1982 New York Giants season

New York Giants
1982 New York Giants season
Owner	Wellington Mara
Head coach	Ray Perkins
General manager	George Young
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	4–5
Division place	t-8th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC East)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	LB Lawrence Taylor; LB Harry Carson; CB Mark Haynes; P Dave Jennings

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 Woolfolk	Running back	University of Michigan
2	45	Joe Morris	Running 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 staff**

	Front office President – Wellington Mara General Manager – George Young Director of Pro Personnel – Ernie Adams Head coaches Head Coach – Ray Perkins Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt Offensive Backfield – Bob Lord Receivers – Pat Hodgson Offensive Line – Bill Austin			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Bill Parcells Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman Linebackers – Bill Belichick Defensive Backfield – Fred Glick Special teams coaches Special Teams – Romeo Crennel

Roster

**1982 New York Giants roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Scott Brunner 8 Mark Reed Running backs 45 Leon Bright 26 Rob Carpenter 31 Cliff Chatman 27 Larry Heater 21 Butch Woolfolk Wide receivers 88 Floyd Eddings 83 Earnest Gray 85 John Mistler 86 Johnny Perkins 82 Danny Pittman Tight ends 81 Tom Mullady 87 Gary Shirk		Offensive linemen 67 Billy Ard G 60 Brad Benson T 61 Ernie Hughes C 63 Bruce Kimball G 72 Gordon King T 69 Roy Simmons G 68 J. T. Turner G 59 Rich Umphrey C Defensive linemen 64 Jim Burt NT 79 Dee Hardison DE 70 Gary Jeter DE 75 George Martin DE 76 Curtis McGriff DE 77 Bill Neill DT 78 Jerome Sally DT		Linebackers 53 Harry Carson 57 Byron Hunt 55 Brian Kelley 52 Joe McLaughlin 56 Lawrence Taylor 10 Brad Van Pelt 58 Mike Whittington Defensive backs 22 Brian Carpenter CB 29 Bill Currier SS 46 Mike Dennis 37 Larry Flowers FS 36 Mark Haynes CB 24 Terry Jackson CB 39 Mike Mayock 28 Beasley Reece SS Special teams 18 Joe Danelo K 13 Dave Jennings P		Reserve lists 11 Phil Simms QB (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game 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	N/A	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
4	N/A	at Dallas Cowboys
5	N/A	St. Louis Cardinals
6	N/A	Cincinnati Bengals
7	N/A	at Philadelphia Eagles	Rescheduled to January 2
8	N/A	Dallas Cowboys	Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
9	N/A	at Cleveland Browns
10	N/A	at Los Angeles Rams
11	November 21	Washington Redskins	L 17–27	0–3	Giants Stadium	70,766	Recap
12	November 25	at Detroit Lions	W 13–6	1–3	Pontiac Silverdome	64,348	Recap
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	66,053	Recap
15	December 19	at Washington Redskins	L 14–15	3–4	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	50,030	Recap
16	December 26	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 21–24	3–5	Busch Stadium	39,824	Recap
17	January 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 26–24	4–5	Veterans Stadium	55,797	Recap

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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

Season summary

Week 12 at Lions

Week Twelve: New York Giants (0–3) at Detroit Lions (2–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	6	7	13
Lions	3	3	0	0	6

at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan

Date: November 25, 1982
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
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Game information

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

Week Fourteen: New York Giants (2–3) at Philadelphia Eagles (1–4)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	0	0	7
Giants	3	14	3	3	23

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Date: December 11
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C)
Game attendance: 66,053
Box Score