1934 New York Giants season

NFL team 10th season March 2026 the football team the baseball team of the same name in 1934 1934 New York Giants (MLB) season August 2023 341125-Giants-Redskins-program.jpg New York Giants 1934 8–5 1st NFL Eastern Tim Mara Steve Owen Polo Grounds Won NFL Championship(vs. Bears) 30–13 Giants seasons The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's tenth in the National Football League (NFL). On a frozen field at the Polo Grounds, the host Giants upset the undefeated Chicago Bears 30–13 in the league championship game, which became known as the "Sneakers Game". Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Reference 1 September 9, 1934 New Rochelle Bulldogs W 28–6 1–0 City Park Stadium Powerful Attack Enables Football Giants To Vanquish New Rochelle in Opener, 28-6 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/09/10/95056683.pdf The New York Times September 10, 1934 November 23, 2020 Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 23 at Detroit Lions L 0–9 0–1 University of Detroit Stadium 12,000 Recap 2 September 30 at Green Bay Packers L 6–20 0–2 Wisconsin State Fair Park 11,000 Recap 3 October 3, 1934 at Pittsburgh Pirates W 14–12 1–2 Forbes Field 13,020 Recap 4 October 7 at Boston Redskins W 16–13 2–2 Fenway Park 17,033 Recap 5 October 14 Brooklyn Dodgers W 14–0 3–2 Polo Grounds 30,000 Recap 6 October 21 Pittsburgh Pirates W 17–7 4–2 Polo Grounds 11,000 Recap 7 October 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 17–0 5–2 Polo Grounds 8,500 Recap 8 November 4 at Chicago Bears L 7–27 5–3 Wrigley Field 25,000 Recap 9 November 11 Green Bay Packers W 17–3 6–3 Polo Grounds 22,000 Recap 10 November 18 Chicago Bears L 9–10 6–4 Polo Grounds 45,404 Recap 11 November 25 Boston Redskins W 3–0 7–4 Polo Grounds 17,435 Recap 12 November 29 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 27–0 8–4 Ebbets Field 15,000 Recap 13 December 2 at Philadelphia Eagles L 0–6 8–5 Shibe Park 12,471 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Thanksgiving: November 29. Game summaries Game 1: at Detroit Lions New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Three: New York Giants at Detroit Lions September 23 Giants 0 0 0 0 Lions 0 3 0 6 Titan Stadium, Detroit, Michigan 12,000 Second quarter DET Dutch Clark 11-yard FG Fourth quarter DET Father Lumpkin 45-yard interception return (kick failed) Game 2: at Green Bay Packers New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Four: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers September 30 Giants 0 0 0 6 Packers 0 3 10 7 Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 11,000 Second quarter GB Bob Monnett 20-yard FG Third quarter GB Monnett 20-yard FG GB Roger Grove 22-yard run (Monnett kick) Fourth quarter NYG Kink Richards 32-yard run (pass failed) GB Buckets Goldenberg 2-yard run (Monnett kick) Game 3: at Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Five: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates October 3 (Wednesday) Giants 7 0 7 0 Pirates 6 6 0 0 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13,020 First quarter NYG Red Badgro 25-yard pass from Harry Newman (Newman kick) PIT Joe Skladany 28-yard pass from Warren Heller (kick failed) Second quarter PIT Heller 2-yard run (kick failed) Third quarter NYG Ken Strong 7-yard run (Newman kick) Game 4: at Boston Redskins New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Five: New York Giants at Boston Redskins October 7 Giants 10 0 0 6 Redskins 0 0 13 0 Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts 17,033 First quarter NYG Newman 93-yard kickoff return (Newman kick) NYG Newman 30-yard FG Third quarter BOS Hal McPhail 55-yard fumble return (McPhail kick) BOS Doug Wycoff run (kick failed) Fourth quarter NYG Newman 26-yard FG NYG Newman 20-yard FG Game 5: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Six: Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Giants October 14 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 Giants 7 0 7 0 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 30,000 First quarter NYG Strong run (Newman kick) Third quarter NYG Strong run (Strong kick) Game 6: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Seven: Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants October 21 Pirates 0 0 0 7 Giants 3 0 7 7 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 11,000 First quarter NYG Strong 44-yard FG Third quarter NYG Strong 2-yard run (Strong kick) Fourth quarter NYG Strong 3-yard run (Bo Molenda kick) PIT Bill Sortet 21-yard pass from Harp Vaughan (Mose Kelsch kick) Game 7: vs. Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Eight: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants October 28 Eagles 0 0 0 0 Giants 0 7 0 10 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 8,500 Second quarter NYG Strong 1-yard run (Strong kick) Fourth quarter NYG Strong 10-yard FG NYG Wee Willie Smith 23-yard run (Strong kick) Game 8: at Chicago Bears New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Nine: New York Giants at Chicago Bears November 4 Giants 0 0 0 7 Bears 14 0 7 6 Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois 25,000 First quarter CHB Bill Karr 49-yard pass from Carl Brumbaugh (Jack Manders kick) CHB Bronko Nagurski run (Manders kick) Third quarter CHB Brumbaugh 11-yard pass from Beattie Feathers (Manders kick) Fourth quarter NYG Newman 4-yard run (Newman kick) CHB Red Grange 36-yard pass from George Corbett (kick failed) Game 9: vs. Green Bay Packers New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Ten: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants November 11 Packers 3 0 0 0 Giants 3 0 14 0 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 22,000 First quarter GB Clarke Hinkle 19-yard FG NYG Strong 18-yard FG Third quarter NYG Newman 12-yard run (Strong kick) NYG Newman 1-yard run (Strong kick) Game 10: vs. Chicago Bears New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Eleven: Chicago Bears at New York Giants November 18 Bears 0 0 0 10 Giants 0 7 2 0 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 55,000 Second quarter NYG Strong 4-yard run (Strong kick) Third quarter NYG Giants tackled Corbett in end zone for a Safety Fourth quarter CHB Feathers 12-yard run (Manders kick) CHB Manders 24-yard FG Game 11: vs. Boston Redskins New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Twelve: Boston Redskins at New York Giants November 25 Redskins 0 0 0 0 Giants 0 3 0 0 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 20,000 Second quarter NYG Strong 14-yard FG Game 12: at Brooklyn Dodgers New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Brooklyn Dodgers November 29 (Thursday) Giants 13 14 0 0 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York 15,000 First quarter NYG Ray Flaherty 26-yard pass from Ed Danowski (Jack McBride kick) NYG Dale Burnett pass from Danowski (kick failed) Second quarter NYG Burnett pass from McBride (Molenda kick) NYG Richards 20-yard pass from Smith (Richards kick) Game 13: at Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles December 2 Giants 0 0 0 0 Eagles 0 6 0 0 Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12,471 Second quarter PHI Jim Leonard 2-yard run (kick failed) NFL Championship Game 1934 NFL Championship Game New York Giants 1934 2;text-align:center; autocollapse 1934 NFL Championship: Chicago Bears at New York Giants December 9 Bears 0 10 3 0 Giants 3 0 0 27 Polo Grounds, New York, New York 35,059 First quarter NYG Strong 38-yard FG. Giants 3-0. Second quarter CHB Nagurski 1-yard run (Manders kick). Bears 7-3. CHB Manders 17-yard FG. Bears 10-3. Third quarter CHB Manders 24-yard FG. Bears 13-3. Fourth quarter NYG Ike Frankian 28-yard pass from Danowski (Strong kick). Bears 13-10. NYG Strong 42-yard run (Strong kick). Giants 17-13. NYG Strong 11-yard run (kick failed). Giants 23-13. NYG Danowski 9-yard run (Molenda kick). Giants 30-13. Top passers CHI - Keith Molesworth - 4/9, 60 yards, 1 INT NYG - Ed Danowski - 6/11, 83 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Top rushers CHI - Bronko Nagurski - 24 rushes, 68 yards, 1 TD NYG - Ken Strong - 9 rushes, 94 yards, 2 TD Top receivers CHI - Bill Hewitt - 2 receptions, 30 yards NYG - Dale Burnett - 2 receptions, 30 yards Standings Roster thumb|center|600px|The 1934 New York Giants 1934 New York Giants final roster Backs 18 Dale Burnett RB/CB   4 Stu Clancy RB/CB/S 22 Ed Danowski RB/CB/S 25 Max Krause FB/LB 23 Bo Molenda FB/LB/K 13 Kink Richards RB/CB   0 Wee Willie Smith RB/CB/S 20 Harry Stafford RB/CB 50 Ken Strong RB/CB/S/K Linemen   8 Bob Bellinger G/DG   2 Johnny Dell Isola C/MG 11 Butch Gibson G/DG   3 Len Grant T/DT   7 Mel Hein C/MG 29 Tex Irvin T/DT 10 Potsy Jones G/DG 27 Bill Morgan T/DT 36 Bill Owen T/DT 55 Hank Reese G/DGEnds/Receivers 17 Red Badgro   1 Ray Flaherty 21 Ike Frankian Reserve 12 Harry Newman RB/S/K (IR) 7px rookies in italics See also List of New York Giants seasons References Category:New York Giants seasons New York Giants Category:NFL championship seasons New York Giants Category:1930s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan