In 1934, the club completed a 13 – 0 record but were defeated by the New York Giants, and in 1942 the club completed an 11 – 0 record but were defeated by the Redskins.

The Colts defeated the Giants 23 – 17 in the first game ever to utilize the overtime rule and a game seen by 45 million people.

Having already been defeated by the Giants in the regular season, Baltimore was not favored to win, yet proceeded to take the title in sudden death overtime.

The Patriots, however, were defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, after winning the first 18 games of their 2007 season.

They were defeated again by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.

After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19 – 0 season.

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.

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.

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.

The Giants defeated the Dolphins, 13 – 10.

The Giants defeated the Patriots 17 – 14 in Super Bowl XLII, capped by the famous " Manning to Tyree " pass.

On a cold night in New Jersey, the Giants defeated Dallas Cowboys 31 – 14 in Week 17 to clinch the NFC East and thus their NFL record 31st playoff appearance, breaking their tie with the Cowboys at 30.

On January 8, 2012 in the first round of the playoffs the Giants defeated the Atlanta Falcons 24 – 2.

On January 15th, 2012, the Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers 37 – 20.

A different scenario unfolded during the penultimate regular season game of 2011 as the " visiting " Giants defeated the Jets 29 – 14.

Most notable among these is the 1986 NFC Championship game in which the Giants defeated the Redskins 17 – 0 to earn their first ever trip to the Super Bowl.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

when the Giants defeated the newly-founded Eagles 56 – 0.

In the 2010 National League Division Series, the Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves three games to one.

The Giants defeated the Broncos by the score of 39 – 20, winning their first ever Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1956.

The Giants had narrowly defeated Denver during the regular season, forcing four turnovers in a 19-16 win despite being outgained in total yards 405 to 262.

The 49ers then entered the NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams, who had defeated San Francisco in one of their two regular season games against them and were coming off postseason wins against two of the NFC's toughest teams, the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Giants defeated the Bills by the score of 20 – 19, winning their second ever Super Bowl.

One week after losing to the division rival Philadelphia Eagles, 31 – 13, the 10 – 1 Giants were defeated on Monday Night Football in a 7 – 3 defensive battle with the 10 – 1 San Francisco 49ers, who had won the previous two Super Bowls and ultimately finished the regular season with an NFL best 14 – 2 record.

As the Giants began to fade, the Atlanta Braves started making a run at the Rockies that was starting to look similar to Colorado's 2007 run.

The Marlins swept the San Francisco Giants 3 – 0 in the National League Division Series, and then went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4 – 2 in the National League Championship Series, overcoming the loss of Alex Fernandez to a torn rotator cuff, and Kevin Brown to a virus.

During his days in Atlanta, Aaron reached a number of milestones ; he was only the eighth player ever to hit 500 career home runs, with his 500th coming against Mike McCormick of the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1968 — exactly one year after former teammate Eddie Mathews had hit his 500th.

In the next seven weeks the Saints beat talented teams such as the eventual Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants, Detroit Lions, and Atlanta Falcons, bringing their season record to 12-3.

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.

* 8 Tommy Maddox QB ( UCLA ) Maddox, a former first round draft pick, played five seasons in the NFL seeing playing time with the Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and Atlanta Falcons.

During his career, he pitched for the New York Giants ( 1952 – 1956 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1957 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1957 – 1958 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1958 – 1962 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1963 – 1968 ), California Angels ( 1969 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1969 – 1970 ; 1971 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1970 ), and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1971 – 1972 ).

* Dusty Baker-Cincinnati Reds Manager, former San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs manager ; retired Major League Baseball player, primarily with the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers

Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts Ohio State Running Back / Defensive Back ( 1950s ), Ohio State All Time Interceptions Leader ( 2nd-17 ), 1st Team ALL-BIG 10 ( 1952 )

* John Burkett, former MLB pitcher-Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins

The others are Davey Johnson of the Philadelphia Phillies, Mike Ivie of the San Francisco Giants, Ben Broussard of the Cleveland Indians, and Brooks Conrad of the Atlanta Braves.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

Stanley brought a wealth of coaching experience, with stops at SMU, UTEP, Oklahoma State, Navy, and on the professional level with the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and NFL's New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons, mainly as an assistant coach.

Among them were Ray Pinney of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Cedrick Hardman of the 1970s San Francisco 49ers and early 1980s Oakland Raiders, Anthony Carter ( Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions ), Arthur Whittington ( Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills ), Bobby Hebert ( New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons ), Gary Plummer ( San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers ), Raymond Chester ( Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts ), Albert Bentley ( Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers ), Dave Browning ( Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots ), Ray Bentley ( Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals ), Dale Markham ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers ) and Derek Holloway ( Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ).

Perry retired in 1983 after pitching for eight teams ( the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers ( twice ), San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals ).

The Marlins made the playoffs as a wild card team, and defeated the San Francisco Giants in the National League Divisional Series, and then the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series, before going to the World Series, which Florida won in seven games.

The Giants would beat the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series 3 – 2, and the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series 4 – 1.

During his 17-year career spent with the Giants, Milwaukee & Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Milwaukee Brewers, Alou played all three outfield positions regularly ( 736 games in right field, 483 in center, 433 in left ), and led the National League in hits twice and runs once.

The other thirteen NFL teams ( Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins ) became part of the National Football Conference ( NFC ).

During a career that lasted sixteen years, he played with the San Francisco Giants ( 1958 – 66 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 – 68 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1969 – 72 ), Oakland Athletics ( 1972 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1973 ), and Kansas City Royals ( 1974 ).