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The Giants play at Candlestick Park, July 1971, with upper deck expansion in progress. The Giants battled their arch rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, throughout the season for the NL West Division lead. The Giants led by 8.5 games on September 1. In mid September the Dodgers won 8 in a row, including 5 over the Giants to narrow the gap to one game.
The 1971 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL). [1] The Giants had a 4–10 record for the season and finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division. [2] The Giants selected Rocky Thompson in the 1971 NFL draft, with the 18th overall pick. [3]
[6] [7] The Giants won their second Super Bowl four years later, defeating the Buffalo Bills 20–19 in Super Bowl XXV. In the 2000 season, New York returned to the Super Bowl, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34–7. The 2007 season saw the Giants win their seventh NFL championship by defeating the New England Patriots 17–14 in Super Bowl XLII.
The Pirates defeated the Giants in four games to return to the World Series for the first time since 1960 (in the process denying an all-California World Series). In San Francisco, the Giants took Game 1 at home, thanks to dual two-run home runs from Tito Fuentes and Willie McCovey in the fifth inning. The Pirates evened the series with a 9–4 ...
The 1971 Major League Baseball season was the final season for the Senators in Washington, D.C., before the team's relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb Arlington for the following season, as the Texas Rangers, leaving the nation's capital without a baseball team of its own until 2005.
Concluding our 4-part series, here are the all-time Giants players ranked from No. 25 to 1. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
October 6 – The Pittsburgh Pirates break a 5–5 deadlock with four sixth-inning runs to defeat the San Francisco Giants and win the 1971 National League Championship Series, three games to one. A three-run homer by Al Oliver seals the Pittsburgh win. It's the first LCS in either circuit that does not end in a three-game sweep.
The 1971 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series in Major League Baseball’s 1971 postseason that pitted the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion San Francisco Giants. The Pirates won the Series three games to one and won the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.