New York Giants facts for kids
Quick facts for kids New York Giants |
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| Established August 1, 1925 First season: 1925 |
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National Football League (1925–present)
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| Team colors | Dark blue, red, white |
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| Owner(s) | John Mara, Steve Tisch | ||||
| Chairman | Steve Tisch | ||||
| President | John Mara | ||||
| General manager | Dave Gettleman | ||||
| Head coach | Joe Judge | ||||
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League championships (8)
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| Conference championships (11) | |||||
Division championships (16)
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| Playoff appearances (32) | |||||
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The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which it shares with the New York Jets. The Giants hold their summer training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, and are the only one of that group still existing, as well as the league's longest-established team in the Northeastern United States. The team ranks third among all NFL franchises with eight NFL championship titles: four in the pre–Super Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956) and four since the advent of the Super Bowl (XXI (1986), XXV (1990), XLII (2007), and XLVI (2011)), along with more championship appearances than any other team, with 19 overall appearances. Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers (13) and the Chicago Bears (9). Throughout their history, the Giants have featured 29 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor.
To distinguish themselves from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was incorporated as the "New York National League Football Company, Inc." in 1929 and changed to "New York Football Giants, Inc." in 1937. While the baseball team moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, the football team continues to use "New York Football Giants, Inc." as its legal corporate name, and is often referred to by fans and sportscasters as the "New York Football Giants". The team has also acquired several nicknames, including "Big Blue", the "G-Men", and the "Jints", an intentionally mangled contraction seen frequently in the New York Post and New York Daily News, originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York. In addition, the team as a whole is occasionally referred to as the "Big Blue Wrecking Crew", even though this moniker primarily and originally refers to the Giants defensive unit during the 1980s and early-1990s (and before that to the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball teams of the late-1970s and early-1980s).
The team's heated rivalry with the Philadelphia Eagles is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries, dating all the way back to 1933, and has been called the best rivalry in the NFL in the 21st century.
History
The New York Giants started playing in 1925. They were named for the baseball team also called the New York Giants. They have won six NFL championships, including some before the Super Bowl era. On February 3, 2008, the Giants beat the previously unbeaten New England Patriots (17-14) to win their third Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl XLII as well as stopping them from achieving the NFL's first 19-0 season. The previous two Super Bowl victories came against the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills (when they won the game on a missed last second field goal that went "wide right".) The Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the Patriots but this time the Patriots went 13-3 in the regular season. The Giants beated them in Foxborough during the 2011 season.
Images for kids
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Tom Coughlin alongside George W. Bush at the White House to celebrate the Giants' Super Bowl XLII championship.
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The NFL Green Bay Packers in the shotgun formation against the New York Giants on September 16, 2007.
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Eli Manning lines up a pass just out of the reach of Houston Texans defenders in 2010.
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Wide receiver Victor Cruz played a critical role in helping the Giants become world champions in 2011.
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The Washington Redskins gather at the line of scrimmage against the Giants.
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Giants Stadium was home to the Giants from 1976 to 2009.
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Giants estimated value from 1998 to 2006 according to Forbes magazine.
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Manning with the Lombardi Trophy during the Giants Super Bowl victory rally at Giants Stadium in 2008.
