1944 New York Giants season
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The 1944
New York Giants
season was the 20th season for the club in the National Football League
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1944 NFL season
The 1944 NFL season was the 25th regular season of the United States National Football League. The Boston Yanks joined the league as an expansion team. Also, the Brooklyn Dodgers changed their name to Brooklyn Tigers. Meanwhile, both the Cleveland Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles resumed their...
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New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
season was the 20th season for the club in the National Football League
National Football League
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Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
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| 1 | October 8, 1944 | at Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts... |
W 22–10 |
| 2 | October 15, 1944 | at Brooklyn Tigers | W 14–7 |
| 3 | October 22, 1944 | Card-Pitt Card-Pitt Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service... |
W 23–0 |
| 4 | October 29, 1944 | Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 24–17 |
| 5 | November 5, 1944 | Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts... |
W 31–0 |
| 6 | November 12, 1944 | at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
T 21–21 |
| 7 | November 19, 1944 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
W 24–0 |
| 8 | November 26, 1944 | Brooklyn Tigers | W 7–0 |
| 9 | December 3, 1944 | Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
W 16–13 |
| 10 | December 10, 1944 | at Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
W 31–0 |
Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
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| Championship | December 17, 1944 | Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
L 14–7 |
Standings
| NFL Eastern Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| New York Giants | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 206 | 75 | W-4 |
| Philadelphia Eagles 1944 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1944 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 12th in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 5–4–1, winning seven games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.-NFL Draft:... |
7 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 267 | 131 | W-2 |
| Washington Redskins 1944 Washington Redskins season The 1944 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 6-3-1 record from 1943, when they made it to the Championship game.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 169 | 180 | L-2 |
| Boston Yanks 1944 Boston Yanks season The 1944 Boston Yanks season was their inaugural season in the league. The team won two games and failed to qualify for the playoffs.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 82 | 233 | L-2 |
| Brooklyn Tigers 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season The 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season was their 15th and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 2-8, losing all ten games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season.-Schedule:... |
0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 69 | 166 | L-10 |
See also
- List of New York Giants seasons