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The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras , who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to gambling.
The 1964 NFL Championship Game was the 32nd annual championship game, held on December 27 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With an attendance of 79,544, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it was the first NFL title game to be televised by CBS .
Prior to the advent of the Super Bowl for the 1966 season, the AFL went to great lengths to avoid scheduling its playoffs head-to-head with the NFL. In 1960, the NFL's game was held on Monday, December 26; the AFL had that week off, and played its title contest on Sunday, January 1, as the college bowl games were played on Monday. In 1961 and ...
Frank Ryan was the quarterback of the last Cleveland Browns team to win an NFL championship in 1964, beating the Baltimore Colts 27-0.
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The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th year with the National Football League (NFL) and the fifth season in St. Louis.. The Cardinals (9–3–2) were the runner-up in the Eastern Conference, finishing a half game behind the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1), who won the NFL championship game on December 27.
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, grouped by franchise. Games featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. "(Years in italics)" indicate a pending playoff game. Tables are sorted first by the number of games, then the number of wins ...