TABLE OF CONTENTS Greatest Game Ever 9 Birth in Baltimore 17 Prime Time to Garbage Time 24 Manning Takes the Reins 35 Super-Bowl Bound 43 GRIDIRON GREATS Midnight Move 11 Pass Rusher Supreme 14 Not Good Enough 20 The Blunder Bowl 27 Prolific Passer and Pitchman 36 Low Profile High Productivity 40 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
1958 NFL Championship Game GREATEST GAME EVER In 1958 professional football was still not a very popular popular sport Many sports fans considered it something to fill the gap between the end of Major League Baseball season and the start of spring training More people watched horse racing than National Football League NFL games But in 1958 CBS decided to televise the championship game It would be shown nationwide The New York Giants hosted the game They had been in the NFL for more than 30 years They already had four NFL titles The Baltimore Colts were fairly new to the league They had joined in 1953 This was just their second winning season 9
