NFL team 17th season
The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League.
Season recap
The Giants managed to put together quite a respectable team this year. Ed Danowski was lured out of retirement, Tuffy Leemans' back healed, and Mel Hein was talked out of a potential retirement. The Giants sailed through their first five games—only the Washington Redskins came within a touchdown of them as they outscored their first five opponents, 122–27. But the Brooklyn Dodgers, coached by Jock Sutherland and guided on the field by All-Pro Ace Parker, proved the Giants' most formidable opponents, dealing them two of their three defeats this year.
The Giants clinched the Eastern Division title weeks in advance of the regular season finale, but no NFL players could have been prepared for the Attack on Pearl Harbor to occur less than fifteen minutes before kickoff of week 14; the three games that day were not interrupted, but a bye week was observed before proceeding to the championship game.
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue |
1 | Bye |
2 | September 13 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 24–0 | 1–0 | Philadelphia Municipal Stadium |
3 | Bye |
4 | September 28 | at Washington Redskins | W 17–10 | 2–0 | Griffith Stadium |
5 | October 5 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 37–10 | 3–0 | Forbes Field |
6 | October 12 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 16–0 | 4–0 | Polo Grounds |
7 | October 19 | Pittsburgh Steelers | W 28–7 | 5–0 | Polo Grounds |
8 | October 26 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | L 13–16 | 5–1 | Ebbets Field |
9 | November 2 | Chicago Cardinals | L 7–10 | 5–2 | Polo Grounds |
10 | November 9 | Detroit Lions | W 20–13 | 6–2 | Polo Grounds |
11 | November 16 | Cleveland Rams | W 49–14 | 7–2 | Polo Grounds |
12 | November 23 | Washington Redskins | W 20–13 | 8–2 | Polo Grounds |
13 | Bye |
14 | December 7 | Brooklyn Dodgers | L 7–21 | 8–3 | Polo Grounds |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Game summaries
Week Two: at Philadelphia Eagles
Week Three: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Giants | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date: September 13
- Game attendance: 25,478
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- NYG Clint McClain 1-yard run (Cuff kick)
- NYG Cuff 41-yard pass from Kay Eakin (Cuff kick)
- Fourth quarter
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Week Four: at Washington Redskins
Week Four: New York Giants at Washington Redskins
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Redskins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- Date: September 28
- Game attendance: 35,677
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
- WAS Masterson 10-yard FG
- NYG Cuff 14-yard FG
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Week Five: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Five: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Giants | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 37 |
Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Date: October 5
- Game attendance: 13,458
Game information |
- First quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Poole 16-yard pass from Len Eshmont (Cuff kick)
- NYG Frank Reagan 21-yard run (conversion failed)
- NYG Reagan 8-yard run (Cuff kick)
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Week Six: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week Six: Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Giants | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: October 12
- Game attendance: 30,842
Game information |
- First quarter
- NYG Poole 5-yard blocked punt return (Cuff kick)
- Second quarter
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Yeager 39-yard run (conversion failed)
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Week Seven: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Seven: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Giants | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: October 19
- Game attendance: 34,604
Game information |
- Second quarter
- NYG Frank Cope blocked punt recovery in end zone (Marefos kick)
- PIT Don Looney 66-yard pass from Brumbaugh (Jack Sanders kick)
- Third quarter
- NYG Leemans 1-yard run (Cuff kick)
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Marefos 1-yard run (Marefos kick)
- NYG Reagan 3-yard run (Marefos kick)
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Week Eight: at Brooklyn Dodgers
Week Six: New York Giants at Brooklyn Dodgers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Giants | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Dodgers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
- Date: October 26
- Game attendance: 28,675
Game information |
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Week Nine: vs. Chicago Cardinals
Week Nine: Chicago Cardinals at New York Giants
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: November 2
- Game attendance: 29,829
Game information |
- First quarter
- NYG Leemans 6-yard run (Cuff kick)
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
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Week Ten: vs. Detroit Lions
Week Ten: Detroit Lions at New York Giants
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lions | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Giants | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: November 9
- Game attendance: 27,875
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
- NYG Leemans 2-yard run (Cuff kick)
- DET Belichick 8-yard run (Augie Lio kick)
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Week Eleven: vs. Cleveland Rams
Week Eleven: Cleveland Rams at New York Giants
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Giants | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: November 16
- Game attendance: 32,740
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- NYG Yeager 6-yard pass from Ed Danowski (Cuff kick)
- CLE Maury Patt 2-yard pass from Hall (Adams kick)
- NYG Yeager 65-yard pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)
- NYG Doug Oldershaw 26-yard interception return (Cuff kick)
- Third quarter
- NYG Franck 44-yard pass from Leemans (Marefos kick)
- Fourth quarter
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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 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
Giants | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: November 23
- Game attendance: 49,317
Game information |
- Third quarter
- NYG Franck 3-yard run (Cuff kick)
- NYG Marefos 23-yard FG
- Fourth quarter
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Week Fourteen: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Week Fourteen: Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Giants
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Dodgers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Date: December 7
- Game attendance: 55,051
Game information |
- Second quarter
- BRK Manders 3-yard run (Condit kick)
- Third quarter
- BRK Manders 65-yard interception return (Condit kick)
- Fourth quarter
- BRK Manders 2-yard run (Condit kick)
- NYG Eakin 38-yard pass from Soar (Soar kick)
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Playoffs
1941 NFL Championship: at Chicago Bears
1941 NFL Championship: New York Giants at Chicago Bears
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Giants | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Bears | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: December 21
- Game attendance: 13,341
Game information |
- First quarter
- CHB Bob Snyder 14-yard FG
- NYG Franck 31-yard pass from Leemans (conversion failed)
- Second quarter
- CHB Snyder 39-yard FG
- CHB Snyder 37-yard FG
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
External links
- 1941 New York Giants season at Pro-Football-Reference
See also
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- Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey
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