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546:, who at 40 was the NFL's oldest player. Conerly threw for three touchdowns for the 28–24 win. The winning score came after the Eagles were penalized for roughing the kicker on the Giants' fourth down, giving the Giants first down on the 24. At season's end (December 17), the Eagles rallied to beat Detroit 27–24, and hoped for a Giants' loss to force a playoff. At that moment, New York and Cleveland were tied 7–7 with two minutes left. A long punt by the Giants' Don Chandler pinned the Browns on their own 7-yard line, and ended any threat of a loss. 119: 346: 250: 314: 298: 282: 266: 330: 369: 213: 192: 176: 234: 160: 142: 126: 375: 511:, the Giants and Eagles led the Eastern Division, and the Packers and 49ers led the Western, all with records of 4–1. The following week, the 49ers lost to the Bears, 31–0, while Green Bay beat Minnesota 33–7. The Giants and Eagles, both winners, remained tied in the Eastern standings at 5–1. In 503:
guided the team to five touchdowns. The Vikings finished at 3–11 after that good start. With 14 teams in two divisions, each NFL team now played a 14-game schedule: a home-and-away series with the other six teams in their division, and two interdivision games.
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were switched from the Western Division to the Eastern Division. The addition of the Vikings returned the NFL to an even number of teams (and eliminated the bye week of 1960 until
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was between the division runners-up, for third place in the league. This was its second year, and it was played a week after the title game.
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The Giants and Eagles, both at 9–3, met the following week in Philadelphia (December 10). After New York trailed 10–7, Coach
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Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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served as co-head coaches for the final two games of the season.
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selecting 36 players from the other NFL teams. The one-year old
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made the Vikings' first points on a 12-yard field goal, and
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Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 12 2210: 2030: 1772:"'Penalties Killed Us' Moans Eagles' Coach," 1627:became the expansion team's first head coach. 1162: 849: 2217: 2203: 2037: 2023: 1827:"Players Name Tittle Thorpe Trophy Winner" 1193: 1169: 1155: 880: 856: 842: 1824: 1451: 1853:"Paul Hornung Voted NFL Player Of Year" 475:was held on January 26, 1961, with the 2927: 1825:Olderman, Murray (December 27, 1961). 443:was held from December 27-28, 1960 at 2198: 2018: 495:team, 37–13, on September 17, 1961. 212: 191: 2940:1961 National Football League season 1754:1961 American Football League season 823: 16:1961 National Football League season 2044: 1609: 13: 1879:"Bears' Mike Ditka Rookie Of Year" 1702: 818: 610:5 teams (Cle, Dal, NYG, Phi, StL) 466: 14: 2951: 486: 175: 2935:National Football League seasons 2226:National Football League seasons 1997:(Last accessed December 4, 2005) 1789:(Long Beach), Dec 18, 1961, pD-1 1708:Briggs Stadium, the home of the 1518:Newspaper Enterprise Association 373: 367: 344: 328: 312: 296: 280: 264: 248: 232: 211: 190: 174: 158: 140: 124: 117: 1480:Detroit 38, Philadelphia 10 at 1467: 802: 790: 345: 249: 233: 1949: 1923: 1897: 1871: 1845: 1818: 1792: 1779: 1766: 1524:, quarterback, New York Giants 1183: 870: 159: 141: 125: 1: 1931:"Allie Sherman Coach of Year" 1759: 1534:, halfback, Green Bay Packers 1514:, halfback, Green Bay Packers 1446: 627:4 teams (Cle, Dal, NYG, Phi) 313: 297: 281: 265: 1800:"Hornung Is 'Most Valuable'" 1673: 1614: 1456:Green Bay 37, New York 0 at 1188: 1178: 875: 865: 570:4 teams (Bal, Det, Min, SF) 329: 7: 1971:– via Newspapers.com. 1945:– via Newspapers.com. 1919:– via Newspapers.com. 1893:– via Newspapers.com. 1867:– via Newspapers.com. 1814:– via Newspapers.com. 1747: 604:4 teams (Bal, Det, GB, SF) 451:. 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1961 NFL draft
Philadelphia
Warwick Hotel
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Tommy Mason
Tulane University
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