1982 New York Giants season

1982 New York Giants season
Head coach Ray Perkins
Home field Giants Stadium
Results
Record 4–5
Division place 4th NFC
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1982 New York Giants season was the 58th season for the club in the National Football League. The season was shortened to nine games due to the 1982 NFL Players Strike. The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on its 9-7 record from 1981, a season in which they had made the playoffs for the first time since 1963 and also see them clinch 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 4 of their last 7 games, but missed the playoffs because of losing 2 tiebreakers to the Saints and the Lions (who both ended with identical 4-5 records). They 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 19th season out of the last 20 seasons that the Giants missed the playoffs.

Offseason

NFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
118Butch WoolfolkRunning backUniversity of Michigan
245Joe MorrisRunning backSyracuse University
3––––
4102Gerry RaymondGuardBoston College
5129Rich UmphreyCenterColorado
6156Darrell NicholsonLinebackerNorth Carolina
7186Jeff WiskaGuardMichigan State
8213Robert HubbleTight endRice
9240John HigginsDefensive backUNLV
10270Rich BaldingerTackleWake Forest
11––––
12323Mark SealeDefensive tackleRichmond

Personnel

Staff

1982 New York Giants staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Bill Belichick

Roster

1982 New York Giants roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

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Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultGiants pointsOpponentsRecordAttendance
1Sept. 12Atlanta FalconsLoss14160–1
74,286
2Sept. 20Green Bay PackersLoss19270–2
68,405
–Sept. 26at Pittsburgh SteelersCanceled0–2
–Oct. 3at Dallas CowboysCanceled0–2
–Oct. 10St. Louis CardinalsCanceled0–2
–Oct. 17Cincinnati BengalsCanceled0–2
–Oct. 25at Philadelphia EaglesPostponed0–2
–Oct. 31Dallas CowboysCanceled0–2
–Nov. 7at Cleveland BrownsCanceled0–2
–Nov. 14at Los Angeles RamsCanceled0–2
3Nov. 21Washington RedskinsLoss17270–3
70,766
4Nov. 25at Detroit LionsWin1361–3
64,348
5Dec. 5Houston OilersWin17142–3
71,184
6Dec. 11Philadelphia EaglesWin2373–3
66,053
7Dec. 19at Washington RedskinsLoss14153–4
50,030
8Dec. 26at St. Louis CardinalsLoss21243–5
39,824
9Jan. 2at Philadelphia EaglesWin26244–5
55,797

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Standings

NFC East
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
National Football Conference
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Washington Redskins(1) 8 1 0 .889 190 128 W4
Dallas Cowboys(2) 6 3 0 .667 226 145 L2
Green Bay Packers(3) 5 3 1 .611 226 169 L1
Minnesota Vikings(4) 5 4 0 .556 187 198 W1
Atlanta Falcons(5) 5 4 0 .556 183 199 L2
St. Louis Cardinals(6) 5 4 0 .556 135 170 L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers(7) 5 4 0 .556 158 178 W3
Detroit Lions(8) 4 5 0 .444 181 176 W1
New Orleans Saints 4 5 0 .444 129 160 W1
New York Giants 4 5 0 .444 164 160 W1
San Francisco 49ers 3 6 0 .333 209 206 L1
Chicago Bears 3 6 0 .333 141 174 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 3 6 0 .333 191 195 L1
Los Angeles Rams 2 7 0 .222 200 250 W1

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1982-nyg
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