Inside the Numbers: Giants look to go 4-0 in Europe

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – In what has been an imperfect season, the Giants will attempt to extend one record of perfection when they play the Carolina Panthers Sunday in Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

It will be the NFL’s fifth and final international game this season and the 55^th regular-season game played on foreign soil since the league began exporting its product to different countries in 2005.

This will be the Giants’ fourth trip to Europe and first to Germany for a regular-season game. They played a preseason game in Berlin in 1994. The Giants won all three of their games in London, in 2007, 2016, and 2022, and made the playoffs each year, including a Super Bowl victory in the first of those seasons. Their 3-0 record makes them one of six teams who are undefeated in international games, joining Minnesota (4-0), Kansas City (3-0), Philadelphia (3-0), Carolina (1-0), and Dallas (1-0). The Panthers defeated Tampa Bay in London in 2019.

Four teams are winless in international games; Green Bay and Tennessee are 0-2, and Cleveland and Pittsburgh are 0-1.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have played in London every season since 2013 and participated in a league-high 13 international games. Pittsburgh, Carolina, Cleveland, and Dallas are the only teams to play overseas just once.

The Giants and Panthers, who enter the game with matching 2-7 records, will play the fourth NFL regular-season game in Germany, and second in Munich, all in the last three years.

On Nov. 13, 2022, the Buccaneers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-16, in front of 69,811 fans, the only previous NFL game played in Munich.

Last year, the NFL played games on consecutive Sundays in Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt. Kansas City defeated Miami, 21-14, on Nov. 5, and Indianapolis topped New England, 10-6, on Nov. 12. Each game drew slightly more than 50,000 fans.

The Giants will play their fourth regular-season game in Europe after winning three games in three different stadiums in London.

On Oct. 28, 2007, the Giants won the first NFL regular-season game played outside of North America when they defeated the Miami Dolphins, 13-10, before a crowd of 81,176 in Wembley Stadium.

The Giants next played in London on Oct. 23, 2016, when they earned a 17-10 victory against the Los Angeles Rams in the first NFL game played in Twickenham Stadium.

Their most recent visit to England was on Oct. 9, 2022. Their defense did not allow a point in the second half as the Giants held off the Green Bay Packers, 27-22, in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Giants first played in Germany on Aug. 13, 1994, when they defeated the San Diego Chargers in a preseason game in Berlin, 28-20. The game was played in Berlin Olympic Stadium, the primary outdoor venue for the 1936 Olympic Games.

The Seattle Seahawks set the international record for points scored in a 50-17 victory against Buffalo on Dec. 16, 2012, in the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The European record is 45 points by Kansas City vs. Detroit, which scored 10, in Wembley Stadium on Nov. 1, 2015.

Three international games ended in shutouts. Buffalo beat Washington, 23-0, in Toronto on Oct. 30, 2011. The other shutouts were played in London three weeks apart in 2015. New Orleans defeated Miami, 20-0, on Oct. 1, and the Rams routed Arizona, 33-0, on Oct. 22.