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."
Game summaries
Week Four: at Boston Yanks
Week Four: New York Giants at Boston Yanks
| Period |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants |
0 |
10 |
12 | 0 | 22 |
| Yanks |
3 |
0 |
7 | 0 | 10 |
at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: October 8
- Game attendance: 17,463
| Game information
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
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Week Five: at Brooklyn Tigers
Week Five: New York Giants at Brooklyn Tigers
| Period |
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 15
- Game attendance: 24,854
| Game information
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- Second quarter
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Neal Adams 35-yard pass from Soar (Strong kick)
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Week Six: vs Cardinals-Pittsburgh Combine
Week Six: Cardinals-Pittsburgh at New York Giants
| Period |
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 22
- Game attendance: 40,734
| Game information
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- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- NYG Paschal 3-yard run (Strong kick)
- Fourth quarter
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Week Seven: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week Seven: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
| Period |
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 29
- Game attendance: 42,639
| Game information
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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)
- PHI Steve Van Buren 6-yard run (Zimmerman kick)
- Third quarter
- PHI Zimmerman 15-yard pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
- Fourth quarter
- PHI Zimmerman 1-yard run (Zimmerman kick)
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Week Eight: vs. Boston Yanks
Week Eight: Boston Yanks at New York Giants
| Period |
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 5
- Game attendance: 28,364
| Game information
|
- First quarter
- Third quarter
- NYG Cuff 40-yard pass from Joe Sulaitis (Strong kick)
- NYG Paschal 18-yard run (Strong kick)
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Bill Petrilas 67-yard interception return (Strong kick)
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Week Nine: at Philadelphia Eagles
Week Nine: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
| Period |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants |
7 |
0 |
0 | 14 | 21 |
| Eagles |
7 |
7 |
7 | 0 | 21 |
at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date: November 12
- Game attendance: 33,248
| Game information
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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)
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Week Ten: vs. Green Bay Packers
Week Ten: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants
| Period |
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 19
- Game attendance: 56,481
| Game information
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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)
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Steve Owen won his 100th regular season game as Giants head coach. Tom Coughlin would be the next to accomplish the feat 61 years later.
Week Eleven: vs. Brooklyn Tigers
Week Eleven: Brooklyn Tigers at New York Giants
| Period |
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 26
- Game attendance: 29,387
| Game information
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- First quarter
- NYG Paschal 1-yard run (Strong kick)
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Week Twelve: vs. Washington Redskins
Week Twelve: Washington Redskins at New York Giants
| Period |
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 3
- Game attendance: 47,457
| Game information
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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)
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Week Thirteen: at Washington Redskins
Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Washington Redskins
| Period |
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 10
- Game attendance: 35,540
| Game information
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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)
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Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.