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1959 NFL Championship Game

New York Giants	Baltimore Colts
16	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
New York Giants	3	3	3	7	16
Baltimore Colts	7	0	0	24	31

Date

December 27, 1959

Stadium

Memorial Stadium

City

Baltimore, MD

Attendance

TV/Radio in the United States

TV Network

NBC

TV Announcers

Chuck Thompson, Chris Schenkel

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.Gibson.

[edit] 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

Preceded by NFL Championship Game, 1958	NFL Championship Game 1959	Succeeded by NFL Championship Game, 1960

Baltimore Colts 1959 NFL Champions

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