Matchup Index

Detroit Lions vs New York Giants

Detroit Lions 26
Detroit Lions leads 26-21-1
1 tie
1930 to 2025
Detroit Lions have won 4 straight
Next meeting: Dec 28, 2026, New York Giants at Detroit Lions
New York Giants 21

Series timeline

▲ Detroit Lions ahead (peak +8) ▼ New York Giants ahead (peak +1)
1930: New York Giants 19-61931: Portsmouth Spartans 14-61931: New York Giants 14-01932: Portsmouth Spartans 7-01932: Portsmouth Spartans 6-01933: Portsmouth Spartans 17-71933: New York Giants 13-101934: Detroit Lions 9-01935: Detroit Lions 26-7 (postseason)1936: New York Giants 14-71936: Detroit Lions 38-01937: Detroit Lions 17-01939: Detroit Lions 18-141941: New York Giants 20-131943: Tied 0-01945: New York Giants 35-141947: Detroit Lions 35-71949: Detroit Lions 45-211953: Detroit Lions 27-161955: New York Giants 24-191958: New York Giants 19-171962: New York Giants 17-141964: Detroit Lions 26-31967: Detroit Lions 30-71969: Detroit Lions 24-01972: Detroit Lions 30-161974: Detroit Lions 20-191976: New York Giants 24-101982: New York Giants 13-61983: Detroit Lions 15-91988: New York Giants 30-101988: New York Giants 13-101989: New York Giants 24-141990: New York Giants 20-01994: Detroit Lions 28-251996: New York Giants 35-71997: New York Giants 26-202000: Detroit Lions 31-212004: Detroit Lions 28-132007: New York Giants 16-102010: New York Giants 28-202013: New York Giants 23-202014: Detroit Lions 35-142016: New York Giants 17-62017: Detroit Lions 24-102019: Detroit Lions 31-262022: Detroit Lions 31-182025: Detroit Lions 34-27

Portsmouth Spartans Detroit Lions New York Giants New York Giants Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Detroit Lions 5 (1964–1974), New York Giants 4 (1988–1990). Current: Detroit Lions 4.

Splits

SplitDetroit Lions record
Regular season25-21-1
Postseason1-0
Hosted by Detroit Lions16-9-1
Hosted by New York Giants10-12
Last 10 seasons (2004 to 2025)6-4
Largest Detroit Lions win38-0 (1936)
Largest New York Giants win35-7 (1996)

Postseason meetings

SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1935Dec 15, 1935Detroit Lions 26-7 at Detroit Lions Championship

In the record book

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Nov 23, 2025 Detroit Lions 34-27 at Detroit Lions Week 12
2022 Nov 20, 2022 Detroit Lions 31-18 at New York Giants Week 11
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Oct 27, 2019 Detroit Lions 31-26 at Detroit Lions Week 8
2017 Sep 18, 2017 Detroit Lions 24-10 at New York Giants Week 2
2016 Dec 18, 2016 New York Giants 17-6 at New York Giants Week 15
2014 Sep 8, 2014 Detroit Lions 35-14 at Detroit Lions Week 1
2013 Dec 22, 2013 New York Giants 23-20 at Detroit Lions Week 16
2010 Oct 17, 2010 New York Giants 28-20 at New York Giants Week 6
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2007 Nov 18, 2007 New York Giants 16-10 at Detroit Lions Week 11
2004 Oct 24, 2004 Detroit Lions 28-13 at New York Giants Week 7
2000 Nov 19, 2000 Detroit Lions 31-21 at New York Giants Week 12
1990s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1997 Oct 19, 1997 New York Giants 26-20 at Detroit Lions Week 8
1996 Oct 27, 1996 New York Giants 35-7 at Detroit Lions Week 9
1994 Oct 30, 1994 Detroit Lions 28-25 at New York Giants Week 9
1990 Nov 18, 1990 New York Giants 20-0 at New York Giants Week 11
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1989 Sep 17, 1989 New York Giants 24-14 at New York Giants Week 2
1988 (0-2) Oct 16, 1988 New York Giants 30-10 at New York Giants Week 7
Oct 30, 1988 New York Giants 13-10 at Detroit Lions Week 9
1983 Nov 7, 1983 Detroit Lions 15-9 at Detroit Lions Week 10
1982 Nov 25, 1982 New York Giants 13-6 at Detroit Lions Week 12
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1976 Dec 5, 1976 New York Giants 24-10 at New York Giants Week 13
1974 Nov 17, 1974 Detroit Lions 20-19 at Detroit Lions Week 10
1972 Sep 17, 1972 Detroit Lions 30-16 at Detroit Lions Week 1
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Sep 28, 1969 Detroit Lions 24-0 at Detroit Lions Week 2
1967 Dec 10, 1967 Detroit Lions 30-7 at New York Giants Week 13
1964 Oct 4, 1964 Detroit Lions 26-3 at Detroit Lions Week 4
1962 Oct 21, 1962 New York Giants 17-14 at New York Giants Week 6
1950s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1958 Dec 7, 1958 New York Giants 19-17 at Detroit Lions Week 11
1955 Dec 11, 1955 New York Giants 24-19 at Detroit Lions Week 12
1953 Dec 13, 1953 Detroit Lions 27-16 at New York Giants Week 12
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1949 Nov 20, 1949 Detroit Lions 45-21 at New York Giants Week 9
1947 Nov 2, 1947 Detroit Lions 35-7 at Detroit Lions Week 7
1945 Nov 18, 1945 New York Giants 35-14 at New York Giants Week 9
1943 Nov 7, 1943 Tie 0-0 at Detroit Lions Week 8
1941 Nov 9, 1941 New York Giants 20-13 at New York Giants Week 10
1930s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1939 Nov 5, 1939 Detroit Lions 18-14 at Detroit Lions Week 9
1937 Nov 14, 1937 Detroit Lions 17-0 at New York Giants Week 11
1936 (1-1) Nov 1, 1936 New York Giants 14-7 at New York Giants Week 8
Nov 15, 1936 Detroit Lions 38-0 at Detroit Lions Week 10
1935 Dec 15, 1935 Detroit Lions 26-7 at Detroit Lions Championship Postseason
1934 Sep 23, 1934 Detroit Lions 9-0 at Detroit Lions Week 3
1933 (1-1) Sep 24, 1933 Portsmouth Spartans 17-7 at Portsmouth Spartans Week 2
Nov 5, 1933 New York Giants 13-10 at New York Giants Week 8
1932 (2-0) Sep 25, 1932 Portsmouth Spartans 7-0 at Portsmouth Spartans Week 2
Oct 30, 1932 Portsmouth Spartans 6-0 at New York Giants Week 7
1931 (1-1) Sep 30, 1931 Portsmouth Spartans 14-6 at Portsmouth Spartans Week 3
Nov 1, 1931 New York Giants 14-0 at New York Giants Week 8
1930 Nov 5, 1930 New York Giants 19-6 at Portsmouth Spartans Week 8

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.