# 1947 New York Giants season

The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Football League. The season was a very poor one, with the Giants finishing with a record of 2–8–2, worst in the NFL.
The 1947 season was also unlucrative to team owner Tim Mara, with a payroll ballooning to $286,000 — nearly triple that of just two years previously — while facing stiff competition at the gate from the New York Yankees of the rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

## NFL draft

1947 New York Giants draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | Vic Schwall | HB | Northwestern | Played with the Chicago Cardinals |
| 3 | 22 | John Cannady * | C | Indiana | |
| 5 | 34 | Nelson Greene | T | Tulsa | |
| 6 | 44 | Bob Davis | T | Georgia Tech | |
| 7 | 54 | Duke Iversen | B | Oregon | |
| 8 | 64 | Frank Muehlheuser | FB | Colgate | Played with the Boston Yanks |
| 9 | 74 | John Novitsky | T | Oklahoma City | |
| 10 | 84 | Fred Mullis | B | Chattanooga | |
| 11 | 94 | Robert Hoernschemeyer * | B | Navy | Played with the Chicago Rockets (AAFC) |
| 12 | 104 | Hardy Brown * | LB | Tulsa | |
| 13 | 114 | Bill Hachten | G | Stanford | |
| 14 | 124 | Herschel "Ug" Fuson | B | Army | |
| 15 | 134 | John Fallon | T | Notre Dame | |
| 16 | 144 | Bob Orlando | G | Colgate | |
| 17 | 154 | Frank Pulattie | B | SMU | |
| 18 | 164 | Dick Brinkley | B | Wake Forest | |
| 19 | 174 | Frank Guess | B | Texas | |
| 20 | 184 | Tom Landry * $^†$ | DB | Texas | Played with the Giants 1950–55, HOF coach |
| 21 | 194 | Joe Ponsetto | B | Michigan | |
| 22 | 204 | Art Donovan * $^†$ | DT | Boston College | Didn't play pro-football until 1950 |
| 23 | 214 | Hal Shoener | E | Iowa | |
| 24 | 224 | Bill Moll | B | Connecticut | |
| 25 | 234 | Dick Thomas | G | Mississippi Southern | |
| 26 | 244 | Ralph Stewart | C | Missouri | played with the New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 27 | 254 | George Bibighaus | E | Muhlenberg | |
| 28 | 264 | Jim Carrington | G | Navy | |
| 29 | 274 | Claude Harrison | B | South Carolina | |
| 30 | 284 | John Wright | B | Maryland | |
| 31 | 292 | Bill Schuler | T | Yale | |
| 32 | 300 | Don Clayton | B | North Carolina | |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | September 29 | at Boston Yanks | T 7–7 | 0–0–1 | Fenway Park | | Recap |
| 3 | October 5 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 0–23 | 0–1–1 | Shibe Park | | Recap |
| 4 | October 12 | at Washington Redskins | L 20–28 | 0–2–1 | Griffith Stadium | | Recap |
| 5 | October 19 | Boston Yanks | L 0–14 | 0–3–1 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 6 | October 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 21–38 | 0–4–1 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 7 | November 2 | at Detroit Lions | L 7–35 | 0–5–1 | Briggs Stadium | | Recap |
| 8 | November 9 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 24–41 | 0–6–1 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 9 | November 16 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 7–24 | 0–7–1 | Forbes Field | | Recap |
| 10 | November 23 | Green Bay Packers | T 24–24 | 0–7–2 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 11 | November 30 | Chicago Cardinals | W 35–31 | 1–7–2 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 12 | December 7 | Washington Redskins | W 35–10 | 2–7–2 | Polo Grounds | | Recap |
| 13 | December 14 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 10–34 | 2–8–2 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. ||||||||

## Standings

NFL Eastern Division :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 6–2 | 308 | 242 | W1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 6–2 | 240 | 259 | W1 |
| Boston Yanks | 4 | 7 | 1 | .364 | 3–4–1 | 168 | 256 | L2 |
| Washington Redskins | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 3–5 | 295 | 367 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 2 | 8 | 2 | .200 | 1–6–1 | 190 | 309 | L1 |
    Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Western Division :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| Chicago Cardinals | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 7–1 | 306 | 231 | W2 |
| Chicago Bears | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 4–4 | 363 | 241 | L2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 5–3 | 274 | 210 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 4–4 | 259 | 214 | W2 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 0–8 | 231 | 305 | L3 |
    Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.