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{{Infobox NFL season
 | team = New York Giants
 | year = 1969
 | record = 6–8
 | division_place = 2nd [[National Football League Century Division|NFL Century]]
 | coach = [[Alex Webster (American football)|Alex Webster]]
 | stadium = [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
 | playoffs = ''did not qualify''
}}
The '''1969 [[New York Giants]] season''' was the 45th season for the club in the [[National Football League]]. The [[New York Giants|Giants]] finished with a 6–8 record, and had one victory less than the previous year.<ref>{{cite web | title = 1969 New York Giants | publisher = [[Pro Football Reference]] | url = http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/1969.htm | accessdate = May 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = New York Giants Franchise Encyclopedia | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/ | accessdate = May 6, 2009 }}</ref> New York placed second in the Century Division, four-and-a-half games behind the [[Cleveland Browns]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 1969 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1969/ | accessdate = May 6, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gcuSJiiP|archivedate=2009-05-08|deadurl=no}}</ref>

Before the season, the Giants selected [[Fred Dryer]] in the first round of the [[1969 NFL Draft]], with the 13th overall pick,<ref>{{cite web | title = 1969 NFL/AFL Draft | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1969/draft.htm | accessdate = October 31, 2011 }}</ref> and traded with the [[Atlanta Falcons]] for running back [[Junior Coffey]]. New York lost all of their [[National Football League preseason|preseason]] games, leading them to fire head coach [[Allie Sherman]]. [[Alex Webster (American football)|Alex Webster]] was hired as his replacement. The Giants opened the season with a win against the [[Minnesota Vikings]], and held a 3–1 record after four games. However, they went on a seven-game losing streak, before going on a three-game winning streak to close out the season.<ref>{{cite book | last = Whittingham | first = Richard | title = Illustrated History of the New York Giants | publisher = Triumph Books | year = 2005 | location = Chicago | pages = 151–152 | isbn = 1-57243-641-7 }}</ref>

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
! Attendance
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 1
| September 21, 1969
| [[Minnesota Vikings]]
| W 24–23
| <center>62,900</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 2
| September 28, 1969
| at [[Detroit Lions]]
| L 24–0
| <center>54,358</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 3
| October 5, 1969
| [[Chicago Bears]]
| W 28–24
| <center>62,583</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 4
| October 12, 1969
| [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| W 10–7
| <center>62,987</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 5
| October 19, 1969
| at [[Washington Redskins]]
| L 20–14
| <center>50,352</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 6
| October 27, 1969
| at [[Dallas Cowboys]]
| L 25–3
| <center>58,964</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 7
| November 2, 1969
| [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
| L 23–20
| <center>62,912</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 8
| November 9, 1969
| at [[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| L 42–17
| <center>49,194</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 9
| November 16, 1969
| [[New Orleans Saints]]
| L 25–24
| <center>62,927</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 10
| November 23, 1969
| at [[Cleveland Browns]]
| L 28–17
| <center>80,595</center>
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| 11
| November 30, 1969
| at [[Green Bay Packers]]
| L 20–10
| <center>48,156</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 12
| December 7, 1969
| [[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| W 49–6
| <center>62,973</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 13
| December 14, 1969
| at [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| W 21–17
| <center>21,067</center>
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| 14
| December 21, 1969
| [[Cleveland Browns]]
| W 27–14
| <center>62,966</center>
|}

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="8" style="background-color: #FFCBCB;" align="center" valign="middle" | [[NFL Century Division|NFL Century]]
|-
!
! W
! L
! T
! PCT
! PF
! PA
! STK
|-
| [[1969 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | .769
| align="center" | 351
| align="center" | 300
| align="center" | L-1
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| '''New York Giants'''
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .429
| align="center" | 264
| align="center" | 298
| align="center" | W-3
|-
| [[1969 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season|St. Louis Cardinals]]
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | .308
| align="center" | 314
| align="center" | 389
| align="center" | L-3
|-
| [[1969 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .071
| align="center" | 218
| align="center" | 404
| align="center" | L-13
|}

==See also==
*[[List of New York Giants seasons]]

==References==
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