The 2014 season was the New York Giants' 90th in the National Football League (NFL), their fifth playing home games at MetLife Stadium and their 11th under head coach Tom Coughlin. The team failed to improve on their 7–9 record from 2013, finishing 6–10 (their first double-digit loss total since 2004).
To commemorate their 90th anniversary, the Giants wore a special patch on their jerseys. In addition, the team wore white pants instead of gray for two home games against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9 on Monday Night Football and two weeks later against the San Francisco 49ers. With their loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 30, 2014, the Giants sealed their second consecutive losing season and suffered back to back losing seasons for the first time since 2003 and 2004 seasons.
The Giants had a seven-game losing streak in the middle of the season, their longest since 2004, and a league-leading 22 players on the injured reserve list, including star wide receiver Victor Cruz, by the end of the season.
Draft
Notes The Giants traded their seventh-round selection (No. 225 overall) to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for linebacker Jon Beason.
Staff
Final roster
Schedule
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap HOF August 3 vs. Buffalo Bills W 17–13 1–0 Fawcett Stadium Recap 1 Pittsburgh Steelers W 20–16 2–0 MetLife Stadium Recap 2 at Indianapolis Colts W 27–26 3–0 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 3 at New York Jets W 35–24 4–0 MetLife Stadium Recap 4 New England Patriots W 16–13 5–0 MetLife Stadium Recap
Regular season Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 at Detroit Lions L 14–35 0–1 Ford Field Recap 2 September 14 Arizona Cardinals L 14–25 0–2 MetLife Stadium Recap 3 September 21 Houston Texans W 30–17 1–2 MetLife Stadium Recap 4 at Washington Redskins W 45–14 2–2 FedExField Recap 5 October 5 Atlanta Falcons W 30–20 3–2 MetLife Stadium Recap 6 October 12 at Philadelphia Eagles L 0–27 3–3 Lincoln Financial Field Recap 7 October 19 at Dallas Cowboys L 21–31 3–4 AT&T Stadium Recap 8Bye 9 Indianapolis Colts L 24–40 3–5 MetLife Stadium Recap 10 November 9 at Seattle Seahawks L 17–38 3–6 CenturyLink Field Recap 11 November 16 San Francisco 49ers L 10–16 3–7 MetLife Stadium Recap 12 November 23 Dallas Cowboys L 28–31 3–8 MetLife Stadium Recap 13 November 30 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 24–25 3–9 EverBank Field Recap 14 December 7 at Tennessee Titans W 36–7 4–9 LP Field Recap 15 December 14 Washington Redskins W 24–13 5–9 MetLife Stadium Recap 16 December 21 at St. Louis Rams W 37–27 6–9 Edward Jones Dome Recap 17 December 28 Philadelphia Eagles L 26–34 6–10 MetLife Stadium Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1: at Detroit Lions
The Lions routed the Giants 35-14. With the loss, the Giants opened the season with an 0-1 record.
Week 2: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 3: vs. Houston Texans
Week 4: at Washington Redskins
This would be the Giants largest margin of victory since their 42-7 win over the Eagles in 2012. It was also head coach Tom Coughlin's 100th win as coach of the Giants.
Week 5: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Rookie Odell Beckham Jr. would record his 1st NFL touchdown in this game.
Week 6: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants were dominated from start to finish as the Eagles routed them 27–0. It was only the second time this season that an NFL team failed to score in a game (the Jets were shut out 31–0 in Week 5 against the Chargers). The loss (their fourth shutout loss in last three seasons) snapped the Giants' 3 game winning streak as their overall record fell to 3–3.
Week 7: at Dallas Cowboys
Larry Donnell lost 2 fumbles in the fourth quarter, and the defense wasn't able to stop Tony Romo and the Cowboys offense who scored on three of their first four possessions in the second half.
Week 9: vs. Indianapolis Colts
On the night the Giants added Michael Strahan to the Ring of Honor, they got blown out by the Colts. They fell to 3-5 and lost their third game in a row.
Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks outscored the Giants 21-0 in the fourth quarter. The 3-6 Giants playoff hopes were now in jeopardy.
Week 11: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Giants had many opportunities to win this game handily, but couldn't move past Eli Manning's career-worst 5 interceptions.
Week 12: vs. Dallas Cowboys
This was the first Sunday Night Football game held in MetLife Stadium following a one-season absence.
With the loss, the Giants fell to 3-8, and were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after the Lions defeated the Bears on Thanksgiving four days later. This game, however, is best known for an acrobatic one-handed catch by Odell Beckham Jr. early in the second quarter that is widely regarded as one of the greatest catches in NFL history. A penalty marker flew as he made the catch for pass interference on Brandon Carr, who had been covering Beckham on that play. The catch was also the Giants' 3,000th touchdown in franchise history, including postseason play.
Week 13: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Giants squandered a 21–0 lead they had midway through the second quarter and went on to lose 25-24 to fall to 3-9, matching their loss total from 2013.
Week 14: at Tennessee Titans
With the blowout victory over a woeful Titans team, the Giants improved to 4-9 and snapped a 7-game losing streak. The Giants beat the Titans for the first time since they moved to Tennessee.
Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins
Odell Beckham Jr. scored 3 touchdowns in the win. The Giants improved to 5-9, and swept the Redskins for the second year in a row.
Week 16: at St. Louis Rams
In this game, Odell Beckham Jr. broke Giants' franchise records for most receptions by a rookie and most receiving yards by a rookie, previously set by Jeremy Shockey in 2002. Beckham also topped 1,000 yards receiving for the season. In both cases, this was achieved despite Beckham missing the first four games of the season. This game was also infamous for a bench-clearing brawl in the second quarter.
Because the Rams moved to Los Angeles in 2016, this is the last time the Giants played in St. Louis.
Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the loss, the Giants finished the season 6-10 and were swept by the Eagles for the first time since 2010. Also, their record against the Eagles fell to 3-11 dating back to 2008.
Standings
Division
Conference
References
External links
2014 New York Giants at Pro-Football-Reference.com 2014 New York Giants at jt-sw.com