New York Giants

The New York Giants are an American football team playing in the NFC East division of the National Football League. The team is based in East Rutherford, New Jersey and they play their home games at Giants Stadium. They joined the NFL in 1925 along with five other teams, of which the Giants are the only team still in existence. With seven NFL titles, the Giants rank third in the league behind the Chicago Bears with nine wins and the Green Bay Packers with twelve. Four of those titles were before the Super Bowl started. Those wins occurred 1927, 1934, 1938 and 1956. The Giants won Super Bowls XXI in 1986, XXV in 1990 and XLII in 2007.

The Giants won 10 conference championships. They won the NFL Eastern in 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961 – 1963. In the NFC they won in 1986, 1990, 2000 and 2007. They have 15 division championship wins. In the NFL East they won in 1933 – 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944 and 1946. In the NFC East they had wins in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2005 and 2008. They appeared in playoff games in 1933 – 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961 - 1963, 1981, 1984 – 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005 – 2008.

The Giants have a total of 23 players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame including, Morris “Red” Badgro, Roosevelt “Rosey” Brown, Harry Carson, Larry Csonka, Benny Friedman, Frank Gifford, Joe Guyon, Mel Hein, Wilbur “Pete” Henry, Arnie Herber, Cal Hubbard, Sam Huff, Alphonse “Tuffy” Leemans, Don Maynard, Hugh McElhenny, Andy Robustelli, Ken Strong, Fran Tarkenton, Lawrence Taylor, Jim Thorpe, Y.A. Tittle, Emlen Tunnell and Arnie Weinmeister. Two coaches are also members, Ray Flaherty and Steve Owen. Owner and founder Tim Mara and co-owner Wellington Mara are members as well bringing the team total of Hall of Fame members to 27. There have been 5 Giants MVP winners including Mel Hein in 1938, Frank Gifford in 1956, Charlie Conerly in 1959, Y.A. Tittle in 1963 and Lawrence Taylor in 1986. The Giants have also had 3 Super Bowl MVP players including Phil Simms in XXI, Ottis Anderson in XXV and Eli Manning in XXII.

Tom Coughlin has been the Giants Head Coach since 2004. He is considered one of the premier head coaches of the NFL. Coughlin is hoping for another winning season ending with another Super Bowl win along with his team including players Ahmad Bradshaw, Domenik Hixon, Brandon Jacobs, Eli Manning, Kenny Phillips, Antonio Pierce and Justin Tuck.