Category Archives: 1990 Giants
For you younguns who only know Leonard Marshall as the head football coach at Hudson Catholic….he was once one of the NFL’s most feared defensive ends.
In this clip, from the 1990 NFC Championship Game, Marshall gets up off the turf to deliver a crushing hit on the 49ers’ Joe Montana, sending the legendary QB to the hospital.
Marshall’s sack was a key play in helping the the Giants get to their second Super Bowl in five years.
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Beginning tonight through March 20, the Broadway show LOMBARDI will host the 1990 New York Giants Super Bowl 
Trophy in the lower lobby of The Circle in the Square Theatre (50th Street west of Broadway) Also that week, LOMBARDI will feature special appearances by former New York Giants’ star players Sean Landeta, Bart Oates and Stephen Baker as below:
· Tuesday March 15 from 6:30-7 PM: Punter Sean Landeta will autograph LOMBARDI Playbills in the lower lobby at the Circle in the Square.
· Friday March 18 from 7:30-8 PM: Center Bart Oates will autograph LOMBARDI Playbills in the lower lobby at the Circle in the Square.
· Saturday March 19 from 7:30-8 PM: Wide receiver Stephen Baker will autograph LOMBARDI Playbills in the lower lobby at the Circle in the Square.
for more info call 212-239-6200
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On December 3rd, 1990, the Giants flew to San Francisco to take on the two-time defending Super Bowl champion 49ers. Both teams came into the game with 10-1 records. The game was high everyone’s radar for weeks. Both teams were actually 10-0 the week before, but suffered losses – the Giants to Philadelphia and the Niners to the Rams.
The game, which was broadcast nationally on ABC’s Monday Night Football, promised to be a war. It was.
The final score was 7-3 in favor of San Francisco, with all the points coming in the second quarter. For those of you who did not see this game, I will tell you it was smashmouth football at its finest – perhaps the most physical game I can remember.
The Giants held Joe Montana to 152 yards on 12-for-29 passing and the 49er high-powered offense to just 240 yards overall. Montana did, however, manage one TD pass – a 23-yd strike to John Taylor – that proved to be all the Niners would need.
The Giants struggled on offense, gaining only 221 yards. Phil Simms, like Montana, had a rough evening throwing for just one more yard than Super Joe on 14 for 32 passing. OJ Anderson was the game’s leading rusher with a meager 39 yards.
The game ended with heated exchange between Simms and 49er safety Ronnie Lott which was caught up close by ABC’s camera crew. The Giants would exact their revenge six weeks later when they returned to Candlestick Park and won 15-13 in the NFC Championship Game.
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Three New York Giants legends – QB Phil Simms, RB Ottis Anderson and TE Mark Bavaro – are among the eligible candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011.
From this year’s preliminary list of 113 modern-era nominees, Hall of Fame selectors will choose 25 candidates who will advance as semifinalist nominees. The list of 25 modern-era semifinalists will be announced in mid-November.
The semifinalists list will be reduced by a mail ballot to 15 modern-era finalists that will be announced in early January.
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Recently, we caught up with former Giants WR Stephen Baker for short interview at a charity event.
Baker, who played for the Giants from 1987-92, was known to many as “The Touchdown Maker” with his biggest TD coming in the Giants’ 2019 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV.
What are your impressions of the Giants new receiving corps?
Awesome, as usual. That’s always a position I have looked at intently. I have to say that Hixon is one of my favorites. He’s a great returner and he makes big plays; and the new guys that came in last year, they can only get better.
What are your thoughts on Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham?
Last year was a phenomenal year as far as I’m concerned, for rookies. I didn’t have a rookie season that great…they are only going to get better. Their confidence is flourishing now and the timing with Eli should be there so I’m looking for big things this year.
Tell us a little bit about the chemistry you and the other receivers had with Phil Simms
Phil McConkey was one of the best teachers I ever had. When I came to the team I gotta admit I didn’t like him at first. Who is this little guy running around with flags and all that ..but once I got to know him and saw how passionate he was 
about playing the position, he helped me and Odessa Turner out so much.
As far as the timing with Simms, we got that just from practicing all the time. I remember the first time I came here I was in the stadium catching passes I was dropping everyhting ..Parcells went and called him out of weights to come watch me run routes. He saw how fast I was, he knew he had to relese the ball a lot sooner than had in the past. Once we got that worked out, it was a beautiful marriage.
The nickname “Touchdown Maker” – how did that come about?
Actually, I didn’t give myself that nickname, cause that’s cocky. I was playing a game in junior college, I scored four touchdowns off of four passes. A reporter came up to me and asked me if I minded if he printed ‘Stephen Baker the touchdown maker goes wild’, and I just said, sure, go ahead. From then on I was scoring 3-4 touchdowns in junior college and when I got to Fresno it just kind of stuck. I didn’t score a lot in the pros, but whenever they called my number, I averaged over 28 yards and every five catches – a touchdown.
Your most famous TD was in Super Bowl XXV. Was that a called play, or did (Jeff) Hostetler check off and throw you the ball?
No, that was a called play. We used it earlier in the playoffs against the Bears and earlier in the season against the Cardinals. As soon as they called the play. I knew it was coming to me if I could beat my man off the line of scrimmage. Our line blocked well and it was a great pass.
How do you feel about Leonard (Marshall) getting the job at Hudson Catholic?
I saw him prior to him getting that job. I didn’t know that that was going to happen but I’m happy for him. They couldn’t have picked a better guy for the job.
Stephen Baker is currently working as a teacher at the James J. Flynn Elementary School in Perth Amboy, NJ.
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Former Giants star Mark Ingram was sentenced to seven years in prison today for bank fraud and money laundering.
It is the third term behind bars for Ingram.
Hat tip to Hugging Harold Reynolds for the news.
Mark Ingram, a star player on the New York Giants 1991 Super Bowl-winning team faces nearly 10 years in prison, when he is sentenced today for bank fraud and money laundering.
In 2005 Ingram pled guilty to laundering money he believed to be proceeds from narcotics deals, as well as bank fraud for cashing counterfeit checks. Federal prosecutors in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and in New York said Ingram cashed more than $300,000 in phony checks and laundered another $200,000.
Although Ingram pleaded guilty nearly three years ago, prosecutors say he has sought to revoke the plea and has hired and fired at least three court-appointed attorneys in that effort.
Ingram is best remembered for his heroics in Super Bowl XV, when he caught a key pass to keep a Giants offensive drive alive en route to a 20-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills.
Hat tip to Kore “The Red Dragon” for the news.
Bob Glauber at Newsday lists his top ten Giants of all time. Michael Strahan checks in at number two, head over to Newsday to see who winds up on top and how the rest of the list breaks down.
I’m curious what your top ten lists would be, post them in the comments section.
Mark Weinstein at Giants blog Bluenatic writes an impassioned and epic post regarding one of the greatest and most unappreciated Giants of all time, Rodney Hampton.
Hampton was selected by the Giants in the 1990 NFL Draft and spent his entire career until 1997 with the Giants and held the franchise record for rushing yards with 6,897 until Tiki Barber passed the mark in 2004. Hampton broke the 1,000 yard mark every year between 1991 and 1995 and was a member of the XXV Super Bowl team.
Hampton scored 49 TDs for the Giants in his career, including four in a 1995 game. He played in two Pro Bowls and in 1993 he led the team to the playoffs, where he rushed for 161 yards and two TDs in a 17-10 win over Minnesota.
Weinstein describes his great affection for the Giants running back and describes his career in tremendous detail, along with painting a vivid picture of the state of the franchise in the most memorable moments of Hampton’s journey.
Be sure to check out Weinstein’s post on Bluenatic, which will bring back memories to those who have followed the Giants while growing up in the 90s, as well as a glimpse for some younger fans into the history of this storied franchise.
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