New York Giants

Tim Mara purchased an NFL franchise for $500 in 1925 and invested additional funds to sustain its first season. A December visit by the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL), competing in the NFC North. They play at Soldier Field in Chicago and are headquartered at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois. The franchise originated as the Staley Starch Company's team in Decatur, Illinois, and joined the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the NFL, as a charter member on September 17, 1920. One of two surviving NFL charter franchises, the team adopted its current name in 1922. The Bears have won nine league championships, including Super Bowl XX following the 1985 season. The McCaskey family has controlled the team since founder George Halas died in 1983.Open the full entry, featuring Red Grange, drew more than 70,000 spectators to the Polo Grounds and demonstrated the importance of the New York market to the early NFL.⁠[1]

The Giants won their first title in 1927, allowing only 20 points in 13 games. During Steve Owen’s long coaching tenure, they added NFL championships in 1934 and 1938. Ken Strong and Mel Hein were prominent players of the era.⁠[1]

Under Jim Lee Howell, the Giants won the 1956 NFL championship. They captured six Eastern titles in the eight seasons from 1956 through 1963, with stars including Frank Gifford, Y. A. Tittle, Roosevelt Brown, Emlen Tunnell and Andy Robustelli.⁠[1]

The 1958 NFL Championship Game against Baltimore went to sudden-death overtime. Johnny Unitas led the Colts downfield, and Alan Ameche scored the winning touchdown. Remembered as The Greatest Game Ever Played, it became a landmark in professional football’s relationship with national television.⁠[2]

The Giants played their first regular-season game at Giants Stadium on October 10, 1976, losing 24–14 to Dallas. The venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, remained their home through 2009 and hosted numerous playoff runs.⁠[3]

Bill Parcells led the Giants to NFC East titles in 1986, 1989 and 1990. They beat Denver in Super Bowl XXI after the 1986 season and Buffalo in Super Bowl XXV after the 1990 season.⁠[1]

Preston Robert Tisch bought a 50% interest in 1991 and shared leadership with Wellington Mara until both died in 2005. The Mara family’s connection to the club dates to founder Tim Mara.⁠[1]

Jim Fassel became coach in 1997 and won the NFC East in his first season. His 2000 team went 12–4 and beat Minnesota 41–0 in the NFC Championship Game before losing Super Bowl XXXV to Baltimore 34–7.⁠[4]

Eli Manning, Michael Strahan and their teammates beat the previously unbeaten New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots are an NFL professional American football team in the AFC East, based at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Founded in 1959, they began AFL play as the Boston Patriots in 1960 and adopted their current name in 1971. Robert Kraft has owned the team since 1994. The Bill Belichick–Tom Brady era produced six Super Bowl titles, and Mike Vrabel became head coach in 2025.Open the full entry in Super Bowl XLII after the 2007 season. Four seasons later, Manning led the Giants to another victory over New England in Super Bowl XLVI.⁠[1]

On October 22, 2025, the Giants announced an NFL-approved, non-controlling minority investment by Julia Koch and her family. The announcement retained John Mara as president and CEO and Steve Tisch as executive vice president and chairman.⁠[5]

John Harbaugh became Giants head coach in January 2026 after 18 seasons in Baltimore, where he won Super Bowl XLVII and accumulated 193 regular-season and postseason victories.⁠[6]

The Giants share MetLife Stadium with the New York Jets. Its address is One MetLife Stadium Drive in East Rutherford, New Jersey. New York identifies the team’s market; its stadium is physically in New Jersey.⁠[7]

New York Giants: Official website: https://www.giants.com/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[8]

New York Giants: X: https://www.twitter.com/giants (opens in a new window) .⁠[8]

New York Giants: YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://youtube.com/newyorkgiants (opens in a new window) .⁠[8]

New York Giants: LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newyorkgiants/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[8]