1961 NFL Championship Game
The 1961 National Football League championship game was the 29th title game. The game was played at "New" City Stadium, later known as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, Wisconsin on December 31, 1961. The attendance was 39,029.
The game was a match-up against the Eastern Conference Champions New York Giants (10-3-1) against the Western Conference champions Green Bay Packers (11-3).
Ray Nitschke, Boyd Dowler, and Paul Hornung, were on leave from the U.S. Army, . Paul Hornung scored 19 points for the Packers and was Named the MVP Most Outstanding Player in the 1961 Championship Game, and awarded a 1962 Corvette from Sport magazine.
The victory would be the first of five NFL titles won in a seven-year span by the Packers and their coach, Vince Lombardi.
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