1959 NFL Championship Game
The 1959 National Football League Championship Game was played on December 27, 1959 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The game was a rematch of the 1958 championship game that went into overtime. The 1959 game was the 27th annual NFL championship game. The Baltimore Colts had won the Western Conference with a record of 9-3 while the New York Giants had won the Eastern Conference with a record of 10-2.
Scoring summary
- BAL - Moore 60 yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick) 7-0 BAL
- NYG - FG Summerall 23 7-3 BAL
- NYG - FG Summerall 37 7-6 BAL
- NYG - FG Summerall 22 9-7 NYG
- BAL - Unitas 4 yard run (Myhra kick) 14-9 BAL
- BAL - Richardson 12 yard pass from Unitas (Myhra kick) 21-9 BAL
- BAL - Sample 42 yard interception return (Myhra kick) 28-9
- BAL - FG Myhra 25 31-9
- NYG - Schnelker 32 yard pass from Conerly (Summerall kick) 31-16
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1 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league merged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.
2 – Dates in the list denote the season, not the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl XLI was played in 2007, but was the championship for the 2006 season.
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