MINNEAPOLIS – Notes and statistics from the Giants’ 31-24 NFC Wild Card victory against the Minnesota Vikings in U.S. Bank Stadium:
*Playing their first postseason game since 2016, the Giants won their first playoff game since defeating New England, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, 2012.
*The Giants advanced to a divisional round game at Philadelphia on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. The Eagles twice defeated the Giants in the regular season, including 22-16 in the finale one week ago in Lincoln Financial Field.
*This was the Giants’ first victory this season against a team in the NFC playoff field; they had been 0-6 vs. Dallas, Philadelphia, Seattle and Minnesota.
*The Giants’ postseason record improved to 25-25, including 21-12 in the Super Bowl era. They are 9-15 on the road, including 8-8 in the Super Bowl era.
*The Giants improved to 7-5 in wild card games, including 4-3 on the road.
*The Giants are 3-1 in the postseason vs. Minnesota, including 2-1 in wild card games. The previous three games were played in Giants Stadium.
*The Giants’ 31 points are their second-highest total of the season and the second time they exceeded 30 points. They defeated Indianapolis on New Year’s Day, 38-10.
*This is the Giants’ highest-scoring postseason game in exactly 11 years. On Jan. 15, 2012, they defeated the Packers in Green Bay, 37-20, in a divisional playoff game.
*The Giants totaled 431 offense yards, a figure they exceeded just twice in the regular season – 445 against the Vikings here on Dec. 24 and 436 yards at Jacksonville on Oct. 23.
*It is the fourth-highest postseason total in Giants history. They gained 518 yards vs. the Vikings in the 2000 NFC Championship Game, 446 at San Francisco on Jan. 5, 2003, and 442 vs. Atlanta on Jan. 8, 2012, in their most recent home playoff game.
*The Giants’ 28 first downs is the second-most they’ve had in a postseason game; they had 31 first downs when they crushed the Vikings in the 2000 conference title game, 41-0.
*The Giants’ 289 net passing yards rank fourth among their postseason totals, behind 380 vs. Minnesota on Jan. 14, 2001, 327 vs. San Francisco on Jan. 5, 2003, and 325 at Green Bay on Jan. 15, 2013.
*The Vikings rushed for only 61 yards, the lowest total allowed by the Giants since they held the Carolina Panthers to 56 yards on Oct. 24, 2021. The previous low total this season was 83 yards – by the Vikings three weeks ago.
*Neither team committed a turnover, the first time that happened in a Giants game since their 27-22…
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