Eli Manning, who played college football at Mississippi, is seeking his second NFL championship as quarterback of the New York Giants.
And he’s the second Giants QB from Ole Miss to win an NFL title.
Charlie Conerly, out of Mississippi, quarterbacked the Giants to the NFL title in 1956. He also led the Giants to the NFL title games in 1958 and ’59 and played as a backup in the 1961 championship game — all losses.
Two years after Conerly retired, the Giants drafted another Ole Miss quarterback, Glynn Griffing, who backed up Y.A. Tittle in 1963 and played briefly (0-for-1 passing) in the NFL title game, a loss to the Bears.
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