New York Giants vs Seattle Seahawks 1986 Week 7

New York Giants at (5-1) go up to the northwest to play the (4-2) Seattle Seahawks. John Madden and Pat Summerall call the game for CBS Sports.

[@juan833blue]

The best uniforms the Seattle Seahawks ever had! R.I.P. Kingdome

[@eddisonfoncette9103]

Absolutely the best uniform, I was a member of the Seahawkers UK and in some games the UK flag we sent was displayed with some of the banners in the Kingdome. Go Hawks

[@SeahawkKrakenguy]

I was at this game with my mom! We were on the 300 level, one row down from the very top in the north end zone. Nose bleed heaven!!

[@realMartinHamilton]

I think I saw you!

[@andrearel3703]

No dad eh? Blame LBJ.

[@realMartinHamilton]

John and Pat in their prime. This was the Giants year.

[@earlbedford5951]

The best TV announcing team ever! RIP John Madden.

[@kevinburke6055]

Summerall and Madden it felt like did every Giants game during this period

[@hanklee8953]

Thank you, Richard Waldrup! Many folks have been asking you for this game (& maybe I was one of them!) & we really appreciate this...a very rare game...and a sort of pivot in the Giants season...after this they ran the gauntlet..

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Hawks old uniform was much better than current,they should bring it back.

[@steven2212]

Absolutely loved Seattle during this era.

[@scottbrown7497]

Love the classic uniforms

[@bradjames891]

The GOAT Pat Summerall and the old-school Seahawks uniforms. So awesome. I've always respected the Giants even though they crushed my Broncos in Super Bowl XXI :( The Giants are like the big brothers of the NFL. They protected the integrity of the shield from the Patriots on two occasions!

[@stuvo1977]

This was real football. I miss games like this.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Real football played in a dome and artificial turf

[@cbod14]

The last loss for the 86 Giants.

[@aaronolson5434]

yep 17-12 SEAHAWKS (1ST EVER GAME).....AND DENVER 41-16 ONLY team in the NFL to beat BOTH SUPER BOWL TEAMS...1986 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!!! if not for the week ass chiefs 10-6 Hawks would have been in the DANCE!!!DR Z even picked HAWKS GIANTS SUPER BOWL!!!!

[@superbrownbrown]

@@aaronolson5434 *The 2008 Giants beat all 4 teams in the conference championship games that season (Ravens, Steelers, Eagles, Cardinals), and beat both Super Bowl teams (Cardinals and Steelers) on the road.*

[@cbod14]

@@aaronolson5434 Incorrect. In 86 he correctly predicted Giants-Broncos. In 87 he picked Giants-Hawks. It was the SI with Mark Bavaro on the cover

[@aaronolson5434]

good for you bro...lol @@superbrownbrown

[@superbrownbrown]

@@aaronolson5434 *Yes. Good for me, and bad for you, because it means you're wrong, along with typing incoherent gibberish.* 😂

[@johnvisconti9848]

I remember being very, very surprised by the outcome of this game. The losing team's offensive-line failed down the stretch. They came together later in the season. Thanks, Rich!

[@johnhenryclark911]

I Think 🤔 That The Seattle Seahawks Offense Had The Football 🏈 Longer Than The New York Giants. I Think 🤔 That Even A Team That Was Destined To Win 🏟️🏈🏆 The SuperBowl , Could Get Worn Out , From Being Overmatched , As Far As Time Of Possession Is Concerned. The New York Giants Lost This Battle ( Game ) ; But Ultimately Won The War!🏟️🏈🏆 Typing This On Thursday Morning 🌁🛤️🛣️🏙️ , At 11:24 a.m. , February 15, 2024.😎🤓🙂☺️🏟️🏈🏆

[@rogercrosby9019]

Is everybody enjoying the game I hope so

[@frankiesacco]

nice one Richard! lost my copy of this game, glad to have it back =)

[@scottcordell4423]

Dude...I’m still amazed we’re gonna get a full Giants 86 season. Awesome stuff. 86 is the best season.

[@scottcordell4423]

The Raiders game, Chargers, this game, the Cardinals and Eagles games...wasn’t sure they’d ever show up.

[@bigzach79]

I'm still waiting for giants at cardinals and giants at eagles

[@jenyakostak2155]

zachery varmaz Yeaaa. Guys only weeks 5, 10, 13

[@25pinstripes]

We still need the Holy Grail...the Giants/Skins NFC championship game

[@bigzach79]

I have the DVD 📀 of that game

[@AaronStark1993]

This Seahawk team is probably the greatest team of all time to not make the playoffs. They were the hottest team in the league at the end of the year and had beaten both teams that ended up in the Super Bowl. They very well could have gone all the way if given the chance.

[@jpwjr1199]

What the hell happened to them in the middle of the season though?

[@aaronolson5434]

@@jpwjr1199 krieg lost his confidents and gilbert was a POS thats why BUT beat the shit out of the NFC east that year Eagles 24-20 Giants17-12 Cowboys 31-14 on THANKSGIVING watched with my grand father lost to the REDSKINS 19-14

[@davidtaylor9900]

Thanks for the upload..John L was a beast..so many good players on that field at once

[@madcapper6]

The Hawks were rolling at the end of the season but fell short of the playoffs due to the 5-6 start. Had they made it in there could easily have been a rematch with the Giants in the Super Bowl. The 10-6 record might indicate otherwise but '86 was probably the best Seahawk team of the Knox era.

[@stuvo1977]

I totally agree. Seattle lost a tiebreaker to Kansas City at the end of the season and narrowly missed the playoffs. Nobody wanted to play Seattle in the playoffs.

[@tomcollins5112]

@@stuvo1977 They had both a winning stretch and losing stretch in that season. How did that happen?

[@stuvo1977]

@@tomcollins5112 1980s Seahawk luck 😉

[@BaddogSports]

We lost our 2 games by a total of 8 points, and Dallas beat us, Week 1 at the very end of the game. Really could’ve been 16-0

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Pat and John. There’ll never, ever, be a better more enjoyable football game then when these two guys called a game.

[@chrisorr4902]

I love watching NFL games that Pat Summeral and J John Madden commentating. Their the greatest sports commentary duo of all time.

[@datrevmeister]

Still wish I couldve seen the #1 defense Bears and #2 Giants mix it up in the postseason! I remember feeling so disillusioned after the Redskins beat the Bears! I love defense, and I got something similar back in 1991 when Philly and N.O mixed it up in the regular season.

[@nickbradfordsr80]

As a beloved EAGLES fan, I love watching these old games when the Giants, WFT and Cowgirls lose. Thx Mr. Waldrup.

[@bigzach79]

A rare giants loss that season.... Its OK, still world Champs

[@madrecka]

It would be the last lost for the Giants in 86. They stomped my 49ers 49-3 in the NFC Divisional Playoff game on their way to winning SB 21 over Denver.

[@tomcollins5112]

The Seahawks finished strong down the stretch in 86, winning the last 5 games, including a beatdown of the eventual AFC champion Broncos. Maybe the Giants are lucky they didn't make the playoffs that year.

[@Margatroid]

@@tomcollins5112 I think the Kingdome was a pretty big advantage for the Seahawks here. The Giants' previous game had been on an overcast, chilly day in Gaints Stadium, and now here they were inside this incredibly loud and hostile overlit dome. I find it annoying to even watch this game off of VHS--it's so loud, and so overlit that everything is washed-out white. A pretty obnoxious venue, in my opinion. But the Seahawks were a good team, and it would've been interesting to see them play the Giants on neutral ground later on. I wonder if Phil Simms would've had as much trouble against them then. Also, the Giants probably would've done better if they'd had Mark Bavaro here, and if LT hadn't gotten a concussion the previous week. They definitely weren't in top form.

[@kidmack3556]

@@madrecka They got lucky... '86 was also the only season in the entire decade they went to the SB

[@madrecka]

@@kidmack3556 The Giants were great in 1986. It's a stretch to call them lucky. NY was 17-2 that year.

[@stevecox7462]

A rare loss for the greatest team of all time.

[@kevinburke6055]

This loss was the reason the Giants got homefield advantage over the Bears in a tie breaker. Bears were 14 2 as well as the Giants but both Bears losses were to NFC opponents. The Giants lost to Dallas NFC team but this loss to Seattle was AFC out of conference. First tie breaker was conference record. So this was not a bad loss. I know it didn't matter eventually cause Skins beat Bears in playoffs but still

[@richie2044]

I've always wondered who would have had home-field advantage had they met in the championship game. I would have loved to have seen that matchup.

[@juliansmith4352]

The Seattle Seahawks beat both the New york Giants 17-12 and the Denver Broncos in the season finale 41-23 in the kingdome in the 1986 NFL season how ironic cause both met in Super Bowl 21

[@bradleyhudgins1005]

The Seattle Seahawks were a very competitive and solid football team in the early 80s through the mid 80s... And Seattle had one of the "best" home field advantages in the NFL during that time. The Kingdome was a legit very hard place to win on the road during this time.

[@juliansmith4352]

@@bradleyhudgins1005 Being very loud in the mid 80s plus their fans didn't like the los Angeles Raiders & Denver Broncos especially John Elway

[@medaily7054]

10-6 & did'nt make the playoffs

[@mgb4692]

And 30 years later the Hawks did it again, beating both the Falcons and Patriots. I don't remember how long the list is of teams who beat both SB teams during the season is offhand much less doing it twice, but it's not a long one

[@juliansmith4352]

@@bradleyhudgins1005 The Seattle Seahawks playing in the kingdome was very more louder before century link field being competitive in the mid 80s plus also hating the Los Angeles Raiders and Denver Broncos when they played the Seahawks

[@PrinceTron1]

Cool upload Richard! A rare appearance of the Giants in Seattle. The Seahawks were a tough team in that Kingdome during that era. My Bears went up there in 1984 and without Jim McMahon lost 38-9 to the Seahawks. Can you find and upload the game with the Seahawks visiting the Washington Redskins at RFK early in the 1986 season? That's a good one too!

[@mgb4692]

Oh yeah, Bob Avellini, who Ditka cut right after the game. 1984 was stacked, the best year of the "modern classic" era in terms of teams who could have won it all.

[@shanetrimble9265]

@@mgb4692 Yes very true

[@gluserty]

​@@mgb4692I 5hink 1984 was a crucial & great year for the NFL (labor unrest married the league in 4hat era), and there were quality teams, but I think 1998 was better when it comes to excellent teams that can win it all. The 49ers were the class of the league (to me, their best team at 15-1), and Miami was hot from start to finish, but other teams were just warming up (Bears, Giants) and the AFC Central had a ways to go at the time, so a Super Bowl 19 had the expected matchup (although since many were starstruck by Dan Marino, there was a belief that the Dolphins would win, but in retrospect they were inferior to the 49ers).

[@pronkb000]

One of only two trips for Summerall/Madden to Seattle. Their next and final trip would be in 2000 for a Rams game.

[@RScott413]

I'm a Seahawks fan but have always liked the Giants a bunch, pulled for them every time it wasn't against the Seahawks. I remember this game well.

[@untexan]

Fun fact: This is the only game Pat Summerall and John Madden called in the Kingdome. They were back in Seattle one other time in 2000, but by then the dome had been demolished and the Seahawks were borrowing Husky Stadium.

[@walterlv01]

Summerall and Madden's only appearance together at the Kingdome and they wouldn't return to Seattle for another 14 years (Week 2 of 2000). Madden, however did do the 1990 season finale there with Uncle Verne while Summerall was suffering from alcoholism.

[@nickbradfordsr80]

This is why u should read the comments bc you'll learn something new, everytime

[@timothygathings1531]

I see why Phil Simms hate the Seahawks to this day he never gives them credit

[@michaelfabian3036]

Ohhh, HUGE THANKSS for posting this great game, Richard!!👉💁🏻‍♂️🌟🙏🙏👏👏 👏WELL~DONE & if we were ever to meet up down “life’s road” the beers are on me, for sure!!

[@shanetrimble9265]

Me too

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

I miss the simple telecasts from the 1970s and 80s. They just cut away from one game and there's Pat Summerall welcoming you and their lining up to kick off.

[@gman5-035]

Last loss of ‘86 for the eventual Super Bowl XXI champion Giants

[@adlwilliams]

One thing i really miss is the baggy sleeves. The new throwbacks have the colors and patterns right, but they dont look quite right without those long sleeves. Even the guys with scrunchie sleeves had them halfway down the bicep. Nowadays everyones sleeves are just bunched up around the shoulders and armpits

[@danielsantana540]

I miss John Madden . Great Play by Play best in NFL history in my opinion

[@Elduderino-qc6nx]

Such nice Seahawks unis. Before they got bought and have been made to wear the XBox colors.

[@txkid1]

The Giants bounced back from that game to beat the Skins on MNF and then won another 11 straight after that.

[@Ziffel67]

Giants clearly the best team in 1986. If anyone was going to stop them I think the possible though unlikely teams would have been: (1) Bears (had they got by Washington) (2) Browns (had they beat Denver) (3) Seahawks (if they made the playoffs and then SB) (4) Dolphins (ditto) (they were only 8-8 but just maybe that Marino passing game could have bested that tough G defense). I have no doubt the Giants would have dispatched KC, the Jets, the Rams, the Pats, and all the non-playoff teams.

[@adk46er5203]

Little did we know that this would be the last loss of the season for the Giants. 12-0 from here including Playoffs and Super Bowl.

[@thegridiron]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@closetedhippie]

OMG...a rare during the 80s non Cowboys game on CBS for Pat Summerall and John Madden... at times you could say CBS meant "Cowboys Broadcasting System"...

[@superbrownbrown]

*It's amazing what a missed field goal and a botched extra point snap can do to a game. The Giants left 4 points on the field, which forced them to go for the touchdown at the end of the game instead of just kicking the short field goal to win. Oh well. They still won it all during the 1986 season in dominating fashion, so no harm.*

[@aaronolson5434]

1 of the best teams of the 80s got it handed to them DEFENSE did in the giants we didn't even Kenny this game....this was near the end of his career due to the IDIOT DOCTORS on the seahawks training staff due to over medicating on ADVIL and killed his kidneys....from 1982-1988 no 1 other then Ronnie Lott was better in the back then Kenny that's why he is in the HOF...Dave BROWN and JACOB GREEN need to go in BROWN 60+ INTs(more then Donnie Shell)GREEN 115.5SACKS(3 ints 2 for TDs 17 Fumble Recovers 2 for TDs) HOF???

[@superbrownbrown]

@@aaronolson5434 *Huh?*

[@MRKRG9]

I wish you had some old nbc 70s AFC games. My favo team is the Cowboys, I've probably saw every game that is available from them at that time. I just loved the Announcers and the AFC Offenses from the 70s. The '79-'80 Browns, what a fun team to watch. We gotta locate more MNF from '73-'78 Those were some really good games as well!!!

[@Josh-ov2js]

What are the chances this video is recommended, and I was there.. lol. thanks AI

[@gmanhirt8818]

Whenever I watch these old school New York Football Giants games The one thing I notice is that the game was evenly set up rules wise That both the offense and defense had to really earn their yards And wins Today the game is so heavily offensive sided the defenses have no chance Games is just not the same

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

As far as I know.....the ONLY game Pat and John ever called at the Kingdome.

[@bnegs521]

This would be the Giants last loss of the season. The Giants would go 14-2 in 1986 and won the Super Bowl to finish 17-2 total.

[@jonnytheboy7338]

Excellent editing, thank you

[@paulanderson6634]

Do you have the Saints-Jets game from the following week?

[@jayoakes7874]

man looked up hawks wr daryl turner guy had 36 tds on just 101 catches over 4 years

[@bigbline405]

Awesome power Giants football

[@jenyakostak2155]

Thank you Rich)))) hope for week 13 a SF game

[@badgerjones8680]

Giants only lost two games that season. This was the second, and last, then they went on the mission.

[@bayknight20]

easy to forget how good curt warner was

[@mgb4692]

*This* is the game the NFL should have uploaded, not 2005. Hell, that game didn't even get Buck/Aikman, whereas the legends (Summerall/Madden) are at work here. This also ended up being the last time they were. Was supposed to be against the Lions in the 1990 finale, but Summerall had the ulcer stuff. Wasn't until 2000 vs the Rams at Husky Stadium we got them one more time.

[@SeahawkKrakenguy]

That game did get Dick Stockton and Troy Aikman. Stockton filled in because Joe Buck was working the baseball playoffs.

[@bc6352]

Mark Bavaro didn't start? Zeke Mowat started. Maybe Bavsro missed game with injury. Kenny Easley didn't play either.

[@aaropajari7058]

Toe injury. Saw him in as a second TE on a few plays though.

[@jintsfan]

You have a game of my beloved Football Giants to show ? Thank You and Subscribed. 👍

[@survivor5044]

Please check out my Playlist. I have a number of Giants games posted there.🏈

[@danielsantana540]

Great Game

[@guidosessa5075]

Never lost another game that year

[@1234cnl]

yeah and the last game of the year against GB was one of the best

[@johnhenryclark911]

Pivotal Game For The New York Giants 🏟️🏈 For The 1986-1987 NFL Football Season Is Concerned.

[@g.r.x.racer-1737]

What nice uniforms Seattle once had. As did a lot of teams. Instead of ugly U.S.F.L. Trump Arena underwear.

[@crawford371]

RIP John Madden lost a great one in the game

[@ihateapplebeeswa]

SEA!HAWKS!

[@coryreeves2645]

🌆vs Horus🌞

[@chrisgardiner6771]

Jacob Green got a few sacks that game, if my memory serves

[@charlesspencer9739]

⁹⁹please

[@Nonsense1986]

Glad to see a Giants loss.

[@paulkelly8232]

Creep

[@jameshayes9849]

🖕

[@Nonsense1986]

@@paulkelly8232 You called me a creep for booing the Giants. Geez.

[@mrseaballs1]

Seahawks had a horrible punter that year .