Comments on: The Giant’s Dark Ages — Part 3; Ernie Wheelwright http://www.giantsgab.com/2008/06/30/the-giants-dark-ages-part-3-ernie-wheelwright/ The Definitive New York Giants Blog! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cgramaglia http://www.giantsgab.com/2008/06/30/the-giants-dark-ages-part-3-ernie-wheelwright/comment-page-1/#comment-998 cgramaglia Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:32:21 +0000 http://www.giantsgab.com/?p=197#comment-998 My formative NFL years were scarred by the latter part of the Giants Dark Ages. I'm still pissed that my dad took my older brother to what turned out to be the first Giants victory at the new Giants stadium in 1976 (NYG 12, Washington - 9). Let's not get into The Fumble aginst the Eagles in 1978, or the fact the Giants did not score more than 17 points in any of their last eleven games of that season. As dismal as the Giants were in the mid- to late 1970s, looking at the records books, in 1966 the New York Giants defense gave up 250 total points in only five consecutive games. Think about that, especially for a franchise that prides itself on its defense. By comaparison, the Giants gave up less than 250 points during the entire 16-game seasons of 1986, 1990, 1993, and 2000. 1966 has to be the worst season in NY Giants history... Glad I wasn't around to see it! My formative NFL years were scarred by the latter part of the Giants Dark Ages. I’m still pissed that my dad took my older brother to what turned out to be the first Giants victory at the new Giants stadium in 1976 (NYG 12, Washington – 9). Let’s not get into The Fumble aginst the Eagles in 1978, or the fact the Giants did not score more than 17 points in any of their last eleven games of that season.

As dismal as the Giants were in the mid- to late 1970s, looking at the records books, in 1966 the New York Giants defense gave up 250 total points in only five consecutive games. Think about that, especially for a franchise that prides itself on its defense. By comaparison, the Giants gave up less than 250 points during the entire 16-game seasons of 1986, 1990, 1993, and 2000. 1966 has to be the worst season in NY Giants history… Glad I wasn’t around to see it!

]]> By: a http://www.giantsgab.com/2008/06/30/the-giants-dark-ages-part-3-ernie-wheelwright/comment-page-1/#comment-673 a Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:05 +0000 http://www.giantsgab.com/?p=197#comment-673 there is a good post on http://sportsnynj.blogspot.com/ about the giants there is a good post on
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