| Team: | New York Giants |
| Year: | 1944 |
| Record: | 8–1–1 |
| Division Place: | 1st NFL Eastern |
| Owner: | John V. Mara |
| Coach: | Steve Owen |
| Stadium: | Polo Grounds |
| Playoffs: | Lost NFL Championship (vs. Packers) 7–14 |
| Shortnavlink: | Giants seasons |
The New York Giants season was the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League.
In an April 2013 article, football analytics website Cold Hard Football Facts named the 1944 Giants the "Stingiest Defense in NFL history,"[1] as the team only surrendered 75 points in ten games. "The manpower shortage on NFL fields created a variety of statistical anomalies on both sides of the field," said the article, "and the 1944 Giants are no exception. But even then, the 1944 Giants were a truly awesome unit: the average team scored 18.0 points per game in 1944, well above the 7.5 PPG average surrendered by the Giants. But even the best defenses can’t get it done alone: Giants quarterback Arnie Herber threw four interceptions in New York's 14–7 NFL title game loss to Herber's former team, the Packers. The 1944 Giants were a mere No. 5 in scoring offense in the 10-team NFL."
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap | ||
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| 4 | October 8 | at Boston Yanks | W 22–10 | 1–0 | Fenway Park | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 15 | at Brooklyn Tigers | W 14–7 | 2–0 | Ebbets Field | Recap | ||
| 6 | October 22 | Card-Pitt | W 23–0 | 3–0 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 7 | October 29 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 17–24 | 3–1 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 8 | November 5 | Boston Yanks | W 31–0 | 4–1 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 12 | at Philadelphia Eagles | T 21–21 | 4–1–1 | Shibe Park | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 19 | Green Bay Packers | W 24–0 | 5–1–1 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 11 | November 26 | Brooklyn Tigers | W 7–0 | 6–1–1 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 12 | December 3 | Washington Redskins | W 16–13 | 7–1–1 | Polo Grounds | Recap | ||
| 13 | December 10 | at Washington Redskins | W 31–0 | 8–1–1 | Griffith Stadium | Recap | ||
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | ||||||||
Steve Owen won his 100th regular season game as Giants head coach. Tom Coughlin would be the next to accomplish the feat 61 years later.
1944 New York Giants season at Pro Football Reference