The New York Giants and the Houston Oilers didn’t have much of a relationship the first decade or so after the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.
In late September 1981, that changed. The two teams had met on the field only once, in 1973, and had done little to no business with each other. The Giants’ running game needed a jolt, and the Oilers had an expendable back the Giants had coveted in fullback Rob Carpenter.
