1962 New York Giants season

1962 New York Giants season
Head coach	Allie Sherman
Owner	Jack Mara Wellington Mara
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	12–2
Division place	1st NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Lost NFL Championship

The 1962 New York Giants season was the 38th season for the club in the National Football League.

Giants quarterback Y. A. Tittle had a breakout season in 1962. Said Cold Hard Football Facts, "It's safe to call Tittle a late bloomer. He enjoyed various degrees of success in his first 14 seasons with three teams in two different pro football leagues. But then in 1962, at the age of 36 and under second-year head coach Allie Sherman, Tittle exploded for a record 33 TD passes to lead the Giants to a 12–2 record."^[1]

Offseason

Hall of Fame Game

New York Giants 21, St. Louis Cardinals 21 ^[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1962	at Cleveland Browns	L 17–7	81,115
2	September 23, 1962	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 29–13	60,671
3	September 30, 1962	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–27	40,916
4	October 7, 1962	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 31–14	20,327
5	October 14, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–17	62,808
6	October 21, 1962	Detroit Lions	W 17–14	62,856
7	October 28, 1962	Washington Redskins	W 49–34	62,844
8	November 4, 1962	St. Louis Cardinals	W 31–28	62,775
9	November 11, 1962	at Dallas Cowboys	W 41–10	45,668
10	November 18, 1962	Philadelphia Eagles	W 19–14	62,705
11	November 25, 1962	at Washington Redskins	W 42–24	49,219
12	December 2, 1962	at Chicago Bears	W 26–24	49,043
13	December 9, 1962	Cleveland Browns	W 17–13	62,794
14	December 16, 1962	Dallas Cowboys	W 41–31	62,694

Game summaries

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	3	21	0	7	31
• Giants	7	21	7	6	41

Date: December 16
Location: Yankee Stadium
Game attendance: 62,694
Game weather: 27°F; wind 11

Scoring summary

Q1	NYG	Gifford 47 yard pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)	NYG 7–0

Q1	DAL	Baker 35 yard field goal	NYG 7–3

Q2	NYG	Walton 10 yard pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)	NYG 14–3

Q2	DAL	Marsh 8 yard run (Baker kick)	NYG 14–10

Q2	NYG	Alex Webster 17 yard pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)	NYG 21–10

Q2	DAL	Clarke 53 yard pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)	NYG 21–17

Q2	NYG	Webster 7 yard pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)	NYG 28–17

Q2	DAL	Howton 60 yard pass from Meredith	NYG 28–24

Q3	NYG	Walton 20 yard pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)	NYG 35–24

Q4	DAL	Howton 16 yard pass from Meredith (Baker kick)	NYG 35–31

Q4	NYG	Walton 8 yard pass from Tittle (kick failed)	NYG 41–31

Y.A. Tittle 21/42, 341 Yds, 6 TD, 2 INT

^[3]

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Championship	December 30, 1962	Green Bay Packers	L 16–7	64,892

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	12	2	0	.857	10–2	398	283	W9
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	5	0	.643	8–4	312	363	W3
Cleveland Browns	7	6	1	.538	6–5–1	291	257	W1
Washington Redskins	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	305	376	L1
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	398	402	L2
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	287	356	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	3	10	1	.231	3–8–1	282	356	L2

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

Awards and honors

Andy Robustelli, Bert Bell Award^[4]
Del Shofner, Franchise Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Game, 269 Receiving Yards (October 28, 1962) ^[5]
Y.A. Tittle, NFL Record, Most Touchdown Passes in One Game, 7 Touchdown Passes (October 28, 1962) ^[5]

References

↑ Cold Hard Football Facts: The Dandy Dozen: 12 best passing seasons in history
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Aug-10.
↑ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm
1 2 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 130

New York Giants

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

Franchise	Franchise Seasons Coaches First-round draft picks Quarterbacks

History	1925–78 1979–93 1994–present Financial history

Stadiums	Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium Yale Bowl Shea Stadium Giants Stadium MetLife Stadium

Culture and Lore	Cleveland Bulldogs The Duke Sneakers Game The Greatest Game Ever Played The Fumble Crunch Bunch Gatorade shower Big Blue Wrecking Crew I'm going to Disney World! Wide Right Little Giants This team is going to the playoffs! One Wild Finish New York Groove We Fly High The Helmet Catch Bob Sheppard Jim Hall Yankee Stadium Legacy License Plate Guy The Comeback 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game Big Fan

Rivalries	Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers New York Jets

Key personnel	Owners: John Mara, Steve Tisch General Manager: Jerry Reese Head Coach: Ben McAdoo

Division championships (16)	1933 1934 1935 1938 1939 1941 1941 1944 1946 1986 1989 1990 1997 2000 2005 2008 2011

Conference championships (11)	1956 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1986 1990 2000 2007 2011

League championships (8)	1927 1934 1938 1956 1986 (XXI) 1990 (XXV) 2007 (XLII) 2011 (XLVI)

Retired numbers	1 4 7 11 14 14 16 32 40 42 50 56

Ring of Honor	Jessie Armstead Carl Banks Tiki Barber Mark Bavaro Al Blozis Rosey Brown Harry Carson Charlie Conerly Frank Gifford Pete Gogolak Mel Hein Jim Lee Howell Sam Huff Dave Jennings Tuffy Leemans Dick Lynch Jack Mara Tim Mara Wellington Mara George Martin Joe Morrison Charlie Conerly Steve Owen Bill Parcells Andy Robustelli Phil Simms Michael Strahan Ken Strong Lawrence Taylor Bob Tisch Y. A. Tittle Amani Toomer Emlen Tunnell Brad Van Pelt Alex Webster George Young

Media	Radio network Bob Papa Carl Banks Howard Cross

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: East Division

Seasons (91)	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

New York Giants seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1962 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

Related: 1962 AFL Season

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