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In 1934, the team won its second title, defeating the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game. The Giants won another championship four years later, and made four appearances in the NFL Championship Game from 1939 to 1946, losing each time. New York won its fourth NFL title in 1956, with a 47–7 win over the Bears in the championship game ...
This time, the Giants defeated the Cardinals in five games and advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1989. The Giants convincingly stole Games 1 and 2 on the road. In Game 3, the Cardinals staved off a sweep thanks to a solo home run from Eli Marrero in the sixth inning which put them ahead for good.
^ The 2007 Dallas Cowboys were defeated by division rival and NFC 5th Seed New York Giants, who ultimately won Super Bowl XLII. # The 2011 New York Giants are the only sub-10-win team to win the Super Bowl (other than the 1982 Redskins listed above), as well as the first team to win the Super Bowl as the NFC's 4th Seed.
Before long, the Giants were 6–2 but lost two straight to division foes: to the Cowboys 33–20 at home, and to the Philadelphia Eagles on the road, putting the Giants in second place in the NFC East at 6–4. In first place was the Eagles, but at December 19 the two teams tied at 8–4, setting up a match for first place.
Kevin Gryboski retired the Giants in order in the bottom of the inning as the Braves' 10–2 win gave them a 2–1 series lead. This would be the last series lead the Braves would hold in a postseason series until winning Game 3 of the 2019 NLDS .
Led by quarterback Y. A. Tittle and head coach Allie Sherman, the Giants won three consecutive Eastern Division titles from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, they were beaten 37–0 by the Packers. [ 54 ] In 1962, they went into the championship game with a 12–2 record [ 7 ] and a nine–game winning streak, but they lost to the Packers again, 16–7.
Fates can change in the NFL in a hurry. No team knows that better than the Giants, who went from feeling on the upswing two weeks ago to this at 2-5.
The Yankees won Game 2 by a narrow 6–5 score to go up 2–0 in the series. When the series shifted to Queens for Game 3, the Mets prevailed by a 4–2 score to avoid a sweep. However, the Yankees narrowly prevailed in Games 4 and 5 to secure the title and cap off a three-peat. Game 5 was the last World Series game ever played at Shea Stadium.