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Yankee Stadium during a New York Giants - Cleveland Browns game in 1961. The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's founders declined to be charter members of the new American Football League.
The 1961 NFL Championship Game was the 29th title game of the National Football League. It was played on December 31 at "New" City Stadium , later known as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay , Wisconsin , with an attendance of 39,029.
Playing a week after Philadelphia beat Green Bay in the NFL championship, the Detroit Lions won third place in a 17–16 victory over the Cleveland Browns. [ 25 ] In the first round of the Los Angeles Open golf tournament in the United States, golfing legend Arnold Palmer took 12 strokes to complete the 18th hole.
NFL Championship: the Green Bay Packers won 37–0 over the New York Giants at Lambeau Field; Rose Bowl (1960 season): The Minnesota Golden Gophers lost 17–7 to the Washington Huskies; still voted national champions; The Ohio State Buckeyes boycott a trip to the Rose Bowl the following January resulting in student protests on campus.
The 1961 New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League. After relinquishing the NFL East title the previous season, the Giants reclaimed the title with a 10–3–1 record, a half-game ahead of the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles .
The Packers ended the season by shutting out the New York Giants 37–0 in the NFL Championship Game, the first title game ever played in Green Bay. This was the Packers seventh NFL league championship. The 1961 Packers also featured 12 future Hall of Famers, the most on any single team in NFL history.
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The 1961 Pro Bowl was the NFL's eleventh annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1960 season. The game was played on January 15, 1961, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 62,971 fans.