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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.
Green Bay Packers seasonal records; Season Team League [4] Conference Division Regular season [4] Postseason results [10] Awards Head coaches [11] Notes Finish W L T; 1919: 1919 – – – – 10: 1: 0 – – – The Packers did not compete in a professional league until 1921. [4] 1920: 1920 – – – – 9: 1: 1 – – – 1921: 1921 ...
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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 game was a match-up of the Eastern Conference champion New York Giants (10–3–1) and the Western Conference champion Green Bay Packers (11–3). [6] The home team Packers were a 3 + 1 ⁄ 3-point favorite. [1] Packers Ray Nitschke, Boyd Dowler, and Paul Hornung, were on leave from the U.S. Army. [1]
NFL Championship: the Green Bay Packers won 37–0 over the New York Giants at Lambeau Field; Rose Bowl (1960 season): The Minnesota Golden Gophers lost 17–7 to the Washington Huskies; still voted national champions; The Ohio State Buckeyes boycott a trip to the Rose Bowl the following January resulting in student protests on campus.
The Packers and Browns met three times in that span, all Green Bay victories, primarily due to Taylor's efforts. The last of those meetings was the 1965 NFL Championship Game, which turned out to be Brown's last game. [56] [55] The first meeting between Taylor and Brown was a week-five game in 1961.
1961 Green Bay Packers season; L. 1961 Los Angeles Rams season; M. 1961 Minnesota Vikings season; N. 1961 New York Giants season; P. 1961 Philadelphia Eagles season;