It turned out that the Cubs and Giants ended the season tied for first place, so the game was indeed replayed, and the Cubs won the game, the pennant, and subsequently the World Series ( the last Cubs Series victory to date, as it turns out ).

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.

The Marlins won the Division Series against the favored San Francisco Giants three games to one.

* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.

The Brewers came out of the All-Star break with a bang as they won their first seven games back, all of them on the road, sweeping first the Giants and then the Cardinals, taking over first place in the Wild Card standings.

In 1981, Taylor won the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards and the Giants made the playoffs for the first time since 1963.

After starting 3 – 7 in 1994, the Giants won their final six games to finish 9 – 7 but missed the playoffs.

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 2008, the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12 – 4 ( and also were the number one seed in the NFC after beating the Carolina Panthers for home field advantage ), but lost 23 – 11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The Redskins beat the Giants 28 – 14, but the Giants won their next three games against the Saint Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals.

The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots with a score of 21 – 17.

The Giants lead the overall regular season series 8 – 4 and have won the last five meetings.

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 ).

As the New York Giants, they won 14 pennants and 5 World Championships, from the era of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to that of Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays.

The Giants have won four pennants and the 2010 World Series since arriving in San Francisco.

Under McGraw the Giants won ten National League pennants and three World Series championships.

The Giants won the 1905 World Series over the Philadelphia Athletics, with Christy Mathewson nearly winning the series single-handedly.

The Giants experienced some hard luck in the early 1910s, losing three straight World Series starting in 1911 to the A's, the Red Sox, and the A's again ( the Giants and the A's both won pennants in 1913 ; two seasons later, both teams finished in eighth place ).

During this time the Giants won three pennants, defeating the Senators in the 1933 World Series and losing to the Yankees in 1936 and 1937.

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.

The Vikings clinched the NFC North championship for the first time after defeating the New York Giants 20 – 19 in Week 17, when kicker Ryan Longwell made the game-winning field goal.

The Vikings beat the New York Giants, 44 – 7, in Week 17 to help the team clinch the 2nd seed in the conference and a 1st round-bye with an Eagles loss later that same day.

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 pinnacle of the rivalry came on August 17, 1969 when both the Jets and Giants met for the first time, in a preseason game which was viewed as a " turf war " by both opponents.

The game, which the Giants lost in overtime 23 – 17, is often considered one of the most important events in furthering the NFL's popularity.

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

The next game, the Giants lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers 45 – 17, and at 9 – 6, they faced the Redskins.

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.

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.

Jonathan Sánchez, who had been ridiculed in August when he failed to make good a boast that the Giants would sweep the Padres, led the September charge with a 3 – 1 record and 1. 17 ERA, and took the win in the clincher.

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.

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

Also, in week 15 of the regular season, the two teams met at Giants Stadium where the Bills defeated the Giants 17 – 13.

The season ended next week, however, when the Redskins lost to the Giants 17 – 0 in the NFC Championship game.

If the final score is Redskins 24, Giants 17, the total is 41 and bettors who took the under will win.

1915. Stengel was an outfielder on several teams in the National League beginning on September 17, 1912: the Brooklyn Dodgers from-17 ; the Pittsburgh Pirates in and ; the Philadelphia Phillies in and part of ; the New York Giants from 1921 to ; and the Boston Braves in and.

* Most fumbles, game: 10 ; Phil-Pitt Eagles vs. New York Giants, October 9, 1943 ; Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings, November 12, 1967 ; Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Oilers, October 12, 1969 ; San Francisco vs. Detroit Lions, December 17, 1978.

* 2007 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.

They began their post-season play by shutting out the Giants in New York 23 – 0.

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.

This made Colorado only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the National League since the 1936 New York Giants, to have a 20 – 1 stretch at any point of a season.

After multiple scoreless innings, the Giants managed to score three runs in the top of the 14th to place them ahead of the Rockies, 4 – 1.

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.

" The strategy worked in the Rockies ' favor ; Eaton walked with the bases loaded, scoring Dexter Fowler to cut the Giants ' lead to 4 – 2.

But with two outs and the bases loaded in the 7th, in a scene eerily similar to the Ryan Spilborghs walk-off, Edgar Rentería hit a go-ahead grand slam off of Rafael Betancourt, propelling the Giants to a 9 – 5 win and a tie in the Wild Card standings entering September.

With closer Huston Street injured, the Rockies turned to Franklin Morales, but the Giants started the inning with 3 straight hits to pull to within 4 – 1.

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.

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

* 1958 – " Greatest Game Ever Played " – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

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.

The Marlins finished the 1999 season with the worst record in baseball at 64 – 98, and traded World Series MVP Liván Hernández to the San Francisco Giants.

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.

In 1958 Baltimore played its first NFL Championship Game against the 10 – 3 New York Giants.

* 1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician ( They Might Be Giants )

* 1960 – John Flansburgh, American musician and songwriter ( They Might Be Giants and Mono Puff )

The Senators posted a 99 – 53 record and cruised to the pennant seven games ahead of the New York Yankees, but in the 1933 World Series the Giants exacted their revenge, winning in five games.