en 1934 New York Giants season

1934 New York Giants season
1934 New York Giants season
Owner	Tim Mara
Head coach	Steve Owen
Home field	Polo Grounds
Results
Record	8–5
Division place	1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Won NFL Championship; (vs. Bears) 30–13
	← 1933; Giants seasons; 1935 →;

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 in the league championship game, which became known as the "Sneakers Game".

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Reference
1	September 9	New Rochelle Bulldogs	W 28–6	1–0	City Park Stadium	^[1]

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
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	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

Week Three: New York Giants at Detroit Lions

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	0	0
Lions	0	3	0	6	9

at Titan Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Date: September 23
Game attendance: 12,000

Game information

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

Week Four: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	6	6
Packers	0	3	10	7	20

at Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: September 30
Game attendance: 11,000

Game information

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

Week Five: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	7	0	7	0	14
Pirates	6	6	0	0	12

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: October 3 (Wednesday)
Game attendance: 13,020

Game information

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

Week Five: New York Giants at Boston Redskins

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	10	0	0	6	16
Redskins	0	0	13	0	13

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Date: October 7
Game attendance: 17,033

Game information

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

Week Six: Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0
Giants	7	0	7	0	14

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: October 14
Game attendance: 30,000

Game information

First quarter

NYG Strong run (Newman kick)

Third quarter

NYG Strong run (Strong kick)

Game 6: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Week Seven: Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	0	0	0	7	7
Giants	3	0	7	7	17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: October 21
Game attendance: 11,000

Game information

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

Week Eight: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Giants	0	7	0	10	17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: October 28
Game attendance: 8,500

Game information

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

Week Nine: New York Giants at Chicago Bears

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	7	7
Bears	14	0	7	6	27

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: November 4
Game attendance: 25,000

Game information

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

Week Ten: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	3	0	0	0	3
Giants	3	0	14	0	17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: November 11
Game attendance: 22,000

Game information

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

Week Eleven: Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	10	10
Giants	0	7	2	0	9

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: November 18
Game attendance: 55,000

Game information

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

Week Twelve: Boston Redskins at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	0	0	0	0
Giants	0	3	0	0	3

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: November 25
Game attendance: 20,000

Game information

Second quarter

NYG Strong 14-yard FG

Game 12: at Brooklyn Dodgers

Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Brooklyn Dodgers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	13	14	0	0	27
Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Date: November 29 (Thursday)
Game attendance: 15,000

Game information

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

Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	0	0
Eagles	0	6	0	0	6

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date: December 2
Game attendance: 12,471

Game information

Second quarter

PHI Jim Leonard 2-yard run (kick failed)

NFL Championship Game

1934 NFL Championship: Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	10	3	0	13
Giants	3	0	0	27	30

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Date: December 9
Game attendance: 35,059

Game information

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

NFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	5	0	.615	7–1	147	107	L1
Boston Redskins	6	6	0	.500	5–3	107	94	W1
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	7	0	.364	4–4	61	153	L3
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	0	.364	3–5	127	85	W2
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	10	0	.167	1–7	51	206	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

NFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	13	0	0	1.000	8–0	286	86	W13
Detroit Lions	10	3	0	.769	5–3	238	59	L3
Green Bay Packers	7	6	0	.538	4–5	156	112	W1
Chicago Cardinals	5	6	0	.455	4–5	80	84	W1
St. Louis Gunners	1	2	0	.333	0–2	27	61	L2
Cincinnati Reds	0	8	0	.000	0–6	10	243	L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

References

^ "Powerful Attack Enables Football Giants To Vanquish New Rochelle in Opener, 28-6" (PDF). The New York Times. September 10, 1934. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

[1] "Powerful Attack Enables Football Giants To Vanquish New Rochelle in Opener, 28-6" (PDF). The New York Times. September 10, 1934. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

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1934 New York Giants season

Preseason

Schedule

Game summaries

Game 1: at Detroit Lions

Game 2: at Green Bay Packers

Game 3: at Pittsburgh Pirates

Game 4: at Boston Redskins

Game 5: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

Game 6: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Game 7: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Game 8: at Chicago Bears

Game 9: vs. Green Bay Packers

Game 10: vs. Chicago Bears

Game 11: vs. Boston Redskins

Game 12: at Brooklyn Dodgers

Game 13: at Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Championship Game

Standings

Roster

See also

References