From 2011 to 2012 two new teams were added to the competition — the Gold Coast Suns in 2011 and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2012.

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 Cowboys were eliminated by the ( eventual Super Bowl Champion ) Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs, the first NFC No. 1 seed to do so since the playoff re-alignment.

Besides brief references by non-Manichaean authors through the centuries, no original sources of " The Book of Giants " ( which is actually part six of the " Book of Enoch ") were available until the 20th century.

Scattered fragments of both the original Aramaic " Book of Giants " ( which were analysed and published by Józef Milik in 1976 ) and of the Manichaean version of the same name ( analyzed and published by W. B.

But the Vikings were humiliated by the Giants 41 – 0, the worst playoff loss in franchise history.

After a winter storm dropped nearly 17 inches of snow in the Minneapolis / St Paul area the Saturday prior to the Vikings December 12 home game versus the New York Giants and 30 mph gusts drove snow removers off the dome's roof overnight, several panels were damaged as the weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse.

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 Saints were forced to play their first scheduled home game against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey ( the Giants ' home stadium ); other home games were rescheduled at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas or Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In 1977, the Jets were to play one September game at Giants Stadium and an October 2nd game at Shea.

The Giants, considered a mediocre team at the time, were regarded as underdogs and were under much scrutiny by the media and their fans.

The Giants, however, were contending for a playoff spot and a victory would have secured their spot and their division title.

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

With the Jets ' victory and victories by the Rams and Eagles, the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention and the Jets gained what many considered respect.

One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only one admitted that year which still exists.

In the UK the Madchester scene influenced the early sound of 1990s Britpop bands like Blur, and Oasis who drew on 1960s psychedelic pop and rock, particularly on the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants ( 2000 ).

Durocher remained at the helm of the Giants through the 1955 season, and those eight years proved to be some of the most memorable for Giants fans, particularly because of the arrival of Willie Mays and arguably the two most famous plays in Giants ' history.

The Giants presence in New York overshadowed the Stapes, particularly with the sell-out visit by Red Grange and the Chicago Bears on December 6, 1925.

Despite the fact that Bonds overshadowed Kent in almost every offensive category, it was Kent's clutch hitting in RBI spots ( particularly after an intentional walk to Bonds ) that won many games for the Giants that year, and ultimately won him the award.

The bluff overlooks the former site of the Polo Grounds, where Major League Baseball's New York Giants played their home games prior to their move to San Francisco after the end of the 1957 season ; as a result, the name " Coogan's Bluff " was often used, particularly by journalists, to denote the Polo Grounds itself, in much the same way " Chavez Ravine " and " China Basin " are frequently used today to refer to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and AT % 26T Park in San Francisco, respectively.

Houghton is particularly remembered by Irish fans for scoring two of the most important goals in the national team's history, which resulted in 1 – 0 victories over England in Stuttgart at the 1988 European Championship, and Italy at the Giants Stadium in New York at the 1994 World Cup.

For one thing, the team was relegated to playing its home games in the rotting remains of the old Polo Grounds, which had been abandoned three years before by the New York Giants baseball team for San Francisco and was never a particularly satisfactory football venue.

After a particularly bad loss to the Seattle Seahawks, star tight end Jeremy Shockey stated that the Giants had been " outplayed and outcoached.

Initially constructed as a home field for Jersey City's International League affiliate of the New York Giants, the stadium later saw its most common use for high school football, as Jersey City's William L. Dickinson, James J. Ferris, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Snyder high schools and the city's major parochial schools, Hudson Catholic and St. Peter's Prep, all used the stadium, particularly on Thanksgiving Day, when Dickinson and St. Peter's would sell it out.

He has been particularly tough against the Giants, with 11 of his 58 career homers coming off San Francisco, as well as 23 RBI, by far the most against any team he ’ s faced.

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.

The Giants were successful in their first season, finishing with an 8 – 4 record.

Although the Giants were successful on the field in their initial seasons, their financial status was a different story.

McGraw would go on and manage the Giants for three decades, one of the longest and most successful tenures in professional sports.

During this decade, the Giants gave up many players who became successful elsewhere.

From 1995-98 he voiced the highly successful children's animated series Wolves, Witches and Giants for ITV.

The drive consumed a then Super Bowl record nine minutes and 29 seconds ( since surpassed by the Giants in Super Bowl XLII ), and included four successful third down conversions.

The company sponsored the highly successful Page Fence Giants black baseball team.

The County hired William Shea, leader of New York City's successful lobbying campaign to get baseball's National League to expand following the 1957 departures of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

The Giants are caught off guard and the bunt is successful in allowing the tying run to cross.

According to the timeline, the Pevensies vanish out of Narnia in the year 1014, after King Peter carries out a successful raid on the Northern Giants, and King Lune of Archenland defeats an attack by Prince Rabadash.

Kazushige was not as successful as his father on the field, but he played on the Yomiuri Giants when his father was manager, and has since launched a successful career as an actor and TV personality.

He later became the most successful manager in Expos history, leading the team from 1992 to 2001 before rejoining the Giants in 2003.

Many Pundits tipped the Giants to have a successful 2009 season after a very busy Off-season with Club Chairman Ken Davy bringing a new head coach & a set of new players such as Brett Hodgson who had a superb début season winning the Super League Man of Steel award and the Giants also picking up awards for Club of the year & Coach of the year ( Nathan Brown ).

In 1992, Steinberg helped lead a successful campaign to prevent the San Francisco Giants baseball club from relocating to Florida.

The Giants were successful as well, winning the NL West in 2003 and missing the wild card by one game in 2004.

Dark quickly became a successful manager, winning a pennant with the Giants in, but losing the 1962 World Series in seven games to the Yankees.

These policies have been successful and the Giants have quickly built a large and enthusiastic fanbase who did not have to fear the sectarianism that marred other sports in the province.

This eight year stretch was one of the more successful in Giants franchise history.

Still, the 1997 – 2004 stretch was still a very successful time in Giants history with eight straight winning seasons.

Since the team's inception, the San Jose Giants have been one of the more successful teams in the California League.

Following a September call-up in 2003, Lowry enjoyed a very successful partial rookie year for the Giants in, going 6-0, and finishing with a 3. 82 ERA in fourteen starts.