 The Giants headed into their final regular season game against the Green Bay Packers as 11 ½ -point favorites and needed a victory to secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs . Sparked by a blocked punt returned for a TD by Tom Flynn , who had recently been picked up from the Packers , the Giants defeated the Packers 55 – 24 in front of 71 @,@ 351 fans at Giants Stadium to finish the regular season with a franchise record 14 victories . The win was the Giants ' ninth consecutive , matching the team record set in 1962 . The Giants also set a franchise record for points in the first quarter of a game with 21 . Although the Packers cut the score to 24 – 17 at halftime , the Giants scored 21 second half points to put the game out reach . 
