1958 NFL Championship Game

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American football game NFL Championship Game sports event

The 1958 NFL Championship Game, often called "The Greatest Game Ever Played," was a historic overtime title matchup between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants that greatly boosted the popularity of professional football in the United States.

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1958 NFL Championship Game canonical 9
1958 NFL Championship 2
1958 NFL Championship Game, often called "The Greatest Game Ever Played" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game ⓘ
NFL Championship Game ⓘ
sports event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Greatest Game Ever Played ⓘ
attendance 64285 ⓘ
awayScore 23 ⓘ
awayTeam Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Colts
city New York City ⓘ
conference National Football League ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1958-12-28 ⓘ
decisivePlay Alan Ameche 1-yard touchdown run in overtime ⓘ
era pre-Super Bowl era ⓘ
featuredHallOfFamer Art Donovan ⓘ
Frank Gifford ⓘ
Gino Marchetti ⓘ
Johnny Unitas ⓘ
Raymond Berry ⓘ
Sam Huff ⓘ
finalScore Baltimore Colts 23–17 New York Giants ⓘ
followedBy 1959 NFL Championship ⓘ
surface form: 1959 NFL Championship Game
governingBody National Football League ⓘ
headCoachOfBaltimoreColts Weeb Ewbank ⓘ
headCoachOfNewYorkGiants Jim Lee Howell ⓘ
historicalSignificance first NFL playoff game decided in sudden death overtime ⓘ
homeScore 17 ⓘ
homeTeam New York Giants ⓘ
impact greatly increased popularity of professional football in the United States ⓘ
leagueCommissioner Bert Bell ⓘ
loser New York Giants ⓘ
mostNotablePlayer Johnny Unitas ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableDrive Johnny Unitas-led game-tying drive at end of regulation ⓘ
overtime true ⓘ
overtimePeriodCount 1 ⓘ
overtimeType sudden death overtime ⓘ
precededBy 1957 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
purpose determine 1958 NFL champion ⓘ
quarterbackOfBaltimoreColts Johnny Unitas ⓘ
quarterbackOfNewYorkGiants Charlie Conerly ⓘ
referee Ron Gibbs ⓘ
regulationScore 17–17 ⓘ
scoringPlayer Alan Ameche ⓘ
season 1958 NFL season ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
stadium Yankee Stadium ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
teamOfAlanAmeche Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Colts
televisionCoverage national ⓘ
winner Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Colts

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Sam Huff → playedIn → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Raymond Berry → notableWork → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants 1958 NFL Championship Game
Raymond Berry → participatedIn → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Weeb Ewbank → championshipWonAsCoach → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Robert Lee Huff → playedInChampionship → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
NFL Championship → notableGame → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Johnny U → nflChampionships → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Johnny U → notableGame → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 NFL Championship Game, often called "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
1959 NFL Championship → precededBy → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 NFL Championship
1959 NFL Championship → isRematchOf → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 NFL Championship
Alan Ameche → playedIn → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
The Greatest Game Ever Played → competition → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
Weeb → coachedTeamToChampionship → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
subject surface form: Weeb Ewbank
this entity surface form: Baltimore Colts 1958 NFL Championship
Ron Gibbs → refersTo → 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
subject surface form: The Greatest Game Ever Played