The

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...

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was the franchise's 17th season in the

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Season recap

The Giants managed to put together quite a respectable team this year.

Ed Danowski Edward Frank Danowski (September 30, 1911 – February 1, 1997) was an American football player who played quarterback and halfback in the National Football League (NFL). He grew up in Aquebogue, his father, Anton, was a Polish immigrant. Foo ...

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 John Bain Sutherland (March 21, 1889 – April 11, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College (1919–1923) and the University of Pittsburgh (1924–1938) and professional football for the ...

and guided on the field by All-Pro

Ace Parker Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker (May 17, 1912 – November 6, 2013) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played professional football as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941 ...

, 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

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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

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game Summaries

Week Two: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week Four: at Washington Redskins

Week Five: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week Six: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week Seven: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week Eight: at Brooklyn Dodgers

Week Nine: vs. Chicago Cardinals

Week Ten: vs. Detroit Lions

Week Eleven: vs. Cleveland Rams

Week Twelve: vs. Washington Redskins

Week Fourteen: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

Playoffs

1941 NFL Championship: at Chicago Bears

Standings

External links

1941 New York Giants season at Pro-Football-Reference