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Most Heartbreaking Regular Season Loss

Chris684 : 11/8/2018 10:29 am
I know there have been many, but this one is up there for me.

Giants @ Rams week 5 2001. The Giants entered StL with a healthy 3-1 record although they were dealing with everything going on after the events of 9/11. This loss was followed up with another TV breaker the next week with a 1 point loss to Philly that helped derail what could have been a promising season.

Watching the highlights linked below a few things stand out.

The original Fox broadcast with Madden and Summerall is the height of football watching enjoyment for me as a fan. It is sad that those days are gone. Those old NFC matchups with those 2 guys in the booth and the Fox NFL music which has always been the best, is it for me.

I think that game was one of the most dominant individual performances I've ever seen by a player. Strahan was literally camped in the StL backfield all day and there was nothing they could do about it.

Ron Dayne looked good and pretty thin in a few of his highlighted carries, lol.

I forgot that Faulk fumbled twice in this game.

I miss Jessie Armstead and having a LB of his quality.

Kerry Collins was a very good Giant. I know that the SB leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth, but I appreciate the mini/mildly successful run we had with him.

I always remembered that last pick by Wistrom was bad luck but I had forgotten we were basically in FG range when it happened. I was 18 years old and a senior in HS when this game was played and I remember being sick over it for a full week, this was a reminder of why.


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Desean Jackson  
dep026 : 11/8/2018 10:32 am : link
all that needs to be said.
12.19.10  
Kyle in NY : 11/8/2018 10:38 am : link
I can't imagine a regular season loss ever topping that considering the probability of that comeback combined with the stakes of that game. It still bothers me now even knowing that we got some redemption the next season with a title
This game bothers me  
Chris684 : 11/8/2018 10:41 am : link
because of the level of competition. Greatest Show on Turf, in the dome. Held them to 15 points and still lost. Could have been a different season if we got this one.
Good call back though  
Kyle in NY : 11/8/2018 10:41 am : link
to that 2001 loss at the Rams. That was such a good Rams team and we were right there with them. Strahan was incredible that day. 4 sacks. Those back to back one point losses that you mentioned essentially derailed that season right there
RE: Desean Jackson  
Chef : 11/8/2018 10:45 am : link
In comment 14168796 dep026 said:
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all that needs to be said.


This, or the Playoff collapse to San Francisco
I hated Jurevicius forever after that game  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 10:46 am : link
Anyway, I'd probably say the 1988 Jets game that knocked them out of the playoffs when the Niners laid down like dogs against the Rams.
RE: RE: Desean Jackson  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 10:46 am : link
In comment 14168814 Chef said:
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This, or the Playoff collapse to San Francisco


Thread asked for regular season losses though
12/19/10 vs the Philly trash  
BIG FRED 1973 : 11/8/2018 10:48 am : link
is easily # 1 .My second is Week 16 1988 vs the Jets .That game still bothers me
The Eagles 2010 game  
NYG07 : 11/8/2018 10:51 am : link
obviously. But I will add the 2005 loss at Seattle. On the road against the clear favorite in the NFC. Osi getting 2 sacks against Walter Jones. Eli brining the team back to tie the game with a touchdown and 2 point conversion to go to overtime. Jay Feely missing three game winning field goals. Shockey pointing at the camera and celebrating a missed field goal. What a disaster.
So many to name  
Anakim : 11/8/2018 10:52 am : link
Obviously the Desean Jackson game. He ran right into the end-zone where I was sitting and I swear, he was looking at me right in the eyes when he ran in.


The Kiwanuka/Vince Young game had me furious. The Jay Feely in Seattle game pissed me off to no end. The blowout loss in the final game at Giants Stadium.


I've/We've been through a lot of shitty losses.
The Philly  
NYBEN1963 : 11/8/2018 10:52 am : link
collapse in 2010...that was a very good team that game would have solidified a playoff spot and I believe that team was good enough to do some serious damage in the playoffs
Yep  
ArizonaBlue : 11/8/2018 10:53 am : link
12/19/10......barf
..  
Named Later : 11/8/2018 10:57 am : link
Yeah, that Philly game with Jackson running back the punt was a real low point.

We had a house full of my DW's Pennsylvania relatives that day, because we did Christmas a little early for those carpet-baggers -- the only weekend they could drive to Jersey for a free meal. That 4th Quarter was a Living Hell on Earth as the Iggles scored 28 friggin points, climaxed by Jackson's return. My BIL was cackling about that score. I reminded him that I would be carving a Turkey with a very sharp knife....and it could easily slip out of my hands and across the table. The look in my eyes told him I wasn't kidding.
There are many.  
truebluelarry : 11/8/2018 11:04 am : link
It is really difficult to qualify a ranking, I'll just make a chronological list of losses that still give me a pang of agony when I think about them:

11/4/79 vs Dallas - Giant splayed their hearts out, lost on a Staubach led drive for winning FG with seconds left.

12/15/85 at Dallas - a nauseating loss where the Giants could have clinched the NFC East in Texas Stadium. Mental errors and a fluke tipped interception return were the difference.

12/18/88 at NY Jets - the Giants completely blew a win-and-in against an inferior team. McConkey fumbled two punts and the normally dependable OL allowed Simms to be sacked 8 times - and the Jets were without Gastineau!

1/2/94 vs Dallas - I still say the Giants would have made it to the Super Bowl this year had they won this game and had the bye week with home field advantage.

12/19/10 vs Philadelphia - already mentioned above several times. At least this game served as a catalyst for the 2011 Super Bowl run.



One that is never talked about  
BIG FRED 1973 : 11/8/2018 11:07 am : link
is the 1985 week 15 game vs the Cowboys .We win that game we win the division and have a divisional round playoff home game vs the Rams .
oh man, 1985.....the Jim Jeffcoat TD game  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:09 am : link
My father lost it on that play. First time in my life I ever heard him curse like that.

Larry, good point about the 8 sacks without Gastineau in 1988. Some nobody named Ken Rose had three sacks for the Jets in that game. He had 3.5 sacks total for the rest of his career, 104 games.
Another meltdown at the end against the Eagles  
LawrenceTaylor56 : 11/8/2018 11:11 am : link
was the Brian Westbrook punt return at the end of regulation I believe.
RE: Another meltdown at the end against the Eagles  
Anakim : 11/8/2018 11:13 am : link
In comment 14168861 LawrenceTaylor56 said:
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was the Brian Westbrook punt return at the end of regulation I believe.


Westbrook was a Giants killer. Hated playing against him. Duce Staley, Brian Westbrook...and that other guy. Forgot his name.
that was part of the disastrous 2003 season  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:14 am : link
10-7 lead, a minute to go, the Eagles had something like 120 total yards in the game....and they gave up a fucking punt return touchdown to lose.
RE: RE: Another meltdown at the end against the Eagles  
Anakim : 11/8/2018 11:15 am : link
In comment 14168863 Anakim said:
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In comment 14168861 LawrenceTaylor56 said:


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was the Brian Westbrook punt return at the end of regulation I believe.



Westbrook was a Giants killer. Hated playing against him. Duce Staley, Brian Westbrook...and that other guy. Forgot his name.


Correl Buckhalter
RE: Desean Jackson  
Tuckrule : 11/8/2018 11:15 am : link
In comment 14168796 dep026 said:
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all that needs to be said.


This. I was there and the silence afterwards was crazy. I was in the upper deck and leaving the stadium everyone has their head down and nobody said a word. Was one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had a stadium
RE: RE: Another meltdown at the end against the Eagles  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:15 am : link
In comment 14168863 Anakim said:
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that other guy. Forgot his name.


Buckhalter?
I'd still like to know how Jay Feely missed all those FGs  
Anakim : 11/8/2018 11:15 am : link
YOU HAD ONE FUCKING JOB
You could probably  
Kyle in NY : 11/8/2018 11:16 am : link
find a full 16 game schedule of devastating and inexplicable losses in the Fassel era. What a roller coaster that tenure was.

You could basically assume that any time they were playing a bad team or a team with a backup QB, there was a good chance they were going to lose that game. Always playing down to the competition
the worst part about the 2005 Seattle game  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:19 am : link
was that Osi flat out OWNED Walter Jones in that game. One of the most dominant linemen in league history, a first ballot HOFer, and Osi made him look like Erik Flowers. To waste a performance like that was a crime.
RE: There are many.  
bw in dc : 11/8/2018 11:23 am : link
In comment 14168846 truebluelarry said:
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1/2/94 vs Dallas - I still say the Giants would have made it to the Super Bowl this year had they won this game and had the bye week with home field advantage.



That was a brutal, brutal loss. The stars were aligned that day - division on the line, at home, record crowd, cold, Hampton playing, Smith got hurt, etc.

After having a dreadful first half - Simms was atrocious - reeled off 13 unanswered points to send the game into OT.

Then that f-cking bullsh-t chop block call on Williams in overtime was a killer...
RE: the worst part about the 2005 Seattle game  
NYG07 : 11/8/2018 11:24 am : link
In comment 14168880 Greg from LI said:
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was that Osi flat out OWNED Walter Jones in that game. One of the most dominant linemen in league history, a first ballot HOFer, and Osi made him look like Erik Flowers. To waste a performance like that was a crime.


IIRC, it was the first time Jones had ever given up more than one sack to a player in a single game in his career. That game was frustrating as hell. I also forgot about Shockey's catch in overtime when he could have just gone to the ground in easy field goal range but switched hands and it got knocked loose and they ruled it incomplete on review.
Only remember parts of it  
dep026 : 11/8/2018 11:25 am : link
but the night where the Cowboys beat the Giants after recovering an onside kick and having Quincy Fucking Carter beat us.
RE: The Eagles 2010 game  
Les in TO : 11/8/2018 11:27 am : link
In comment 14168825 NYG07 said:
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obviously. But I will add the 2005 loss at Seattle. On the road against the clear favorite in the NFC. Osi getting 2 sacks against Walter Jones. Eli brining the team back to tie the game with a touchdown and 2 point conversion to go to overtime. Jay Feely missing three game winning field goals. Shockey pointing at the camera and celebrating a missed field goal. What a disaster.
yes to both. I felt like I was going to have a heart attack during that Seahawks game. Some controversial calls went out way
RE: Desean Jackson  
BillyM : 11/8/2018 11:30 am : link
In comment 14168796 dep026 said:
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all that needs to be said.


The effect of Desean Jackson was enormous. Packers don't even make the playoffs if we win that game. Instead, they win the Super Bowl.
RE: RE: There are many.  
truebluelarry : 11/8/2018 11:30 am : link
In comment 14168891 bw in dc said:
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Then that f-cking bullsh-t chop block call on Williams in overtime was a killer...


Ugh - I remember that! Completely tilted the game toward Dallas.

The other thing I clearly remember from this game (I was there in my end zone seats) was that Jumbo Elliot played his ass off despite being in tremendous back pain. We walked to the huddle after every play stiff as a board, he could barely move. But once he got into his stance he fired off like he was playing SB XXV against Bruce Smith. Emmett Smith got all the accolades for playing the game with the shoulder injury, while Elliott's was completely ignored. Truly unfair.
RE: Only remember parts of it  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:32 am : link
In comment 14168894 dep026 said:
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but the night where the Cowboys beat the Giants after recovering an onside kick and having Quincy Fucking Carter beat us.


Not an onside kick - Bryant kicked it out of bounds. Also part of the 2003 experience. That season was something else.
And No One Mentioned the Mother of Them All  
Arkbach : 11/8/2018 11:33 am : link
11/19/78
1988  
JonC : 11/8/2018 11:35 am : link
LT blocks a punt, Clyde Simmons scoops it up for a TD, Eagles win.

Jerry Rice TD with 42 seconds left pulls out a win at Giants Stadium.
RE: RE: Only remember parts of it  
dep026 : 11/8/2018 11:39 am : link
In comment 14168903 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 14168894 dep026 said:


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but the night where the Cowboys beat the Giants after recovering an onside kick and having Quincy Fucking Carter beat us.



Not an onside kick - Bryant kicked it out of bounds. Also part of the 2003 experience. That season was something else.


That’s right. I knew a kickoff was involved.
RE: Good call back though  
Big Blue '56 : 11/8/2018 11:42 am : link
In comment 14168807 Kyle in NY said:
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to that 2001 loss at the Rams. That was such a good Rams team and we were right there with them. Strahan was incredible that day. 4 sacks. Those back to back one point losses that you mentioned essentially derailed that season right there


And that was the ONLY time the Giants’ franchise ever lost back to back 1 point games
The Fassel era had some exciting moments  
Chris684 : 11/8/2018 11:42 am : link
but some really awful losses.

97 and 02 Playoffs obviously.

StL and Philly 01 as noted above.

Philly and Dallas 03.

Tennessee 02.
RE: And No One Mentioned the Mother of Them All  
BIG FRED 1973 : 11/8/2018 11:43 am : link
In comment 14168904 Arkbach said:
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11/19/78
Yeah but that game changed the franchise so it was actually a good thing that it happend
1986  
JonC : 11/8/2018 11:43 am : link
First meeting at Cowboys, Herschel Walker and Tony Dorsett score 3 TDs.
RE: the worst part about the 2005 Seattle game  
figgy2989 : 11/8/2018 11:43 am : link
In comment 14168880 Greg from LI said:
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was that Osi flat out OWNED Walter Jones in that game. One of the most dominant linemen in league history, a first ballot HOFer, and Osi made him look like Erik Flowers. To waste a performance like that was a crime.


He sure did and Jones being considered one of the best at his position of all time makes it stand out even more.
Anak, great call on that 2006 Kiwi/Young game.  
Big Blue '56 : 11/8/2018 11:45 am : link
Iwas so incensed that I quit the Giants and BBI-for a day..

Toughest ever regular season loss for me, bar none. The worst ever playoff loss was the 1997 Vikes meltdown game
RE: 1988  
Matt in SGS : 11/8/2018 11:45 am : link
In comment 14168907 JonC said:
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LT blocks a punt, Clyde Simmons scoops it up for a TD, Eagles win.

Jerry Rice TD with 42 seconds left pulls out a win at Giants Stadium.


We've written about this so many times, 1988 was the gut punch. They had those 2 losses and the horrible Jets loss, which I still maintain was the worst regular season loss for the Giants the past 35 years.

1988 was a wide open season to win the Super Bowl in an era where you had a dominant team that got on a roll and was unstoppable. And that 1988 season, the Giants started to get hot late, with the win at New Orleans (the LT injury game) and then they blew out the Cardinals and Chiefs going into that Jets game. There is a reason the 49ers "laid down like dogs" in that loss to the Rams, they wanted no part of the Giants, no matter how much Ronnie Lott took it personally. They make it in 1988, I think Parcells has 3 rings, not 2.
Matt  
JonC : 11/8/2018 11:47 am : link
Agreed, the 1988 team had more potential to roll to the title than the 1989 did, though both felt like missed opportunities.
A good article a few years back  
Matt in SGS : 11/8/2018 11:48 am : link
on the genesis of the "laid down like dogs" quote from Simms.
https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/simms-recalls-dog-days-of-88-1.3402156 - ( New Window )
RE: Matt  
Matt in SGS : 11/8/2018 11:49 am : link
In comment 14168928 JonC said:
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Agreed, the 1988 team had more potential to roll to the title than the 1989 did, though both felt like missed opportunities.


I agree with you. The 1989 team would have given the Niners a fight, but I don't think they would have won. That Niners team was one of your typical 1980s teams that got on a roll and was too good. 1988 they were a much more vulnerable team.
There were eleven seconds on the clock at the kickoff  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:50 am : link
ELEVEN. Matt Bryant, who ended up having a helluva career for other teams that's still going on, kicks it out of bounds to give Dallas the ball at the 40 without a second running off the clock. Quincy fucking Carter of all people throws a 26 yard pass to Antonio Bryant with four seconds to go, and Cundiff kicks a 52 yard FG to win, because of course no one ever misses a 50+ kick that will prevent the Giants from winning.

There were so many ridiculous losses in 2003 before the injuries piled up and the players just gave up. They lost 17-6 to the eventual champion Patriots despite holding them to 220 total yards, because of 5 turnovers. Lost to the Dolphins 23-10 despite holding them to 280 yards because. again, four turnovers. Somehow were blown out by the shitty Falcons 27-7 in a game where the immortal Kurt Kittner threw a whopping 65 yards against them on 9-23 passing.
RE: Only remember parts of it  
Anakim : 11/8/2018 11:52 am : link
In comment 14168894 dep026 said:
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but the night where the Cowboys beat the Giants after recovering an onside kick and having Quincy Fucking Carter beat us.


Seeing Parcells celebrate was disgusting
bah  
Greg from LI : 11/8/2018 11:53 am : link
I meant Cundiff kicked a 52 yarder to tie, not win
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/8/2018 11:56 am : link
Probably an underrated one, but Giants Rams in 2001. The Giants knocked the hell out of Warner that game, but lost 15-14. Tough loss.
RE: ...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 11/8/2018 11:56 am : link
In comment 14168950 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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Probably an underrated one, but Giants Rams in 2001. The Giants knocked the hell out of Warner that game, but lost 15-14. Tough loss.


LOL. The OP listed it.
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