The New York Giants season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Football League. The Giants finished first in the NFL Eastern Division and hosted the championship game. At the Polo Grounds a record 58,346 fans were attendance. Despite home field advantage, the team would come up short vs the Chicago Bears 24–14.
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 Bye 2 at Boston Yanks W 17–0 1–0 Braves Field 3 October 6 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–14 2–0 Forbes Field 4 October 13 at Washington Redskins L 14–24 2–1 Griffith Stadium 5 October 20 Chicago Cardinals W 28–24 3–1 Polo Grounds 6 October 27 Chicago Bears W 14–0 4–1 Polo Grounds 7 November 3 at Philadelphia Eagles L 14–24 4–2 Shibe Park 8 November 10 Philadelphia Eagles W 45–17 5–2 Polo Grounds 9 November 17 Boston Yanks T 28–28 5–2–1 Polo Grounds 10 November 24 Pittsburgh Steelers W 7–0 6–2–1 Polo Grounds 11 December 1 Los Angeles Rams L 21–31 6–3–1 Polo Grounds 12 December 8 Washington Redskins W 31–0 7–3–1 Polo Grounds Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Venue Recap Championship December 15 Chicago Bears L 14–24 Polo Grounds Recap
Standings
Roster 1946 New York Giants final roster Backs 12 Dave Brown RB/CB 40 Frank Filchock RB/CB 23 Steve Filipowicz LB/RB 37 George Franck RB/CB/P 25 Pete Gorgone FB 30 Merle Hapes FB/LB/P 22 Cecil Hare CB/FB 10 Howie Livingston CB/RB 41 Emery Nix RB/CB 38 Bill Paschal FB/LB 44 Frank Reagan RB/S/P 15 Hank Soar S Linemen/Linebackers 70 Joe Byler T/DT 90 Vic Carroll DT/DG/G 1 Frank Cope T/DT 79 Tex Coulter DT/T 55 Lou DeFilippo LB/C 67 Bob Dobelstein G/DG 66 Monk Edwards DG/G 51 Chet Gladchuk C/LB 65 Kayo Lunday G/DG 57 Lou Palazzi LB/C 71 Phil Ragazzo T/DT 61 Orville Tuttle G/DG 77 Jim White DT/T 60 Len Younce DG/GEnds/Receivers 81 Jim Lee Howell 88 Frank Liebel CB 85 Jack Mead 87 Don McCafferty 80 Buster Poole 83 Johnny Weiss
Special teams 50 Ken Strong K
rookies in italics
See also List of New York Giants seasons