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1962 New York Giants season
Head Coach Allie Sherman
Home Field Yankee Stadium
Results
Record 12–2
Place 1st NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish Lost NFL Championship
Timeline
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1961 1963

The 1962 New York Giants season was the 38th season for the club in the National Football League.

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Hall of Fame Game[]

  • New York Giants 21, St. Louis Cardinals 21 [1]

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 16 at Cleveland Browns L 17–7
81,115
2 September 23 at Philadelphia Eagles W 29–13
60,671
3 September 30 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–27
40,916
4 October 7 St. Louis Cardinals W 31–14
20,327
5 October 14 Pittsburgh Steelers L 20–17
62,808
6 October 21 Detroit Lions W 17–14
62,856
7 October 28 Washington Redskins W 49–34
62,844
8 November 4 St. Louis Cardinals W 31–28
62,775
9 November 11 at Dallas Cowboys W 41–10
45,668
10 November 18 Philadelphia Eagles W 19–14
62,705
11 November 25 at Washington Redskins W 42–24
49,219
12 December 2 at Chicago Bears W 26–24
49,043
13 December 9 at Cleveland Browns W 17–13
62,794
14 December 16 Dallas Cowboys W 41–31
62,694

Playoffs[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Championship December 30 Green Bay Packers L 16–7
64,892

Standings[]

NFL Eastern
W L T PCT PF PA
New York Giants 12 2 0 .857 398 283
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 5 0 .643 312 363
Cleveland Browns 7 6 1 .538 291 257
Washington Redskins 5 7 2 .417 305 376
Dallas Cowboys 5 8 1 .385 398 402
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 .308 287 356
Philadelphia Eagles 3 10 1 .231 282 356

Roster[]

Awards and honors[]

  • Andy Robustelli, Bert Bell Award[2]
  • Del Shofner, Franchise Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Game, 269 Receiving Yards (October 28, 1962) [3]
  • Y.A. Tittle, NFL Record, Most Touchdown Passes in One Game, 7 Touchdown Passes (October 28, 1962) [3]

References[]

  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369
  2. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm
  3. 3.0 3.1 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130
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