December 28, 1958: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win NFL championship

[mahatmakanejeeves]

SPOTLIGHT

Today in sports history: Dec. 28

Associated Press Dec 28, 2022 Updated 6 hrs ago

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1958: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win NFL championship



1958 — The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win the NFL championship at Yankee Stadium. Quarterback Johnny Unitas takes the Colts 80 yards in 13 plays, the last a one-yard carry by Alan Ameche at 8:15 of sudden death overtime. The regulation game ends 17-17 when Baltimore’s Steve Myhra kicks a 20-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in the game. The game is widely known as “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” With a national television audience watching, this game is believed to have made the NFL a challenger to baseball as the national pastime.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_28

• 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.

[nightwing1240]

1. I was just a toddler

but remember watching some of the game with my father. I do know in reading, that game led to broader viewership of football and increased TV broadcasts for future seasons.