# 1934 New York Giants season

The 1934 New York Giants season was the franchise's tenth in the National Football League (NFL). On a frozen field at the Polo Grounds, the host Giants upset the undefeated Chicago Bears 30–13 in the league championship game, which became known as the "Sneakers Game".

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | Reference |
| 1 | September 9 | New Rochelle Bulldogs | W 28–6 | 1–0 | City Park Stadium | |

## Schedule

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 23 | at Detroit Lions | L 0–9 | 0–1 | University of Detroit Stadium | 12,000 | Recap |
| 2 | September 30 | at Green Bay Packers | L 6–20 | 0–2 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 11,000 | Recap |
| 3 | October 3 | at Pittsburgh Pirates | W 14–12 | 1–2 | Forbes Field | 13,020 | Recap |
| 4 | October 7 | at Boston Redskins | W 16–13 | 2–2 | Fenway Park | 17,033 | Recap |
| 5 | October 14 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 14–0 | 3–2 | Polo Grounds | 30,000 | Recap |
| 6 | October 21 | Pittsburgh Pirates | W 17–7 | 4–2 | Polo Grounds | 11,000 | Recap |
| 7 | October 28 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 17–0 | 5–2 | Polo Grounds | 8,500 | Recap |
| 8 | November 4 | at Chicago Bears | L 7–27 | 5–3 | Wrigley Field | 25,000 | Recap |
| 9 | November 11 | Green Bay Packers | W 17–3 | 6–3 | Polo Grounds | 22,000 | Recap |
| 10 | November 18 | Chicago Bears | L 9–10 | 6–4 | Polo Grounds | 45,404 | Recap |
| 11 | November 25 | Boston Redskins | W 3–0 | 7–4 | Polo Grounds | 17,435 | Recap |
| 12 | November 29 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 27–0 | 8–4 | Ebbets Field | 15,000 | Recap |
| 13 | December 2 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 0–6 | 8–5 | Shibe Park | 12,471 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Thanksgiving: November 29. |||||||||

## Game summaries
### Game 1: at Detroit Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
at Titan Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
* Date: September 23
* Game attendance: 12,000

### Game 2: at Green Bay Packers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Packers | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
at Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Date: September 30
* Game attendance: 11,000

### Game 3: at Pittsburgh Pirates

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Pirates | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: October 3 (Wednesday)
* Game attendance: 13,020

### Game 4: at Boston Redskins

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Redskins | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
* Date: October 7
* Game attendance: 17,033

### Game 5: vs. Brooklyn Dodgers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: October 14
* Game attendance: 30,000

### Game 6: vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Giants | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: October 21
* Game attendance: 11,000

### Game 7: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: October 28
* Game attendance: 8,500

### Game 8: at Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Bears | 14 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
* Date: November 4
* Game attendance: 25,000

### Game 9: vs. Green Bay Packers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Giants | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 11
* Game attendance: 22,000

### Game 10: vs. Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Giants | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 18
* Game attendance: 55,000

### Game 11: vs. Boston Redskins

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: November 25
* Game attendance: 20,000

### Game 12: at Brooklyn Dodgers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
* Date: November 29 (Thursday)
* Game attendance: 15,000

### Game 13: at Philadelphia Eagles

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagles | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Date: December 2
* Game attendance: 12,471

## NFL Championship Game

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
* Date: December 9
* Game attendance: 35,059
Game information :
First quarter
NYG Strong 38-yard FG. Giants 3-0.
Second quarter
CHB Nagurski 1-yard run (Manders kick). Bears 7-3.
CHB Manders 17-yard FG. Bears 10-3.
Third quarter
CHB Manders 24-yard FG. Bears 13-3.
Fourth quarter
NYG Ike Frankian 28-yard pass from Danowski (Strong kick). Bears 13-10.
NYG Strong 42-yard run (Strong kick). Giants 17-13.
NYG Strong 11-yard run (kick failed). Giants 23-13.
NYG Danowski 9-yard run (Molenda kick). Giants 30-13.
Top passers
CHI - Keith Molesworth - 4/9, 60 yards, 1 INT
NYG - Ed Danowski - 6/11, 83 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
CHI - Bronko Nagurski - 24 rushes, 68 yards, 1 TD
NYG - Ken Strong - 9 rushes, 94 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
CHI - Bill Hewitt - 2 receptions, 30 yards
NYG - Dale Burnett - 2 receptions, 30 yards :

## Standings

NFL Eastern Division :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| New York Giants | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 7–1 | 147 | 107 | L1 |
| Boston Redskins | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5–3 | 107 | 94 | W1 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 4–4 | 61 | 153 | L3 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 3–5 | 127 | 85 | W2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 1–7 | 51 | 206 | L7 |
       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 Bears | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8–0 | 286 | 86 | W13 |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 5–3 | 238 | 59 | L3 |
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 4–5 | 156 | 112 | W1 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 4–5 | 80 | 84 | W1 |
| St. Louis Gunners | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0–2 | 27 | 61 | L2 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0–6 | 10 | 243 | L8 |
       Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.