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|visitor=[[1962 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
|visitor_record = 13–1
|visitor_abbr = GB
|home=[[1962 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
|home_record = 12–2
|home_abbr = NYG
|visitor_coach = [[Vince Lombardi]]
|home_coach = [[Allie Sherman]]
|visitor_conf = Western
|home_conf = Eastern
|visitor_qtr1=3
|visitor_qtr2=7
|visitor_qtr3=3
|visitor_qtr4=3
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|home_qtr1=0
|home_qtr2=0
|home_qtr3=7
|home_qtr4=0
|home_total=7
|date=December 30, 1962
|stadium=[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|city=[[The Bronx]],<br>[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
|attendance=64,892
|odds=Green Bay by 6½ to 7 points<ref name=nashtelg/>
|referee=Emil Heintz
|network=[[NFL on NBC|NBC]]
|announcers=[[Chris Schenkel]], [[Ray Scott (sportscaster)|Ray Scott]]
|radio=[[NFL on NBC Radio|NBC]]
|radioannouncers=[[Ken Coleman]], [[Ted Moore (sportscaster)|Ted Moore]]
| HOFers = '''Packers:''' [[Vince Lombardi]] (coach/gm), [[Herb Adderley]], [[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]], [[Forrest Gregg]], [[Paul Hornung]], [[Henry Jordan]], [[Jerry Kramer]], [[Ray Nitschke]], [[Jim Ringo]], [[Bart Starr]], [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]], [[Willie Wood (American football)|Willie Wood]]<br> '''Giants:''' [[Wellington Mara]] (owner), [[Rosey Brown]], [[Sam Huff]], [[Andy Robustelli]], [[Y. A. Tittle]], [[Frank Gifford]]
|MVP=[[Ray Nitschke]] (Linebacker; Green Bay)
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The '''1962 NFL Championship Game''' was the 30th [[History of the National Football League|NFL title game]], played on December 30, 1962, at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in [[New York City]]. It matched the [[1962 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] (12–2) of the Eastern Conference and [[1962 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] (13–1) of the Western Conference, the [[1961 NFL Championship Game|defending league champions]].<ref name=spokap>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-71YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8egDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959%2C4670342 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |last=Hand |first=Jack |title=Crunching Green Bay vs. "go-for-broke" Giants |date=December 30, 1962 |page=1, sports}}</ref><ref name=pckstillch>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4HBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6546%2C3221006 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Packers still champs! |date=December 31, 1962 |page=1, part 1}}</ref><ref name=pbdgsxt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w2EaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1yYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5438%2C3432068 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Packers beat down Giants, 16-7, win their second straight title |date=December 31, 1962 |page=18, part 1}}</ref><ref name=pgout>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_L1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8egDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5229%2C4755956 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Packers grind out grim 16-7 win |date=December 31, 1962 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=tpyes>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/01/07/598702/the-packers-yes |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=The Packers, yes! |date=January 7, 1963 |page=8}}</ref>

The Packers were led by [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|hall of fame]] head coach [[Vince Lombardi]], in his fourth year, and the Giants by [[Allie Sherman]], in his second season. Green Bay was favored by 6½ points.<ref name=smmtct>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/12/30/page/27/article/snow-may-mar-title-contest-today |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Strickler |first=George |title=Snow may mar title contest today |date=December 30, 1962 |page=1, section 2}}</ref> The attendance for the game was 64,892,<ref name=pbdgsxt/> and the weather during the game was so cold that television crews used bonfires to thaw out their cameras, and one cameraman suffered [[frostbite]]. The conditions also made throwing the ball difficult.<ref name=bbupidy>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjpYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6964%2C6217941 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=UPI |last=Miller |first=Norman |title=Packers good bet for a new pro dynasty |date=December 31, 1962 |page=2}}</ref>

Green Bay won 16–7, behind the performances of game [[Most Valuable Player]] linebacker [[Ray Nitschke]], and fullback [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]].<ref name=pckstillch/><ref name=pbdgsxt/><ref name=pgout/> Right guard [[Jerry Kramer]], filling in as placekicker for the injured [[Paul Hornung]],<ref name=spokap/> scored ten points with three field goals and an extra point.<ref name=bbupidy/> The Giants fumbled twice, with Nitschke recovering both for the Packers, while the Packers recovered all five of their own fumbles and intercepted a Giants pass.<ref name=ctpktbg>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/12/31/page/19/article/packers-keep-title-beat-giants-16-7 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Strickler |first=George |title=Packers keep title; beat Giants, 16-7 |date=December 31, 1962 |page=1, part 3}}</ref>

This was the third and final NFL title game played at Yankee Stadium; the others were in [[1956 NFL Championship Game|1956]] and [[1958 NFL Championship Game|1958]], with the Giants winning the first. The state next would host a league championship game in [[1964 American Football League Championship Game|two years later in Buffalo]], while the borough of [[Queens]] in New York City hosted once more when the [[New York Jets]] hosted the [[1968 AFL Championship Game]] at [[Shea Stadium]] in Queens, winning over the [[1968 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]]. 

Afterwards, the area commonly known as the NYC metropolitan area had a lengthy hosting drought, as the next league championship game was the [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] on February<!-- 2, --> 2014 at [[MetLife Stadium]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]] (commonly known as an [[inner suburb]] of New York City), which resulted in the [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] defeating the [[2013 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] 43–8.

Previous championship games hosted by the Giants in New York were played across the [[Harlem River]] at the [[Polo Grounds]] in [[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]], [[1938 NFL Championship Game|1938]], [[1944 NFL Championship Game|1944]], and [[1946 NFL Championship Game|1946]]; the Giants won the first two. An additional title game was played at the Polo Grounds in [[1936 NFL Championship Game|1936]], hosted by the [[1936 Boston Redskins season|Boston Redskins]] and won by the [[1936 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]].

==Background==
The 1962 game was a rematch of the [[1961 NFL Championship Game|1961 game]], won by Green Bay at home, 37–0.<ref name="NYG.comchamp2">[http://www.giants.com/history/ChampionshipGames1950present.asp Championship Games 1950–present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317040918/http://www.giants.com/history/ChampionshipGames1950present.asp |date=March 17, 2007 }}, giants.com, accessed January 12, 2007.</ref> It was the Packers' third straight appearance in the championship game, and the Giants' fourth in five seasons, and fifth in the last seven.

Green Bay began the {{nfly|1962}} season 10–0, including a 49–0 victory over the [[1962 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]], where they gained 628&nbsp;yards to Philadelphia's 54.<ref name="ESPN"/> Before the game, 10,000 fans at a [[1962–63 New York Knicks season|New York Knicks]] game in [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] spontaneously began chanting "Beat Green Bay! Beat Green Bay!", and when the 18,000 tickets available to non-season ticket holders went on sale, they sold within three hours.<ref>Gottehrer. pg. 17</ref>

Due to the NFL's [[National Football League television blackout policies|blackout]] policy which aimed to protect gate receipts, until {{nfly|1973}}, fans in a team's home market could not watch their team's regular season and playoff games on television, even if they were title games.<ref name="AP">Associated Press. [http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80611abb&template=with-video&confirm=true Giants-Packers title games in '61 and '62 part of NFL lore], nfl.com, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref> New York fans made reservations for motels in [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Connecticut]] so they could watch the game out of the {{convert|75|mi|-1|adj=on}} blackout zone,<ref name=nashtelg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YbkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9v4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7097%2C6163758 |work=Nashua Telegraph |location=(New Hampshire) |agency=Associated Press |title=Packers-Giants in NFL title clash tomorrow |date=December 29, 1962 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=ffnyarea>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_L1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8egDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5014%2C4757309 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Fans flee N.Y. area for TV look |date=December 31, 1962 |page=8 }}</ref> and even though the game was played in {{convert|17|F}} temperatures<ref name=pgout/> with {{convert|35|–|40|mph|abbr=on}} winds, only 299 of the 65,000+ Giant fans who bought tickets to the sold out game stayed home.<ref>Gottehrer. pg. 17–22</ref>

Although the weather was temperate the previous day,<ref name="AP"/> during the contest it became so cold due to [[wind chill]] that a cameraman filming the game suffered [[frostbite]], and television crews used dugout bonfires to thaw out their cameras.<ref>Gottehrer. pgs. 21–2</ref> Broadcaster [[Art Rust, Jr.]] later described the weather as "barbaric".<ref name="Stern"/> The cold conditions favored the Packers who used a run-oriented offense led by Taylor, while the Giants featured a more pass-heavy offense led by quarterback [[Y. A. Tittle]] who had passed for 3,224&nbsp;yards and 33 touchdowns in the regular season.<ref name="AP"/><ref name="Go20"/>

Ticket prices for the game at Yankee Stadium ranged from eight to twelve [[United States dollar|dollars]] ($68.11 to $100.13 in 2018 valuation).<ref name=spokap/><ref>''$8 in 1962 → $100.13 in 2018'' https://www.officialdata.org/1962-dollars-in-2018?amount=12→ , $12 in 1962 → $100.13 in 2018 https://www.officialdata.org/1962-dollars-in-2018?amount=12</ref>

==Game summary==
The wind caused the ball to be blown off the tee three times during the opening kickoff, and a Green Bay player had to hold the ball onto the tee so [[Willie Wood (American football)|Willie Wood]] (later ejected for bumping back judge [[Tom Kelleher (American football official)|Tom Kelleher]]) could kick it off.<ref name="Go20"/> After a [[Jerry Kramer]] field goal made the score 3–0 in favor of Green Bay in the first quarter, the Giants drove to the Green Bay 15&nbsp;yard line behind short passes from Tittle. Tittle then tried to hit tight end [[Joe Walton]] near the goal line, but a timely Packer blitz by Forester and Nitschke allowed the latter to deflect the pass which was intercepted by fellow linebacker [[Dan Currie]]. During most of the first and second quarter, the teams ran the ball for short gains. The Giants repeatedly hit Taylor hard, and he suffered cuts to his arm and tongue. Near halftime, the Giants [[Phil King (American football)|Phil King]] fumbled on their own 28, and Nitschke recovered. A halfback option pass from [[Paul Hornung]] to flanker [[Boyd Dowler]] took the Packers to the Giants seven-yard line. On the following play Taylor used an outside fake before going back inside to run untouched into the end zone.<ref name="Go21">Gottehrer. pg. 21</ref>

The weather worsened by halftime and the wind swirled dust around the stadium, tearing apart the ballpark's [[Flag of the United States|U.S. flag]], and knocking over a television camera.<ref name="Go22"/> Passing became even more difficult; the longest pass of the day was a 25-yard one from Tittle to Walton.<ref name="Stern">Sternberg, Alan J. [http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/professional/a-meadowlands-super-bowl-could-be-an-nfl-and-new-jersey-debacle A Meadowlands Super Bowl could be an NFL — and New Jersey — debacle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508214214/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/professional/a-meadowlands-super-bowl-could-be-an-nfl-and-new-jersey-debacle |date=May 8, 2011 }}, newjerseynewsroom.com, May 24, 2010, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref> After blocking a [[Max McGee]] punt and recovering it for a touchdown to pull the game to 10–7 in the third quarter, the Giants defense forced the Packers into a three and out on their next possession. [[Sam Horner]] fumbled on a punt return at the Giants 42-yard line however, and Nitschke recovered. Five plays later, Kramer kicked a field goal to make the score 13–7. Tittle, with the aid of two Packers penalties, then drove the Giants from their own 20 to the Green Bay 18 on the ensuing drive. New York then incurred two holding penalties, pushing them back to their own 40-yard line and ending their drive (holding penalties at the time were assessed from the spot of the foul). Led by Taylor, who repeatedly ran for key first downs, the Packers advanced the ball down to the New York end of the field, where Kramer kicked a third field goal (on five attempts) to make the score 16–7 with under two minutes<!--1:50--> to play.<ref name="Go22">Gottehrer. pg. 22</ref><ref name=ppcc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N85RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5509%2C4631717 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Cool champs! |date=December 31, 1962 |page=12}}</ref> Tittle led a desperation drive which ended at the Packer 7 as time ran out. Green Bay recovered all five of their fumbles during the game, while the Giants lost both of theirs.<ref name="Go20">Gottehrer. pg. 20</ref> Kramer had not played in the [[1961 NFL Championship Game|previous year's title game]], after a lower leg injury in late October<!-- 29--> sidelined him for the rest of the [[1961 Green Bay Packers season|1961]] season.

==Legacy==
[[File:RayNitszcheWML.jpg|thumb|240px|MVP Ray Nitschke's appearance on CBS Television's ''What’s My Line'' on the evening of December 30, 1962 after the 1962 NFL Championship Game.<br>[[John Charles Daly]], the legendary host of ''What’s My Line'', is smiling on his left.]]

A few hours after this game, Nitschke, who was the game's Most Valuable Player,<ref name="hof">[http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2639 Packers and Giants battled for the 1962 NFL title] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313211624/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2639 |date=March 13, 2014 }}, profootballhof.com, January 14, 2008, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref> appeared on [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] TV's ''[[What's My Line?]]'' wearing thick eyeglasses and a dark, conservative suit to hide his size.<ref>Kenney, Ray. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=acciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BysEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2604,2583779&dq=nitschke+what's-my-line&hl=en MIller All-Stars get Cash on the Barrelhead], ''[[The Milwaukee Journal]]'', November 18, 1987, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref> Panelists [[Martin Gabel]] and [[Bennett Cerf]], both of whom were at the game and both Giants fans, recognized him.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/whats-my-line/episode-645/episode/97445/summary.html What's my line EPISODE #645], tv.com, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref> As the game's outstanding player, Nitschke was awarded a [[Chevrolet Corvette (C2)|1963]] [[Chevrolet Corvette]] by [[Sport (US magazine)|''Sport'']] magazine.<ref name=nitskost>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4HBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6077%2C3286872 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=UPI |title=Nitschke outstanding |date=December 31, 1962 |page=3, part 2}}</ref>

[[Ed Sabol]]'s film company, Blair Motion Pictures, paid $3,000 for the film rights for the game; the company would later become [[NFL Films]].

The 1962 Packers team is considered one of the best in NFL history. 11 members of the 1962 Packer team are in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] in Canton, Ohio.<ref name="ESPN">Epstein, Eddie. [http://a.espncdn.com/nfl/s/epstein/62packers.html '62 Packers packed the most punch], espn.com, May 11, 2010, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref>

==Scoring summary==
''Sunday, December 30, 1962''<br>
Kickoff: 2:05&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]<ref name=spokap/>

*'''First quarter'''
**GB – [[Jerry Kramer]] 26-yard field goal, GB 3–0
*'''Second quarter'''
**GB – [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]] 7-yard run (Kramer kick), GB 10–0
*'''Third quarter'''
**NY – [[Jim Collier]] block punt recovery in end zone ([[Don Chandler]] kick), GB 10–7
**GB – Kramer 29-yard field goal, GB 13–7
*'''Fourth quarter'''
**GB – Kramer 30-yard field goal, GB 16–7

:{{small|Source}}<ref name=ppcc/>

==Starting lineups==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Green Bay  !! Position !! New York
|-
|colspan="4"|'''OFFENSE'''
|-
|[[Max McGee]]   ||    SE||       [[Del Shofner]]
|-
|[[Norm Masters]]   ||  LT   ||    [[Rosey Brown]]
|-
|[[Fuzzy Thurston]]    || LG    ||   [[Darrell Dess]]
|-
|[[Jim Ringo]]     ||  C    ||    [[Ray Wietecha]]
|-
|[[Jerry Kramer]]   ||   RG    ||   [[Greg Larson]]
|-
|[[Forrest Gregg]]    ||    RT  ||     [[Jack Stroud]]
|-
|[[Ron Kramer]]    ||   TE  ||     [[Joe Walton]]
|-
|[[Boyd Dowler]]   ||  FL  ||   [[Frank Gifford]]
|-
|[[Bart Starr]]    ||  QB    ||   [[Y. A. Tittle]]
|-
|[[Paul Hornung]]     || HB     ||   [[Phil King (American football)|Phil King]]
|-
|[[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]]    || FB  ||     [[Alex Webster (American football)|Alex Webster]]
|-
|colspan="4"|'''DEFENSE'''
|-
|[[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]]     ||  LE   ||    [[Jim Katcavage]]
|-
|[[Dave Hanner]]      || LDT  ||    [[Dick Modzelewski]]
|-
|[[Henry Jordan]] || RDT  ||    [[Rosey Grier]]
|-
|[[Bill Quinlan]]  ||  RE  ||   [[Andy Robustelli]]
|-
|[[Dan Currie]]  || LOLB  || [[Bill Winter (linebacker b. 1940)|Bill Winter]]
|-
|[[Ray Nitschke]]     || MLB  || [[Sam Huff]]
|-
|[[Bill Forrester]]   ||  ROLB  ||   [[Tom Scott (linebacker)|Tom Scott]]
|-
|[[Herb Adderley]]     ||  LCB  ||   [[Erich Barnes]]
|-
|[[Jesse Whittenton]]    || RCB  ||    [[Dick Lynch]]
|-
|[[Hank Gremminger]]     || SS   ||    [[Allan Webb (American football)|Allan Webb]]
|-
|[[Willie Wood (American football)|Willie Wood]]     ||  FS ||    [[Jimmy Patton]]
|}
:{{small|Source:}}<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196212300nyg.htm Green Bay Packers 16 at New York Giants 7], football-reference.com, accessed December 1, 2010.</ref><ref name=pkdwyr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=33BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3635%2C3001247 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Packer, Giant TV program |agency=''Wisconsin Salutes'' (special section)|date=December 29, 1962 |page=2 }}</ref>

==Officials==
*'''Referee:''' (9) Emil Heintz
*'''Umpire:''' (57) Joseph Connell
*'''Head linesman:''' (30) George Murphy
*'''Back judge:''' (25) [[Tom Kelleher (American football official)|Tom Kelleher]]
*'''Field judge:''' (21) [[Fred Swearingen]]
*'''Alternate referee:''' Norm Schachter
*'''Alternate umpire:''' Lou Palazzi
*'''Alternate back judge:''' Bruce Alford<ref name=ctpktbg/><ref name=ppcc/><ref name=pponfg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eMEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CU8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2590%2C3555521 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |title=Officials named for NFL game |date=December 30, 1962 |page=4, part 4}}</ref>

The NFL had five game officials in {{nfly|1962}}; the line judge was added in {{nfly|1965}} and the side judge in {{nfly|1978}}.

==Players' shares==
The gross receipts for the game, including [[United States dollar|$]]615,000 radio and television rights, were just under $1,243,000, the highest to date. Each player on the winning Packers team received $5,888, while Giants players made $4,166 each.<ref name=pfgrsmjl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w2EaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1yYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5855%2C3433881 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Pro figures |date=December 31, 1962 |page=18, part 1}}</ref>

==Quotes==
{{blockquote|I don't remember ever being hit so hard. I bled all game. They really came to play.|Taylor, who rushed for 85&nbsp;yards on 31 carries in the game.<ref name="Go22"/>}}
{{blockquote|That was the only time all day they didn't kill me. It felt funny.|Taylor, referring to his second-quarter touchdown run.<ref name="Go21"/>}}
{{blockquote|That was the hardest football game I ever played in.|Hornung<ref name="hof"/>}}
{{blockquote|It was the coach's backyard and his first time back in the big city in a playoff game. We knew how much it meant to him. There was considerable pressure and we understood it was going to be a substantial battle.|Kramer, referring to Lombardi who was an offensive coach for Giants before becoming the Packers head coach.<ref name="AP"/>}}
{{blockquote|Several times we noted that the benches on the sideline, those heavy benches that they sat on over there, they were blown over during the course of the game.|Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr<ref name="AP"/>}}
{{blockquote|The ball was like a diving duck. I threw one pass and it almost came back to me. The short ones worked, but the long ball broke up. We needed the long one.|Tittle<ref name="Go23"/>}}
{{blockquote|We knew it was going to be a hard-hitting game and that's what football was. It was a great game just as far as making tackles and just whacking guys. I'm sorry we lost. It was horrible.|Giants defensive back Dick Lynch.<ref name="AP"/>}}
{{blockquote|We're still the better team.|Frank Gifford<ref name="Go23">Gottehrer. pg. 23</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Giants–Packers rivalry]]
* [[1962 NFL season]]
* [[History of the National Football League championship]]
* [[1962 American Football League Championship Game]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==

* Barry Gottehrer, ''The Giants of New York: The History of Professional Football's Most Fabulous Dynasty.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963.

==External links==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In7skHAGA44 ''Pro Football's Longest Day,''] Blair Motion Pictures/NFL Films, 1963, via YouTube.com
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFL2Xn0uaro&t=551 YouTube] - Ray Nitschke's ''What's My Line'' appearance after the game on CBS.

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