New York Giants History

Eli Manning is the future of the New York Giants.  Younger brother to the Colts' great, Peyton Manning, and top draft pick in 2004, Eli is poised to drive up the price of Giants tickets in the 2005 season.  Flanked by running back Tiki Barber, who had one of his best seasons in 2004, tough tight end Jeremy Shockey and new acquisition Plaxico Burress at wide receiver, Eli has the tools needed to win the NFC East, and possibly everything else.  Giants ticket holders expect nothing less than giant numbers from their young quarterback. All indications are that he will give them just that.

The New York Giants were one of the very first franchises in the NFL, founded in 1925 by Tim Mara by an initial investment of $500.  The team quickly became a dominant force in professional football.  The early Giants had won four NFL Championships before the Super Bowl was even created.  After its creation, the Giants took home two Lombardi Trophies: in 1986 and 1990.  The New York Giants have the distinction of playing in the first professional football game ever to be broadcast nationally, the 1958 NFL Championship against the Baltimore Colts.  The game would become known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played."  After four back and forth quarters, the game went into overtime, where the Colts would win.  This game marked the beginning of the rise of the NFL and professional football as America's most popular televised sport.

In 1982, the Giants hired Bill Parcells as head coach.  After several tough initial years, Parcells' smashmouth offense centered on the running game began to see success with Phil Simms at quarterback in 1984. The G-Men would reach the Super Bowl in 1986.  Led by Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who won the NFL MVP award (an award typically given to an offensive player), the Giants defense allowed only 236 points all year.  In Super Bowl XXI, they defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20.  Simms set a Super Bowl record by completing 88% of his passes.  It's said that defense wins championships, and the dominant defense of the 1986 Giants proved it.

Bill Parcells' Giants returned to the NFL Championship in 1990, facing the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV, regarded as one of the best Super Bowls ever played.  The Giants set a Super Bowl record again, this time for the longest drive at over nine minutes in the second half.  The score flip-flopped several times, until the Bills, down by only one point, drove down the field to set up the most infamous field goal attempt in NFL history.  Giants fans watched in nervous apprehension as Bills kicker Scott Norwood took the field and missed the game-winning field goal wide right for the Bills.  Bill Parcells would become known as of one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, and Giants season ticket holders were rewarded with a 20-19 Super Bowl victory.

This season, fans are lining up for Giants tickets to see their team retake its past glory.  Their hopes lay with head coach Tom Coughlin and young quarterback Eli Manning.  The NFC East will surely prove to be one of the toughest divisions in football, as the Philadelphia Eagles look to avenge their loss in Super Bowl XXXIX.  Bill Parcells is back too, this time as the Cowboys head coach.  Cowboys ticket holders are in for a season of great football in Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands as Eli looks to prove himself to be worthy of his first overall selection status and lead the New York Giants to a division, conference, and NFL Championship in 2005.

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