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1965 New York Giants season

NFL team season

NFL team season

FieldValue
logo1965-Giants-mediaguide.jpg
teamNew York Giants
year1965
record7–7
division_placeT-2nd NFL Eastern
coachAllie Sherman
ownerWellington Mara
stadiumYankee Stadium
playoffsDid not qualify
shortnavlinkGiants seasons

The 1965 New York Giants season was the franchise's 41st season in the National Football League. The Giants were led by fifth-year head coach Allie Sherman and finished with a 7–7 record, which placed them in a tie for second in the Eastern Conference with the Dallas Cowboys, four games behind the Cleveland Browns. The Cowboys won both meetings with the Giants and gained the berth as the conference runner-up in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami.

Offseason

  • January 22, 1965: Y. A. Tittle, 38, announced his retirement from professional football.
  • June 29, 1965: Giants president Jack Mara died at age 57.
  • July 1965: Head coach Allie Sherman signed a ten-year contract, at $50,000 per year. He was fired in September 1969.

NFL draft

In the 1965 NFL draft, the Giants had the first overall selection and took running back Tucker Frederickson; future hall of famers taken later in the first round were Joe Namath, Gale Sayers, and Dick Butkus.

Regular season

During the offseason, the Giants traded for quarterback Earl Morrall. New York began with two wins in their first three games, and held a 4–4 mark before a two-game losing streak. They won three of their next four games before losing the regular season finale, their second game against the Cowboys.

Morrall started all 14 games for the Giants, throwing 22 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions. Tucker Frederickson topped the team with 659 yards rushing; he had six touchdowns, including five on the ground. Joe Morrison led the with 41 receptions, while Homer Jones had a team-high 709 receiving yards and six touchdown catches. Defensively, Spider Lockhart and Dick Lynch each had four interceptions, and Jim Katcavage had 5.5 sacks to lead New York. Frederickson and tackle Rosey Brown were selected for the 1966 Pro Bowl.

Schedule

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September 19at Dallas CowboysL 2–310–1Cotton Bowl59,366Recap
September 26at Philadelphia EaglesW 16–141–1Franklin Field57,154Recap
October 3at Pittsburgh SteelersW 23–132–1Pitt Stadium31,871Recap
October 9at Minnesota VikingsL 14–402–2Metropolitan Stadium44,283Recap
October 17Philadelphia EaglesW 35–273–2Yankee Stadium62,815Recap
October 24Cleveland BrownsL 14–383–3Yankee Stadium62,864Recap
October 31St. Louis CardinalsW 14–104–3Yankee Stadium62,807Recap
November 7Washington RedskinsL 7–234–4Yankee Stadium62,788Recap
November 14at Cleveland BrownsL 21–344–5Cleveland Municipal Stadium82,426Recap
November 21at St. Louis CardinalsW 28–155–5Busch Stadium31,704Recap
November 28Chicago BearsL 14–355–6Yankee Stadium62,933Recap
December 5Pittsburgh SteelersW 35–106–6Yankee Stadium62,735Recap
December 12at Washington RedskinsW 27–107–6D. C. Stadium50,373Recap
December 19Dallas CowboysL 20–387–7Yankee Stadium62,871Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Roster

DT/MLB DE/K

  • Spider Lockhart CB/P

References

References

  1. "1965 New York Giants". [[Pro Football Reference]].
  2. "1965 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics". Pro Football Reference.
  3. Samuel, Ebenezer. (January 5, 2015). "Former NY Giants coach Allie Sherman dead at 91". New York Daily News.
  4. (December 20, 1965). "Dallas clips Giants, lands Playoff Bowl". Victoria Advocate.
  5. (December 20, 1965). "Cowboys jar Giants for ticket to Playoff Bowl". Schenectady Gazette.
  6. (January 23, 1965). "Giants' Tittle retires, Timberlake is on way". Milwaukee Journal.
  7. Giants Among Men, pp. 276, 279, Jack Cavanaugh, 2008, Random House, New York, NY, {{ISBN. 978-1-4000-6717-6
  8. (June 30, 1965). "Mara, President of Giants, dead". Lewiston Daily Sun.
  9. (July 26, 1965). "Giants give Sherman 10-year contract". Reading Eagle.
  10. Giants Among Men, p. 278, Jack Cavanaugh, 2008, Random House, New York, NY, {{ISBN. 978-1-4000-6717-6
  11. (September 13, 1969). "Giants say goodbye to Allie as coach". Schenectady Gazette.
  12. Richman, Milton. (September 17, 1969). "Firing Sherman tough task for Giants' boss". The Dispatch.
  13. Costello, Brian. (April 24, 2005). "Whatever Happened To ... Tucker Frederickson". New York Post.
  14. Whittingham, Richard. (2005). "Illustrated History of the New York Giants". Triumph Books.
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