Record 2–11–1 Playoff finish did not qualify Head coach Alex Webster | Division place 5th NFC East Start date 1973 Home fields Yankee Stadium, Yale Bowl | |
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The 1973 New York Giants season was the 49th season for the club in the National Football League. 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, winning only 2 games, while losing 11, and tying a game. The 2 wins were against the Houston Oilers and the St. Louis Cardinals while the tie was against archrival Philadelphia, in what turned out to be the last game the Giants would ever play at Yankee Stadium before playing their final 5 home games at the Yale Bowl in Connecticut before moving to Shea Stadium in 1975 before moving to Giants Stadium in 1976. The 2 wins by the Giants equalled the second fewest the team had ever posted in any season and it was their worst season since a 1-12-1 record in 1966. After the season, head coach Alex Webster was fired and replaced the following season by Bill Arnsparger.
Regular season
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 23–23 tie. The Giants played their final five home games that season at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. On November 18, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 27–13, their only victory ever recorded at Yale Bowl. They were winless in seven home games at the venue in 1974, and moved to Shea Stadium for one season in 1975.