when did ny giants win the superbowl?
1927 New York Giants season 2012 NFC Championship Game 1934 NFL Championship Game Super Bowl XXV Super Bowl XLVI 1938 NFL Championship Game Super Bowl XLII 1956 NFL Championship Game Super Bowl XXI
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 In just its third season , the team finished with the best record in the league at 11 – 1 – 1 and was awarded the NFL title . In a 14 @-@ year span beginning in 1933 , New York qualified to play in the NFL championship game eight times , winning twice ( 1934 and 1938 ) . They did not win another championship until 1956 , aided by several future Hall of Fame players such as running back Frank Gifford , linebacker Sam Huff , and offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown . From 1958 to 1963 , the Giants played in the NFL championship game five times , but failed to win . The 1958 NFL Championship game , in which they lost 23 – 17 in overtime to the Baltimore Colts , is credited with increasing the popularity of the NFL in the United States . 

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 The Giants were awarded the game on February 9 , 2005 . The game marked the first time since 1962 that one league hosted consecutive All @-@ Star Games , after Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , hosted the game in 2006 . 

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 The New York Giants , an American football team which currently plays in the NFL 's National Football Conference , have qualified for the postseason seven times since 1994 . With the retirement of Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor — two of the most important figures in franchise history – after the 1993 season , the Giants entered a new era . 

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 New York 's success continued in the 1960s . They finished 9 – 3 in 1959 and faced the Colts in a championship game rematch . They lost again , this time in a far less dramatic game , 31 – 16 . Led by quarterback Y.A. Tittle and head coach Allie Sherman , the Giants won three consecutive Eastern Division titles from 1961 – 1963 . In 1961 , they were beaten 37 – 0 by the Packers . In 1962 , they went into the championship game with a league @-@ best 12 – 2 record and a nine – game winning streak , but they lost to the Packers again , 16 – 7 . 

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 The Giants acquired University of Michigan All @-@ American quarterback Harry Newman and versatile free agent halfback Ken Strong before the 1933 season . New York finished 11 – 3 , first in the new Eastern Division . Newman led the NFL in passes completed ( 53 ) , passing yards ( 973 ) , touchdown passes ( 11 ) , and longest pass completion ( 78 yards ) , with his passing yardage total setting an NFL record . New York 's resurgence was led by some of the league 's best linemen , such as Ray Flaherty and future Hall of Famers Red Badgro , and Hein . They advanced to play in the league 's first official championship game in Chicago 's Wrigley Field versus the Bears , where they lost 23 – 21 in a game which had six lead changes . 
