1942 New York Giants season

The New York Giants season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 27 at Washington Redskins W 14–7 1–0 Griffith Stadium 34,700 Recap 2 October 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–13 1–1 Forbes Field 9,600 Recap 3 October 11 Philadelphia Eagles W 35–17 2–1 Polo Grounds 28,264 Recap 4 October 18 at Chicago Bears L 7–26 2–2 Wrigley Field 32,000 Recap 5 October 25 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 7–17 2–3 Ebbets Field 23,234 Recap 6 November 1 Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–17 2–4 Polo Grounds 19,346 Recap 7 November 8 at Philadelphia Eagles W 14–0 3–4 Shibe Park 13,548 Recap 8 November 15 Washington Redskins L 7–14 3–5 Polo Grounds 30,879 Recap 9 November 22 Green Bay Packers T 21–21 3–5–1 Polo Grounds 30,246 Recap 10 November 29 Chicago Cardinals W 21–7 4–5–1 Polo Grounds 20,354 Recap 11 December 6 Brooklyn Dodgers W 10–0 5–5–1 Polo Grounds 27,449 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Roster 1942 New York Giants final roster Backs 12 Leo Cantor FB/LB/P 14 Ward Cuff RB/CB/K 44 Merle Hapes RB/CB/P   4 Tuffy Leemans FB/LB 28 Don Lieberum RB/CB 70 Andy Marefos FB/LB   8 Al Owen RB/CB 25 Dom Principe RB/S 20 Leland Shaffer RB/S 15 Hank Soar RB/CB/K 17 Bob Trocolor RB/CB/P Linemen/Linebackers 55 Chuck Avedisian G/DG 11 Emmett Barrett C/LB 50 Kay Bell T/DT 32 Al Blozis T/DT 52 Harry Buffington G/DG 36 Frank Cope T/DT 60 Monk Edwards G/DG 49 Harold Hall C/LB   7 Mel Hein C/LB 29 Ed Hiemstra G/DG 33 Red Seick G/DG 69 Paul Stenn T/DTEnds/Receivers 30 O'Neal Adams 21 Jim Lee Howell 34 Johnny Lascari 22 Frank Liebel 24 Will Walls

Reserve 39 John Chickerneo RB/S/P 42 Bill Hutcinson FB/LB 66 Jiggs Kline E -- Win Pedersen T/DT (Military)

rookies in italics

Standings

See also List of New York Giants seasons