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Yankee Stadium during a New York Giants - Cleveland Browns game in 1961. The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's founders declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was ...
The 1961 NFL Championship Game was the 29th title game of the National Football League. It was played on December 31 at "New" City Stadium , later known as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay , Wisconsin , with an attendance of 39,029.
The Packers ended the season by shutting out the New York Giants 37–0 in the NFL Championship Game, the first title game ever played in Green Bay. This was the Packers seventh NFL league championship. The 1961 Packers also featured 12 future Hall of Famers, the most on any single team in NFL history.
Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 17 at Dallas Cowboys: L 24–27 : 0–1 2 September 24 New York Giants: L 14–17 : 0–2 3 October 1 at Los Angeles Rams
The 1961 New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League. After relinquishing the NFL East title the previous season, the Giants reclaimed the title with a 10–3–1 record, a half-game ahead of the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles .
The Cowboys played in the NFL's Western Division for the 1960 season, but were a "swing team" and played each of the other 12 teams in the league that year. When the Minnesota Vikings joined the league for the 1961 season, the owners of the Eastern Division teams were allowed to vote on which expansion franchise they wanted to be permanently ...
The 1961 Washington Redskins season was the team's 30th in the National Football League. The team tried to improve on their 1–9–2 record from 1960 . However, under their first-year coach Bill McPeak , their 1–12–1 performance during the season placed the Redskins in last-place in the NFL Eastern Conference .
1961 Cleveland Browns season Head coach: Paul Brown: Home field: Cleveland Stadium: Local radio: WGAR: Results; Record: 8–5–1: Division place: 3rd NFL Eastern: Playoff finish: Did not qualify