Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

Although the six point favorites, the Giants were unable to overcome the Jets defense which saw the Jets sack quarterback Phil Simms eight times.

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 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 1974, however, their offense was hurt by injuries to Csonka and the offensive line, and the defense was hurt by the departure of defensive coordinator Bill Arnsparger who became the New York Giants head coach.

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.

The Giants also had a lot of weapons on their defense, nicknamed The " Big Blue Wrecking Crew ".

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.

Such a dominating performance by the Giants ' defense gave the team a lot of confidence going into the Super Bowl match-up versus the Broncos.

However, the Giants ' defense tighened up and halted the drive at the 30-yard line, forcing Denver to settle for Rich Karlis's 48-yard field goal to give them a 3-0 lead.

Several plays later, the Broncos drove to a first down at the New York's 1-yard line, but Giants defense made a key defensive stand.

But the Giants defense forced 3 consecutive incompletions, leaving a 34-yard attempt for Karlis.

However, the Redskin offense began to click upon Williams ' return with 14: 17 left in the second quarter, and much as they had in the second half of Super Bowl XXI against the New York Giants the Bronco defense seemed to collapse.

The 1990 New York Giants were built to head coach Bill Parcells ' specifications of " power football ": a powerful defense and an offense that sustained extremely long drives.

Most experts expected that the Giants defense would not be able to contain the Bills ' turbo-charged, no-huddle offense, which had scored 95 points in 2 playoff games.

Landry invented the now-popular " 4-3 defense ", while serving as Giants defensive coordinator.

) Led by a stingy defense anchored by team captain and NFL All-Pro middle linebacker Ray Lewis, and quarterbacked by former Pro-Bowler Trent Dilfer, they would go on to defeat the NFC Champion New York Giants in the Super Bowl, 34 – 7.

Super Bowl XXV proved equally exciting as the Giants used tough defense, and a ball-control and power-running Erhardt – Perkins style offense to stop the Buffalo Bills, 20 – 19, whose own last-second 47-yard field goal attempt by Scott Norwood missed wide right.

He began his NFL career with the New York Giants by playing both offense and defense, a rarity when platoon football became popular after World War II.

The Ravens ' running game and punishing defense earned them their first World Championship when they defeated the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV.

Previously, he was notable as the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens, whose record-setting defense helped them win Super Bowl XXXV 34-7 over the New York Giants.

In 2000, the Ravens defeated the New York Giants 34-7 in Super Bowl XXXV thanks largely to a defense that allowed the fewest rushing yards ( 970 ) and the fewest points ( 165 ) in a 16-game regular season.

Alderson was the first round pick in the 2007 draft and was ranked the number four prospect in the Giants organization by Baseball America, but Sanchez provided a much needed jump for the Giants offense.

In 1930, Giants manager John McGraw ranked Lindstrom ninth among the top 20 players of the previous quarter century.

Although he was the eighth tight end taken in the 2002 NFL Draft, McMichael ’ s receiving totals ranked second among all NFL rookie tight ends in 2002, trailing only the New York Giants ’ Jeremy Shockey-the 14th overall pick in the draft.

In 2004, the Giants ranked 22nd in baseball on money spent in the draft and internationally between 2000 and 2004.

Prince George achieved their first sweep of the Kamloops Blazers in a best of seven game series, proceeded to defeat the top ranked Everett Silvertips in six games and reached the conference finals for the third time where they lost in five games to the eventual Memorial Cup Champion Vancouver Giants.

The 2008 / 2009 Lady Giants basketball team finished the season ranked number one in the nation by USA Todays Top 25 poll, and ESPN's Rise Poll.

If ranked by the number of all-time MLB wins by franchise, the Giants ( 10, 463 wins ) and Dodgers ( 10, 157 wins ) are number 1 and 3, respectively, number 2 being the Chicago Cubs ( 10, 261 wins ).

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

On August 24, the Rockies faced the San Francisco Giants in what ended up being a 14 inning game which lasted close to 5 hours ( 4: 57 ), the second longest game in Rockies history.

Spilborghs hit the first walk-off grand slam in Rockies history, his second career grand slam, and his first walk-off homer in the 14th inning to squeak by the Giants, 6 – 4, Monday in front of about half of the 27, 670 fans who remained at Coors Field.

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 They Might Be Giants song " Where Your Eyes Don't Go " on their second album, Lincoln, featured the lines " You're free to come and go / Or talk like Kurtis Blow.

Though the Giants went into halftime down only 10 – 0, the Ravens dominated the second half.

With the victory, the Giants advanced to the second round against the top-ranked Green Bay Packers.

The Giants ' 6 World Series Championships are also tied for second in the National League with the Dodgers ( the St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 ).

The Giants began as the second baseball club founded by millionaire tobacconist John B.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

With the speedy Mays on second, any base hit by the next batter, Willie McCovey, would likely win the series for the Giants.

They had a young star in the likes of Jack Clark, along with veteran first baseman Willie McCovey, second baseman Bill Madlock ( whom the Giants had acquired from the Chicago Cubs ,) shortstops Johnnie LeMaster and Roger Metzger, and third baseman Darrell Evans.

The next year, ( 1999 ), saw the Giants finish second in the NL West with an 86 – 76 record.

In 2001 the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention on the second to last day of the season.

After two consecutive close second place finishes, the Giants, under new manager Felipe Alou, recorded 100 victories for the seventh time in franchise history and the third time in San Francisco, winning their division for the third time in seven seasons.

On July 20, the Giants traded one of their top prospects, double-a pitcher Tim Alderson, for Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Freddy Sanchez.

In the second half of the season the Giants went 51 – 30.

The Giants went on to lose Game 3 in Arlington, Texas 4 – 2 after a 3-run home run from Ranger's rookie Mitch Moreland in the second inning, and a solo home run by Josh Hamilton in the fifth.

The only score in the second quarter however was Giants defensive end George Martin's quarterback sack of Elway in the end zone for a safety.

The Giants also posted a Super Bowl record 30 points in the second half, and limited the Broncos to only 2 net yards in the third quarter.

The Giants ' defensive leader was Hall of Fame outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor who led the league with 20½ sacks during the regular season, won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award for the third time in his career, and became just the second defensive player to ever win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.

In the second half, the Giants dominated the Broncos, outscoring them 30-10 with four touchdowns and a field goal on their first five possessions.

The Giants ' victory in Super Bowl XXI marked the second time in four months that the New York metropolitan area had won a championship in a major professional sport ; three months before, the New York Mets had won the 1986 World Series.