# 1925 New York Giants season

The 1925 New York Football Giants season was the franchise's inaugural campaign in the National Football League (NFL). Playing three-quarters of its league games at home in front of substantial crowds at the Polo Grounds, the team finished with a record of 8–4 against National League opponents.

## Background

On August 1, 1925, Timothy Mara and Will Gibson were granted a franchise by the National Football League (NFL) for their newly organized team in New York City — the New York Football Giants. Cost of the franchise was $2,500.

## Schedule

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Venue | Recap |
| – | September 27 | at Newark Red Jackets | W 3–0 | | Dreamland Park (Newark, NJ) | |
| – | October 4 | at All-New Britain | W 26–0 | 3,000+ | Willow Brook Park (New Britain, CT) | |
| 1 | October 11 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0–14 | 8,000 | Cycledrome | Recap |
| 2 | October 17 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 3–5 | 15,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap |
| 3 | October 18 | Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 0–14 | 27,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 4 | November 1 | Cleveland Bulldogs | W 19–0 | 18,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 5 | November 3 | Buffalo Bisons | W 7–0 | 20,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 6 | November 8 | Columbus Tigers | W 19–0 | < 4,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 7 | November 11 | Rochester Jeffersons | W 13–0 | 10,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 8 | November 15 | Providence Steam Roller | W 13–12 | 20,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 9 | November 22 | Kansas City Cowboys | W 9–3 | 26,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| – | November 26 | Staten Island Stapletons | W 7–0 | | Albany, New York | |
| 10 | November 29 | Dayton Triangles | W 23–0 | 18,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 11 | December 6 | Chicago Bears | L 7–19 | 68,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
| 12 | December 13 | at Chicago Bears | W 9–0 | 18,000 | Cubs Park | Recap |
* Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.

## Game summaries

NFL contests only; summaries for games against non-league teams are unavailable.

### Game 1: at Providence Steam Roller

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steam Roller | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Cycledrome, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: October 11
* Game attendance: 8,000

### Game 2: at Frankford Yellow Jackets

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yellow Jackets | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
at Frankford Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Date: October 17
* Game attendance: 15,000

### Game 3: vs. Frankford Yellow Jackets

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yellow Jackets | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: October 18
* Game attendance: 27,000

### Game 4: vs. Cleveland Bulldogs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 1
* Game attendance: 18,000

### Game 5: vs. Buffalo Bisons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bisons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 3
* Game attendance: 20,000

### Game 6: vs. Columbus Tigers

The November 8 game against the Columbus Tigers was played in a driving rain which fell continuously throughout the contest, keeping the attendance down to fewer than 4,000 spectators. Although marking the third consecutive National League victory for the expansion Giants, the win came at substantial cost when star halfback Hinkey Haines suffered a broken nose shortly after kickoff, with fears being aired that his injury was so severe that he could be lost for the rest of the season. The Giants drew blood in the opening frame when Jack McBride hit Dutch Hendrian with a 10 yard pass from the Columbus 40, with Hendrian taking the ball the final 30 yards on a gallop through the thick Polo Grounds mud. Columbus missed a 20 yard field goal attempt and later threw a pick from the 10-yard line, thus squandering their two best chances at scoring. The Football Giants added two touchdowns in the fourth, one a 20 yard run by Bill Rooney and the other an interception returned 50 yards for a touchdown by Doc Alexander to finish the 19–0 shutout of the Tigers.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 8
* Game attendance: 4,000

### Game 7: vs. Rochester Jeffersons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jeffersons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 11
* Game attendance: 10,000

### Game 8: vs. Providence Steam Roller

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steam Roller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| Giants | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 15
* Game attendance: 20,000

### Game 9: vs. Kansas City Cowboys

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Giants | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 22
* Game attendance: 26,000

### Game 10: vs. Dayton Triangles

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Triangles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 29
* Game attendance: 18,000

### Game 11: vs. Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: December 6
* Game attendance: 68,000 (plus approx. 8,000 gate crashers)

### Game 12: at Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Cubs Park, Chicago, Illinois
* Date: December 13
* Game attendance: 18,000

## Standings

NFL standings :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
| Chicago Cardinals * | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 229 | 65 | W2 |
| Pottsville Maroons * | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 270 | 45 | W5 |
| Detroit Panthers | 8 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 129 | 39 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 |
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 |
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 190 | 169 | W2 |
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 3 | .643 | 158 | 96 | W3 |
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 | 99 | 58 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 151 | 110 | W1 |
| Providence Steam Roller | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 111 | 101 | L1 |
| Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 50 | 73 | L1 |
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 75 | 135 | L1 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 65 | 97 | W1 |
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 23 | 87 | L3 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 6 | 2 | .143 | 33 | 113 | L4 |
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 |
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 |
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 |
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 |
| Columbus Tigers | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 124 | L9 |
    Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.