New York Giants

The **New York Giants** are a professional American football team based in the New York City metropolitan area. The team is headquartered, trains, and plays their home games at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in the suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only one admitted that year that still exists. The Giants have won four NFL Championships and four Super Bowls, including perhaps one of the greatest upsets in NFL history, defeating the then unbeaten Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII.

To distinguish itself from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was referred to as the **New York Football Giants**. Although the baseball team moved to San Francisco in 1957, the football team continues to as its legal corporate name.

The Giants conduct summer training camp at the University at Albany.

## Logo and uniforms

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For most of the team's history, the Giants have worn blue helmets, red trim, and either blue or white jerseys. In 1961, the club debuted a white lower-case "ny" logo. By that time, the team wore gray pants.

In 1975, the logo was modified to a sharper italicized "NY". But one year later, both the logo and uniforms changed. An italicized and underlined "GIANTS" became the new logo.This was due to the move to East Rutherford New Jersey. More red trim was added to the uniform design. And the team began wearing white pants with their blue jerseys, and blue pants with their white jerseys. By 1979, only the white pants were worn.

In 2000, the team reverted back to the 1960s primary logo and uniform, and the italicized "GIANTS" became a secondary logo. In 2005, the Giants introduced a new white jersey that is a more accurate depiction of the road jersey the team wore in the early 1960s, as red stripes were added to the sleeves and the numbers became solid red, rather than red trimmed in blue as had previously been the case.

The team introduced an alternate red jersey in a 2004 game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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## Season-by-season records

***Note:** W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties*

## Players of note

### Pro Football Hall of Famers

* Morris 'Red' Badgro, End, (enshrined in 1981)
* Roosevelt 'Rosey' Brown, Tackle (1975)
* Harry Carson, Linebacker, (2006)
* Benny Friedman, Quarterback (2005)
* Frank Gifford, Halfback (1977)
* Mel Hein, Center (1963)
* Sam Huff, Linebacker (1982)
* Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans, Fullback (1978)
* Tim Mara, Owner and Founder (1963)
* Wellington Mara, Co-Owner (1997)
* Steve Owen, Coach (1966)
* Andy Robustelli, Defensive End (1971)
* Ken Strong, Halfback (1967)
* Lawrence Taylor, Linebacker (1999)
* Y.A. Tittle, Quarterback (1967)
* Emlen Tunnell, Defensive Back (1971)
* Arnie Weinmeister, Defensive End (1984)

### Retired numbers

* Ray Flaherty #1 -- retired in 1935, this was the first number to be retired by any team in major league sports
* Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans #4
* Mel Hein #7
* Phil Simms #11
* Y.A. Tittle #14
* Frank Gifford #16
* Al Blozis #32
* Joe Morrison #40
* Charlie Conerly #42
* Ken Strong #50
* Lawrence Taylor #56

### Other notable alumni

* Jessie Armstead
* Matt Bahr
* Carl Banks
* Mark Bavaro
* Brad Benson
* Jim Burt
* Chris Calloway
* Maurice Carthon
* Kerry Collins
* Howard Cross
* Jumbo Elliot
* Earnest Gray
* Keith Hamilton
* Rodney Hampton
* Johnnie Harris
* Mark Haynes
* Ike Hilliard
* Jeff Hostetler
* Mark Ingram
* Pepper Johnson
* Terry Kinard
* Sean Landeta
* Lionel Manuel
* Leonard Marshall
* Dave Meggett
* Phil McConkey
* Joe Morris
* Bart Oates
* Gary Reasons
* Kyle Rote
* Jason Sehorn
* Pat Summerall
* Bob Tucker
* Brad Van Pelt
* Kurt Warner
* George Young

## Head coaches

* Bob Folwell 8-4-0 1925
* Joe Alexander 8-4-1 1926
* Earl Potteiger 15-8-3 1927-1928
* LeRoy Andrews 24-5-1 1929-1930
* Benny Friedman and Steve Owen 2-0-0 1930
* Steve Owen 153-108-17 1931-1953
* Jim Lee Howell 55-29-4 1954-1960
* Allie Sherman 57-54-4 1961-1968
* Alex Webster 29-40-1 1969-1973
* Bill Arnsparger 7-28-0 1974-1976
* John McVay 14-23-0 1976-1978
* Ray Perkins 24-35-0 1979-1982
* Bill Parcells 85-52-1 1983-1990
* Ray Handley 14-18-0 1991-1992
* Dan Reeves 32-34-0 1993-1996
* Jim Fassel 60-55-1 1997-2003
* Tom Coughlin 83-61-0 2004-present

## External links

* New York Giants official web site
* Big Blue Interactive
* NFL article about "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
* Sports E-Cyclopedia.com
* Giants Salary Cap Information