1974_New_York_Giants_season

1974 New York Giants season
1974 New York Giants season
Owner	Timothy J. Mara,; Wellington Mara
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Home field	Yale Bowl
Results
Record	2–12
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
	← 1973; Giants seasons; 1975 →;

1974 New York Giants season

NFL team season

The 1974 New York Giants season was the franchise's 50th season in the National Football League. The Giants finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division with a 2–12 record, the team's worst since 1966.^[1]^[2]

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The Giants’ home venue in 1974 was the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut,^[3] and they were winless at home in seven games. They won only one of twelve games at the Yale Bowl in 1973 and 1974. The Giants played at Shea Stadium in Queens in 1975 and opened Giants Stadium in New Jersey in October 1976.^[3]^[4]

The 1974 Giants hold the distinction of being the first team to lose a regular season game in overtime.^[5] In week nine, the 2–6 Giants welcomed the cross-town rival Jets to the Yale Bowl. With the Giants leading 20–13 in the fourth quarter, Joe Namath faked a handoff to Emerson Boozer, then ran into the end zone for a touchdown which tied the score at 20–20, forcing overtime;^[6] previously, a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos had ended in a 35–35 tie.^[5] The Giants were denied a game-winning score when Pete Gogolak missed a 42-yard field goal attempt, despite protests from Gogolak that he had made the kick. The Jets subsequently won 26–20 on a five-yard pass from Namath to Boozer after 6:53 of play in the extra period.^[6]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1974 New York Giants draft
1	3	John Hicks	Guard	Ohio State
2	28	Tom Mullen	Guard	Southwest Missouri State
3	55	Rick Dvorak	Defensive tackle	Wichita State
4	80	Carl Summerell	Quarterback	East Carolina
5	107	Don Clune	Wide receiver	Penn
5	119	Clyde Powers	Defensive back	Oklahoma
6	132	Jim Pietrzak	Center	Eastern Michigan
7	159	Marty Woolbright	Tight end	South Carolina
8	184	Ezil Bibbs	Defensive end	Grambling State
9	211	Jim Rathje	Running back	Northern Michigan
10	236	Ray Rhodes	Defensive back	Tulsa
11	263	Bobby Brooks	Defensive back	Bishop
12	288	Jimmy Sims	Linebacker	USC
13	315	Dennis Colvin	Tackle	Southwest Texas State
14	340	Mike Hayes	Tackle	Virginia State
15	367	Larry Jones	Wingback	Northeast Missouri State
16	392	Buddy Brown	Guard	Alabama	Signed with Birmingham Americans (WFL)
17	419	Steve Crosby	Running back	Fort Hays State
Made roster


	Quarterbacks 12 Jim Del Gaizo 15 Craig Morton 19 Carl Summerell Running backs 26 Joe Dawkins 30 Ron Johnson 44 Doug Kotar 25 Leon McQuay Wide receivers 88 Don Clune 84 Walker Gillette 27 Bob Grim 85 Don Herrmann 82 Ray Rhodes Tight ends 87 John Strada 38 Bob Tucker		Offensive linemen 61 Karl Chandler C 62 Dick Enderle G 74 John Hicks G 52 John Hill C 70 Bob Hyland C 73 Tom Mullen G 63 Doug Van Horn T 69 Willie Young T Defensive linemen 66 Rick Dvorak DT 81 Jack Gregory DE 72 George Hasenohrl DT 78 Roy Hilton DE 75 Larry Jacobson DT 64 John Mendenhall DT 91 Gary Pettigrew DT		Linebackers 67 Ron Hornsby 56 Pat Hughes 55 Brian Kelley 57 Andy Selfridge 54 Bill Singletary 10 Brad Van Pelt Defensive backs 37 Bobby Brooks CB 24 Chuck Crist SS 29 Honor Jackson 43 Spider Lockhart FS 39 Clyde Powers SS 18 Eldridge Small CB 20 Jim Stienke CB Special teams 3 Pete Gogolak K 13 Dave Jennings P		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 15	Washington Redskins	L 10–13	0–1	Yale Bowl	49,849	Recap
2	September 22	New England Patriots	L 20–28	0–2	Yale Bowl	44,082	Recap
3	September 29	at Dallas Cowboys	W 14–6	1–2	Texas Stadium	45,841	Recap
4	October 6	Atlanta Falcons	L 7–14	1–3	Yale Bowl	42,379	Recap
5	October 13	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–35	1–4	Veterans Stadium	64,801	Recap
6	October 20	at Washington Redskins	L 3–24	1–5	RFK Stadium	53,879	Recap
7	October 27	Dallas Cowboys	L 7–21	1–6	Yale Bowl	57,381	Recap
8	November 3	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 33–27	2–6	Arrowhead Stadium	61,437	Recap
9	November 10	New York Jets	L 20–26 (OT)	2–7	Yale Bowl	64,327	Recap
10	November 17	at Detroit Lions	L 19–20	2–8	Tiger Stadium	40,431	Recap
11	November 24	St. Louis Cardinals	L 21–23	2–9	Yale Bowl	40,615	Recap
12	December 1	at Chicago Bears	L 13–16	2–10	Soldier Field	18,802	Recap
13	December 8	Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–20	2–11	Yale Bowl	21,170	Recap
14	December 15	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 14–26	2–12	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,414	Recap

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	6	0	7	10	23
Giants	0	7	7	7	21

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	0	.714	7–1	8–3	285	218	W1
Washington Redskins	10	4	0	.714	5–3	8–3	320	196	W2
Dallas Cowboys	8	6	0	.571	4–4	6–5	297	235	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	7	0	.500	3–5	5–6	242	217	W3
New York Giants	2	12	0	.143	1–7	1–10	195	299	L6

1974_New_York_Giants_season

1974 New York Giants season

Offseason

Draft

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 3 at Cowboys

Week 9 vs Jets

Week 11 vs Cardinals

Standings

See also

References

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1974 New York Giants season
Owner	Timothy J. Mara, Wellington Mara
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Home field	Yale Bowl
Results
Record	2–12
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
← 1973 Giants seasons 1975 →