With the Giants trying to secure a win 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 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 Giants ' current helmet is metallic blue with white block numbers, frontally mounted on either side of a red stripe running down the center.

The team saw the team trade for running back Chuck Muncie, and Fouts set a club record with 444 yards passing in the Chargers ' 44 – 7 victory over the New York Giants.

The Giants, led by quarterback Phil Simms, running back Joe Morris and their " Big Blue Wrecking Crew " defense, advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 14-2 regular season record, and only allowing a combined total of 3 points in their two postseason wins.

However, running the ball was the Giants ' primary offensive attack.

With the play of their defense, the running attack led by Morris, and Simms ' passing game, the Giants earned a 14 – 2 regular season record.

Giants running back Ottis Anderson, who carried the ball 21 times for 102 yards and one touchdown, was named Super Bowl MVP.

However, the kneel-down play wasn't universally accepted as an honorable way to win a game at the time, and Giants ' offensive coordinator Bob Gibson ordered quarterback Joe Pisarcik ( with whom he had been having a running feud over play-calling authority ) to hand the ball off to fullback Larry Csonka for one more run up the middle to end the game.

* Casey Merrill, former running back of the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and New Orleans Saints ( NFL ).

* Tony Galbreath, former running back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints 1976 – 80, the Minnesota Vikings 1981 – 83, and the New York Giants 1984 – 87

* Danny Lewis ( born 1936 ), NFL running back from 1958 – 66, playing for the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and the New York Giants.

* Lee Rouson ( born 1962 ), former NFL running back for the New York Giants.

* Maurice Carthon ( born 1961 ), former running back for the New York Giants.

* Brandon Jacobs ( born 1982 ), running back who played for the New York Giants.

* Andre Brown – New York Giants running back

* Mike Cloud-NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, and New York Giants

* Dan Reeves ( born 1944 ), former running back of the Dallas Cowboys, former head coach of the New York Giants.

Retired New York Giants running back, Tiki Barber, as well as his twin brother and Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback, Ronde Barber, both also lived in Cave Spring, attending Cave Spring High School.

Numerous current and former professional athletes live in Missouri City, most notably in Sienna Plantation, including Houston Texans Dunta Robinson, NY Giants quarterback ( and former Texan ) David Carr, former Houston Oilers Sean Jones, Alonzo Highsmith, and Webster Slaughter, Houston Texans cornerback Aaron Glenn, and Arkansas Razorback running back Knile Davis.

Among their players was former NFL running back LeShon Johnson, who had played for the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and the New York Giants.

Former New York Giants running back Billy Taylor got in on the scoring for Washington with a six yard run in the third quarter.

Playing with a back-up quarterback in Jeff Hostetler and a 33-year-old veteran running back in Ottis Anderson, the Giants convincingly defeated the Chicago Bears in the divisional playoff, 31 – 3, and won in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion over San Francisco, 15 – 13, in the NFC Championship on a last-second 42-yard field goal by Matt Bahr which was set up by a Roger Craig fumble caused by nose tackle Erik Howard.

The Giants won the National League pennant in 1989 ( defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS in five games ), and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time when running out to the mound to celebrate.

In the CD collection Ernie Harwell's Audio Scrapbook, issued in 2007, Mays talks about a running bare-handed catch he made at Forbes Field in 1951, in which the Giants ' players teased the young rookie by treating him with complete indifference when he returned to the bench.

Parking nightmares had plagued the city as far back as the 1950s, the little park lacked modern amenities, and New York City, which in 1957 had lost both its National League teams ( the Dodgers and the Giants ) to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, was actively courting Reds owner Powel Crosley.

Following the Colts first NFL championship, the team once again posted a 9 – 3 record during the 1959 season and would defeat the Giants once again in the NFL Championship Game to claim their second title in back to back fashion.

The Brewers came out of the All-Star break with a bang as they won their first seven games back, all of them on the road, sweeping first the Giants and then the Cardinals, taking over first place in the Wild Card standings.

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.

Soon after, the Giants would lose to the Washington Redskins again, but they would bounce back from this defeat by beating their cross-town rival New York Jets, also knocking the Philadelphia Eagles out of playoff contention, leaving them with a tiebreaker versus the Cowboys.

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.

The Giants have an old and storied rivalry with the Redskins, dating back to 1932.

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Their heated rivalry with the Giants is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries, dating all the way back to 1933 and has been considered the best rivalry in the NFL in the 21st century.

But despite the Giants ' great record, the Atlanta Braves — fueled by solid seasons from David Justice, Ron Gant, Deion Sanders and their midseason acquisition of Fred McGriff from the San Diego Padres — came back from a ten-game deficit to the Giants to win the NL West by a single game.

With the Giants leading the series three games to two following a 16 – 4 blowout win in Game 5 at Pac Bell Park, the series shifted back to Anaheim.

The Giants ' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers dates back to when the two teams were based in New York, while the rivalry with the New York Yankees existed when the Giants were in New York.

The rivalry with the Oakland Athletics dates back to when the Giants were in New York and the A's were in Philadelphia and was renewed in 1968, when the Athletics moved from Kansas City.

The origins of Shea Stadium go back to the controversial west coast relocation of the Dodgers and the Giants which left New York without a National League presence.

The Giants then took the ensuing kickoff and stormed right back on a 9-play, 78-yard drive.

Elway barely avoided a turnover by recovering his own fumble on the last play of the third quarter, but on the first play of the fourth quarter, he threw an interception to Giants defensive back Elvis Patterson.

However, before the Bills ' defenders had a chance to catch their breath, they found themselves back on the field trying to contain another long Giants drive.

Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants.

He began an unsuccessful tenure with the New York Giants the next season and was sent back to the minors.