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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]
The 1961–62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the NBA. [1] It would also be their only season for the franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962–1963 season.
The 1962 NFL Championship Game was the 30th NFL title game, played on December 30, 1962, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.It matched the New York Giants (12–2) of the Eastern Conference and Green Bay Packers (13–1) of the Western Conference, the defending league champions.
The Packers had a 17–14 lead with just over a minute left in the game, and the Eagles faced a fourth down with 26 yards to go. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb completed a 28-yard pass for the first down and ultimately led the team down the field for a game-tying field goal.
The Packers faced the Cowboys in the Divisional Round, winning 26–21 in a game that became known as the Dez Caught It game after a controversial ruling of an incomplete catch by Dez Bryant. The Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 31–17 in the Divisional Round and with their higher seeding had home field advantage for the NFC Championship ...
The Chicago Packers entered the league, bringing the number of teams to nine. The NBA schedule was expanded for the third consecutive season. This time it went from 79 games per team, to 80. The Philadelphia Warriors played their final season before their transcontinental relocation to San Francisco for the following season.
The furthest thing from Starr's mind was the thought of playing in the AFL–NFL World Championship Game. To him, this was the Packers' championship game. [72] Green Bay went on to finish the postseason by easily [73] defeating the American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders, 33–14, in the second AFL–NFL World Championship Game ...
The Buccaneers began the game with the ball and drove down the field on a nine play, 60-yard drive that ended in a 15-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Mike Evans.The Packers and the Buccaneers exchanged punts before the Packers tied the game 7–7 on a 90-yard drive punctuated by a 50-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Marquez Valdes-Scantling on third down.