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1981 New York Giants season

Head coach

Ray Perkins

Owner

Timothy J. Mara, Wellington Mara

Home field

Giants Stadium

Results

Record

9–7

Division place

3rd NFC East

Playoff finish

Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 27–21
Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 38–24

Timeline

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The 1981 New York Giants season was the 57th season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 18 years with a 9–7 record,^[1] which placed them third in the National Football Conference East Division.^[2] The Giants qualified for the postseason thanks to an overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the last game of the season, coupled with a loss by the Green Bay Packers.^[3] In the Wild Card playoffs, the Giants defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27–21 in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium. New York's season ended with a 38–24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional round.^[2]

1 Schedule
2 Playoffs
3 Standings
4 See also
5 References

Schedule [edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 6, 1981	Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–10	72,459
2	September 13, 1981	at Washington Redskins	W 17–7	53,343
3	September 20, 1981	New Orleans Saints	W 20–7	69,814
4	September 27, 1981	at Dallas Cowboys	L 18–10	63,449
5	October 4, 1981	Green Bay Packers	L 27–14	73,684
6	October 11, 1981	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–14	67,128
7	October 18, 1981	at Seattle Seahawks	W 32–0	56,134
8	October 25, 1981	at Atlanta Falcons	W 27–24	48,410
9	November 1, 1981	New York Jets	L 26–7	74,740
10	November 8, 1981	at Green Bay Packers	L 26–24	54,138
11	November 15, 1981	Washington Redskins	L 30–27	63,133
12	November 22, 1981	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–10	66,827
13	November 29, 1981	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–10	57,186
14	December 6, 1981	Los Angeles Rams	W 10–7	59,659
15	December 13, 1981	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 20–10	47,358
16	December 19, 1981	Dallas Cowboys	W 13–10	73,009

Playoffs [edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wildcard	December 27, 1981	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–21	71,611
Divisional	January 3, 1982	at San Francisco 49ers	L 38–24	58,360

Standings [edit]

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Dallas Cowboys⁽²⁾	12	4	0	.750	6–2	8–4	367	277
Philadelphia Eagles⁽⁴⁾	10	6	0	.625	4–4	7–5	368	221
New York Giants⁽⁵⁾	9	7	0	.563	5–3	8–6	295	257
Washington Redskins	8	8	0	.500	3–5	6–6	347	349
St. Louis Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	2–6	4–8	315	408

References [edit]

^ "New York Giants Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "1981 New York Giants". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
^ Whittingham, Richard (2005). Illustrated History of the New York Giants. Chicago: Triumph Books. pp. 195–196. ISBN 1-57243-641-7.

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory

1981 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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