The New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League. After relinquishing the NFL East title the previous season, the Giants reclaimed the title with a 10–3–1 record, a half-game ahead of the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles.
New York traveled to Wisconsin for the NFL Championship Game and were shut out 37–0 by the Vince Lombardi-coached Green Bay Packers.
This was the first season that the now famous lowercase "ny" logo appeared on the helmets.
Off-season
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1961 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeBubba MarriottQuarterbackTroy
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance 1 September 17 St. Louis Cardinals L 10–21 0–1 58,059 2 September 24 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–14 1–1 35,587 3 October 1 at Washington Redskins W 24–21 2–1 36,767 4 October 8 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24–9 3–1 23,713 5 October 15 at Dallas Cowboys W 31–10 4–1 41,500 6 October 22 Los Angeles Rams W 24–14 5–1 63,053 7 October 29 Dallas Cowboys L 16–17 5–2 60,254 8 November 5 Washington Redskins W 53–0 6–2 56,077 9 November 12 Philadelphia Eagles W 38–21 7–2 62,800 10 November 19 Pittsburgh Steelers W 42–21 8–2 62,592 11 November 26 at Cleveland Browns W 37–21 9–2 80,455 12 December 3 at Green Bay Packers L 17–20 9–3 47,012 13 December 10 at Philadelphia Eagles W 28–24 10–3 60,671 14 December 17 Cleveland Browns T 7–7 10–3–1 61,804
Game summaries
Week 2
Pro-Football-Reference.com
Standings
Playoffs
Round Date Opponent Time TV Result Game Site Attendance RecapNFL Championship at Green Bay Packers 2:00 p.m. EST NBC L 0–37 City Stadium 39,029 Recap
Playoff Game Officials Playoff Round Opponent Referee Umpire Head Linesman Back Judge Field JudgeNFL Championship Gameat Green Bay (#52) George Rennix (#17) James Beiersdorfer (#48) John Highberger (#22) Charles Sweeney (#14) Frank Luzar
Playoff game summaries 1961 NFL Championship Game (Sunday, December 31, 1961): at Green Bay Packers
Point spread: Giants +3½ Time of game:
GiantsGame statisticsPackers6 First downs 1914–31 Rushes–yards 44–181119 Passing yards 16410–29–4 10–19–02–20 Sacked–yards 0–099 Net passing yards 164130 Total yards 345129 Return yards 585–39.2 5–42.05–1 Fumbles–lost 1–04–38 Penalties–yards 4–16 Time of possession
Individual stats Giants Passing C/ATT1YdsTDINTSkYdsLG3RateTittle6/206504215191.0Conerly4/85400153571.9Gaiters0/100000039.6
Giants Rushing Car2YdsTDLG3
Giants ReceivingRec4YdsTDLG3
Giants Kickoff ReturnsRetYdsY/RtTDLng
Giants Punt ReturnsRetYdsY/RtTDLng
Giants PuntingPntYdsY/PLngBlck
Starting Lineups Position Starting Lineups at Green Bay (1961 NFL Championship Game) Offense FL #44 Kyle Rote LT #79 Rosey Brown LG #62 Darrell Dess C #55 Ray Wietecha RG #66 Jack Stroud RT #53 Greg Larson TE #80 Joe Walton SE #85 Del Shofner QB #14 Y. A. Tittle FB #29 Alex Webster LH #28 Joel Wells Defense LDE LDT RDT RDE LLB MLB RLB LCB RCB SS FS
See also List of New York Giants seasons
References
External links New York Giants on Pro Football Reference Giants on jt-sw.com