NY Giants Comebacks: 1990 vs Cardinals

The New York Giants come from behind victory over the Phoenix Cardinals in week 7 of the 1990 NFL Season.
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[@richardtoplitsky5143]

Giants back then had a good offense powerful defense it’s sad that the giants don’t have these type of team s. Anymore

[@Thekidyusuke]

Not as good but man the team we have now is special

[@tomservo75]

I actually REMEMBER this game! I was in high school and had a rehearsal with school orchestra so I missed the first part of the game. I got back when it was 19-10 just in time to see the comeback. Jeff Hostetler will never make it to the HOF but probably the most underrated QB in Giants history.

[@justinjoseph6966]

Was watching that game with my grandfather. I was nine years old. Still remember his reactions on that GW drive like it was yesterday

[@giantsfan8872]

What a great team we had back then!

[@vincelupone]

2:35 Seriously old-school football right here. From the crunching thud of the DT on the hard cement-like astro-turf to Lorenzo Lynch's crushing hit on Hostetler. I'm surprised anyone playing in this era still walks straight.

[@BaddogSports]

Final score in this game 20-19 on a made FG! Final score in The Super Bowl 20-19 on a missed FG. It all came full circle in 1990. My favorite of all four Super Bowl championship teams

[@doubleot]

I'm an Eagles' fan and I remember throwing a tantrum when the FG was good. This was a great era of football.

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Eagles blow

[@SigmaMailEnigmaMail]

I watched this game doing homework in my bedroom on a TV that was about 8 inches big with an antenna that occasionally got reception. On this night, it was clear as could be. And it wouldn't be the last time that season where this kinda scenario came into being. Great stuff.

[@Munedawg]

Chills at the end. Thanks for this!

[@69ChevyGarage]

Fantastic upload! I have been looking for Amani Toomer's 204 receiving yard full game vs the Colts 12/22/2002. Kerry Collins also had a perfect QB rating that day.

[@veritasinvicta8128]

Great game, with Hoss we got foreshadowing of what was to come.

[@tenorcity]

Awesome, thanks for the memory.

[@TexasNewsOwL]

Crowds never get loud like that anymore.

[@tomd1434]

To busy eating sushi inside. Don't blame them but the blue collar fans are mostly upper deck because owners are greedy.

[@blessedbeliever8725]

Thanks for this treasure.

[@countdown2xstacy]

Im a huge Giant’s fan, but the Cardinals have a great helmet. Love that bird.

[@atiboyful]

When you have two of the greatest masterminds of football Parcells and Belichik coaching, this is what happens!

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

Johnny Johnson had all the tools to be a star NFL back for longer than he actually played. Honestly don't know what happened mentally.

[@jacquesoncilien7971]

"TAKE THE VICTORY AND RUN BILL PARCELL!" Classic

[@thomasnee270]

Although, the Cards finished 5 - 11 in 1990, the did have quite a few studs on their team. Harvey, Hill, Nunn, McDonald, and Lonnie Young were beasts on defense. Johnnie Johnson won rookie of the Year and would of rushed for a thousand yards if he didn't miss two games. Ricky Proel and Roy Green were a pretty good WR tandem, while Timm Rosenbach showed dramatic improvement in each game that he started as QB during his rookie year. How do I know all of this info for such an obscure team such as the 1990 Cardinals? Well, I was a fan.

[@markpage9886]

I wasn't just that the NFC Beast had the best teams, they had the best coaches in professional football: Parcels, Gibbs and Johnson...

[@dodge96neon]

I never realized that merlin olsen did games for cbs. obviously this was after nbc let him go

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

Yes-This Was After NBC Let Him Go.

[@fantasticvoyage262]

I wish he hung around for a few more years when I was old enough to experience the games.

[@toddtaylor316]

Freaking Cards in the 80-90's no matter how bad they were always gave the Giants fits.....

[@CoverBoy_Official]

Best cardiac cards jersey. I still have Steve beurlein signed

[@countdown2xstacy]

I’ve always loved that Cardinals helmet.

[@barcelonaguayaquil9213]

Good old days...

[@dceufan]

14:06 - 👟🏈 🙌 *the crowd goes wild* 🏟 #NYG

[@bigzach79]

Love it, you have that 86 comeback vs vikings(4th and 17 game?)

[@johnsmith3091]

Yes, I have the game. Give me a few days and i'll put together a video of it.

[@bigzach79]

Thank you

[@idansolon4715]

+john smith awesome. where is it?

[@michelledibella4115]

zachery varmaz going to the game this weekend bra

[@bigzach79]

I wish

[@kevinburke6055]

Amazing what adrenaline can do for some. Parcells would normally pass out if he ran that far.

[@TheWolferinDenver]

Rumor is Bill really had to take a poop so he ran off the field straight to the can.

[@bubufubu]

Wow. The Giants were lucky as fuck all throughout the 1990 season.

[@dpf-np1rp]

When a 40 yd field goal was considered a long one.

[@michaelbelfer6513]

dpf 2180 Not really the distance but the pressure and Bahr was one of the great pressure kickers of all time in my opinion. This Giant club was no where near as powerful as the 1986 team but they were just as mentally tough.

[@stereo-type1510]

What a pass to Baker...

[@stevep8445]

Giants got very lucky at the end of this game. They caught 3 breaks. 1) Meggett doesn't catch that pass after the fumbled snap. With :24 on the clock, they would have barely had time to even try a field goal. 2) The pass wasn't intercepted on the same play when Meggett tipped it. 3) Hostetler's pass wasn't intercepted on the next play.

[@tlhamp0]

i wish the giants go back to those helmets like them better than the NY logo

[@ctwwtc8761]

90 Giants would get another 20-19 Win down the road

[@ChairmanOProductions]

11:05 Bo Jackson on the score ticker. Also, LA Raiders.

[@shmigo.gambino]

I thought the deficit was going to be more then 9 points. 9 points in six minutes is a light madden 4th quarter come back 😂

[@JJG86]

Bahr was clutch

[@tonkadriver1833]

NFC east battle

[@davidharrison9324]

back in the day when receivers averaged 15yds a catch..not 9 yds in todays dink and dunk...

[@bishlap]

a horrible WR crew for the Giants - no hands stacy robinson, tiny bones stepehen baker (who was ok, nothing more than decent deep threat), Lionel Emanuel, who? Mark Bust Ingram - made 1 play in his career (super bowl saver)... Parcells won a SB w/ that crap.

[@johnliberty3647]

Giants had crappy WR's all through out the 1980s and early 1990's... Yet Parcells had them winning

[@bishlap]

@@johnliberty3647 is there an echo in here?

[@acornsucks2111]

Watch that noseguard get knocked on his ass at 2:38

[@valentinawimmer632]

Hi, what's up? Alright! attempt control What do you think, guys? 11

[@MrRida-vt3zu]

They shoulda' gave the ball to Johnny Johnson on 3rd and 9. Set up a screen or something.

[@marktherreault7942]

3 seconds bye bye Birdie the tuna will always swim 🤡👍👍👍👍👍

[@craigbeee5546]

Huh

[@scottduyser1222]

Hos was tough.. he took alot of shots after Phil went down... What a great game it used to be... Now I am lucky to make it through 45 mins of a game... it makes me sick what they have done to it....

[@gmcneoplan84]

Too many commercials, too many game stoppages, too many excuses by networks to go to commercial or to put up 20 or 30-second ads during timeouts, the betting shit, and etc. All I care about is the game and the statistics. The NFL is more commercial these days than it's ever been.

[@shawngreene1225]

Damn I just realized the NFC east won 4 straight super bowls and 4 of 5 from 90 to 95. That NFC east was real thick back in the day

[@dwedge914]

From 82 to 95 the NFC East won 8 and went to 9 thanks to the Cowboys, Giants and Washington and they had the stinking Eagles being a pain in the butt in that division too.

[@cocoablini]

NFC was real...Dallas, Redskins and Giants. Philly with Randall Cunningham. What the fuck happened???

[@SayedI313]

@@cocoablini Millennials, millennials happened

[@iamhungey12345]

@@cocoablini And Reggie White.

[@CoreyT127]

And Won 7 super bowls in 10 years from 86-95! Niners won the other 3.

[@bigblue1762]

Nice win. Great clock management, great memories

[@jdfagen]

Hostetler was an extremely underrated QB. Doesn't get enough props!

[@leomdk939]

I remember watching this game with my dad when I was 9. We couldn't believe how great of a job 'Hoss' did taking over for Simms .... in this game all the way through becoming Superbowl champs!

[@kevinpayton2664]

Hostetler was about to retire during that season because he got fed up with not being able to play. Once Phil Simms got injured, he got his chance and the rest is history.

[@leomdk939]

Wow, never knew he was about to retire - crazy how things work out sometimes.

[@kevinpayton2664]

@@leomdk939 Yes they do.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@kevinpayton2664 Parcells played games with Hostetler he should have asked for a trade.

[@SupremeDominator]

if this game was played in 2019. if baker caught that touch down today the commentators would be trying to zero in if he really caught it they wouldve shown millions of replays if his knee was down then there would be a booth review and there wouldve been like 5 thrown flags on that drive for god who knows what reasons . they wouldve complained about hostetler taking that one hit he took and how his health is precious

[@robertslydell6990]

When I watch the old games on YT half the fun is looking for what would be penalties today and when something would have held up the game for 10 minutes so the ref could go take a look at the peep show. I was watching the Giants/49ers 1990 Championship Game the other day and that totally clean hit by Leonard Marshall that knocked out Montana would have almost certainly been flagged today. Most people seem to love Ed "Biceps" Hochuli and his endless grandstanding, but I never hated the guy more than the time he flagged Suh (playing for the Lions) for a hit that was "unnecessarily violent" when he caught up to Jay Cutler and shoved him to the ground. Didn't say it was an illegal hit, just that it was unnecessarily violent. Making up rules on the fly. I don't like either Suh or Cutler, Suh was a dirty player, but in this case he just gave Cutler a mighty swift shove to the turf.

[@jacksmith5692]

What a great memory and a Giant defense that we don't see today. The late great Merlin Olson doing the game with Dick Stockton. Matt one Bahr was clutch that year!

[@dcaraway3809]

Loved those guys, big time miami fan but l like the giants wish they go back to that logo parcell waa the man

[@Muddfoot3113]

One Bahr...well played sir well played indeed

[@bigblue1762]

It is Jan 2022, terrible year again, again and again, miss this era.

[@jacksmith5692]

@@Muddfoot3113 Thanks my buddy is a Penn State grad and that was our little joke. In 1984 he was a senior and we went up to see him in January and they just had a storm and the outside door was open to the stadium. We were throwing the football around in the snow covered stadium. Great memories and I was the only one who ate the cream chip beef in the cafeteria. I loaded up when I was there. Beer and cream chip beef caused major gas wow!

[@jacksmith5692]

@@bigblue1762 Go back to 1970 so I grew up on pain and then 1984 to 90 was great and then bad with Dave Brown, up and down with Kerry Collins and up and down with Eli but 2 SB wins. Carl Banks does the Giants games and knows the game and said Judge knows football but his offensive staff was terrible, not just Garrett. He said Graham is a good coach and they made adjustments all the time and you could see the coaching but the offense was ridiculous with no coaching!

[@sarnow76]

The great Dick Stockton on the call!!

[@BaddogSports]

Looking back at this season, a couple of ironic things that foreshadowed our destiny. Giants down, by less than a FG, with just over 2 minutes to go, and Matt Bahr kicks a game winning FG at the buzzer (NFC Championship game in S.F. ended the same way). Final score of this game 20-19 Giants, they'd win The Super Bowl by that same score. All games were lead by Hostetler, and not Simms.

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

They only won the super bowl because Buffalo missed the field goal of the last play of the game and it was a 47 yard kick

[@d.straham3604]

MrBaddog7676, 1990 N.F.C. Championship Game final score: New York Giants 15, San Francisco Forty-Niner's, 13.

[@marktoken6052]

@@d.straham3604 He meant the situation where they won on a last second field goal, not the score.

[@emm6155]

And steve Norwood missed the the game winning superbowl FG LOL

[@chrisuncleahmad]

That time when Cardinals/Giants was an NFC East rivalry

[@33moneyball]

Chris Kreager yes...I preferred the Phoenix name.

[@Sports_Guy873]

it was mostly giants vs 49ers in the 1980s and 90s

[@dalehulen369]

The REAL NFC East !

[@wbdrugstrat]

The cardinals team had an excellent running game, and they always gave the giants a hard time. It always came down to the talent difference, as for some reason the Cardinals always knew how to take the Giants to the wire.

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

The Giants were who we thought they were and we let 'em off the hook.

[@Bart848]

FAITHandLOGIC now if you want to crown them then crown there asses

[@robertslydell6990]

I'm a Cardinals fan and I'm not sure if most people are just laughing at Denny or actually give him some props for having that passion. I'm in the latter category, a breath of fresh air to see a coach go off the handle at a bad loss. Very Jim Mora-like (on that note I like Mora's Saints rant better than the more famous Colts rant). I will say this, the Cardinals got to the 2008 season Super Bowl because of Denny. He brought in a lot of great players, Fitzgerald, Karlos Dansby, Darnell Dockett and others I can't recall. I think the guy would have been a great GM. Also I always enjoyed his commentary on MNF radio broadcasts, the guy knew his stuff.

[@Ch12JS]

Good ol' late Dennis Green

[@thisizmyname970]

I love how Bill Parcells runs straight into the locker room when the clock hits zero. In todays ridiculously soft, soft world (nice way of putting it) people would be like wahhhhh he's so disrespectful wahhhhhhh. Great come back.

[@billny33]

It was also a regular season game. This was maybe 8 months before the Detroit Pistons walked off the court without congratulating the Chicago Bulls for beating them and a big deal was made out of that, why? Because it was the Eastern Conference Finals, it involved the defending champion Pistons as well as Michael Jordan. Much more high-profile sporting event. So I don't think it was so much that today's softer world sees it as bad sportsmanship and nobody minded that stuff then. I do think today's world is a lot more obsessive and notices more details and if the regular media doesn't make it a story, somebody somewhere from some dark corner of social media will point it out and it will blow up and become a trending topic whereas in 1990 a lot of stuff just got overlooked.

[@DNSKansas]

Parcells knew he'd see Bugel and the Cards in Tempe again so it wasn't so bad

[@PerpetualArt]

@@billny33 + Detroit were just sore losers, and it made them look like they had no class! The Bulls had to shake their hands the 3 straight years prior. I don't think Parcells was being disrespectful, and I wonder why he didn't shake hands. But I know they don't have to cross paths at the old Giant stadium. I am sure he had respect for Joe Bugel since he was an ex Redskin coordinator.

[@bradjames891]

just like when Flipper Anderson did when the Rams beat the Giants in the playoffs. HA HA

[@PerpetualArt]

@@bradjames891 + The 89 playoffs... That was different because it was a player who caught the td pass, and kept running up the tunnel.

[@josedaniel4725]

Man seeing Belichek as defensive coordinator and Parcells as head coach brings good times😀 football weather and family eating BBQ,cold beer...

[@rubenurrutia9614]

I REMEMBER SEEING THE END OF THIS GAME ON CBS SPORTS. 😥 NEW YORK WAS AWESOME!!!!!! 💖👑💯

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

I had season tics from 1978 -2019. I loved GIANTS STADIUM. Stadium was 100% giants fans. no nfl tic exchange for visiting fans to fill up half of the stadium. Met Life SUCKS. pain in the ass getting out. and half the stadium are fans of the visiting team.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

I always wondered how a skinny small guy like Stephen Baker was able to catch deep passes let alone play in the NFL. He was such a small man at 5 feet 10 inches and weighed just 160lbs. I just figured the defenders would be able to just jam him at the line of scrimmage. Props for Baker to do what he did for the Giants, especially those key receiving TD's.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Players in general were much smaller back then.

[@timothymurphy3324]

Tuna ran off the field like his pants were on fire

[@EliSB42]

Another epic comeback. I got goosebumps when Parcells ran off the field with his fist in the air. I'm a die hard Giants fan and I truly appreciate these comeback and game winning drive videos that you post. Keep'em coming man, they're awesome! Thanks again for another great video.

[@462joejoe]

I forgot the Cardinals were an NFC East team. They were the Phoenix Cardinals back then.

[@robhansen6553]

everyone disses Hoss as just a backup, but this game shows he had so much poise about him. Great job Hoss

[@thomasconnolly7452]

I met Hostettler back then, nice guy, almost crushed my hand. Surely miss those days since it's been a miserable run the past several seasons. I live 3 hours away now and haven't been able to give my tickets away for a while.

[@julianpulido1]

Imagine the old lady who sits in the front row on Showtime at the Apollo in a Giants game.

[@Geomon19]

The crowd was nuts.

[@kovy274hart]

Listen to the crowd. That is what made Giants Stadium so tough.

[@rickwpaperworkmakeschildsu4655]

Doug Riesenberg was a great tackle for an undersized lineman

[@robbiegarnz7732]

It was brilliant the way Parcells used those time outs prior to the 2 minute warning. Risky move but it got them the ball back with time on the clock.

[@stephensoldner]

actually, it would have made more sense to use one them after the two minute warning. prior to the warning, the most the Cardinals could have wasted was 15-20 seconds. after, they could (and did) waste almost 40 seconds

[@michaeldamon439]

I was at that game, the very first NFL game I went to. Thank you so much for uploading it. What great memories. A great game, very exciting finish!

[@joeyvalentino7]

my first game too! I was 9 years old (41 now) and can still see Stephen Baker catching that TD over his shoulder like it was 5 mins ago

[@jcrhea001]

It wouldn't be the last time that Giants team won a game 20 to 19.

[@willdrucker4291]

@5:18....arguably, the two greatest head coaches in NFL history.....the guy on the left?...THE BIG TUNA, Hall of Famer, Bill Parcells....and I think we all know THAT OTHER GUY...

[@robertmcleod1742]

I use to love it when John Madden said big ole leonard Marshall

[@joshua62696]

2:38 nigga got destroyed

[@bnegs521]

20 to 19 Giants. Score look familiar for later in the year?

[@bnegs521]

Timm rosenbaugh retired early from football after being a very high pick in the draft. He did not like the game anymore. He said it was far too violent.

[@thomasnee270]

Being an old school Cardinal fan, this and the lost in 93 to the Giants (Dalusio's last second FG, 54 yarder) still stings. If they would of beaten the Giants in this game, that would of been iconic for them.

[@jfosterutube]

Wow, I miss those Giants days. That defense and Parcells and Belichick on the sideline. Wow.....

[@classicgalactica5879]

20-19, the same final score from Super Bowl 25 when the Giants beat the Bills after the 1990 season when Buffalo would miss a game winning FG attempt. The Giants in retrospect just seemed to be a team of destiny that season.

[@bushwhakked]

I forgot how much poise Hostetler showed in the pocket.

[@richardtoplitsky5143]

I love that year 1990 giants giants rule the nfl back then

[@vaporeizied8]

remember watching this game- on the phone with my dad- him in NJ and me in Fl- senior in HS. every week what a game, what a season- G men today need to watch some of these and remember what it means to be a Giant

[@edwardpf123]

Thanks for posting this!

[@steves9964]

A few takeaways: I love the immediate kick without the nonsensical timeouts we see today designed to ice the kicker and draw out the finish. Two, that crowd was ferocious and ravenous; a classic, unexplainable buzz that is unique to a New York crowd. And three, the old school call by Dick Stockton at the end. He offers a little narrative as the Giants line up to kick, followed by a ho-hum "The Giants win", then gets out of the way allowing the viewer to experience the sights and sounds.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

History repeated itself in 1993 when Brad Daluiso beat the snakebitten Cardinals with a long FG in to the wind.

[@fantasticvoyage262]

Though the Cardinals would win there a year later on a nearly impossible catch in the last minute.

[@arame29]

Parcells said he pulled a quad muscle running off the field

[@TWS-pd5dc]

Giants were so lucky to have such a good backup QB. Simms was a better pure passer but Hoss could run! Giants win the Super Bowl that year with either one. Don't forget they won 11 games with Simms at QB. No doubt in my mind they would have gone all the way with him too.

[@yah-ovais-real4898]

Hostetler holding for Matt Barr.classic.

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

Matt Bahr was clutch in 90

[@margaretjiantonio939]

That was a great game! Especially when your team wins it! Great defense. The coordinator wasn't too bad. I always wished he was the head coach of the Giants.

[@tomservo75]

Both teams should bring those uniforms back! The 80s and early 90s were the best uniform years in the league.

[@andrewdunn49ers]

Parcells leaving Bugel in the dust! Note it wasn’t yet common for coaches to meet at the end of every game.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Joe Bugel's Cardinals despite the W-L records were no pushover when they played the Giants

[@bruceb2408]

I think the '90 Giants were the first team with more games played than turnovers.

[@jmgmarcus808]

These were some dark ass years for the Cards, that first play Hostetler could have eaten a burger and fries before he got rid of it.

[@fantasticvoyage262]

He should have been sacked twice. Which wouldn't have left enough time to kick the FG on the last play.

[@wbdrugstrat]

The Cards were always a pain in the ass. It was a nice game, but not one of my favourites, as it was sloppy play that made it close.

[@TL2354]

I think I had a little league basketball game during this game. My father always had his little hand held TV with him and all the dads were huddled around him watching the game. Got home to see the end

[@ningxiawolfberry]

Stephen Baker The Touchdown Maker