1951 New York Giants season
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The 1951
New York Giants
season was the 27th season for the club in the National Football League
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1951 NFL season
The 1951 NFL season was the 32nd regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, Baltimore Colts owner Abraham Watner faced financial difficulties, and thus gave his team and its player contracts back to the league for $50,000. However, many Baltimore fans started to protest...
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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 27th season for the club in the National Football League
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The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
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1 | October 1, 1951 | at Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
T 13–13 |
2 | October 7, 1951 | 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 35–14 |
3 | October 14, 1951 | Chicago Cardinals | W 28–17 |
4 | October 21, 1951 | 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... |
W 26–24 |
5 | October 28, 1951 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 14–13 |
6 | November 4, 1951 | New York Yanks New York Yanks The New York Yanks American football team played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. In 1949, Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins had requested the NFL to fold his Boston team and give him a new one in New York City... |
W 37–31 |
7 | November 11, 1951 | 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 28–14 |
8 | November 18, 1951 | Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 10–0 |
9 | November 25, 1951 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 10–0 |
10 | December 2, 1951 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 14–0 |
11 | December 9, 1951 | 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... |
W 23–7 |
12 | December 16, 1951 | at New York Yanks New York Yanks The New York Yanks American football team played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. In 1949, Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins had requested the NFL to fold his Boston team and give him a new one in New York City... |
W 27–17 |
Standings
NFL American 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 | |
Cleveland Browns 1951 Cleveland Browns season The 1951 Cleveland Browns season was the team's second season with the National Football League. Dub Jones set an NFL record with six touchdowns in one game versus the Chicago Bears.-Exhibition Schedule:-Regular Season Schedule:-Playoffs:-Standings:... |
11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 331 | 152 | W-11 |
New York Giants | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 254 | 161 | W-4 |
Washington Redskins 1951 Washington Redskins season The 1951 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 3-9 record from 1950.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 183 | 296 | L-1 |
Pittsburgh Steelers 1951 Pittsburgh Steelers season -Schedule:- Week 1 : New York Giants :at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* Game time:* Game weather:* Game attendance: 27,984* Referee:* TV announcers:Scoring drives:... |
4 | 7 | 1 | .364 | 183 | 235 | W-1 |
Philadelphia Eagles 1951 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1951 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 19th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6–6, winning only four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.-Off Season:... |
4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 234 | 264 | L-2 |
Chicago Cardinals 1951 Chicago Cardinals season The 1951 Chicago Cardinals season was the 32nd season the team was in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-7, winning only three games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.-Schedule:... |
3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 210 | 287 | W-1 |
See also
- List of New York Giants seasons