The New York Giants
are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford,
New Jersey. The team is headquartered, trains, and plays its
home games at Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex
in the suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey, which is shared
as the New York Jets' home stadium as well. They are currently
members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference
(NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The New York Giants
were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only
one admitted that year which still exists. The New York Giants
have won a total of seven NFL titles: four in the preSuper
Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, and 1956), and three since the advent
of the Super Bowl (Super Bowls XXI, XXV, and XLII). During their
history, the New York Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players,
including NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winners Mel Hein,
Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor.
The New York Giants are the reigning National Football League
champions since winning Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008.
To distinguish itself from the professional baseball team of
the same name, the football team was referred to as the New
York Football Giants. Although the baseball team moved to
San Francisco in 1957, the football team continues to use "New
York Football Giants" as its legal corporate name, and is
often referred to as such by fans and sportscasters. The team
has also gained several nicknames, including "Big Blue,"
the "G-Men," the "Big Blue Wrecking Crew,"
and the "Jints," a name seen frequently in the New
York Post, originating from the baseball team when they were
based in New York. |