New York Giants The New York Giants are an American football team based in East Rutherford , New Jersey representing the New York City metropolitan area . The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The team plays their games at New Meadowlands Stadium , which it shares with the New York Jets in a unique arrangement . The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925 , but the only one admitted that year which still exists . The team ranks third among all NFL franchises with seven NFL titles : four in the pre – Super Bowl era ( 1927 , 1934 , 1938 , 1956 ) and three since the advent of the Super Bowl ( Super Bowl s XXI ( 1986 ) , XXV ( 1990 ) , and XLII ( 2007 ) . Their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers ( 12 ) and Chicago Bears ( 9 ) . During their history , the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players , including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein , Frank Gifford , Charlie Conerly , 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 . Although 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 gained several nicknames , including " Big Blue " , the " G - Men " , and the " Jints " , an intentionally mangled abbreviation seen frequently in the " New York Post " and " New York Daily News " , originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York . Additionally 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 80s and early 90s . 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 . Team History . 1925 – 32 . The Giants played their first game against All New Britain in New Britain , Connecticut , on October 4 , 1925 . They defeated New Britain 26 – 0 in front of a crowd of 10 , 000 . The Giants were successful in their first season , finishing with an 8 – 4 record . In its third season , the team finished with the best record in the league at 11 – 1 – 1 and was awarded the NFL title . After a disappointing fourth season ( 1928 ) owner Mara bought the entire squad of the Detroit Wolverines , principally to acquire star quarterback Benny Friedman , and merged the two teams under the Giants name . In 1930 , there were still many who questioned the quality of the professional game , claiming the college " amateurs " played with more intensity . In December 1930 , the Giants played a team of Notre Dame All Stars at the Polo Grounds to raise money for the unemployed of New York City . It was also an opportunity to establish the superiority of the pro game . Knute Rockne reassembled his Four Horsemen along with the stars of his 1924 Championship squad and told them to score early , then defend . Rockne , like much of the public , thought little of pro football and expected an easy win . But from the beginning it was a one - way contest , with Friedman running for two Giant touchdowns and Hap Moran passing for another . Notre Dame failed to score . When it was all over , Coach Rockne told his team , " That was the greatest football machine I ever saw . I am glad none of you got hurt . " The game raised $ 100 , 000 for the homeless , and is often credited with establishing the legitimacy of the professional game . 1933 – 46 . In a fourteen - year span from 1933 to 1946 , the Giants qualified to play in the NFL championship game 8 times , winning twice . During the period the Giants were led by Hall of Fame coach Steve Owen , and Hall of Fame players Mel Hein , Red Badgro , and Tuffy Leemans . This period also included the famous " Sneakers Game " , where they defeated the Chicago Bears on an icy field in the 1934 NFL Championship game , while wearing sneakers for better traction . The Giants were particularly successful from the latter half of the 1930s until the United States entry into World War II . They added their third NFL championship in 1938 with a 23 – 17 win over the Green Bay Packers . 1947 – 63 . They did not win another league title until 1956 , aided by a number of future Pro Football Hall of Fame players such as running back Frank Gifford , linebacker Sam Huff , and offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown , as well as all - pro running back Alex Webster . The Giants ' 1956 championship team not only included players who would eventually find their way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame , but a Hall of Fame coaching staff , as well . Head coach Jim Lee Howell ' s staff had Vince Lombardi coaching the offense and Tom Landry coaching the defense . From 1958 to 1963 , the Giants played in the NFL Championship Game five times , but failed to win . Most significantly , the Giants played the Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship Game that is considered a event in the history of the NFL . The game , which the Giants lost in overtime 23 – 17 , is often considered one of the most important events in furthering the NFL ' s popularity . The following year , they lost the championship to the Colts again , giving up a 16 – 9 4th quarter enroute to 31 – 16 loss . In 1963 led by league MVP quarterback Y . A . Tittle , who threw a then - NFL record 36 touchdown passes , the Giants advanced to the NFL Championship Game , where they lost to the Bears 14 – 10 . 1964 – 78 . From 1964 to 1978 , the Giants registered only two winning seasons and no playoff appearances . With players such as Tittle and Gifford approaching their mid 30s , the team declined rapidly , finishing 2 – 10 – 2 in 1964 . They rebounded with a 7 – 7 record in 1965 , before compiling a league - worst 1 – 12 – 1 record , and allowing more than 500 points on defense in 1966 . During the 1969 preseason , the Giants lost their first meeting with the New York Jets , 37 – 14 , in front of 70 , 874 fans at the Yale Bowl in New Haven , Connecticut . Following the game , Wellington Mara fired coach Allie Sherman , and replaced him with former Giants fullback Alex Webster . In 1967 , the team acquired quarterback Fran Tarkenton from the Minnesota Vikings . Despite having several respectable seasons with Tarkenton at quarterback , including a 7 – 7 finish in 1967 and 9 – 5 in 1970 , the Giants traded him back to the Vikings after a 4 - 10 finish in 1971 . Tarkenton would go on to lead the Vikings to three Super Bowls and earn a place in the Hall of Fame , while the Giants suffered through one of the worst stretches in their history , winning only 23 games from 1973 - 79 . Before the 1976 season , the Giants tried to revive a weak offense by replacing retired RB Ron Johnson with future HOF fullback Larry Csonka , but Csonka was often injured and ineffective during his 3 years in New York . The 1977 season featured a roster that included three rookie quarterbacks . The Giants were allowed to play their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven , Connecticut in 1973 - 74 , and at at Shea Stadium ( home of the Mets ) in 1975 , due to the renovation of Yankee Stadium . They finally moved into their own dedicated state - of - the - art stadium in 1976 , when they moved into Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford , New Jersey . One of the low points during this period was the play known as the " Miracle at the Meadowlands " , which occurred in 1978 . With the Giants needing only to kneel the ball to secure a certain victory against the Philadelphia Eagles , they chose to call a running play — which resulted in a fumble that was returned for a game - winning touchdown by the Eagles ' Herman Edwards . The Giants ' front office operations were complicated by a long - standing feud between Wellington Mara and his nephew , Tim Mara . Jack Mara had died in 1965 , leaving his share of the club to his son Tim . Wellington and Tim ' s personal styles and their visions for the club clashed , and eventually they stopped talking to each other . Commissioner Rozelle intervened and appointed a neutral general manager , George Young , allowing the club to operate more smoothly . The feud became moot on February 20 , 1991 , when Tim Mara sold his shares in the club to Preston Robert Tisch . 1979 – 93 . In 1979 , the Giants began the steps that would , in time , return them to the pinnacle of the NFL . These included the drafting of quarterback Phil Simms in 1979 , and linebacker Lawrence Taylor in 1981 . In 1981 , Taylor won the NFL ' s Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and the Giants made the playoffs for the first time since 1963 . One of the few bright spots during this time was the team ' s excellent linebackers , who were known as the Crunch Bunch . After the strike - shortened 1982 season , in which they finished 4 – 5 , head coach Ray Perkins resigned to take over the same position at the University of Alabama . In a change that would prove crucial in the coming years , he was replaced by the team ' s defensive coordinator , Bill Parcells . The Giants struggled in Parcells ' s initial year and finished with 3 – 12 – 1 record . After 9 – 7 and 10 – 6 finishes in 1984 and 1985 respectively , the Giants compiled a 14 – 2 record in 1986 led by league MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Lawrence Taylor and the Big Blue Wrecking Crew defense . The Giants defeated the 49ers 49 - 3 in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs and the Redskins 17 - 0 in the NFC championship game , advancing to their first Super Bowl , Super Bowl XXI , against the Denver Broncos at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena . Led by MVP Simms who completed 22 of 25 passes for a Super Bowl record 88 % completion percentage , they defeated the Broncos 39 – 20 , to win their first championship since 1956 . In addition to Simms and Taylor , the team was led during this period by head coach Bill Parcells , tight end Mark Bavaro , running back Joe Morris , and Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson . The Giants struggled to a 6 – 9 record in the strike - marred 1987 season , due largely to a decline in the running game , as Morris managed only 658 yards behind an injury - riddled offensive line . The early portion of the 1988 season was marred by a scandal involving Lawrence Taylor . Taylor had abused cocaine and was suspended for the first four games of the season for his second violation of the league ' s substance abuse policy . Despite the controversy , the Giants finished 10 – 6 , and Taylor recorded 15 . 5 sacks after his return from the suspension . They surged to a 12 – 4 record in 1989 , but lost to the Los Angeles Rams in their opening playoff game when Flipper Anderson caught a 47 - yard touchdown pass to give the Rams a 19 – 13 overtime win . In 1990 , the Giants went 13 – 3 and set an NFL record for fewest turnovers in a season ( 14 ) . They defeated the San Francisco 49ers , who were attempting to win the Super Bowl for an unprecedented third straight year , 15 - 13 at San Francisco and then defeated the Buffalo Bills 20 - 19 in Super Bowl XXV . Following the 1990 season , Parcells resigned as head coach and was replaced by the team ' s offensive coordinator , Ray Handley . Handley served as coach for two disappointing seasons ( 1991 – 92 ) , which saw the Giants fall from Super Bowl champions to 6 – 10 records . He was fired following the 1992 season , and replaced by former Denver Broncos ' coach Dan Reeves . In the early 1990s , Simms and Taylor , two of the stars of the 1980s , played out the last seasons of their careers with steadily declining production . The Giants experienced a resurgent season with Reeves at the helm in 1993 however , and Simms and Taylor ended their careers as members of a playoff team . 1994 – Present . The Giants initially struggled in the post Simms - Taylor era . After starting 3 – 7 in 1994 , the Giants won their final six games to finish 9 – 7 but missed the playoffs . Quarterback Dave Brown received heavy criticism throughout the season . Brown performed poorly the following two seasons , and the Giants struggled to 5 – 11 and 6 – 10 records . Reeves was fired following the 1996 season , and replaced by Jim Fassel , former offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals . Fassel named Danny Kanell the team ' s starting quarterback , and the team finished 10 – 5 – 1 and made the playoffs in 1997 . After losing in the first round to the Vikings in 1997 , the Giants needed to close out the season with four wins to finish 8 – 8 in 1998 . One of the bright spots of that season was a win over the Denver Broncos in week 15 , giving the Broncos their first loss of the season after starting 13 - 0 . Before the 1999 season Kerry Collins was brought in to help the team . Collins was the first – ever draft choice of the expansion Carolina Panthers in 1995 , and led the Panthers to the NFC Championship game in his second season . However , problems with alcohol , conflicts with his teammates and questions about his character led to his release from the Panthers . The Giants finished 7 – 9 in 1999 . The 2000 season was considered a make - or - break year for Fassel . The conventional wisdom was that Fassel needed to have a strong year and a playoff appearance to save his job . After two back - to - back losses at home against St . Louis and Detroit , the Giants fell to 7 – 4 and their playoff prospects were in question . At a press conference following the Giants ' loss to Detroit , Fassel guaranteed that " [ t ] his team is going to the playoffs " . The Giants responded , winning the rest of their regular season games to finish the season 12 – 4 and earn a bye as the NFC ' s top seed . The Giants won their first playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles , 20 – 10 , and defeated the Minnesota Vikings 41 – 0 in the NFC Championship game . They advanced to play the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV . Though the Giants went into halftime down only 10 – 0 , the Ravens dominated the second half . Their defense harassed Kerry Collins all game long , resulting in Collins completing only 15 of 39 passes for 112 yards and 4 interceptions . The Ravens won the game 34 – 7 . In 2004 , three years after their last Super Bowl appearance , Fassel was replaced by current coach Tom Coughlin . Although Collins had several solid seasons as the Giants quarterback , he experienced his share of struggles . In 2004 , the Giants completed a draft day trade for University of Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning . Manning became the team ' s starting quarterback in the middle of the 2004 season , taking over for Kurt Warner . The early part of Coughlin ' s tenure produced inconsistent results ( a 25 – 23 record and two playoff appearances — both losses , before the 2007 season ) and spawned intense media scrutiny concerning the direction of the team . During this period in their history , standout players included defensive end Michael Strahan , who set the NFL single season record in sacks in 2001 , and running back Tiki Barber , who set a team record for rushing yards in a season in 2005 . Going into 2007 , the Giants had made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons . In 2007 , the Giants became the third NFL franchise to win at least 600 games when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 31 – 10 on " Monday Night Football " . For the 2007 season , the NFL scheduled the Giants ' road game against the Miami Dolphins on October 28 in London ' s Wembley Stadium ; this was the first NFL regular - season game to be played outside of North America . The Giants defeated the Dolphins , 13 – 10 . The Giants finished 10 – 6 , and became NFC Champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , Dallas Cowboys , and Green Bay Packers in the NFC Playoffs . They set a record for most consecutive road wins with 10 ( a streak which ended with a loss to the Cleveland Browns during week 6 of the 2008 season ) . The Patriots ( 18 – 0 ) entered the Super Bowl undefeated and were 12 point favorites going into game weekend . The Giants defeated the Patriots 17 - 14 in Super Bowl XLII , the third biggest upset by betting line in Super Bowl history . ( The Baltimore Colts were favored by 17 over the New York Jets in Super Bowl III , and the St . Louis Rams were favored by 14 over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI . ) Co - owner John Mara described it as " the greatest victory in the history of this franchise , without question " . In 2008 , the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12 – 4 ( and also were the number one seed in the NFC after beating the Carolina Panthers for home field advantage ) , but lost 23 - 11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs . In 2009 , the Giants opened a new training complex , the Timex Performance Center , also located in the Meadowlands . After starting 5 - 0 in the 2009 season , New York lost to the likewise undefeated New Orleans Saints at their stadium 48 - 27 , beginning a four game losing streak , which was broken with a 34 - 31 overtime victory against the Atlanta Falcons . On Thanksgiving night , they lost to the Denver Broncos 26 - 6 . The Giants next beat the division leading Dallas Cowboys . A week later , with a record of 7 - 5 , they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles , 45 - 38 . On December 27 , the Giants lost to the Carolina Panthers 41 - 9 in their final game at Giants Stadium , and were eliminated from playoff eligibility . The Giants finished the season 8 - 8 . Third year wideout Steve Smith led the team with 107 receptions ( a team record ) , 1 , 220 receiving yards ( second most in a season for the Giants ) and 7 touchdowns . Following the season , the Giants fired first - year defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan , and replaced him with the former Buffalo Bills interim head coach , Perry Fewell . The Giants defense finished 13th overall under Sheridan , giving up 324 . 9 yards per game , and the final two losses of the season against Carolina and Minnesota , in which the Giants gave up 85 points , ultimately led to the firing . In 2010 , the Giants moved from Giants Stadium into New Meadowlands Stadium . Logos and uniforms . With over 80 years of team history , the Giants have used numerous uniform s and logo s . Giants ' logos include several incarnations of a giant quarterback preparing to throw a football , a lowercase " ny " , and stylized versions of the team nickname . Giants ' jerseys are traditionally blue or red ( or white with blue or red accents ) , and their pants alternate between white and gray . Currently , the Giants wear home jerseys that are solid blue with white block numbering , gray pants with red and blue stripes on the pant legs , and solid blue socks . For this they gained their most renown nickname , " Big Blue " . For road uniforms , they wear a white jersey with red block numbering and Northwestern stripes on the sleeves , gray pants with blue and red stripes , and solid red socks . The Giants ' current helmet is metallic blue with white block numbers , frontally mounted on either side of a red stripe running down the center . The helmet is adorned on both sides with the lower case " ny " logo and features a gray facemask . Additionally , the Giants had until the ' 09 - ' 10 season a third jersey which recalled the Giants ' solid red home jerseys from the early 50 ' s : a solid red alternate with white block numbers . These jerseys have been used a total of four times , but have been retired . Once in 2004 against the Philadelphia Eagles and three consecutive years ; 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 against the Dallas Cowboys . Ownerships , financial history and fan base . The Giants have had a long and , at times , turbulent financial history . The Giants were founded by Tim Mara with an investment of US $ 500 in 1925 and became one of the first teams in the then five - year - old NFL . To differentiate themselves from the baseball team of the same name , they took the name " New York Football Giants " , which they still use as their legal corporate name . Although the Giants were successful on the field in their initial seasons , their financial status was a different story . Overshadowed by baseball , boxing , and college football , professional football was not a popular sport in 1925 . The Giants were in dire financial straits until the 11th game of the season when Red Grange and the Chicago Bears came to town , attracting over 73 , 000 fans . This gave the Giants a much needed influx of revenue , and perhaps altered the history of the franchise . The following year , Grange and his agent formed a rival league and stationed a competing team , led by Grange , in New York . Though the Giants lost $ 50 , 000 that season , the rival league folded and was subsumed into the NFL . Following the 1930 season , Mara transferred ownership of the team over to his two sons to insulate the team from creditors , and by 1946 , he had given over complete control of the team to them . Jack , the older son , controlled the business aspects , while Wellington controlled the on - field operations . After their initial struggles the Giants financial status stabilized , and they led the league in attendance several times in the 1930s and 1940s . By the early 1960s , the Giants had firmly established themselves as one of the league ' s biggest attractions . However , rather than continuing to receive their higher share of the league television revenue , the Mara sons pushed for equal sharing of revenue for the benefit of the entire league . Revenue sharing is still practiced in the NFL today , and is credited with strengthening the league . After their struggles in the latter half of the 1960s and the entire 1970s , the Giants hired an outsider , George Young , to run the football operations for the first time in franchise history . The Giants ' on - field product and business aspects improved rapidly following the move . In 1991 , Tim Mara , struggling with cancer at the time , sold his half of the team to Bob Tisch for a reported $ 80 million . This marked the first time in franchise history the team had not been solely owned by the Mara family . In 2005 , Wellington Mara , who had been with the team since its inception in 1925 when he worked as a ball boy , died at the age of 89 . His death was followed two weeks later by the death of Tisch . In 2010 , the New Meadowlands Stadium opened , replacing Giants Stadium . The new stadium is a 50 / 50 partnership between the Giants and Jets , and while the stadium is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority on paper , the two teams jointly built the stadium using private funds , and administer it jointly through New Meadowlands Stadium Corporation . The Giants had previously planned a $ 300 million dollar renovation to the Meadowlands , before deciding in favor of the new stadium which was originally estimated to cost approximately $ 600 million , before rising to an estimated cost of one billion dollars . One advantage gained by owning the stadium is that the teams saved considerable money in tax payments . The teams leased the land from the state at a cost of $ 6 . 3 million per year . The state paid for all utilities , including the $ 30 million needed to install them . The Giants are currently owned and operated by John Mara and Steve Tisch . " Forbes " magazine estimates the current value of the team at $ 974 million . This ranks them eighth among the 32 teams in the league in terms of estimated value . The value has steadily increased from $ 288 million in 1998 , to their current value . The magazine estimated their revenue in 2006 at $ 182 million , of which $ 46 million came from gate receipts . Operating income was $ 26 . 9 million , and player salary was $ 102 million . Current major sponsors include Gatorade , Anheuser Busch , Toyota , and Verizon Wireless . Recent former sponsors include Miller Brewing and North Fork Bank . Game day concessions are provided by Aramark , and the Giants average ticket price is $ 72 . The Giants draw their fans from the New York metropolitan area . Since their move to New Jersey in 1976 , fans from each state have claimed the team as their own . In January 1987 , shortly before the team won Super Bowl XXI , then New York City mayor Ed Koch labeled the team " foreigners " and said they were not entitled to a ticker - tape parade in New York City . On February 5 , 2008 , the city , under mayor Michael Bloomberg , threw a ticker tape parade in honor of the Giants ' Super Bowl XLII victory at the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan . According to a team spokesman , in 2001 , 49 percent of the Giants ' season ticket - holders lived in New Jersey . Most of the remaining ticket holders lived in New York State with some coming from other states . Through the lean years of 1960s and 1970s the Giants , in spite of a 17 - year - long playoff drought , still accumulated a 20 - year - long waiting list for season tickets . It has been estimated that the Giants have a waiting list of 135 , 000 people , the largest of any franchise . Rivalries . Dallas Cowboys . This rivalry runs deep , from the very first game ever played between the Giants and Cowboys , a 31 – 31 tie on December 4 , 1960 . Tom Landry had a large part to play , having at one point or another been a fixture in both franchises , as a defensive coordinator with the Giants , to being head coach of the Cowboys . Of all the Giants rivals , while the Eagles are the most maligned , the Cowboys have been the most troublesome to Big Blue . The Cowboys dominated the Giants in the 60 ' s into the 70 ' s , getting off to a 26 - 9 - 2 start against New York in their first 37 meetings . While Dallas dominated early the Giants did strike back in the 80 ' s and since then the rivalry has been very even handed with the Giants leading the series 31 - 30 in games played since 1980 . It should be noted that the Giants ' defeated Dallas in the only playoff meeting between the two teams in the 2007 playoffs en route to their victory in Super Bowl XLII . Dallas currently leads the all - time series 56 – 40 – 2 , the only divisional opponent the Giants do not lead the series against , including their former divisional foe the Arizona Cardinals . Philadelphia Eagles . The rivalry between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles is the oldest rivalry in the NFC East and one of the oldest in the NFL , dating all the way back to 1933 . While the Giants have dominated this rivalry for most of their history the Eagles have been in control for the last 20 years or so , winning the series through the 90 ’ s and 2000 ’ s . The Giants currently lead the series 80 - 70 - 2 . Washington Redskins . The Redskins have an old and storied rivalry with the Giants . While this rivalry is typically put on the back burner when compared to the Eagles and Cowboys rivalries , there have been periods of great competition between the two . In the 1980 ' s the Giants and Redskins clashed as both struggled against each other for division titles and even Super Bowl Championships . Most notable among these is the 1986 NFC Championship game in which the Big Blue Wrecking Crew defeated the Redskins 17 - 0 to earn their first ever trip to the Super Bowl . Wellington Mara always felt this was the Giants oldest and truest rival and after passing away in 2005 the Giants honored their long time owner by defeating the Redskins 36 - 0 at home . The Giants lead this series 91 - 64 - 4 . San Francisco 49ers . The rivalry between the Giants and 49ers is rooted in the 1980 ’ s when both teams were on the rise . The Giants and 49ers have met in the playoffs 7 times in the last 25 years , the 49ers leading the playoff series 4 - 3 . The Giants beat the Montana led 49ers 49 - 3 in the divisional round of the 1986 playoffs enrout to winning the first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history . They would again meet in the playoffs in the 1990 NFC Championship game . In one of the most physical football games ever played the Giants upset the 49ers 15 - 13 , ruining their hopes of winning three Super Bowls in a row . The 49ers would exact revenge in 1993 when they would soundly defeat the Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs 44 - 3 in the last game of Lawrence Taylor ’ s and Phil Simms ’ careers . The series is currently tied at 13 - 13 . New York Jets ( Intracity rivalry ) . While in recent years the rivalry between these two franchises has been docile ( although this seems destined to change in the immediate future ) , this has not always been the case . In 1969 these two franchises faced off for the first time in history the Jets beating the Giants 37 - 14 . Wellington Mara was so upset he fired head coach Allie Sherman on the spot . In 1988 the Giants faced off against the Jets in the last game of the season , needing a victory to make the playoffs . The Jets played spoiler however , beating the Giants 27 - 21 ruining Big Blues playoff hopes . Since then the rivalry has been somewhat quiet but the rise of the Jets in recent years sets up a potentially gruesome match up in the upcoming 2011 season . The Giants lead the series 7 - 4 . Players of note . Pro Football Hall of Famers . In the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the Giants boast the second - most enshrined members with twenty - seven . Tim Mara and Mel Hein were a part of the original class of inductees in 1963 , while linebacker Harry Carson , the most recent Giant inducted , was a part of the Class of 2006 . Numerous members , including Larry Csonka , Ray Flaherty , Joe Guyon , Pete Henry , Arnie Herber , Cal Hubbard , Don Maynard , Hugh McElhenny , and Jim Thorpe were at one time associated with the New York Giants , however they have been inducted under other teams . Retired numbers . < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Retired in 1935 , this was the first number to be retired by any team in major league sports . Ring of Honor . The New York Giants unveiled their own Ring of Honor on October 3 , 2010 during halftime of their . John Mara had long wished to create a Giants Ring of Honor and Hall of Fame to honor Giants who helped the franchise achieve each of their 7 championships , and the building of New Meadowlands Stadium resulted in the realization of that ambition . The organization chose to have an inaugural induction class of 30 including players , coaches , owners and executives that have had a great impact on the organization . While the entire list of inductees was not revealed until the actual induction , the organization did confirm that Phil Simms , Bill Parcells , Michael Strahan , Tiki Barber , Frank Gifford and Pete Gogolak would all be inducted about a week prior to the ceremony . Radio and television . As of 2010 , the Giants ' flagship radio station is WFAN 660 AM , the oldest all - sports radio station in the United States . Some games in August and September are moved to WXRK or WCBS - FM due to conflicts with the New York Mets baseball team . Bob Papa on play - by - play and Carl Banks on color commentary are the Giants ' radio broadcast team , with Howard Cross as the sideline reporter . When Papa is unavailable to call games Chris Carrino , WFAN ' s lead broadcaster for the New Jersey Nets , substitutes for him . Games are carried over the New York Giants Radio Network over various stations in New York , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , and ( as of 2010 ) Mississippi . Preseason telecasts not seen nationally air in the area on WNBC , " 4 New York " . National cable broadcasts carried over the local airwaves aired on WPIX in 2009 ; Giants and Jets regular season games broadcast on cable are usually carried by either WPIX or WWOR with rare exceptions . The Current Public Address Announcer for the Giants home games is Jim Hall Past . WFAN has produced the Giants ' radio broadcasts since the mid ' 90s , but has not always aired them on the station . The first year of production saw the games airing on the team ' s flagship station at the time , WOR , as WFAN was already the radio flagship for the New York Jets and continued to be so for several years after the station acquired the radio rights to the Giants . For the following season the radiocasts aired simultaneously on both WOR and WFAN , with the games moving solely to the latter the next year . In 1997 the Giants radio broadcast was moved to WNEW - FM and stayed there for the next three seasons so as not to interfere / overlap with the Jets coverage airing on the station . After the Jets moved to WABC in 2000 , the Giants returned to WFAN and have been there since . The Giants ' longtime radio home was WNEW - AM , where games aired from the mid - 1950s until 1993 when the station was bought by Bloomberg L . P . and changed its format . Marty Glickman teamed with Al DeRogatis for a long stretch beginning in the early 1960s on WNEW - AM . Chip Cipolla joined Glickman after DeRogatis left to join Curt Gowdy on NBC . After the WNEW split , games began airing on WOR . Glickman moved to the crosstown Jets in 1973 and was succeeded by Marv Albert . Jim Gordon succeeded Albert in 1977 , beginning an 18 - year tenure as the Giants ' play - by - play voice . Meanwhile , Dick Lynch succeeded Cipolla as color analyst in 1976 and continued in that role through 2007 , with his last game being Super Bowl XLII , and retired following the season due to his advancing leukemia , which took his life in September 2008 . Eventually Gordon and Lynch were joined by Karl Nelson , a former lineman for the Giants . Gordon and Nelson were fired after the 1994 season , after which Papa took over the play - by - play ( after being studio host ) and led a two - man booth with Lynch . Dave Jennings joined the broadcast team in 2002 following his firing by the Jets , with whom he had worked since his 1987 retirement from the NFL . Jennings was moved to the pregame show after the 2006 season and was replaced by Carl Banks . After WFAN began airing games Richard Neer served as pregame and postgame host . Eventually , Sid Rosenberg served as pregame and postgame host for home games . They were replaced by Chris Carlin , who in turn was replaced by WWOR and WNYW sports reporter Russ Salzberg for 2008 . The Giants were carried on the DuMont Network , then CBS ( New York ' s Channel 2 ) in the early TV days of the NFL , when home games were blacked out within a 75 - mile radius of New York City . Chris Schenkel was their play - by - play announcer in that early era when each team was assigned its own network voice on its regional telecasts . At the time , there were few if any true national telecasts until the NFL championship game , which was carried by NBC . Schenkel was joined by Jim McKay , later Johnny Lujack through the 1950s and the early 1960s . As Giants players retired to the broadcast booth in the early and 1960s , first Pat Summerall , then Frank Gifford took the color analyst slot next to Schenkel . As the 1970 merger of the NFL and AFL approached , CBS moved to a more generic announcer approach and Schenkel was off the broadcasts . Giants regular - season Sunday telecasts moved to Fox when that network took over NFC telecasts in 1994 and are carried locally by WNYW . WCBS - TV and WPIX were previously home to Giants preseason telecasts in the 1990s . After the NFC rights were lost by CBS , the Giants followed the conference ' s broadcast rights to WNYW . WWOR became the Giants ' flagship TV station in the late ' 90s , and stayed so up until WNBC took over rights in 2005 .