Cika wannan jumla: A 1958, Baltimore ta buga wasan farko na gasar zakarun na NFL da 10 × 3 New York Giants. Giants sun cancanci zuwa gasar zakarun Turai bayan wasan da suka yi da Cleveland Browns. Bayan da aka ci nasara da Giants a cikin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, Baltimore ba ta da fifiko don cin nasara, amma ya ci gaba da ɗaukar taken a cikin saurin mutuwa. Sai Colts suka sake maimaita aikin ta hanyar sanya rikodin iri ɗaya da kuma jagorantar Giants a
1959 na ƙarshe. Har zuwa taken Colts na baya-da-baya, Giants sun kasance babban kulob a cikin NFL, kuma sun ci gaba da kasancewa masu tsayayyar yanayi a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, sun rasa wasan karshe uku a jere. Yanayin ya juya a ƙarshen shekarun da suka gabata, tare da Baltimore ya lashe gasar 1968 ta NFL da kuma New York ta tattara sakamako mai ban sha'awa. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Colts da Giants sun nuna' yan'uwa a matsayin 'yan wasan da suka fara farawa (Peyton da Eli Manning bi da bi), wanda ya haifar da wasan da suke yi a wani lokaci da ake kira "Manning Bowl".