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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
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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.

The Giants’ home venue in 1974 was the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, 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.

The 1974 Giants hold the distinction of being the first team to lose a regular season game in overtime. 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; previously, a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos had ended in a 35–35 tie. 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.

Offseason

Draft

Roster

Schedule

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 3 at Cowboys

at Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas

• Date: September 29
• Game time: 2:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C) • Wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
• Game attendance: 45,841
• Box Score

Week 9 vs Jets

at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut

• Date: November 10, 1974
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C)
• Game attendance: 64,327
• Box Score

Week 11 vs Cardinals

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut

• Date: November 24
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C) • Wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
• Game attendance: 40,615
• Box Score

Standings

See also

• 1974 NFL season

References

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2. "New York Giants Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
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4. Canavan, Tom (January 1, 2010). "Giants Stadium was symbol of sports in New Jersey". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
5. ^ "NFL's First Experiment With OT". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
6. ^ Gross, Andrew (September 6, 2018). "Giants vs. Jets at Yale Bowl: Namath's bootleg a keepsake". Newsday. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
7. "1974 New York Giants Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
8. 75 Cowboys. Dallas Cowboys. 1975. p. 72. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
9. ^ "The Yale Bowl and the Giants". Newsday. September 5, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.

• New York Giants seasons
• 1974 National Football League season by team
• 1974 in sports in Connecticut
• History of New Haven, Connecticut
• Sports in New Haven, Connecticut