New York stumbling though disastrous season, shows up to play Dallas in a last season home game with an injury depleted roster...sound familiar?
Dallas was considered a favorite to win the super bowl in 1980, this was a tremendous upset and definitely the #1 highlight from the terrible 4-12 season for the giants.
Enjoy!
Gaints-Dallas 1980 Week 10 - (
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In some ways I miss that time. Now it is almost like we know and see too much. The league really needs to look at itself and see where it can go and how it can improve as over saturation is a problem but fan loyalty and involvement is waning with all the outside BS that is now attached to the game.
The next year, before the season started, the same guy gave my dad the tix to the Dallas-Giants game. Once it turned out that the game would be the most important game in years, he tried to buy them back. Luckily for me my dad recognized I would never talk to him again if he did.
The next year, before the season started, the same guy gave my dad the tix to the Dallas-Giants game. Once it turned out that the game would be the most important game in years, he tried to buy them back. Luckily for me my dad recognized I would never talk to him again if he did.
Its amazing just how much 1 player changed the course of a franchise. LT changed everything about this team. He became a force in such a way that years of losing was wiped clean in 1 season. The next two years were more circumstance than anything and Bill Parcells having a chance to redo the roster was huge. But, LT was the engine that made it all possible!
The days of listening to Jim Gordon and Dick Lynch on WNEW........the memories!!
Mike Friede would get hurt later that season (knee?) in San Fran I believe, rehabbed, but never showed that flash again in 1981 and was cut before 1982...........