1959 NFL Championship Game
The 1959 NFL Championship Game was the 27th NFL championship game, played on December 27 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.
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| Date | December 27, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 57,545 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Giants: Wellington Mara (owner), Rosey Brown, Frank Gifford, Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli Colts: Weeb Ewbank (coach), Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Johnny Unitas | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chuck Thompson, Chris Schenkel | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Van Patrick | ||||||||||||||||||
Baltimore
Location in the United States
It was a rematch of the 1958 championship game that went into overtime. The defending champion Baltimore Colts (9–3) again won the Western Conference, while the New York Giants (10–2) repeated as Eastern Conference champions. The Colts were favored to repeat as champions by 3½ points.
This game also went down to the last quarter, but the Colts did not need any heroics in overtime. Trailing 9–7 at the start of the fourth quarter, Baltimore scored 24 straight points and won, 31–16.
This was the only NFL championship game played in Baltimore.
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