1961 NFL Championship Game

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The 1961 NFL Championship Game was the league's title matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants, in which Vince Lombardi's Packers won their first championship of the decade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game
NFL Championship Game
announcerUS Chris Schenkel
Jim Morse
Ray Scott
attendance 39309
awayCoach Allie Sherman
awayScore 0
awayTeam New York Giants
awayTeamDivisionOrConference NFL Eastern Conference
awayTeamNickname Giants
championTitleCountForWinner 7
city Green Bay, Wisconsin
conference New York Giants
surface form: Eastern Conference champion New York Giants

Green Bay Packers
surface form: Western Conference champion Green Bay Packers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date December 31, 1961
era pre-Super Bowl era
finalScore 37–0
followedBy 1962 NFL Championship Game
homeCoach Vince Lombardi
homeScore 37
homeTeam Green Bay Packers
homeTeamDivisionOrConference NFL Western Division
surface form: NFL Western Conference
homeTeamNickname Green Bay Packers
surface form: Packers
league National Football League
locationType outdoor stadium
loser New York Giants
networkUS NBC
notablePlayer Bart Starr
Jim Taylor
Paul Hornung
Ray Nitschke
Y.A. Tittle
precededBy 1960 NFL Championship Game
referee George Rennix NERFINISHED
ruleSet NFL rules of 1961
season 1961 NFL season
shutout true
significance first NFL championship of the 1960s for the Green Bay Packers
first NFL title won by Vince Lombardi as a head coach
sport American football
stadium City Stadium
winner Green Bay Packers
year 1961

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Candlestick Park hostedEvent 1961 NFL Championship Game
Bart Starr wonChampionship 1961 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form: NFL Championship 1961
Allie Sherman ledTeamTo 1961 NFL Championship Game
Ray Nitschke NFLChampion 1961 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form: 1961 NFL Championship
Bryan Bartlett Starr championshipsWon 1961 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form: NFL Championship 1961
Willie Wood wonChampionship 1961 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form: NFL Championship 1961