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The 1960 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League. The Mara family was opposed to the AFL adding a team in New York, but received an indemnity fee of ten million dollars.
The season was shortened to nine games, and the top eight teams in each conference earned berths in an expanded 16-team playoff tournament. [36] G The Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins finished the 1985 season with identical 10–6 records. Dallas was awarded the NFC East title because they had the best head-to-head record among ...
1960: Charlie Conerly (8) / George Shaw (4) 1961: Y. A. Tittle (10) / Charlie Conerly (4) 1962: Y. A. Tittle (14) 1963: Y. A. Tittle (14) 1964: Y. A. Tittle (11) / Gary Wood (3) 1965: Earl Morrall (14) 1966: Earl Morrall (7) / Gary Wood (6) / Tom Kennedy (1) 1967: Fran Tarkenton (14) 1968: Fran Tarkenton (14) 1969: Fran Tarkenton (14) 1970 ...
The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball.The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park.In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. ... The New York Giants, winners of the Eastern Division the previous two seasons, ...
"The Hit" is a phrase used to describe one of the most famous plays in the history of the National Football League. The game was played November 20, 1960 between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants at the original Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York.
New York's run of championship game appearances combined with their large-market location translated into financial success. By the early 1960s, the Giants were receiving $175,000 a game under the NFL's television contract with CBS—four times as much as small-market Green Bay, which was one of the most successful teams of the era. [4]
Tim Mara founded the Giants in the year 1925. Benny Friedman with the Giants. The Giants were founded in 1925 by original owner Tim Mara with an investment of $500. [1] Legally named "New York Football Giants" (which they still are to this day) to distinguish themselves from the baseball team of the same name, they became one of the first teams in the then five-year-old National Football League.