NFL team 20th season
The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League .
In an April 2013 article, football analytics website Cold Hard Football Facts named the 1944 Giants the "Stingiest Defense in NFL history,"[1] as the team only surrendered 75 points in ten games. "The manpower shortage on NFL fields created a variety of statistical anomalies on both sides of the field," said the article, "and the 1944 Giants are no exception. But even then, the 1944 Giants were a truly awesome unit: the average team scored 18.0 [points per game] in 1944, well above the 7.5 PPG average surrendered by the Giants. [...] But even the best defenses can’t get it done alone: Giants quarterback Arnie Herber threw four interceptions in New York's 14–7 NFL title game loss to Herber's former team, the Packers . The 1944 Giants were a mere No. 5 in scoring offense in the 10-team NFL."
Schedule [ ]
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game Summaries [ ]
Week Four: at Boston Yanks [ ]
Week Four: New York Giants at Boston Yanks
1
2
3 4 Total
Giants
0
10
12 0 22
Yanks
3
0
7 0 10
at Fenway Park , Boston, Massachusetts
Date : October 8Game attendance : 17,463
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First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Week Five: at Brooklyn Tigers [ ]
Week Five: New York Giants at Brooklyn Tigers
1
2
3 4 Total
Giants
0
7
0 7 14
Tigers
0
7
0 0 7
at Ebbets Field , Brooklyn, New York
Date : October 15Game attendance : 24,854
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Second quarter
Fourth quarter
NYG Neal Adams 35-yard pass from Soar (Strong kick)
Week Six: vs Cardinals-Pittsburgh Combine [ ]
Week Six: Cardinals-Pittsburgh at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Card-Pitt
0
0
0 0 0
Giants
0
9
7 7 23
at Polo Grounds , New York, New York
Date : October 22Game attendance : 40,734
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Second quarter
Third quarter
NYG Paschal 3-yard run (Strong kick)
Fourth quarter
Week Seven: vs. Philadelphia Eagles [ ]
Week Seven: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Eagles
3
7
7 7 24
Giants
7
10
0 0 17
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : October 29Game attendance : 42,639
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First quarter
PHI Roy Zimmerman 22-yard FG
NYG Liebel 63-yard fumble return (Strong kick)
Second quarter
NYG Strong 26-yard FG
NYG Paschal 68-yard run (Cuff kick)
Third quarter
PHI Zimmerman 15-yard pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
Fourth quarter
PHI Zimmerman 1-yard run (Zimmerman kick)
Week Eight: vs. Boston Yanks [ ]
Week Eight: Boston Yanks at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Yanks
0
0
0 0 0
Giants
10
0
14 7 31
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : November 5Game attendance : 28,364
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First quarter
Third quarter
NYG Cuff 40-yard pass from Joe Sulaitis (Strong kick)
NYG Paschal 18-yard run (Strong kick)
Fourth quarter
NYG 67-yard interception return (Strong kick)
Week Nine: at Philadelphia Eagles [ ]
Week Nine: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
1
2
3 4 Total
Giants
7
0
0 14 21
Eagles
7
7
7 0 21
at Shibe Park , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date : November 12Game attendance : 33,248
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First quarter
NYG Paschal 1-yard run (Strong kick)
PHI Steve Van Buren 97-yard kickoff return (Zimmerman kick)
Second quarter
PHI Mel Bleeker 9-yard pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
Third quarter
PHI Bleeker 48-yard pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
Fourth quarter
NYG Livingston 12-yard pass from Arnie Herber (Strong kick)
NYG Liebel 58-yard pass from Herber (Strong kick)
Week Ten: vs. Green Bay Packers [ ]
Week Ten: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Packers
0
0
0 0 0
Giants
7
7
3 7 24
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : November 19Game attendance : 56,481
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First quarter
NYG Livingston 34-yard interception return (Strong kick)
Second quarter
NYG Liebel 36-yard pass from Herber (Strong kick)
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
NYG Paschal 1-yard run (Strong kick)
Week Eleven: vs. Brooklyn Tigers [ ]
Week Eleven: Brooklyn Tigers at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Tigers
0
0
0 0 0
Giants
7
0
0 0 7
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : November 26Game attendance : 29,387
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First quarter
NYG Paschal 1-yard run (Strong kick)
Week Twelve: vs. Washington Redskins [ ]
Week Twelve: Washington Redskins at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Redskins
0
10
3 0 13
Giants
10
0
0 6 16
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : December 3Game attendance : 47,457
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First quarter
NYG Petrilas 24-yard interception return (Strong kick)
NYG Strong 17-yard FG
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
NYG Paschal 2-yard run (conversion failed)
Week Thirteen: at Washington Redskins [ ]
Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Washington Redskins
1
2
3 4 Total
Giants
14
0
7 10 31
Redskins
0
0
0 0 0
at Griffith Stadium , Washington, D.C.
Date : December 10Game attendance : 35,540
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First quarter
NYG Cuff 22-yard pass from Herber (Strong kick)
NYG Liebel 11-yard pass from Herber (Strong kick)
Third quarter
NYG Liebel 44-yard pass from Herber (Strong kick)
Fourth quarter
NYG Cuff 32-yard FG
NYG Chuck Avedisian 48-yard interception return (Strong kick)
Playoffs [ ]
1944 NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants [ ]
1944 NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants
1
2
3 4 Total
Packers
0
14
0 0 14
Giants
0
0
0 7 7
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Date : December 17Game attendance : 46,015
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Second quarter
GB Ted Fritsch 1-yard run (Hutson kick)
GB Fritsch 28-yard pass from Comp (Hutson kick)
Fourth quarter
NYG Cuff 1-yard run (Strong kick)
Top passers
GB – Irv Comp – 3/10, 73 YDS, TD, 3 INT
NYG – Arnie Herber – 8/22, 117 YDS, 4 INT
Top rushers
GB – Joe Laws – 13 CAR, 74 YDS
NYG – Ward Cuff – 12 CAR, 55 YDS, TD
Top receivers
GB – Don Hutson – 2 REC, 47 YDS
NYG – Frank Liebel – 3 REC, 71 YDS
Standings [ ]
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
1944 New York Giants season at Pro Football Reference
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