1974 New York Giants season

Date: September 29
Location: Texas Stadium , Irving, Texas
Game start: 1:00 p.m. <a href="/piglix/Central_Standard_Time_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Standard Time (North America)">CST
Game weather: 64°F, wind 7 mph

1974 New York Giants season
Head coach	Bill Arnsparger
Owner	Timothy J. Mara, Wellington Mara
Home field	Yale Bowl
Results
Record	2–12
Division place	5th NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
← 1973 Giants seasons 1975 →

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Giants	0	14	0	0	14
Cowboys	0	0	0	6	6

Scoring summary

2	Giants	Doug Kotar 2 yard run (Pete Gogolak kick)	Giants 7–0

2	Giants	Joe Dawkins 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)	Giants 14–0

4	Cowboys	Bob Hayes 35 yard pass from Roger Staubach (kick failed)	Giants 14–6

Scoring summary

2	Giants	Doug Kotar 2 yard run (Pete Gogolak kick)	Giants 7–0

2	Giants	Joe Dawkins 14 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)	Giants 14–0

4	Cowboys	Bob Hayes 35 yard pass from Roger Staubach (kick failed)	Giants 14–6

The 1974 New York Giants season was the 50th season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division with a 2–12 record, the team's worst since 1966.

The Giants' home venue in 1974 was the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, and they were winless at home in seven games. They won only one of twelve games at the Yale Bowl in 1973 and 1974. The Giants played at Shea Stadium in Queens in 1975 and opened Giants Stadium in New Jersey in October 1976.