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Football was Mr. Kennedy's game. He thrived on competition." [5] No NFL games were telecast, since on the afternoon of the 22nd, just after the president had been pronounced dead, CBS President Frank Stanton ordered that all regular programming be pre-empted until after Kennedy was buried at his funeral procession. Normal programming, including ...
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The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, on January 26, 33-year-old Pete Rozelle , the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams , was elected NFL commissioner as a compromise choice on the twenty-third ballot.
The game matched the league's conference champions, Philadelphia Eagles (10–2) of the East and Green Bay Packers (8–4) of the West. The Eagles were making their first appearance in a championship game since 1949, and the Packers their first since 1944. [9] Two years earlier, both teams had finished last in their respective conferences.
In the Raiders game, J. D. Smith caught a pass from Tom Flores to score the first two-point conversion in pro football history. In Week Eight (October 30), Denver lost to the visiting Texans, 17–14, and did not win any of their last eight games, finishing with the AFL's worst record at 4–9–1. The Chargers, still in Los Angeles, pulled ...
Clackers (also known as Clankers, Ker-Bangers, latto-latto in the Philippines and most of Southeast Asia, and numerous other names [1]) are toys that were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [2] In 1968, tempered glass sphere models emerged that could eventually shatter and injure users or others nearby.
It rained for five days straight prior to the game. [2] The host Oilers were favored by 6-6½ points. [11] [12] [2]Oilers quarterback George Blanda threw three touchdown passes and kicked a field goal and three extra points to lead Houston to the AFL Championship by a score of 24–16.
The 1961 AFL Championship Game was a rematch of the first American Football League title game, between the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers. It was played on December 24 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California , and the Oilers were three-point favorites.