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The Giants were created in 1925 by original
owner Tim Mara.
The
Giants are an historic team for a few reasons. The first is
that they were the first team to employ a waterboy. In the
early days of professional football, all teams used volunteer
waterboys. In 1938, however, a new coach, Dave Bernstein,
came in and decided that waterboy was a highly secretive job
and it would give someone ample opportunity to poison him.
The coach was soon after fired for beating his offensive coordinater
on grounds that he was a spy for the Soviets, but Dave's tradition
of hiring a waterboy stuck.
In
1934, the team defeated the Chicago Bears
30-13 at the Polo Grounds in icy nine degree temperatures.
At half time, coach Steve Owen provided the team with basketball
shoes for better traction on the icy turf, and the game came
to be known as the "Sneakers Game".
In
1958, the Giants played the Baltimore Colts
for the NFL championship, in what came to be known as "The
Greatest Game Ever Played".
In
1976, the Giants moved to Giants Stadium
in East Rutherford, New Jersey from Yankee Stadium. The stadium
is shared with the New York Jets.
In
1987, the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos
39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. This Giants team began the recent
football tradition of dousing the head coach with a cooler
of ice cold water near the end of a victorious game that clinches
some sort of championship.
In
1990, the Mara family sold a 50% interest
in the team to Preston Robert Tisch.
In
1991, the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills
in Super Bowl XXV 20-19 in one of the most dramatic Super
Bowls ever played
In
2001, the Giants were defeated by the Baltimore
Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV by the score of 34-7
In
2004, the Giants fired head coach Jim Fassel
after a 4-12 season and signed Tom Coughlin to the position.
Founded: The current Giants team started
in 1925.
Formerly known as: The New York Football
Giants (still the legal name of the corporate entity which
owns the team)
Head coach: Tom Coughlin (2004-)
Home stadium: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford,
New Jersey (1976-)
Uniform colors: Dark blue with red trim
Helmet design: Dark blue, with a white lower-case
sans-serif "ny" logo
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