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The 1960 NFL Championship Game was the 28th NFL title game. The game was played on Monday, December 26, at
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in
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,
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. In addition to the landmark 1958 championship game, in which the
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defeated the
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in sudden death overtime, the 1960 game has also been called a key event in football history. The game marked the lone playoff defeat for Packers coach
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before his Packers team established a dynasty that won five NFL championships, as well as the
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s, in a span of seven seasons. The victory was the third NFL title for the
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, and was also their last championship until the team won
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57 years later. The
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was in its first season, and held its inaugural title game less than a week later. First-year
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convinced owners to move the league's headquarters from Philadelphia to
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, and with Congressional passage of the
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, received an antitrust exemption that allowed the league to negotiate a common broadcasting network representing all of its teams, helping cement football's ascendancy as a national sport. This was the second and last NFL Championship Game played in Philadelphia, and the only one at Franklin Field: the 1948 Championship Game, held in a snowstorm at
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, was also won by the Eagles. Ticket prices for the game were ten and eight
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. This is also the only year from 1958 to 1963 that did not include the
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in the Championship Game.


Background

The game matched the league's conference champions,
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(10–2) of the East and
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of the West. The Eagles were making their first appearance in a championship game since
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, and the Packers their first since
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. Two years earlier, both teams had finished last in their respective conferences. Due to the lack of lights at Franklin Field (lights were not installed at the venue until 1970), the kickoff time was moved up to 12 p.m. (noon) EST to allow for the possibility of
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, as had occurred in
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. The game was also played on a Monday, as it had been in
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, as the NFL did not want to play the game on
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.Longman, Jere
"Eagles’ 1960 Victory Was an N.F.L. Turning Point"
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Led by future
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head coach
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, Green Bay won the Western Conference, a game ahead of the
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and
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. The two-time defending champion
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, led by quarterback
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, were 6–2 on November 13, but lost their last four and stumbled into fourth place with a .500 record. (Baltimore did not win another division/conference title until
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.) Green Bay had won six league championships before, most recently in
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, but the intervening years had been lean. At the time, Lombardi was better known as an assistant coach (offense) for the
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. Hired by the Packers in January
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, he led them to a record in his first season as a head coach, a vast improvement over the
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season their worst ever. On the field, the Packers were led by quarterback
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, another future hall of famer, who was then lightly regarded, having thrown eight interceptions to go with his four touchdown passes in the 1960 season. Starr had shared playing time with
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, who won all four games he started, while Starr was an even 4–4. In his four previous seasons in the league, Starr had more interceptions than touchdowns in each season and he finished the 1960 season with 1,358 passing yards, completing 98 of 172 passes for a completion percentage of 57.0. Other names that would shine during the dynasty the Packers built during the 1960s, such as halfback /
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, linebacker
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, and
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Jim Taylor, were all early in their careers and future hall of famers. The 1960 game represented a chance for Philadelphia to add to the consecutive titles they won in
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and
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, but the team had declined to only two wins in
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. Head coach
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was in his third season with the Eagles, and in what turned out to be his final year as a head coach, and had turned around the team from a record in 1958 to seven wins in
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to a conference championship and the league's best record in 1960. The Eagles were led on the field by 34-year-old quarterback
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, who was ranked second in the NFL with 2,471 passing yards and 24 passing touchdowns, behind Unitas of the Colts in both statistics, and was playing in his final game.1960 NFL Passing
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Less than a month after the title game, he was named the head coach of the expansion
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. Philadelphia had clinched the Eastern title early on December 4 at 9–1, and there was concern by Shaw that it could have an adverse effect on his team.


Game summary

A capacity crowd of 67,325 gathered at Franklin Field, the home field of the
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, with 7,000 temporary seats having been added. The Eagles were a two to three-point home underdog, and the game-time temperature was creating difficult inconsistent field conditions for both teams, as the frozen playing surface thawed in spots leaving scattered puddles under the low winter sun. It had snowed several days earlier in Philadelphia, followed by cold temperatures, and the well-worn, nearly grassless field had been covered by a
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. On the first play from scrimmage, a lateral from Van Brocklin deflected off the hands of receiver
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and was intercepted by
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of the Packers, giving Green Bay possession at the Philadelphia 14-yard line. After Jim Taylor gained five yards on first down, the Packers were unable to score, turning the ball over on downs to Philadelphia at the six-yard line. A fumble on the Eagles' third play after gaining possession by Bill Barnes was recovered by
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of Green Bay at the 22-yard line of Philadelphia. Two
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rushes gave the Packers a first down at the 12-yard line, but two incomplete passes and another Hornung rush came up short. Lombardi elected to kick on fourth down, with Hornung connecting from twenty yards out to give the Packers a 3–0 lead. Hornung kicked a second field goal in the opening minutes of the second quarter from 23 yards out, after a Packers drive stalled on the 17-yard line, putting Green Bay up by six points. On a pair of passes from Van Brocklin to Tommy McDonald of 22 yards and 35 yards respectively, the Eagles scored a touchdown and the extra point by kicker
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gave them their first lead of the game. After getting the ball back from Green Bay, Van Brocklin connected on a pass of 41 yards to
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that was followed three plays later by a 22-yard pass play to Ted Dean that put the Eagles on the Packers' eight-yard line. After three incomplete passes, a field goal gave the Eagles a 10–6 lead. On the following drive in the waning minutes of the first half, Green Bay took the ball to the Philadelphia seven-yard line. The threat fizzled after Bart Starr was sacked for a loss and the field goal attempt from just 13 yards by Hornung was wide left, a critical error in a low-scoring game. A drive by the Packers in the third quarter advanced to the Philadelphia 34-yard line, but Green Bay failed to convert on fourth down, turning the ball over to the Eagles and losing Hornung to a shoulder injury. The Eagles promptly marched down deep into Green Bay territory but a Van Brocklin pass was intercepted in the end zone by
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. The touchback gave the Packers the ball on their own 20-yard line. In punt formation on fourth down,
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ran for 35 yards to give Green Bay a first down in Philadelphia territory. Despite the successful run on the fake punt, Lombardi was not pleased, saying "We punt the ball; we don't run the ball" when the team sets up for a punt. In the final quarter, continuing that same drive, the Packers advanced deep into Philadelphia territory on runs by backs Tom Moore and Taylor, then retook the lead with a seven-yard pass from Bart Starr to McGee with 13:07 left in the game. Hornung came off the bench to kick the extra point, giving Green Bay a 13–10 lead. On the ensuing kickoff,
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received the ball at the three-yard line and returned it 58 yards, giving Philadelphia excellent field position at the Green Bay 39-yard line. Dean provided what turned out to be the margin of victory for the Eagles with a five-yard touchdown run on a sweep led by a key block from guard
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with 5:21 left, capping off a drive in which Van Brocklin passed the ball only once.Sheehan, Joseph M
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On the Packers' next possession, McGee caught a short pass just beyond midfield, but was ruled to have fumbled, and the Eagles recovered. After a trade of punts, Philadelphia took over at their 26-yard line with just over three minutes remaining. Following three running plays and another punt, Green Bay started the final drive at their 35-yard line with 1:05 left, needing a touchdown. A completion to
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ended with him tackled in bounds at the Eagles' thirty-yard line, and Green Bay used their final timeout with a half-minute left. On first down, Starr overthrew double-covered
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in the shady south corner of the end zone, stopping the clock with 25 seconds remaining. On second down, Knafelc caught a short pass, but was quickly tackled in bounds at the 22, so the clock continued to run. Starr rushed to get the offense set for third down, then threw a short pass to fullback Taylor; it was caught on the run at the 17, but linebacker Bednarik, the last Eagle between Taylor and the end zone, tackled him at the Eagles' nine-yard line and remained on top of Taylor as the final seconds ticked off the clock, securing the Eagles the win and the championship. Bednarik had played both defense and offense, and was in for every play of the game; after the clock reached zero, he growled "You can get up now, Taylor. This damn game's over."Gruver, 2002 pg. 100 The Eagles won despite being outgained in the game 401 yards to 296, with only 13 first downs as compared to 22 for the Packers. It would prove to be the only career playoff loss for Packer head coach Lombardi and would be the last Eagles championship until
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57 seasons later. Lombardi would later rue his decision to go on fourth down on several occasions deep in Philadelphia territory rather than attempt field goals on such plays, saying, "When you get down there, come out with something. I lost the game, not my players."


Scoring summary

''Monday, December 26, 1960''
Kickoff: 12:00 p.m. EST *First quarter **GB –
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20-yard FG, 3–0 GB *Second quarter **GB – Hornung 23-yard FG, 6–0 GB **Phi – Tommy McDonald 35-yard pass from
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kick), 7–6 PHI **Phi – Walston 15-yard FG, 10–6 PHI *Third quarter **No scoring *Fourth quarter **GB –
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7-yard pass from
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(Hornung kick), 13–10 GB **Phi –
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5-yard run (Walston kick), 17–13 PHI :


Officials

*Referee:
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*Umpire: Joe Connell *Head Linesman: John Highberger *Back Judge: Sam Giangreco *Field Judge:
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*Alternate:
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*Alternate:
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*Alternate:
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*Alternate: (29) Stan Jaworowski *Alternate: Mike Lisetski The NFL had five game officials in ; the line judge was added in and the side judge in .


Players' shares

The gross receipts for the game, including radio and television rights, were just under $748,000, the highest to date. Each player on the winning Eagles team received $5,116, while Packers players made $3,105 each.


See also

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1960 NFL season The 1960 NFL season was the 41st regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, 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 ...
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History of the National Football League championship Throughout its history, the National Football League (NFL) and other rival American football leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champions, including a period of inter-league matchups to determine a true national c ...
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1960 American Football League Championship Game The 1960 American Football League Championship Game was the first AFL title game, played on New Year's Day 1961 at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, Texas. With New Year's on Sunday, the major college bowl games were played on Monday, January 2. T ...


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