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Your favorite New York Giants NFC Championship Game?

Eric from BBI : Admin : 1/21/2018 8:34 am
1986 Giants-Redskins

1990 Giants-49ers

2000 Giants-Vikings

2007 Giants-Packers

2011 Giants-49ers
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So tough to seperate  
Dankbeerman : 1/21/2018 10:11 am : link
but I will eliminate 86 based on me being to young to properly enjoy it and grasp the concept of breaking through to the super bowl.

2011 was a hard fought victory but one where we were the experienced championship team and should have won, so its out.

2000 while not expected to win by many we were a very talented team who shut out one of the top offenses in my lifetime but we jumped them and they quit and then we coasted for most of 3 quarters, so the lack of anxiety makes it not the top.

90 and 2007 both ended on a field goal, both on the road, both against Hall of Fame QB's who had been to and won Superbowls. Both games were won off turnovers but I think the fumble running out the clock was more shocking then Farve throwing a pick. We were under 5 ft of dirt in 90 and busted out.

That and the difference of a 10 year old holding his breath while the kick was in the air vs a 27 year old. Even though the level of living for and through this team has never varied in my life, my perspective has grown. The impact of Flipper Anderson fresh in my mind against the 49ers, because we were going to win it all in 89 and it was his fault we didn't.

90 is the most meaningful and there fore favorite.
Only 1?  
trueblueinpw : 1/21/2018 10:15 am : link
The 1990 NFC-C and the regular season matchup between the same two teams are the greatest pro football games I ever watched. I swear that in each of those epic gridiron battles every player on every play was giving 100% effort. In that championship game the Giants avenged their regular season loss and went on to the Super Bowl and I was so happy about beating the hated Niners I almost didn’t care if we won the Super Bowl. Of course they did win, and the greatest football player of all time got the second and final Super Bowl of his HOF career.

But great as those games were my all time favorite Giants game would be the 2011 NFC-C game. Eli is my all time favorite Giant and the NFC C game against the 9ers is the most amazing game I ever watched Eli play. Eli is under rated and under appreciated in every single way, but perhaps his most under appreciated quality is his extraordinary toughness. I’ve never seen a single player take such a vicious beating play after play. But those Niners, as tough and as mean as they were relentless, could not bow our man of steel that glorious day. For me, that championship game between the Giants and the Niners was the greatest game ever played by the greatest Giant I’ve ever seen.
1986 because it was the first and you can never again get the feeling  
wgenesis123 : 1/21/2018 10:18 am : link
of the first one. But as giants fans we are blessed with 5 truely special games to choose from. The tough choice for me is which one is second on my list. The Eli game against the 49ers was one of the most gutsy performances you could ever see on a big stage by a Quarterback. I think this was Eli's best game ever, even topping his Super Bowl miracles. That packers game was special too. Especially that hail mary at the half. How do you top beating the 3 peats in 1990? There is no good way to make a choice when there is so much to choose from.
It’s a tie between the 2007  
Reb8thVA : 1/21/2018 10:21 am : link
And 2011 games. In 2007, Plaxico simply played one of the greatest games I’ve seen a WR play in a championship game. In 2011, Manning gets pummeled in that game and comes back after each hit. That strike to Manningham for the TD was a thing of beauty. That game could have went either way.
07 packer game. Just rewatched it  
Tuckrule : 1/21/2018 10:21 am : link
Few things I forgot from that game are the 2 huge drops by toomer and Steve Smith not securing a first down catch towards the end of regulation on a beautifully thrown ball that would have moved the ball a lot closer and allowed us to kick a chip shot. Also that jay Alford was the long snapper because Bryan kehl was out on IR earlier in the season. Bad snap end of regulation caused tynes to hook that kick wide left. Feagles had a terrible game punting. Side note Wilson being the second best safety behind Collins I’ve seen in a giants uniform. Began watching in 1999
An easier question might be which was the least exciting game.  
wgenesis123 : 1/21/2018 10:22 am : link
I barely remember 2000, yet that was what 41-0!
Ah, showing my age, I mixed up my Packer games.  
wgenesis123 : 1/21/2018 10:27 am : link
Eli and Plax in the extreme cold. Me screaming out loud "please punt". Than he makes the kick. Wow!
2000 Viking game just because it was so surreal  
Eric on Li : 1/21/2018 10:36 am : link
and such a high moment itself. All of those wins were great, some of them all-time great games. The Viking game was like a homecoming game - every good player in that generation scored, they got the shut out, there wasn't a moment of it that wasn't enjoyable for a Giant fan.
2000 Vikings  
GiantJake : 1/21/2018 10:52 am : link
I was there and it was an absolute ass kicking. I've been a Giants fan for a long time and they never do anything easily. On that day, however, the Giants just dominated and the Vikings absolutely imploded. I will always remember the feeling of joy in the stadium that day. It was great.
All of them  
JohnB : 1/21/2018 10:53 am : link
What an amazing list of games.

There is no way I can pick a favorite.
1990  
TheMick7 : 1/21/2018 11:00 am : link
49'ers were going for a 3Peat They had already dismissed the Giants as a bump in the road on their way to XXV. They had already moved their offices/personnel to Tampa. When the game ended, Giant great Pat Summerall relished screaming into the mike,"There will be no 3Peat,there will be no 3Peat!" Yeah,that was a damn good day!
1990 for me - what a game  
PatersonPlank : 1/21/2018 11:04 am : link
one of those where you think you've lost, but then bam LT strips the ball out and then Bahr nails it from 40 on the last play. Plus it also had Marshal almost killing Montana and knocking him out of the game.

2007 in GB cold was #2.
RE: I was at the 2000 NFC Championship  
Section331 : 1/21/2018 11:06 am : link
In comment 13798342 twostepgiants said:
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So Ill take that one.


I have to agree, the most fun I’ve ever had at a football game (and I was there with a Viking fan!). I will say, the 1990 49ers game was probably the best though.
I think I would go with 1990 @ SF  
Matt M. : 1/21/2018 11:09 am : link
Then 2007 Giants-Packers

1986 Giants-Redskins

2011 Giants-49ers

2000 Giants-Vikings
Its s tough a close call as all were great  
Hades07 : 1/21/2018 11:09 am : link
But if I had to pick one it would be 1990.
They were all great for different reasons  
George : 1/21/2018 11:14 am : link
But I think the 2008 NFC Championship Game might go down as one of the GOATs and not just for the Giants.

NFL Films has made at least one movie about it, and I wouldn't be surprised if, 30 years from now, it makes its way onto a lot of Top Ten lists.
I was at  
steviej : 1/21/2018 11:15 am : link
The 86 & 2000 games & in after the game in 86 to actually say the words The Giants r going to the Super Bowl was just an amazing feeling !!
There Will Be No Three-Peat!  
Gmanfandan : 1/21/2018 11:46 am : link
Yellow arm bands, flyovers and a battle on the field. 86 was amazing since it was the first but not competitive.

There were SO many jaw droppers in that game and we end up beating the unbeatable.
1991 at Candlestick was a classic game, the NFC version of Ali-Frazier  
Big Blue Blogger : 1/21/2018 11:48 am : link
For a Simms fan like me, that game had a bittersweet edge. The January 1987 game was by far the most euphoric.
All great choices,  
Glover : 1/21/2018 11:49 am : link
I think the least exciting was 86. 89 against the 49ers was awesome, brutal defensive game. 2000 over the Vikings was surreal. I went to a bar and by the time I got there only half the first half was over and it was like 28-0.

Packers in the cold was great. Tynes blew 2 chances to win it and finally came through. Amani Toomer was huge in that game.

The 2011 vs the 49ers I think was the best. Such high level football, every play, and that turnover that went off the return guy's knee. So huge.
2007 Giants-Packers  
Ira : 1/21/2018 12:01 pm : link
Everyone had said that a visiting team can't win in Lambeau on a cold January day. We did.
Definitely 1990  
Phil S : 1/21/2018 1:20 pm : link
The game was a war. We were big underdogs without Simms and Hampton. Most of all I was at the game. By far the best athletic competition I ever witnessed.
And 1986  
NikkiMac : 1/21/2018 1:57 pm : link
All that wind and paper and confetti blowing and the wind and Gmen defense stifling the Redskins on their way to the 1st SB was awesome !
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arcarsenal : 1/21/2018 2:17 pm : link
I was too young for the 86 team - the 90 team was around the time I started really loving the Giants (I was 6)

I'd have to say the 2008 game @ Lambeau. Everything about that game was incredible. The atmosphere, Eli, Tynes... the Pierce tackle, Jacobs trucking Woodson... Webster's INT. Plaxico.

What a game.
RE: 1986 Giants 49 Niners 3  
baadbill : 1/21/2018 3:04 pm : link
In comment 13798388 Chris L. said:
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It was the first one and it was total physical dominance!! Montana knocked out of the game and LT running the interception back for a pick 6. Coach Walsh was later quoted as saying that game caused him to completely reconstruct the 49ers because they could not compete with the physicality of our G-Men. Nothing like watching your team physically man handle the other team.


Yea, that's my favorite game too. I remember Rice early on fumbling a sure TD and saying to myself it was an omen. Sure enough, the Giants went on to totally destroy - rip the guts out of - a great 49ers team.
2007  
jeff57 : 1/21/2018 3:07 pm : link
The best game of the bunch.
for me  
NYBEN1963 : 1/21/2018 3:29 pm : link
it's not even close 1986 17-0 over Redskins. To this day that is still my all-time favorite football game. After all those seasons without a championship...the feeling after winning that games I still can't put into words and it still damn near brings tears to my eyes.
1986  
arniefez : 1/21/2018 3:32 pm : link
But 1990 was the greatest football game I’ve ever seen and 2011 was the greatest QB performance I’ve ever seen from a Giants QB just edging Simms in SB 21.
Not even close IMO  
Marty866b : 1/21/2018 6:20 pm : link
Some,if not most here are not old enough to be aware of how great the 1990 Championship Game was. I was there in S.F. that day and it was the greatest football game that I have attended(Wasn't at the 2008 Super Bowl).
07  
FirstBallotEli : 1/21/2018 8:19 pm : link
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Even though I witnessed the 2 home ones in person  
gmanfan08540 : 1/21/2018 8:24 pm : link
1990 is the one, and it was an easy choice. 49ers were looking to 3 peat, and had already made their reservations for Tampa. No one gave Hos and the Giants a chance, and it really looked bad until LT came away with ball. I think Maurice Carthon was the happiest guy on the planet after Barr nailed the GW FG....
2007 -- I Was There  
clatterbuck : 1/21/2018 9:42 pm : link
with my brother. Easy choice and a great game.
Amazing to think..  
BigBlue89 : 1/21/2018 11:41 pm : link
Since the merger, Giants are 9-1 in Championship games (5-0 NFC Championship, 4-1 Super Bowl).

But for me, I wasn't old enough to appreciate 86 so 90 for me was the best as the two teams were just playing the best in the sport at the time.

Felt like two heaveyweights going blow for blow.
The 1990 game is the best football game I've ever seen  
Go Terps : 1/22/2018 12:05 pm : link
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1990  
Rong5611 : 1/22/2018 1:35 pm : link
That game is probably the best game I've ever watched.
I'm partial  
RinR : 1/22/2018 1:37 pm : link
to the 1990 game as I was there but that is one of the best football games of all time (imo). The fact it stopped the 49ers bid for a 3-peat was just icing on the cake. I remember walking out and seeing some t-shirt vendors putting their 3-peat t-shirts in boxes.

And I will say the 49ers fans were gracious losers. We were not hassled at all being Giants fans at that game.

RE: RE: 1986 Giants 49 Niners 3  
YAJ2112 : 1/22/2018 1:38 pm : link
In comment 13798850 baadbill said:
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In comment 13798388 Chris L. said:


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It was the first one and it was total physical dominance!! Montana knocked out of the game and LT running the interception back for a pick 6. Coach Walsh was later quoted as saying that game caused him to completely reconstruct the 49ers because they could not compete with the physicality of our G-Men. Nothing like watching your team physically man handle the other team.



Yea, that's my favorite game too. I remember Rice early on fumbling a sure TD and saying to myself it was an omen. Sure enough, the Giants went on to totally destroy - rip the guts out of - a great 49ers team.


Great game, but it wasn't the NFC Championship game.
RE: I'm partial  
Greg from LI : 1/22/2018 1:43 pm : link
In comment 13801274 RinR said:
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And I will say the 49ers fans were gracious losers. We were not hassled at all being Giants fans at that game.


I think they were in a state of shock. The place went from deafening to dead silence in a span of maybe 5 seconds.
1990  
Thegratefulhead : 1/22/2018 1:45 pm : link
The hit that ended Joe Montana's career in SF if my favorite play of all time. The Giant D was mad about the cheap shot by Burt on Hoss, they were trying to kill Montana, watch the Youtube of that play, Marshall was trying to kill him and almost did. Joe would later say he was hit so hard and it hurt so much he thought he was going to die.
1990  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 1/22/2018 1:52 pm : link
Considering who we were playing, the injuries, and the circumstances of the game (no TDs, done as can be before Craig fumble), this is easily my favorite. Plus...

1986! I remember saying to my brother while  
Bubba : 1/22/2018 1:55 pm : link
at the game "these are the 2 best teams in the NFL" and I believe to this day they were at the time. Either team would have beaten Denver in the SB.
Jesus that hit is horrific  
Go Terps : 1/22/2018 2:03 pm : link
Rice had just broken upfield and had a step on his guy (I think it was Walls).

What are the odds Montana would have missed on the throw? 1 in a million? A billion?
Can't believe Mark Collins  
bceagle05 : 1/22/2018 2:05 pm : link
whiffed on that fumble recovery.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 1/22/2018 2:17 pm : link
January '08 in Lambeau.
RE: 2011  
djm : 1/22/2018 4:13 pm : link
In comment 13798357 Clintqb17 said:
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My mom died the week before and I know she was looking down helping the Giants. I drank so many beers (nervous drinking) that I had to call into work next day. The Giants helped me get through that time.


I went through a similar ordeal with the 80s NYG teams. Years later my wife was asking my why the Giants mean so much to me and I had to bust out the water works inducing story of how the Giants got me through some brutal times when I was a young adult. She now gets it...don't even try to talk me out of NYG football. It aint happening.
I was on a plane for the 1986 game  
AnnapolisMike : 1/22/2018 4:24 pm : link
The 1990 SF game was probably the best game of the bunch. Would rank the GB and 2011 SF game next.

My wife was in the hospital during the 2001 game v Minny. Was kinda watching it, but since it was a blowout...it kinda became background.

RE: RE: RE: 1986 Giants 49 Niners 3  
baadbill : 1/22/2018 8:56 pm : link
In comment 13801277 YAJ2112 said:
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In comment 13798850 baadbill said:


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In comment 13798388 Chris L. said:


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It was the first one and it was total physical dominance!! Montana knocked out of the game and LT running the interception back for a pick 6. Coach Walsh was later quoted as saying that game caused him to completely reconstruct the 49ers because they could not compete with the physicality of our G-Men. Nothing like watching your team physically man handle the other team.

Yea, that's my favorite game too. I remember Rice early on fumbling a sure TD and saying to myself it was an omen. Sure enough, the Giants went on to totally destroy - rip the guts out of - a great 49ers team.


Great game, but it wasn't the NFC Championship game.


Yea, I realize that. The Championship game was the Washington wind bowl - one of the most surreal games I've ever seen (and also a great game) ... but Chris L. mentioned this 49er game and I just had to agree with him - even if it wasn't the Championship game, it was the playoffs and the best Giants playoff game of my lifetime. The hit on Montana was must monstrous. The entire D played mean that day.
90  
djm : 1/22/2018 9:19 pm : link
And here's why. As good as the great teams of today are. The 80s niner teams were different. Even though the Giants had gotten the better of San Fran enough times throughout the 80s I don't think I truly believed we'd go into San Fran come January and win an NFC title game that year. There was almost a mysticism that surrounded that niners era team for me. I don't care how many titles belichick and the pats win, those niner teams just had a different aura to me back then. Maybe it's because I was younger or the NFL was different. All I know is I had hope and always believed in the parcells led Giants but that was one tall order. Game is winding down and I'm thinking here we go again niners win another close one and then the fumble...

1990 NFC title game was probably the only game i went into where I thought even if the Giants played well it would be a tough win to get. I had a ton of respect for that niners team. Respect and hatred. I didn't feel that way in the other games. Actually now that I think of it both niner games scared me the most out of the five.
Not a real answer  
ChathamMark : 1/22/2018 9:26 pm : link
No favorite. Answer is EVERY SINGLE ONE. Winning those games got us to the Super Bowl. The SUPER BOWL. A chance to be world champions.
RE: 90  
NikkiMac : 1/23/2018 11:40 am : link
In comment 13802154 djm said:
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And here's why. As good as the great teams of today are. The 80s niner teams were different. Even though the Giants had gotten the better of San Fran enough times throughout the 80s I don't think I truly believed we'd go into San Fran come January and win an NFC title game that year. There was almost a mysticism that surrounded that niners era team for me. I don't care how many titles belichick and the pats win, those niner teams just had a different aura to me back then. Maybe it's because I was younger or the NFL was different. All I know is I had hope and always believed in the parcells led Giants but that was one tall order. Game is winding down and I'm thinking here we go again niners win another close one and then the fumble...

1990 NFC title game was probably the only game i went into where I thought even if the Giants played well it would be a tough win to get. I had a ton of respect for that niners team. Respect and hatred. I didn't feel that way in the other games. Actually now that I think of it both niner games scared me the most out of the five.



The Giants had success against the 49ers because they never feared them

And when they played them they played to win as opposed to not to lose imo
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