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Giants and defeated
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 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.

Giants and Broncos
After spending three years with the Giants, Morton became the starting quarterback for the Broncos and helped Denver to a 12-2 regular season record.
Super Bowl XXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1986 season.
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.
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.
The penalties moved the ball to the Giants ' six-yard line, and three plays later Elway scored on a 4-yard touchdown run to give the Broncos a 10 7 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.
With less than a minute remaining in the half, Elway completed 31-yard pass to receiver Steve Watson and an 11-yard pass to Willhite, giving the Broncos a first down at the Giants 20-yard line.
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 Broncos managed to keep the Giants out of the endzone, but New York kicker Raul Allegre kicked a 21-yard field goal to increase their lead to 19-10.
Elway would eventually be replaced by Gary Kubiak, who took a sack to end the game, and the Giants were victorious in a 39-20 rout of the Broncos.
Under Elway's leadership, the Broncos stormed to the top of the AFC with a 14 2 regular record in 1998, winning their first 13 games before suffering their first loss to the New York Giants.
* 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.
* INVESCO Field at Mile High opens up on September 10, 2001 as the Denver Broncos defeated the New York Giants 31-20.
* Super Bowl XXI New York Giants won 39-20 over the Denver Broncos
Parcells won two Super Bowl rings with the New York Giants, defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI and the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV.
Following the AFC Championship Game, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants.
Elway and the Broncos started out the Super Bowl against the New York Giants very well, building a 10 7 lead and then driving to the Giants 1-yard line in the second quarter.
* 1986 ( NFL )-Super Bowl XXI-1 / 25 / 87 NFC New York Giants 39, AFC Denver Broncos 20
On September 10, 2001, it hosted its first regular season game, in which the Denver Broncos defeated the New York Giants 31 20.
On November 26, 2009, it hosted its first Thanksgiving game, when the Denver Broncos took on the New York Giants.
Simms played his entire professional career with the Giants and was named Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39 20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a super bowl, going 22 for 25.

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