The
2007 New York Giants season was the 83rd season for the
New York Giants in the
National Football League. The Giants finished the regular season 10–6 and in second place in the NFC East, improving upon their 8–8 record in
2006 in which they finished third in their division. They qualified for the playoffs as a
wild-card team as the #5 seed, and beat the #4 seed
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9–7), the top-seeded
Dallas Cowboys (13–3), and the #2 seed
Green Bay Packers (13–3) to become the
National Football Conference representative in
Super Bowl XLII. There, they defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated
18–0 New England Patriots and spoiled their
perfect season. The 2007 New York Giants became the 9th wild card team in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl and the 5th wild card team to win the Super Bowl, and the very first
NFC wild card to accomplish the feat. They were the third team in history to win three road playoff games en route to a Super Bowl and set a league record for most consecutive road wins in a single season (11), though the Super Bowl is played on a neutral field rather than an opponent's stadium. It was the 7th league championship season for the New York Giants and their first since they won
Super Bowl XXV in
1991.