Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the New York Giants for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
Today we have Super Bowl XLVI, held on February 5, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis between the five-time NFC champion New York Giants and the seven-time AFC champion New England Patriots. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework at the end of the episode. The pop quiz question for today … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XLII, which was held on February 3, 2008, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, between the undefeated, six-time AFC champion New England Patriots and the four-time NFC champion New York Giants. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework at the end of the episode. The … Read more
The New York Giants joined the National Football League in 1925. From that time until 1964, the team had success. Here’s how. Although there wasn’t an NFL championship game played in 1927, the Giants were named NFL Champions based on having the best record in the league (11–1). They would play in 14 NFL Championship … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXV, which was held on January 27, 1991, at Tampa Stadium, the Big Sombrero, between the first-time AFC champion Buffalo Bills and the second-time NFC champion New York Giants. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1990 season, pick up my Nifty Nineties book and you’ll learn more than you … Read more
The 1970s ushered in a new birth of competition in pro football. As with many new things, a new idea sparked the entire pro football landscape at the very beginning of the decade. A new television contract was obtained by all three major television networks to televise the newly formed league of 26 teams. One … Read more