The Greatest Game Ever Played

What was the Greatest Game Ever Played? – Many have asked and it took place forty-nine years ago on December 28, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" took place. The 1958 Championship Game NFL between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. The location was Yankee Stadium in New York City. What made this game the greatest game ever played was when the Colts fullback, Alan Ameche, found a hole in the defense and scored a one-yard touchdown with 6:45 minutes left in overtime. That day, he took the Championship Game NFL into a new era, and many would never forget it.

Today's younger sports fans at, no surprise can find it difficult that forty-nine years ago the sports scenario was completely different then. The ever-present highlight, quick replay, and radio talk shows didn’t exist along with the X-Games didn't exist. Back then America was all about baseball.


Why the 1958 Championship NFL Game is So Named

The reason that this 1958 Championship NFL Game was so great was because of when it took place during the year. It was late winter and nationally aired, not only that but it was based in New York City. The Championship Game, NFL, was also the first game to go into sudden death overtime in history. New York’s media and advertising companies had a field day with this event.  Back then, New York was the center of advertising throughout the entire USA, however, the TV industry was still in its fledgling stage.

With the Championship Game NFL not only took off but so did the ratings. Networks then knew that forever will they have to keep airing any major sports event thanks to the “Greatest Football Game Ever Played.” Not only did the ratings shoot through the roof, but many people learned that they could sit in the comfort of their own home and watch a major event as it happened, needless to say the many sports enthusiasts had their jaws on the floor due to the intensity of the Championship Game NFL had so diligently brought to them.


What Made this Football Game so Great?

Besides the sheer luck of when it was aired, the “greatest football game ever played” was full of many names that made the game itself more intense and “must watch event”. Names like Huff, Katcavage, and Unitas, gave that “WOW” effect when the announcer would yell out another touch down, especially when sudden death overtime took place.
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