31 Facts About New York Giants

1. New York Giants fans more than anything want to see Eli Manning go out the right way this second half of the season.

2. The New York Giants are hopeful and hungry for their first home win in five tries at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

3. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Giants have released their final injury reports prior to Sunday's game.

4. The New York Giants made it clear with Ereck Flowers that underperforming offensive linemen would no longer litter their roster or consume cap space.

5. The New York Giants were expecting leadership and production from Pierre Obviously I gave a hard eight years as a New York Giant and won the Super Bowl there … but the only thing they gave me was a phone call.

6. The New York Giants were not ready to board the Nick Mullens express.

7. The New York Giants have been in close games all season long, but continually fell just short and let games slip away.

8. The New York Giants have their second win of the season.

9. New York Giants were carried on the DuMont Network, then CBS in the early TV days of the NFL, when home games were blacked out within a 75-mile radius of New York City.

10. New York Giants unveiled their own Ring of Honor on October 3, 2010 during halftime of their Sunday Night Football matchup with the Chicago Bears.

11. New York Giants have an old and storied rivalry with the Redskins, dating back to 1932.

12. New York Giants are owned and operated by John Mara and Steve Tisch.

13. The New York Giants were in dire financial straits until the 11th game of the season when Red Grange and the Chicago Bears came to town, attracting over 73,000 fans.

14. New York Giants have had a long and, at times, turbulent financial history.

15. New York Giants have won five NFC Championship Games, including two in overtime in 2007 and 2011.

16. New York Giants earned the second overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft with the second lowest winning percentage during the 2017 season, and used it to pick Saquon Barkley from Penn State.

17. On January 14, 2016, the New York Giants announced that Ben McAdoo would become the team's head coach.

18. With the victory, the New York Giants advanced to the second round against the top-ranked Green Bay Packers.

19. In 2009, the New York Giants opened a new training complex, the Timex Performance Center, located in the Meadowlands.

20. In 2004, the New York Giants completed a draft day trade for University of Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning.

21. In 2000, the New York Giants were looking to make the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.

22. In 1997, the New York Giants named Jim Fassel, who had spent the previous season as offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals, as their 16th head coach.

23. In the offseason the New York Giants released Brunner and named Simms the starter.

24. In 1979, the New York Giants began the steps that would, in time, return them to the pinnacle of the NFL.

25. New York Giants were allowed to play their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut in 1973 and 1974, and at Shea Stadium in 1975, due to the renovation of Yankee Stadium.

26. The New York Giants played the Detroit Lions to a scoreless tie on November 7, 1943.

27. In a 14-year span from 1933 to 1947, the New York Giants qualified to play in the NFL championship game 8 times, winning twice.

28. In December 1930, the New York Giants played a team of Notre Dame All Stars at the Polo Grounds to raise money for the unemployed of New York City.

29. New York Giants played their first game as an away game against All New Britain in New Britain, Connecticut, on October 4, 1925.

30. New York Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, and is the only one of that group still existing, as well as the league's longest-established team in the Northeastern United States.

31. New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.