The 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).Barry Gottehrer, The Giants of New York: The History of Professional Football's Most Fabulous Dynasty. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963; p. 209.

NFL draft

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 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

Roster 1947 New York Giants final roster Backs 42 Jim Blumenstock FB 17 George Cheverko RB/CB 40 Art Faircloth RB/S 37 George Franck RB/CB 41 Paul Governali RB 22 Duke Iversen RB 10 Howie Livingston CB/RB 31 Bill Miklich RB 44 Frank Reagan S/P/RB 35 Gene Roberts RB 21 Joe Sulaitis RB/CB

Ends/Receivers 81 Jim Lee Howell 88 Frank Liebel 85 Jack Mead 82 Ray Poole Linemen/Linebackers 20 John Cannady MLB/C 90 Vic Carroll DT/T/WR 79 Tex Coulter T/DT/WR 67 Bob Dobelstein MG/G 51 Chet Gladchuk OLB/C 66 Bill Hachten G/MG 65 Kayo Lunday G/MG 57 Lou Palazzi C 71 Phil Ragazzo T/DT 75 Bill Schuler T 62 George Tobin G/MG 70 John Treadaway DT/T 77 Jim White DT/T 60 Len Younce G/OLBSpecial teams 50 Ken Strong K

Reserve list   1 Frank Cope DT/T (IR) 55 Lou DeFilippo C/LB (IR) 46 Jerry Niles RB (IR)

rookies in italics

See also List of New York Giants seasons

References