Giants/Rams history
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:14 pm
Starting back in 1938, when the Rams were in Cleveland, both franchises have met 47 times with the Rams thus far leading, 30-17.
And two of those are playoff games. Both such games are within an era that I'll focus on to start this thread. That 'era' being when Bill Parcells and John Robinson were the respective HCs at the same time from 1983 thru 1990. Not only was '83 each their first year as an NFL HC, but both squared off in the opener, at the Meadowlands! With Jack Youngblood still at their service (2 sacks), the Rams won, 16-6!
In '84, both met twice. First, Rams clobber the G-men, at home, 33-12! But then, in the WCG in LA, Tuna avenges things with a 16-13 advance.
The other of the just two playoff games between both teams would be in '89. After pounding them, 31-10, at home earlier in the season, the Rams as a wild card, coming off a win at the Vet, beat the 12-4 second-seed Giants at the Meadowlands, 19-13, in OT!
That very divisional round win would make it 5-2 in favor of Robinson over Parcells head-to-head to end the '80s. But then came 1990 with Parcells getting the ultimate last laugh with a 31-7 trouncing in LA en route to, of course, a second World Championship in five years as the Rams would fall hard to 5-11! But, final score: Robinson 5, Parcells 3.
Whether further delving into this particular time frame or now taking it to pre-'83 and/or post-'90, what thoughts/games come to mind?
PS - looking at all the games played, plenty of big streaks, I see!
EDIT - interesting article here…
https://www.deseret.com/1991/9/28/18943 ... commodity/
Parcells, perhaps, replacing Robinson at the end of the season?? And this already being said early on after the 1-3 start?
And two of those are playoff games. Both such games are within an era that I'll focus on to start this thread. That 'era' being when Bill Parcells and John Robinson were the respective HCs at the same time from 1983 thru 1990. Not only was '83 each their first year as an NFL HC, but both squared off in the opener, at the Meadowlands! With Jack Youngblood still at their service (2 sacks), the Rams won, 16-6!
In '84, both met twice. First, Rams clobber the G-men, at home, 33-12! But then, in the WCG in LA, Tuna avenges things with a 16-13 advance.
The other of the just two playoff games between both teams would be in '89. After pounding them, 31-10, at home earlier in the season, the Rams as a wild card, coming off a win at the Vet, beat the 12-4 second-seed Giants at the Meadowlands, 19-13, in OT!
That very divisional round win would make it 5-2 in favor of Robinson over Parcells head-to-head to end the '80s. But then came 1990 with Parcells getting the ultimate last laugh with a 31-7 trouncing in LA en route to, of course, a second World Championship in five years as the Rams would fall hard to 5-11! But, final score: Robinson 5, Parcells 3.
Whether further delving into this particular time frame or now taking it to pre-'83 and/or post-'90, what thoughts/games come to mind?
PS - looking at all the games played, plenty of big streaks, I see!
EDIT - interesting article here…
https://www.deseret.com/1991/9/28/18943 ... commodity/
Parcells, perhaps, replacing Robinson at the end of the season?? And this already being said early on after the 1-3 start?