On December 28, 1958, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" was played.

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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.

Mon Dec 30, 2024: On December 28, 1958, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" was played.

Thu Dec 28, 2023: December 28, 1958: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win NFL championship

Wed Dec 28, 2022: December 28, 1958 - Colts win NFL title in "Greatest Game Ever Played"

Wed Dec 28, 2022: December 28, 1958: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win NFL championship

[LoisB]

1. At the time, I was a bonafide, die-hard, hardcore Baltimore Colts FAN who thought Johnny U.

was the greatest quarterback in history.

[PikaBlue]

3. Me too!

I still spit at any mention of Bob Ursay.

[cachukis]

2. Remember it well.

Was at my grandmother's house in Worcester, MA and the television reception was in and out with snow and static. I was 6, a Giants fan as the Patriots hadn't been born yet.
Unitas was of Lithuanian heritage and my father thought the world of him. My grandmother escaped during the Reds v Whites war in 1917.
I had to root with my father and watching that overtime drive was thrilling. Ameche's touchdown was exciting. I became a Colts fan thereafter getting a Colts helmet the next Christmas.