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| Team: | New York Giants |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Record: | 2–11–1 |
| Division Place: | 5th NFC East |
| Coach: | Alex Webster |
| Stadium: | Yankee Stadium (2 games), Yale Bowl (5 games) |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers: | None |
The New York Giants season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on their 8–6 record from 1972. However, the Giants suffered one of the worst seasons in franchise history, finishing 2–11–1.
The two wins were against the Houston Oilers and the St. Louis Cardinals while the tie was against archrival Philadelphia in week two. That was the last Giants game at Yankee Stadium, which underwent a multi-year renovation, requiring a temporary move to the Yale Bowl in Connecticut.[1] Palmer Stadium at Princeton University in New Jersey had also been considered.[2]
The Giants' two wins in 1973 equaled the second fewest the team had ever posted and it was their worst record since 1966 (1–12–1). To add injury to insult, former quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who was traded after the 1971 season,[3] led the Minnesota Vikings (12–2) to theNFC title
Fifth-year head coach Alex Webster, a longtime Giant running back, was fired after the season, replaced in mid-January by Bill Arnsparger, the defensive coordinator of the two-time Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins.[5] [6]
The Giants were at the Yale Bowl again in 1974, moved to Shea Stadium in 1975 (co-tenant with the Jets, Mets, and Yankees), and to Giants Stadium in New Jersey in 1976.
See also: 1973 NFL draft.
| Leo Gasienica | Quarterback | Rutgers |
With Yankee Stadium undergoing refurbishment after the 1973 baseball season, the Giants played their final game there on September 23, against the Philadelphia Eagles, a The Giants played their final five home games that season at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut.[7] On November 18, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals their only victory ever recorded at Yale Bowl. They were winless in seven home games there in 1974, and moved to Shea Stadium for one season in 1975.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 16 | Houston Oilers | W 34–14 | 1–0 | Yankee Stadium | 57,979 | ||
| 2 | September 23 | Philadelphia Eagles | T 23–23 | 1–0–1 | Yankee Stadium | 62,289 | ||
| 3 | September 30 | at Cleveland Browns | L 10–12 | 1–1–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 76,065 | ||
| 4 | October 7 | Green Bay Packers | L 14–16 | 1–2–1 | Yale Bowl | 70,050 | ||
| 5 | October 14 | Washington Redskins | L 3–21 | 1–3–1 | Yale Bowl | 70,168 | ||
| 6 | October 21 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 28–45 | 1–4–1 | Texas Stadium | 58,741 | ||
| 7 | October 28 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 27–35 | 1–5–1 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47,589 | ||
| 8 | November 4 | at Oakland Raiders | L 0–42 | 1–6–1 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 51,200 | ||
| 9 | November 11 | Dallas Cowboys | L 10–23 | 1–7–1 | Yale Bowl | 70,128 | ||
| 10 | November 18 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 24–13 | 2–7–1 | Yale Bowl | 65,795 | ||
| 11 | November 25 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 16–20 | 2–8–1 | Veterans Stadium | 63,086 | ||
| 12 | December 2 | at Washington Redskins | L 24–27 | 2–9–1 | RFK Stadium | 53,590 | ||
| 13 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 6–40 | 2–10–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 73,328 | |||
| 14 | December 16 | L 7–31 | 2–11–1 | Yale Bowl | 70,041 | |||
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | ||||||||