despite their new home and heightened fan interest, new york suffered posted a 3-11 season in 1976. after compiling a 7–28 record arsnparger was fired during the middle of that year. they traded the struggling morton to the denver broncos following the season for quarterback steve ramsey. morton led the broncos to super bowl xii in his first season there, while ramsey never started for the giants, or any nfl team, after the trade. they went 5-9 in 1977, featuring the unusual choice of three rookie quarterbacks on the roster. in 1978, new york started the year 5–6 and played the eagles at home with a chance to solidify their playoff prospects. however, the season imploded on november 19, 1978, in one of the most improbable finishes in nfl history. playing their archrival the philadelphia eagles the giants were leading 17–12 and had possession of the ball with only 30 seconds left. they had only to kneel the ball to end the game, as the eagles had no time outs.