In the final nine games in the 1963 regular season , the Giants lost only once , a 24 – 17 to the St. Louis Cardinals at Yankee Stadium , two days after the assassination of President Kennedy . ( Commissioner Pete Rozelle received broad criticism from many quarters allowing the regular schedule to proceed on that Sunday , for it had been set aside as a national day of mourning . The AFL postponed its four games . ) New York closed out the season with big wins over the Dallas Cowboys , Redskins , and Steelers , and the Giants captured their third consecutive Eastern Conference crown on the final Sunday of the season to finish 11 – 3 , a game ahead of the Browns
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1963 New York Giants season