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1965 New York Giants season

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Record
  
7–7

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

Start date
  
1965

Home field
  
Yankee Stadium

Division place
  
T-2nd NFL Eastern

Head coach
  
Allie Sherman

Owner
  
Wellington Mara

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1964 New York Giants season

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. 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.

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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.

    Standings

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

    References

    1965 New York Giants season Wikipedia
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