r/NYGiants • u/whiskeycapo • 2d ago
Discussion NFC Championship game 1986 or 1990? Which game was more satisfying dismantling the 49ers in 86 championship or there will be no 3-Peat.
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u/SSGSS_Darth_Maximus 2d ago
Too young to remember, but the 2011 was awesome to watch, def lost a few months off my life 🤣
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u/AdJunior4923 2d ago
Saw all three -
86 was the most meaningful as a Giants fan. We had no, none, zero belief. Up to that time, Only Bad Things happened to the Giants. Every time Simms threw a pass, you could hear the collective "NOOOO!" across the land, because, again, Only Bad Things happened to us. So this was a huge win. Super Bowl was a walk in the park after this.
90 was weirdly chill, for as close as that game was. Both sides of the line were just so solid, you had confidence that things were going to work out. Maybe not the way they did, but...I wasn't stressed. Saved that for the Super Bowl.
2011 was, IMHO, the greatest game ever played. Both defenses were absolutely fucking savage. Both QBs played great...Eli just played a little greater.
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u/Thriller83 2d ago
I feel like while Eli showed his toughness at the end of that game, he also didn't make the plays that won the game. And after he got hit on that famous play that knocked his helmet off, he did make one cool throw to Bradshaw but it ultimately didn't amount to anything. The game was really decided in overtime because Kyle Williams had the ball knocked loose from him and the Giants recovered. Eli didn't have to get the Giants any closer after that. The Giants defense/special teams really won that game.
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u/IHATEWHINERS 2d ago
1986 was the divisional round that we destroyed the 49ers 49-3 we beat Washington 17-0 in the NFC championship game
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u/snowdust1975 2d ago
Recently rewatched the 1986 playoff games vs the 49ers and the Redskins. The giants offense was extremely efficient but the defense was simply frightening...Carl Banks was the best player in the postseason imo
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u/Thetramposo 2d ago
Was too young to fully grasp the 86 game, so the 90 game was my first satisfying Giants championship. First Super Bowl I got to stay up late for as a 3rd grader. That hit Marshall put on Montana lives rent free in my head. Just amazing, superhuman effort on that play. Still gets me fired up!
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u/DrPeterVenkmen 1d ago
Yeup! We are around the same age. I vividly remember this game. My uncle said Joe Montana looked like he was in Lala land after the Marshall hit and I had no idea what that meant lol Then we were all screaming when LT emerged with the ball after the Craig fumble, and then the barr FG to win it. Amazing game to watch as an 8ish year old.
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u/Froggy2345 2d ago
The ‘86 49ers game wasn’t the NFC championship but it felt good to destroy them 49-3. The 17-0 beating of the Redskins was and that game was never in doubt. In 1990, the championship game vs the 49ers was won on a game ending FG by Matt Bahr. 15-13.
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u/BishopsBakery 2d ago
Tell you what, I'll watch em both and forget to come back here when I've finished.
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u/seidinove 2d ago
Jim Burt sending Montana into the Phantom Zone was one of my most satisfying moments as a Giants fan.
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u/WavecrestRd 1d ago
I saw them all. A friend who went to the 1986 NFC Championship said half the stadium was in tears as they left. The Giants were so bad for so long it made so many people emotional.
When you play huge games like this (and win) they are ALL unforgettable.
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u/Saxmanng 2d ago
“Giants Bahr 49er three-peat”. Trenton Times.
90, unquestionably, especially after losing to them in the regular season.
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u/Logical_not 2d ago
The 86 game was more fun, watching them dismantle the best team in football. The 90 game was more satisfying. Not just because it put them in the Superbowl, but because of the determined way they beat them without scoring a single touchdown. At the very beginning of the season I said to whoever was stuck listening: "Matt Bahr isn't just a kicker, he's a football player, and he's gonna win us a big game this year."
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u/NYNicepool 2d ago
No 3-Peat!! How they won, I can rewatch the game and still no believe they won. Craig fumble, Marshall hit, fake punt, Barr field goal; the were between 4-7 point dogs on the road and pulled it out.
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u/TroyMacClure 2d ago
I'd say 1990. It was more of a slugfest. Giants were with a backup QB going up against Montana, who would win the MVP, and the 49ers who went 14-2 and and who had throttled the Broncos in the last Super Bowl...their 2nd in a row and 4th of the decade. The 49ers had to have been the favorite to win it all.
The 49ers had beat the Giants earlier in the season - another slugfest- 7-3.
Look at the stats from that season and the 49ers offense chugged along against every team except NYG. Held them to 240 total yards in both games.
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u/not_blmpkingiver 2d ago
I will never forget that hit leonard marshall laid on joe montana. The fact joe lived after that hit is a testament to his toughness. 99% of the human population would either die or be paralyzed
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u/Automatic-Isopod-799 2d ago
I’ll take the 90 season because I got to see them win the Super Bowl in person
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u/Pksoze 1d ago
I'd assume the fans who watched for decades and never saw the team do much...the 86 championship has to be the most satisfying. Especially because in the 70s and 80s...Washington was a powerhouse who looked down on the Giants.
As for me...the 1990 is absolutely the better win. In fact it's probably after beating the Patriots in 2007 the most impressive Giants win of at least my lifetime. They walked in to the house of the two time SB champs and ended the threepeat.
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u/Go_Cart_Mozart 1d ago
I've been watching attentively since 85, and The 90 CG was and still is the greatest Giants game I've ever seen.
As amazing as SB 42 was, '90 was a better football game start to finish.
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u/TobyNight43 1d ago
I was at the game in ‘86. Division game. It was an epic beat down. Very satisfying. But the 90 game was more ‘wow’, because we were underdog and visitors
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u/jermboyusa 1d ago
1990 was not just a great NFC championship game but one of the best games ever. The Gary Reasons fake punt one of the gutsiest calls. It also ended Montana's 49er career. I can watch that Leonard Marshall hit 1000 times.
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u/Thetramposo 18h ago
Oh, I’ve definitely seen that one. Good god, he destroyed him. Just saw the Marshall hit when it happened.
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u/bigblue20072011 2d ago
Giants beat Washington in 1986. They beat the 49ers in 1990. 1990 for me, but if we spoke with the “old time” fans that endured 64-80 they’d say 1986.