1981 NFC Wild Card Game

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American football game NFL playoff game sports event

The 1981 NFC Wild Card Game was a pivotal NFL playoff matchup between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles that marked the Giants’ first postseason appearance in nearly two decades and helped reignite their long-standing rivalry.

Aliases (1)

1981 NFC Divisional Playoff vs. San Francisco 49ers ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football game → NFL playoff game → sports event →
attendance	approximately 70,000 →
awayTeam	New York Giants →
broadcaster	CBS →
city	Philadelphia →
conference	National Football Conference →
country	United States →
date	December 27, 1981 →
EaglesHeadCoach	Dick Vermeil →
EaglesNotablePlayer	Harold Carmichael → Ron Jaworski → Wilbert Montgomery →
EaglesPreviousSeasonAchievement	1980 NFC champions →
EaglesPreviousSeasonSuperBowlAppearance	Super Bowl XV →
EaglesRegularSeasonRecordEnteringGame	10–6 →
EaglesScore	21 →
EaglesStartingQuarterback	Ron Jaworski →
era	early 1980s NFL →
finalScore	New York Giants 27–21 Philadelphia Eagles →
followedByForGiants	1981 NFC Divisional Playoff vs. San Francisco 49ers →
GiantsFirstPlayoffAppearanceInYears	18 →
GiantsHeadCoach	Ray Perkins →
GiantsNotablePlayer	Joe Danelo → Lawrence Taylor → Rob Carpenter →
GiantsPlayoffDroughtEnded	true →
GiantsRegularSeasonRecordEnteringGame	9–7 →
GiantsScore	27 →
GiantsStartingQuarterback	Scott Brunner →
homeTeam	Philadelphia Eagles →
league	National Football League →
loser	Philadelphia Eagles →
networkType	television →
playoffRound	NFC Wild Card →
postseasonContext	1981 NFC playoffs →
previousGiantsPlayoffAppearanceSeason	1963 →
rivalry	New York Giants–Philadelphia Eagles rivalry →
season	1981 NFL season →
significance	ended New York Giants’ long postseason drought → helped reignite Giants–Eagles rivalry →
sport	American football →
stadium	Veterans Stadium →
state	Pennsylvania →
surface	artificial turf →
team1	New York Giants →
team2	Philadelphia Eagles →
winner	New York Giants →
year	1981 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1981 NFC Wild Card Game ("1981 NFC Divisional Playoff vs. San Francisco 49ers") →	followedByForGiants
Philadelphia Eagles–New York Giants rivalry →	playoffMeetingExample