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8 Crazy Facts About Sunday's Massive 49ers-Giants Game That You've Never Heard Before

By Tony Manfred
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Sunday's NFC title game between the 49ers and Giants is an absolute monster.

You have two of the NFL's most popular teams, and the league's most potent defense against its hottest offense.

We did some digging and found some cool factoids about the game that you can use to impress your friends this weekend.

The 49ers' much-maligned receiving corp actually has three top-10 picks (Crabtree, Davis, Ginn), while the Giants' receiving corp has just one first-rounder (Nicks)

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Both QBs were first-overall picks, making this just the fourth playoff game ever with two overall #1's

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Source: ESPN

The 49ers have LOST more NFC Championship games (7) than the Giants have played in (4)

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The Giants have never lost an NFC Championship Game

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The 49ers had 11-1 odds to win the Super Bowl before the playoffs while Giants had 18-1, now they're both at 13-4

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New York's defense let up 8 more points per game than San Fran's, but the Giants offense only scored 0.8 more points per game than the Niners'

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Giants coach Tom Coughlin (age 65) was an NFL head coach while 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (age 48) was an NFL quarterback in the 1990s

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If the Giants win, the combined record of the three NFC teams they would have beaten in the playoffs would be 38-10

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Tony Manfred
Tony Manfred
Tony Manfred is the head of video for Insider Inc. He oversees video across the company, including the Business Insider, INSIDER, Business Insider Today, and Insider Productions teams. He helped start INSIDER in 2015, focusing on social video before expanding the scope of our video efforts into new formats and platforms. He began working at Business Insider in 2011. He previously worked as a sports reporter and sports editor for BI.
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