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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.
In 1967, the NFL and the rival AFL agreed to merge, effective following the 1969 season; [5] as part of this deal, the NFL champion from 1966 to 1969 would play the AFL champion in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game in each of the four seasons before the completed merger. The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by ...
Sudden death overtime was finally approved for the NFL championship game in 1946 [7] and has remained in effect ever since. [8] [9] The first playoff game requiring overtime was the 1958 NFL Championship Game. The 1955 and 1960 NFL championship games were played on Monday afternoons, Christmas having fallen on a Sunday in those years.
The Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football Conference against the winner of ... 1961: Green Bay Packers (NFL), Houston Oilers (AFL) 1960 ...
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 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 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.
Giants lose 1961 NFL Championship Game. 1962: Giants 2–0: Giants 41–10: Giants 41–31: Giants 3–1–1 In Dallas, the Giants record their largest victory against the Cowboys with a 31–point differential. Both games saw the Giants score their most points in a game against the Cowboys. Giants lose 1962 NFL Championship Game. 1963: Giants ...