1965 New York Giants season

1965 New York Giants season
Head coach	Allie Sherman
Owner	Wellington Mara
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	7–7
Division place	T-2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1965 New York Giants season was the 41st season for the club 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.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

Offseason

January 22, 1965: Y. A. Tittle, 38, announced his retirement from professional football.^[6]^[7]
June 29, 1965: Giants president Jack Mara died at age 57.^[8]
July 1965: Head coach Allie Sherman signed a ten-year contract, at $50,000 per year.^[9]^[10] He was fired in September 1969.^[11]^[12]

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.^[13]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 19	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–2	0–1	59,366
2	September 26	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–14	1–1	57,154
3	October 3	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 23–13	2–1	31,871
4	October 9	at Minnesota Vikings	L 40–14	2–2	44,283
5	October 17	Philadelphia Eagles	W 35–27	3–2	62,815
6	October 24	Cleveland Browns	L 38–14	3–3	62,864
7	October 31	St. Louis Cardinals	W 14–10	4–3	62,807
8	November 7	Washington Redskins	L 23–7	4–4	62,788
9	November 14	at Cleveland Browns	L 34–21	4–5	82,426
10	November 21	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 28–15	5–5	31,704
11	November 28	Chicago Bears	L 35–14	5–6	62,933
12	December 5	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 35–10	6–6	62,735
13	December 12	at Washington Redskins	W 27–10	7–6	50,373
14	December 19	Dallas Cowboys	L 38–20	7–7	62,871

Game summaries

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Giants	0	7	6	3	16
Eagles	7	0	7	0	14

Date: September 26
Location: Franklin Field
Game attendance: 57,154
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h)

Scoring summary

Q1	PHI	Snead 1 yard run (Baker kick)	PHI 7–0

Q2	NYG	Morrison 11 yard run (Synchula kick)	Tie 7–7

Q3	NYG	Stynchula 24 yard field goal	NYG 10–7

Q3	PHI	Snead 1 yard run (Baker kick)	PHI 14–10

Q3	NYG	Stynchula 20 yard field goal	PHI 14–13

Q4	NYG	Stynchula 11 yard field goal	NYG 16–14

^[14]

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	3	0	.786	11–1	363	325	W1
Dallas Cowboys	7	7	0	.500	6–6	325	280	W3
New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	7–5	270	338	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	6–6	257	301	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	5	9	0	.357	5–7	363	359	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	5	9	0	.357	5–7	296	309	L6
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	12	0	.143	2–10	202	397	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

↑ "1965 New York Giants". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
↑ "1965 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
↑ Samuel, Ebenezer (January 5, 2015). "Former NY Giants coach Allie Sherman dead at 91". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
↑ "Dallas clips Giants, lands Playoff Bowl". Victoria Advocate. Texas. Associated Press. December 20, 1965. p. 12.
↑ "Cowboys jar Giants for ticket to Playoff Bowl". Schenectady Gazette. New York. Associated Press. December 20, 1965. p. 27.
↑ "Giants' Tittle retires, Timberlake is on way". Milwaukee Journal. Wire services. January 23, 1965. p. 12.
↑ Giants Among Men, pp. 276, 279, Jack Cavanaugh, 2008, Random House, New York, NY, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
↑ "Mara, President of Giants, dead". Lewiston Daily Sun. Maine. Associated Press. June 30, 1965. p. 9.
↑ "Giants give Sherman 10-year contract". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. July 26, 1965. p. 4.
↑ Giants Among Men, p. 278, Jack Cavanaugh, 2008, Random House, New York, NY, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
↑ "Giants say goodbye to Allie as coach". Schenectady Gazette. New York. Associated Press. September 13, 1969. p. 18.
↑ Richman, Milton (September 17, 1969). "Firing Sherman tough task for Giants' boss". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. United Press International. p. 14.
↑ Costello, Brian (April 24, 2005). "Whatever Happened To ... Tucker Frederickson". New York Post. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
↑ "New York Giants 16 at Philadelphia Eagles 14". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

New York Giants

Founded in 1925 Based and headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey

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1965 NFL season

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	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

Related: 1965 AFL Season

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