1934 New York Giants season

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 30–13 (Bears)

The 1934 New York Giants

The 1934 New York Giants season was the tenth season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants denied the Bears a perfect season as the Giants went on to win what would become known as the "Sneakers Game".

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1		no game
2		no game
3	September 23, 1934	at Detroit Lions	L 9–0
4	September 30, 1934	at Green Bay Packers	L 20–6
5	October 3, 1934	at Pittsburgh Pirates	W 14–12
	October 7, 1934	at Boston Redskins	W 16–13
6	October 14, 1934	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 14–0
7	October 21, 1934	Pittsburgh Pirates	W 17–7
8	October 28, 1934	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–0
9	November 4, 1934	at Chicago Bears	L 27–7
10	November 11, 1934	Green Bay Packers	W 17–3
11	November 18, 1934	Chicago Bears	L 10–9
12	November 25, 1934	Boston Redskins	W 3–0
13	November 29, 1934	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 27–0
	December 2, 1934	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–0

Game Summaries

Week 3: at Detroit Lions

Week Three: New York Giants at Detroit Lions

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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 Second quarter CHB Nagurski 1-yard run (Manders kick) CHB Manders 17-yard FG Third quarter CHB Manders 24-yard FG Fourth quarter NYG Ike Frankian 28-yard pass from Danowski (Strong kick) NYG Strong 42-yard run (Strong kick) NYG Strong 11-yard run (kick failed) NYG Danowski 9-yard run (Molenda kick)

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

References