1934 New York Giants season

This article is about the football team. For the baseball team of the same name in 1934, see 1934 New York Giants (MLB) season.

The 1934 New York Giants

1934 New York Giants season
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

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

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	September 23	at Detroit Lions	L 0–9	0–1	University of Detroit Stadium	Recap
4	September 30	at Green Bay Packers	L 6–20	0–2	Wisconsin State Fair Park	Recap
	October 3	at Pittsburgh Pirates	W 14–12	1–2	Forbes Field	Recap
5	October 7	at Boston Redskins	W 16–13	2–2	Fenway Park	Recap
5	October 14	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 14–0	3–2	Polo Grounds	Recap
6	October 21	Pittsburgh Pirates	W 17–7	4–2	Polo Grounds	Recap
7	October 28	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–0	5–2	Polo Grounds	Recap
8	November 4	at Chicago Bears	L 7–27	5–3	Wrigley Field	Recap
9	November 11	Green Bay Packers	W 17–3	6–3	Polo Grounds	Recap
10	November 18	Chicago Bears	L 9–10	6–4	Polo Grounds	Recap
11	November 25	Boston Redskins	W 3–0	7–4	Polo Grounds	Recap
12	November 29	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 27–0	8–4	Ebbets Field	Recap
13	December 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 0–6	8–5	Shibe Park	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 3: at Detroit Lions

Week Three: New York Giants at Detroit Lions

Period	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)

Week 4: at Green Bay Packers

Week Four: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers

Period	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)

Week 5, Game 1: at Pittsburgh Pirates

Week Five: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates

Period	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)

Week 5, Game 2: at Boston Redskins

Week Five: New York Giants at Boston Redskins

Period	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

Week 6: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

Week Six: Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Giants

Period	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)

Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Week Seven: Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants

Period	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)

Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week Eight: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants

Period	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)

Week 9: at Chicago Bears

Week Nine: New York Giants at Chicago Bears

Period	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)

Week 10: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week Ten: Green Bay Packers at New York Giants

Period	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)

Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears

Week Eleven: Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Period	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

Week 12: vs. Boston Redskins

Week Twelve: Boston Redskins at New York Giants

Period	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

Week 13, Game 1: at Brooklyn Dodgers

Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Brooklyn Dodgers

Period	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)

Week 13, Game 2: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week Thirteen: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

Period	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

Main article: 1934 NFL Championship Game

1934 NFL Championship: Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Period	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
	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.

See also

• List of New York Giants seasons