Before the Super Bowl existed and before the AFL was formed in 1960, the Giants were one of the most recognizable teams in the NFL. The club won championships in 1927, 1934, 1938, and 1956. The team also put together a string of NFL Eastern division titles tint he late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

The Super Bowl era and the merger of the NFL and the AFL took its toll on the Giants, as they struggled to put together the teams that had dominated the NFL back in the days of leather helmets.

The Giants began to accumulate the talent in the ‘80s that would bring home the Super Bowl trophy in 1986 and 1990. Bill Parcels was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach in 1983, and he would develop a roster with quarterback Phil Simms, linebacker Lawrence Taylor, running back Jack Morris, and linebacker Harry Carson.

The roster would bring the Giants to their first Super Bowl in 1986, and win the game behind a 22 of 25 pass performance by Phil Simms. That 88 percent completion percentage still stands to this day as the highest percentage by a quarterback in a Super Bowl.

The Giants made runs in the ‘90s behind a great defense and an offense whose only job was not to turn the ball over, but could not reach win the big game. The 2004 draft took the team in a new direction, with the drafting of Eli Manning. The quarterback with an impressive lineage at quarterback in the NFL (his father is Archie Manning and his brother is Peyton Manning). Manning struggled to live up to his hype in his first two years with inconsistent seasons, but came through in 2007, delivering a Super Bowl title.