The Falcons then went on to play the New York Giants in a 2011 NFC Wild Card Game at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The Giants went on to play the Baltimore Colts in the championship, a game often cited as the seed of professional football's popularity surge in the U. S.

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.

In, the Vikings went 12 – 2, the best record in the NFL, and had 12 straight regular-season victories, after a season-opening loss to the New York Giants, which was the longest single-season winning streak in 35 years.

In 1990, the Giants went 13 – 3 and set an NFL record for fewest turnovers in a season ( 14 ).

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

The Giants won 17 – 14, but the Packers beat the Bears 10 – 3, so the Giants missed out on the playoffs again, ending a collapse in which the Giants went 4 – 4 in their last eight games.

The Giants went on to win the game, with two other Giants contributing long home runs, but, as the Associated Press reported, " the biggest shot of them all belonged to Roberto Clemente.

The underdog Giants went on to sweep the series in four straight, despite the Indians having won a then-American League record 111 games that year.

Desperately needing a win against the Dodgers in the final game of the year to force a one-game playoff with the Braves in San Francisco, the controversial choice of Giants rookie pitcher Salomon Torres proved disastrous as he gave up three runs in the first four innings and the Giants went on to lose the game 12 – 1.

The Giants then went on to face the American League's Wild Card team, the Anaheim Angels, now known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in the World Series.

The Giants went on to lose the game 8 – 6.

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

Meanwhile, the 49ers went on to defeat the New York Giants, 38-24, and then narrowly beat the Dallas Cowboys, 28-27, on a last minute touchdown pass known as The Catch.

Meanwhile, the Giants went on to only allow a combined total of 3 points in their playoff victories over the San Francisco 49ers, 49-3, and the Washington Redskins, 17-0, respectively.

The game is best remembered for Bills placekicker Scott Norwood's last-second field goal attempt which went wide right of the uprights, leading to a Giants victory, and starting a four-game losing streak in the Super Bowl for the Bills.

In leading the Giants ' " power football " offense, Hostetler threw only 17 passes, but two went for touchdowns and he committed no turnovers.

Currently, Belichick is head coach of the New England Patriots, while Coughlin went from Boston College to be the first-ever head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and is currently the head coach of the Giants.

He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals.

Memphis head coach John McVay went on to become head coach of the New York Giants, but had more success as general manager of the San Francisco 49ers during the 1980s dynasty years.

That means Stan Musial probably will ride the bench on the seventh anniversary of his record five-home run day against the Giants.

Under Head Coach Norb Hecker they lost their first nine regular-season games in 1966 and secured their first victory on the road against the New York Giants.

Colangelo fired Showalter after a relatively disappointing 2000 season, and replaced him with Bob Brenly, the former Giants catcher and coach, who had up to that point been working as a color analyst on Diamondbacks television broadcasts.

The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice, in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeff Leonard of the San Francisco Giants.

He is one of ten San Francisco Giants to appear on the cover, along with Kelly Downs, Rick Reuschel, Willie Mays ( nine times ), Alvin Dark, Juan Marichal, Will Clark, Tim Lincecum ( twice ), Brian Wilson, and Buster Posey.

He has appeared as the main subject on the cover eight times in total ; seven with the Giants and once with the Pirates.

Bud Selig also did not attend the San Francisco Giants ' baseball game on August 7 when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run ; after the event, Selig released a statement congratulating Bonds.

The most recent parade in the Canyon of Heroes was on February 7, 2012 for the New York Giants in honor of their Super Bowl XLVI championship.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Browns held a 10-3 advantage, but the Giants tied it then won it with two minutes left on a 49-yard field goal by Pat Summerall under snowy conditions.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.

Despite entering December with a record of 8 – 3, Dallas lost its slim grip on 1st place in the division with losses to the New York Giants and San Diego.

He was on the New York Giants coaching staff for some of those years in the 1980s when the Giants bought into the curse.

The first game ever played between the Giants and Cowboys was a 31 – 31 tie on December 4, 1960.

In 1993, thanks in part to the efforts of Roger Staubach as an intermediary, Landry accepted induction and had a ceremony on the day of that year's Cowboys-Giants game ( Landry had played and coached for the Giants ).

The last successful drop kick in the NFL before that was executed by Ray " Scooter " McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941, in the NFL Championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

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.

He hit his 40th home run of the season against the Giants ' Jerry Johnson on August 10, which established a National League record for most seasons with 40 or more home runs ( seven ).

* 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.

From a careful reading of the Enoch literature and the Book of Giants, alongside the description of the Manichaean myth, it becomes clear that the " Great King of Glory " of this myth ( a being that sits as a guard to the world of light at the seventh of ten heavens in the Manichaean myth ,) is identical with the King of Glory sitting on the heavenly throne in the Enoch literature.

The Eagles would go on to defeat the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants in the Divisional round, only to lose to the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game.

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.

Parcells emphasized the importance of not obtaining a " 7th loss " but they did lose to the Colts and then to the New York Giants the following week.

Favre's last pass as a Green Bay Packer was an INT as well thrown to Corey Webster of the New York Giants in the 2007 NFC championship game to lose the game.

Lemon and the Indians would lose the game, 7 – 4, as the Giants swept the Series four games to none.

Giants Stadium opened on October 10, 1976, as 76, 042 fans watched the New York Giants lose to the Dallas Cowboys, 24 – 14.

Jimmy O ' Connell, an outfielder for the Giants, offered Phillies shortstop Heinie Sand $ 500 to intentionally lose the games ($ in current dollar terms ).

Warrington qualified for the end of season play-offs only to lose both fixtures to St. Helens and Huddersfield Giants.

However, the Giants failed to capitalize on their momentum, eventually falling in the 10th inning and going on to lose the series.

However, on May 25, the Whalers would lose again to the Vancouver Giants in the semifinal round, this time in dramatic fashion by a score of 1-8.

The Halos shelled him for 7 runs in Game 2 of the World Series, as the Giants went on to lose 11 – 10.

La Russa's fourth Manager of the Year award was arguably the most emotional ; La Russa led the Cardinals to the National League Championship Series ( where they would ultimately lose in five games to the San Francisco Giants ) in a year in which the Cardinals were traumatized by the deaths of beloved Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck and 33-year-old pitcher Darryl Kile just four days later.

Dixon's return was the only score for the Giants as they went on to lose to the Baltimore Ravens 34-7.

The Giants would go on to lose six of the seven games started by Manning, who struggled in his rookie season.

He then stole third base and scored as the Giants won 6-3 for a 3-2 series lead, though San Francisco went on to lose the final two games.

A typical Giants fan may just as soon ask " Did the Dodgers lose?

Afterwards, the Giants would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series.

Just as Danny's " Little Giants " start to lose hope, a bus arrives carrying John Madden, Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith, Tim Brown, and Steve Emtman.