New York Jets vs New York Giants 1981 1st Half Week 9

It's the battle of New York as the Giants & Jets set out to prove who is the best team in the big apple. I apologize for the moving graphs in between plays but the original upload didn't come from me.

[@johnvisconti9848]

Richard, I have been asking you to post this game for several years, and now you have done it. I cannot thank you enough. I attended this game. After more than a decade of suffering as a Jets fan, this game brought me so much happiness. Thank you, again. Awesome!

[@survivor5044]

You're so welcome John. The Jets were a pleasant surprise in 1981. After starting out at 0-3 they put it all together. The New York sack exchange led by Mark Gastineau and Joe Klecko were dominant. One of the greatest Jets teams ever in my opinion.

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@survivor5044 The 81' team is also my favorite Jets team, Richard, and I saw the Joe Namath team play their final game as Super Bowl Champs in person (a 13-6 playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs). Believe me, I lived and died with every game that year, and their playoff loss to Buffalo in the AFC Wildcard Game (31-27) was probably the most exciting NFL game I have ever attended. As I said, I attended the Jets-Giants game you recently posted, but I never saw it again after the day it was played. I have been walking around thinking about it for almost 40 years. Now, thanks to you, I get to experience it again. Much obliged!

[@survivor5044]

@@johnvisconti9848 You're welcome John. I'm so glad you got to see the Jets in person during that era. I wish the NFL would televise games from 1967-1972 instead of the most recent ones.

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@survivor5044 Richard, I hate to sound greedy, but I can't help myself . . . . . Can you possibly post a few more games from that 81' Jets season? You have put the final game of the year against the Packers up, and the second game against Miami has been posted from time to time. I have also seen the early game against Pittsburgh on the web. But is there any chance you can post the two games against New England, the two against Buffalo, and the two against the Colts? Or perhaps the late season road game against Cleveland? There was also a very disappointing home game against Seattle and another tough home loss against Cincinnati. Any of those games would be very important to me. As always, many thanks for your invaluable services!

[@survivor5044]

@@johnvisconti9848 I'll see what I can come up with. I'm studying for my final exams this week and it's keeping me busy. Please remind me if I forget.

[@NeoNitty]

Thank you for posting this game, it’s appreciated. Just appreciative to watch the games of the 80s of my two NY teams.

[@NeoNitty]

Still fascinates me to think Randy Rasmussen played in the 60s, 70s and into the 80s. There’s something mystical about that to me, with him being a pre- merge veteran of the game at this point.

[@johnvisconti9848]

NeoNitty, I know what you mean. How could Ed White be excluded from the Hall of Fame?

[@jenyakostak2155]

Thank you so much. Just made me much happier. Wanted to see this game so bad, don’t know where you get those games, but you are simply the best. Just keep it up, more classic 80s games, especially G team. Appreciate your job every day, and the main thing - take care of yourself and your homies

[@survivor5044]

You're welcome Jenya. I'm always happy to post the best games possible especially from the 80's. Continue to stay safe my friend one day at a time.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The only Big Apple Battle during the brief 7-year era when the Jets were at Shea and the Giants were at the Meadowlands

[@johnvisconti9848]

The Jets and the Giants played regular season games at the Meadowlands in 84', 87,' and 88.'

[@chrisuncleahmad]

John Visconti by that time, both teams shared the same stadium

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@chrisuncleahmad Oh, I see what you are saying. I misunderstood your original remark. Sorry and thanks.

[@frankgifford207]

Well it really wasn't a "Big Apple Battle" cause of the Swamps of Jersey

[@chrispress2818]

@@johnvisconti9848 also 93, 96, 99 I think?, 03, 07

[@danyluk1]

excellent find!!!!!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I had a Jets makeshift season ticket in 1981 so this had to be at Giants Stadium. Great season for both teams.

[@parkwaypro9838]

Thank you for posting these games. I was too young at the time but have enjoyed watching these old games immensely! Thanks!

[@johnshanahan681]

Love it Richard! Thanks buddy. Stay safe.

[@survivor5044]

You to my friend.

[@Monty_McFly]

Sir Richard...Im sure you get hundreds of requests but im desperately looking for bills vs jets which was played on 9/15/1985. Freeman McNeil went off in that game for 192 yards rushing and 35 receiving yards.

[@charleswilliamsjr2095]

Jets and giants made the playoffs in 1981!

[@rustykuntz94]

These teams didn’t play often. In fact they never met at Shea Stadium while the Jets played there (1964-83). They would have in 1984 but that was the first year the Jets moved to Giants Stadium.

[@johnvisconti9848]

Actually, the Jets and the Giants did play a regular season game at Shea Stadium, Rusty. I attended the game played between the two clubs in November, 1970. Joe Namath did not play, and the Giants won pretty handily. www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197011010nyj.htm

[@rustykuntz94]

John Visconti Wow for some reason I thought that was at the old Yale Bowl. My mistake

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@rustykuntz94 The 1974 game was at the Yale Bowl, no? That was the one the Jets pulled out in overtime. I remember my dad couldn't get tickets and the game was not shown on television in Long Island, New York. That is what makes me think it was at the Yale Bowl.

[@jetfan1535]

The good old days with my Jets

[@pattybfcakes]

Wow I never got to see this game!

[@alfonsogreen2722]

I don't think I watched it neither n I was 3 years old in Brooklyn

[@pattybfcakes]

@@alfonsogreen2722 lol I was 18 usually didn't miss many games but missed this one

[@NeoNitty]

Mr. Richard, you had all these games taped from back in the day? Or did you acquire them afterwards..

[@johnvisconti9848]

Rich, do you have any advice on how I might find the original broadcast (assuming a recorded version exists), of the game between the Jets and the Giants that was played at the Yale Bowl on 11-10-74? As always, thank you for your invaluable services.

[@survivor5044]

It will be almost impossible to find anywhere even from a private collector. The VCR in the U.S. didn't exist until 1977. Unless NFL Films recorded this game you can forget about it. It sucks the NFL will not broadcast these classic NFL games from the glory days. I know exactly how you feel John, because they are a number of games from the AFL I would love to see.

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@survivor5044 Yeah, I figured as much. NFL Films produced a 23-minute documentary on the game --- thirty minutes with commercials --- and used it for an edition of the 'Game of the Week' back in 74.' I don't know if they recorded the entire game. I am right there with you regarding those early AFL contests. I often think that the rivalry between the Raiders and the Chiefs during the late 60's and early 70's produced some of the greatest games in the history of professional football. I attended the Jets' last game as defending Super Bowl Champs. It was a 13-6 playoff loss against the Chiefs at Shea Stadium. I was just a kid at the time. Oh, what I would give to see the original broadcast of that game! As always, thanks for your invaluable services.

[@johnvisconti9848]

@@survivor5044 Hey, Rich! Any luck with the Jets-Patriots game that was played on 10-11-81 at Shea Stadium? As always, thanks for your invaluable services!

[@survivor5044]

@@johnvisconti9848 No luck to this point with Patriots at Jets 1981. I've only found the radio broadcast to this game. I'll keep searching like always.

[@NeoNitty]

NFL Films would definitely have it in their vault.

[@nunzio-hv8xt]

Is that Len Dawson with Marv Albert?

[@mesocorny4366]

Jets 1st nj game not this one but actually ‘77 home opener vs bal - something team agreed to do during dispute w/ nyc

[@davidnatale9330]

Was this the only time they faced each other in the same season both teams made the playoffs?

[@kidmack1121]

It's hard to believe that during the parcells/belicheat/taylor/simms era the Jets bested the giants three out of the five regular season meetups... Way to go Jets!!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Jets were more developed and polished in the early 1980s. Giants were gutting their foundation and rebuilding a champion.

[@pulsarlights2825]

Way to go Jets, but how many SuperBowls have they won compared to Parcells/"Bellicheat/Taylor and Simms? lol At least you still have Broadway Joe highlights....

[@Amber90125]

Battle of Gotham City in New Jersey

[@johnlevalley521]

I believe this game was blacked out in New York.

[@johnippolito2363]

If the JETS only had a quarterback back in the late 70's early 80's they would have won at least 2 Superbowls with the Talent they had and that defense also. Richard Todd demoralized the JET'S and thefans, Horrible!

[@timburr4453]

J-E-T-S!

[@jenyakostak2155]

Can’t ask for more Giants games, because i have got some many games from you Rich during last times, but serious one - NFC championship of 86 Redskins vs G, do you have that one, if you have, please try, just try to upload, use another, incorrect name or something to pass KZbin rules

[@survivor5044]

I have the game but the NFL blocked it from me posting it. I'll try again because it's been at least a few months.

[@jenyakostak2155]

Richard Waldrup Thank you for efforts. Be waiting)

[@jenyakostak7639]

Richard Waldrup Rich, you can post NFC championship game of 86 on your Bitchute site. If you can, please try out)

[@survivor5044]

@@jenyakostak7639 I can post it to bitchute if the NFL blocks it.

[@jenyakostak7639]

Richard Waldrup Got you) thanks

[@nicholasantonicello6903]

Had Wesley Walker played anywhere else, he would be in the Hall of Fame. He was robbed that achievement by playing with a series a mediocre QB's.

[@stardaddyo9]

Richard Todd would look great one week and then look like a total numbnuts the next.

[@johnvisconti9848]

You're right; Richard Todd's inconsistency could be maddening. But lots of Jets fans, sportswriters, and other aficionados, will tell you that Todd never played well again after the rip-off playoff loss in the AFC Championship Game following the 82' season (y'know, the "Mud Bowl," in which Shula deliberately had the ground's crew keep the tarp off the field during a week of steady rain in order to neutralize the Jets' advantages in team speed and athleticism). But that is not true. Todd played exceptionally well in the memorable Week Three match-up between the Jets and the Rams during the 83' season, which Richard Waldrup has also posted.