Four years after the NFL's first try in New York, Tim Mara, a successful businessman and promoter, purchased a team for a reported $500. In an era when professional football was in the shadows of baseball, boxing, horse racing and college football, while professional football teams hailed from the towns of Dayton, Rochester and Columbus, league officials believed that a team in a large market such as New York was exactly what was needed to keep the fledgling NFL alive.

However, the Giants were in danger of bankruptcy despite playing competitive football in their first season. The Giants started off 0-3, but after a seven game winning streak stood at a respectable 7-3.

However, more important then Wins and Losses was, what could them get out of the red? A December 11th game at the Polo Grounds against Red Grange and the Chicago Bears would be key.

The game was a huge gate attraction drawing over 70,000 fans at the Polo Grounds, and kept the Giants in business, and helped to get pro-football a foothold in New York, as the Giants went on to finish with an 8-4 record splitting a home and home series with the Bears.