlighting the importance of this single pay to NFL history. Yet, strangely enough, it wasn't a lateral, even though myself and the reporter/writer remembered it as such. Martin just grabbed it out of the air, he had an uncanny knack for doing this, and against John Elway in the prime of his career (or at least playing at an extremely high level). As for the Giants playing their future opponents, I hadn't thought about that, and I usually notice those things. Lets see, the Broncos and Bills were both Giant home games, one being a loss, the other (this one) being a near loss. Two Super Bowl wins. In 2007, another home game vs the soon to be 18-0 Pats, another loss. An improbable Super Bowl win. 2011, finally a road game. This time, a close win vs the Pats. Later in the year. As you noted. Another Giant win. Might the more defensive oriented team have an advantage in a rematch? LT, Bill Belichick (defensive coordinator) led defense oriented teams were involved in the first two Giant wins. Belichick coached Patriot teams were the victims in the next two, but those teams were slightly more offensive oriented than their Tom Coughlin led Giant opponent. And don't forget, Belichick's first win as a head coach came vs a superior Ram "Greatest Show on Turf" team, one who the Pats played in Foxboro earlier that year, and lost. There might well be something to that theory. I will note that in 2000, the Ravens were assigned the NFC East, but because of unusual circumstances, didn't play the Giants that year. So, if they had, maybe it would have been 5-0 for the G-men. Interesting point. As for as this play goes, LT could have broken Martin's leg in the celebration, but I guess he knew what he was doing!
you see Merlin Olsen suck it up with a cast on his left arm.. playing hurt. not going to keep him out of the game. what a giants team. nfc was killing it. i hated that as a steeler. but i can not deny great football.
Jesus........to hear the criticism of Simms....he looks extremely mobile in this game. So....suffice to say.......the 1990 team could have gone all the ay with Simms if he didn't get injured.
@@leighackerman6979 well in 1990 I Don't know about winning the NFC championship game in san Francisco cause the 49ers were dead set on winning 3 Super Bowls in a row
Dunno, simms was mobile enough, but I think the 49ers d line would have eaten his lunch. I'm a Giants fan saying this. I mean, they almost took out Hostetler.
Yes, posted the same game as Richard. Had this planned for a while. Will be posting more from the '86 Giants season shortly. The more that's out there the better.
I remember watching this game with my grandfather in his nursing home in the Bronx with the whole family! it was awesome! Great memories
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That’s a great memory. Thanks for sharing. I was 16 and I remember it like yesterday
Compared to today's stadiums Giant Stadium was a cement hole. And it was absolutely wonderful. God I miss it.
It's much better than Met Life Stadium
Your right .. I miss Giants Stadium.. I didn't like the name change over to MetLife . And Giants Stadium with the Red and Blue seats made it look more at home for the Giants than the Jets
Bragging about the K.O’s, fricken 80ties were awesome.
I was at this game. That play by George Martin was the greatest I’ve ever seen in person; remember it vividly. What a season
The best season ever, Nick!
I was also at the game.
Parcells says in his autobiography that that was the greatest defensive play he ever saw..he loved George..
Rest in peace Dick Enberg
My fave anouncer rip dick enberg
BROTHER DEE TV ‘ Oh My’ 🙌
I love old school 80's football!
Thanks for the post, didnt remember who won , and then george martin made the play to save the day. Thanks for bringing back the memories!
Dick Enberg...sports broadcasting royalty.
Excellent game! Thank you for posting this.
The teams rematched in the Super Bowl. Denver lead 10 to 9 at the half but the Giants dominated the second half and won Super Bowl XXI.
Yep due to the change in temperature. Giants got a second wind in a cooler second half.
@@bobbenbrown123 interesting take
When I remember the 86 season, there are three game-changing plays that stick in my head. The strange thing is, they were on three consecutive weeks. The first one was at Minnesota, the fourth-and-seventeen play, the week before this game. The second was George Martin's one-handed grab and return in this game. The third was the next week at SF; Bavaro dragging half the Niner D on that third quarter play. There are other individual plays that I can recall, but those three really stand out. What a team, what a season, what great memories. Thanks, Ken.
Spot on, Robert. Thanks!
Couldn't agree more 👍
best giant team of all time
i'd say the 90 team was better than 86 , better offensive line and defense was just as good if not better .
2008 Giants. Didn't finish it off right, but 5th in offense, 3rd in defense. Started 11-1 for the only time in franchise history. Had 2, 1000 yard backs, averaged 160 yards rushing a game, and over 5 YPC. The most dominant Giants team ever on both sides of the ball.
Stupid Burress cost us back to back titles
@@BaddogSports ....you’re absolutely correct. Dumbass Burress.
FACTS YO!!!!
@@breadandcircuses9967 Watched a fair bit of the 1990 team lately. Taylor/Banks/Marshall peaked in '87, but the 1990 team was better offensively (very deep at running back, added dimension of Meggett, slightly better at receiver and offensive line), and I did not realize how good Mark Collins was. He doesn't get the attention a lot of the other Giants defenders get from that era.
Oh Gosh, i've been looking for this game for years! It was the fisrts giants's game tha i saw ever i, france, during the onlu season on free TV. Thanks XXXXXL !
1:09:00 - The play you're here for
The Giants, 49ers and Redskins had the numbers of Reaves, Elway and the rest Of the Broncos for that matter, back then.
Love looking at giants games from the 80 s
Same here especially with Pat Summerall and John Madden
The loose fitting jersey,long sleeve era of the NFL
I remember the Bare-footed kickers back in the 1980s.
Pretty dumb looking back at it now.
I miss my Giants! Can we PLEASE get this franchise back on track!!?!?!
No!
IN JOE JUDGE WE TRUST, IT'S ROCK OR BUST AC/DC 2014
@@lavance4615this comment didn’t age well! I said the same thing before his second year too.
It rarely happens that 2 teams that meet in SB met in regular season. In fact in 33 years since 86 it’s only happened 8 times and 4 of those involved the Giants. And in the last 17 SBs it’s only happened twice and that involved Giants. Giants Pats 2007 2011. Update 2020 Bucs Chiefs met in regular season then SB
Historically, it has happened more often than most people realize.
man that 1986 giants defense are loaded with big name players.
Too bad this wasn't the super bowl score that year. Much better game.
Enberg doing the intro, this was a 1pm et kickoff. You'll never see this anymore between two dominant teams this late in the season.
I have football cards for almost this full Giants team
Many thanks for posting this
Love 80s sports the best I wish we could bring he 80s back to life agion
If you don't like George Martin's interception and run back, then you don't like football.
1:12:47- I love Merlin Olsen's chuckle response to the replay of George Martin's tossing aside of John Elway. No doubt Olsen, a legendary HOF DT, was living vicariously through Martin on the play; a defensive lineman's fantasy (give-or-take seventy yards).
I went to this game . . . and we basically wondered, "Do the Giants belong on the same field as the Bronco's?"
George Martin and Phil Simms' magic convinced us, maybe they did.
What a HUGE play Martin's INT was. If Denver scores, they're up 13-3 and, the way the Giants offense was playing, it would've been really uphill for the Giants. Same in the SB - Denver should've been up 16-9 at the half.
Most people say that "the pass" that Simms completed on 4th down the previous week, was the moment they knew this was the Giants year. But for me, when I saw Martin intercept and run it in for a TD, that was when I thought this might be the year.
Where was Denver's defense in the Super Bowl???
There's something a little more beautiful about football from like 1970-1992. Although I'm a Packer fan, I have to admit that Mike Holmgren broke football to some extent. We were kind of robotic in a way. It really became about "playing the odds," and things like quick passes that basically were run plays. Today of course, that's kind of how everyone plays. But then when you go back to 1986, really the height of football and maybe even American culture... look at how personal and unique the players are. There's nothing robotic about this. Yeah they are coached well and all that, but they're still allowed to be themselves and we've lost some of that today.
I like your analysis...I think America peaked as a culture between 1979-1990... football the same.
A preview of Super Bowl XXI
no shit
Julian Smith Not quite, because this game was actually closer
@@chrisuncleahmad666 But for one quarter,the SB was a close game,the broncos clearly dominated the 1st half of the SB & squandered opportunity after opportunity...Yes,with assistance of the giants defence!! and predictable play calling.
But unlike the giants against the bills in SBXXV,the broncos weren't dominant enough in their smallish OL to impose their will upon their opponent.predictable or not.
@@mrtnt3462 True however in Super Bowl 21 however the Giants were very confident cause in the second half scoring 30 unanswered points plus Phil Simms throwing 10 in a row is like a no hitter
1:08:58, Dick Enberg is FOREVER the greatest of all time!💯
Merlin Olsen ain't too shabby either 😮
You are right, Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen were GOLD! together calling the games💯
The George Martin Game I call this!
1:09:02
Ole' man George!!! GREAT play!!!
“You know why I’m here”
Mark Collins killer block on Sammy Winder. 2:32:05 Check out Tony Galbreath destroy the blitzing DB on the Simms to Mckonkey pass.
Pretty sure that the next time Denver played at the Meadowlands, it was when NY stopped their undefeated season in 1998!!
Many claim the 1986 Giant team was the best ever! Even though I think the 2007 was, they were even more special!
Tough for me to pick which "child" I favor more because I love both but '86 will always be my team, though 2007 was indeed special.
IMO it was 86 with 90 a very close second. To me they were more complete teams. In 07 the o line and run game were solid, but 07 was carried by the pass rush. The back 7 weren’t that good but the front 4 was so good it didn’t matter
Giants have this weird thing where if they make the SB they always play the team they meet in the SB in the regular season. It’s happened 4 out of the 5 times they made the SB. And the only time they didn’t play their SB opponent in the regular season they lost. 2000 Ravens. Their only SB loss
So somebody is watching this at roughly same time as I am. Interesting. I was watching this game as an 8 year old, and I found it odd that Elway would throw a half-hearted lateral. An ESPN reporter turned writer noted the same thing in a book that included a chapter highlighting the importance of this single pay to NFL history. Yet, strangely enough, it wasn't a lateral, even though myself and the reporter/writer remembered it as such. Martin just grabbed it out of the air, he had an uncanny knack for doing this, and against John Elway in the prime of his career (or at least playing at an extremely high level).
As for the Giants playing their future opponents, I hadn't thought about that, and I usually notice those things. Lets see, the Broncos and Bills were both Giant home games, one being a loss, the other (this one) being a near loss. Two Super Bowl wins. In 2007, another home game vs the soon to be 18-0 Pats, another loss. An improbable Super Bowl win. 2011, finally a road game. This time, a close win vs the Pats. Later in the year. As you noted. Another Giant win. Might the more defensive oriented team have an advantage in a rematch? LT, Bill Belichick (defensive coordinator) led defense oriented teams were involved in the first two Giant wins. Belichick coached Patriot teams were the victims in the next two, but those teams were slightly more offensive oriented than their Tom Coughlin led Giant opponent. And don't forget, Belichick's first win as a head coach came vs a superior Ram "Greatest Show on Turf" team, one who the Pats played in Foxboro earlier that year, and lost. There might well be something to that theory. I will note that in 2000, the Ravens were assigned the NFC East, but because of unusual circumstances, didn't play the Giants that year. So, if they had, maybe it would have been 5-0 for the G-men. Interesting point. As for as this play goes, LT could have broken Martin's leg in the celebration, but I guess he knew what he was doing!
Includes 2 home Ls in December and this game where they're soundly outplayed. Opportunistic franchise.
Yep once against Denver, once against Buffalo and twice against New England
41:09 young Coach Belichick
Where were you when you witnessed the George Martin return lol 😝
Ken Gelman will you be posting more of the Giants 86 season soon???
I'd also like to see how they lose to the Seahawks in 86 if you have that game, thanks.
@@tidwilliams8852 , horrible game. Giants threw four (4) interceptions.
@2:32:10......blitzing Bronco defender tries to leap over RB Tony Galbreath on a blitz ands ends up being slammed on his back.
Dennis Smith one of the biggest hitting safeties of the era, I believe he was a high jumper at USC. But he got slammed good on this play.
Super Bowl preview that year
you see Merlin Olsen suck it up with a cast on his left arm.. playing hurt. not going to keep him out of the game. what a giants team. nfc was killing it. i hated that as a steeler. but i can not deny great football.
I think most teamsnow, with cybernetics being well known, would have gone for the 4th and an inch in the opening drive.
Jesus........to hear the criticism of Simms....he looks extremely mobile in this game. So....suffice to say.......the 1990 team could have gone all the ay with Simms if he didn't get injured.
But they did go all the way anyway.
@@leighackerman6979 well in 1990 I Don't know about winning the NFC championship game in san Francisco cause the 49ers were dead set on winning 3 Super Bowls in a row
Dunno, simms was mobile enough, but I think the 49ers d line would have eaten his lunch. I'm a Giants fan saying this. I mean, they almost took out Hostetler.
long time giants fan..but i still dont understand why this defence of broncos was so poor..mecklenberg..jones...dennis smith..
They were too small, and pushed around, particularly late in the year when they were worn down.
light in da ass plus a suspect scheme..
Simms stunk this game.
Guess this is Richards repost huh
Yes, posted the same game as Richard. Had this planned for a while. Will be posting more from the '86 Giants season shortly. The more that's out there the better.
GIANTS FOOTBALL YO!!!!
Big sholder pads.
Simms had no recievers.
2 dislikes..Must be Elway fans. 😂
The refs do it everytime
I remember that game oh what a feeling not Toyota 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣