1961 in Sports - American Football

American Football

  • AFL Championship – Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers
  • NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants
  • NCAA I-A Championship –
    • University of Alabama (AP)(UPI)
    • Ohio State (FWAA)

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    People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.
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