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The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City
metropolitan area. The team is headquartered at Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports
Complex in the suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Eastern
Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
The Giants played their first game against All New Britain in Connecticut, on October 5, 1925. They
defeated New Britain 26–0 in front of a crowd of 10,000. The Giants were successful in their first season,
finishing with an 8–4 record in 1925.
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. After a disappointing fourth season (1928) owner Mara bought the entire squad of the
Detroit Wolverines, principally to acquire star quarterback Benny Friedman, and merged the two teams
under the Giants name.
