The 1984 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season in the National Football League (NFL). With a 9âÂÂ7 record, the Giants finished in a tie for second in the National Football Conference East Division and qualified for the playoffs. In the Wild Card round, New York traveled to Anaheim Stadium and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 16âÂÂ13 to advance to the Divisional round. It was a rematch of a week five regular season game between the teams that the Rams won, 33âÂÂ12, during which Los Angeles had a record three safeties.
Instead of traveling across the country back to New York, the Giants spent the week in Fresno, California. The team used the facilities at Fresno State to prepare for the San Francisco 49ers. In spite of this the Giants still lost to the 49ers 21âÂÂ10.
The Giants made a late comeback to defeat the Chiefs 28âÂÂ27. Rob Carpenter helped their cause with two 1-yard touchdown runs. The Chiefs were leading 27âÂÂ14 and were led by Bill Kenney, who threw three touchdown passes. The Giants then rallied; first came a five-play drive that ended with Phil Simms hitting Bobby Johnson with a 22-yard touchdown pass with 7:30 left. Then the Giants took the lead with an 80-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Zeke Mowatt with 2:22 left.