the giants won their fourth nfl championship in 1956. playing their home games at yankee stadium for the first time, new york won the eastern division with an 8–3–1 record. in the nfl championship game on an icy field against the chicago bears, the giants wore sneakers as they had 22 years previous. they dominated the bears winning the championship by a score of 47–7. the 1956 giants featured a number of future hall of fame players, including 1956 league mvp gifford, sam huff, and roosevelt brown. equally notable, the team featured as its coordinators future hall of fame head coaches tom landry (defense) and vince lombardi (offense). combined, the pair would later win 7 nfl championships as head coaches. howell wisely let his assistants do most of the coaching, and acted mostly as an administrator. during his time in new york, landry (who had been a defensive back for the team) invented the 4-3 defense. this unit, led by middle linebacker huff and defensive end andy robustelli, is credited with "bringing status to the defensive side of the ball", and giants' fans of this particular team are credited with inventing the "de-fense" chant. landry used huff in his middle linebacker position to key in on star cleveland browns running back jim brown, and this was most effective in a 1958 playoff game where new york held brown to eight yards in a victory. in addition, those giants featured gifford, kyle rote, and pat summerall, who would go on to highly successful second careers as football announcers. in 1957, the giants lost their final three games to compile a 7–5 record, finishing second in the nfl's eastern division to cleveland.