After going 10–6 and suffering a heartbreaking final-day elimination from playoff contention in 1988, the team went 12–4 and won the NFC East.
Ottis Anderson rushed for over 1,000 yards and was winner of the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.
New York jumped to a 6–0 lead in the first quarter with two field goals by kicker Raúl Allegre.
With 17 seconds left in the first half, Anderson caught a 20-yard touchdown reception from Everett to take a 7–6 lead.
But in the fourth period, Los Angeles kicker Mike Lansford made two field goals to tie the game, the second one coming with 3:01 left in regulation.