While it wasn't connected to the NFL at the time, the AFL had their first championship game on New Years Day 1961, with the Oilers beating the Chargers, 24-16.
NFL New Year’s Day memories
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BD Sullivan
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Re: NFL New Year’s Day memories
Not surprisingly, Al Davis got fined by the NFL after he compared Rozelle's defense of the Lytle call to lies about Vietnam.
While it wasn't connected to the NFL at the time, the AFL had their first championship game on New Years Day 1961, with the Oilers beating the Chargers, 24-16.
While it wasn't connected to the NFL at the time, the AFL had their first championship game on New Years Day 1961, with the Oilers beating the Chargers, 24-16.
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RichardBak
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Re: NFL New Year’s Day memories
A week earlier, Philadelphia beat Green Bay in the 1960 NFL title game. However, instead of playing on a holiday like the AFL did, the game was moved to Monday, Dec. 26.BD Sullivan wrote: While it wasn't connected to the NFL at the time, the AFL had their first championship game on New Years Day 1961, with the Oilers beating the Chargers, 24-16.
Curiously, of the Packers' last five games of the 1960 season (all road games, incl. title game), only one was played on a Sunday. They played @ Detroit in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game, then @ the Bears on a Sunday, but then two Saturdays in a row on the West Coast vs. SF and LA. Then the title game was played on a Monday.
So, Thursday, Sunday, Saturday, Saturday, Monday....You usually only see that kind of quirky non-Sunday scheduling in the NFL's early seasons.