The GREATEST Game Ever Played! (Colts vs. Giants, 1958 NFL Championship)

[@lightyagami3492]

There is something satisfying about listening to the narrator just stating the facts with no fluff

[@swaerod8828]

😂

[@billny33]

The narrator here is Chris Schenkel. I believe he was the actual tv play by play announcer for the game too. NBC Game.

[@dennismerritt5517]

Ain’t that the truth!

[@frdjr2527]

@@billny33 Chris Schenkel was the Giants tv pxp announcer from 1953-64. He worked the championship game with Chuck Thompson from the Colts on NBC.

[@adriancano5403]

Chris Schenkel, baby !!!

[@tryingtopickagoodusername9598]

Please post more of these black and white games. I love them

[@daneevans7590]

Trying To Pick A Good Username I agree. This is football at its purest form

[@tylertripsanddies8768]

That's racist

[@anthonyestrada3580]

@@tylertripsanddies8768 that’s not racist

[@tylertripsanddies8768]

@@anthonyestrada3580 i know

[@anthonyestrada3580]

@@tylertripsanddies8768 well why did you say it dumbass

[@dantheman5745]

This is the game upon which all future NFL success was built. Nationally televised (but blacked-out in NYC), 45 million viewers got to see the best the NFL had to offer. A nail-biter that saw the Colts tie the game in the closing seconds after an epic drive by Unitas with everything on the line. And then OT on top of that. This was especially key since the prior 4 NFL Championship Games had all been absolute blowouts. (1954 - Browns 56 Lions 10; 1955 - Browns 38 Rams 14; 1956 - Giants 47 Bears 7; 1957 - Lions 59 Browns 14)

[@riceymartin2203]

@Darren Riley The LIONS were good once

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

And this game indirectly led to the founding of the AFL. After watching this game Lamar Hunt wanted to get into the NFL, but the NFL told him they had no interest in expansion. No one would sell him an existing team, so he created his own league. And wouldn't you know it? As soon as the AFL became a reality all of a sudden the NFL was interested in expansion in the exact same city as Hunt's team.

[@c0rnp0p80]

You know it's old when the Lions beat the Browns in the championship game lol.

[@robertweldon1140]

@Tuberontheloose. And wouldn't you know it the NFL still felt superior after winning the first two superbowls ( then called the AFL/NFL Championship game) until Joe Namath and the Jets won game #3. But funny thing about Lamar Hunts team the Kansas City Chifs that is little known or even remembered. After losing the first Superbowl to the Bart Starr led Green Bay Packers in the LA Colusium, the chatter about how inferior the upstart league actually is was being talked about coast to coast. So in order to get more acclimation to each other the preseason games the following year were to have games against each other in each league which hadn't had a formal integrated schedule until a few years down the line. The Kansas City Chiefs in their preseason opener were slotted to play the blue blooded Chicago Bears coached by George Halas. Even for a meaningless preseason games the most unexpected outcome happened. The final score was Chiefs 66 Bears 24, and it wasn't even that close. Ya think some guys were pissed for losing the final game a year before or what? Thanks to Lamar Hunt and his desire to own an NFL franchise and subsequently was shown the exit door by existing NFL ownership, lit a fire inside him until he decided to build his own league.we wouldn't have the NFL that we have today. And we may not even have that if it weren't for this 1958 classic which lit the fire for Mr Hunt and his quest for a team of his own. This game is truly special for what it's worth and it's worth alot.

[@robertweldon1140]

@c0rn p0p are you surprised that the Lions beat the Browns back then for their own league crown? If your a Lions fan be proud because that was a rare feat to beat the Browns back then. Many people want to anoint Tom Brady as being the greatest quarterback of all time. He has eon aeven (7) superbowls in his career. But did you ever hear of Otto Graham and the Cleveland Browns coached by Paul Brown who over a period of 10 years straight played in the championship game of the league they participated in each and every year winning 7 of 10. They were part of an upstart league first and then joined the NFL by invitation promptly winning there too. You can look up the exact dates but it's all there. Tom Brady isn't the greatest qb of all time. He is tied with Otto Graham 7 Championship games apiece. He gotta win one more to be on the best. That is if you define greatness based on Championships won

[@mjwatts1983]

2 NFL Championship Games have gone to OT: 1958 Championship & Super Bowl 51 Both ended with a rushing TD

[@atl5557]

:( don't remind me

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Both were signature comeback wins for QBs considered among the best of their era.

[@allonisaacr2929]

But one was a great game to watch and one is total shit

[@yetz2291]

@@allonisaacr2929 Yeah. That's right. Nobody likes seeing the Patriots win.

[@KWCline91]

allon isaacr292 one was a epic contest while the other was either a comeback or a collapse.

[@Mindsetsandreps]

Raymond Berry 12 for 178 and a TD! Crazy stats for this time period.

[@Tyki𭙑]

Damn 12 completion

[@tristarea08]

Worked his ass off to get to where he was. His work ethic, and refusing to fail lead to him being an all time great.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

He was 12 for 178? Damn that's a terrible percentage

[@Wowvod]

@@Frankincensedjb123 well not shit,that’s what he said it’s pretty impressive considering the era he played in.

[@julia-6195]

@@Frankincensedjb123 Did you see the field? Players play on carpet today. That 12 for 178 was on frozen dirt and bare hands - no receiver gloves. They used to get grass in their helmet, too. No more.

[@zackhaselius2757]

That might be the most unusual half time show ever!

[@lightyagami3492]

Kinda telling of the times huh

[@ravenken]

Colts were the only ones with cheerleaders at the time.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Oh deer

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@trentonayershandsoffire3620]

Wondering what they’ll think about our half time performances?🤣

[@Dannyuh7]

Pat Summerall was the kicker haha. I miss his and John Madden's commentaries.

[@tempest20000]

Why? Why does everyone talk so fondly of Summerall. Whenever I listened to him, he sounded so bored. Like Super Bowl XXXI, Favre throws a beautiful pass to Andre Rison and Summerall is just like “....Farve throws....Andre Rison....touchdown.” No excitement and joy. At least Joe Buck can offer some entertaining community when something big happens. Summerall is overrated.

[@neenyweeny5148]

@@tempest20000 madden and al Michael's were better imo

[@Dannyuh7]

@@tempest20000 That's your opinion, dude. Not everyone needs someone yelling.

[@benjaminpeters6729]

@@tempest20000 I think it was his knack for setting the scene. He is well known for his promos. At times he understated what was going on to let the play tell it's own story. But when joe buck has tried to do that, people make fun of him. Like his call in the NFC championship game with the eagles and bucs. People are conditioned to dislike him. People loved summerall. I liked when pat was pseudo retired and was calling cowboys games in 2002. Although the team was bad, it was emmitts last year with the team chasing the record and the defense was really good.

[@darylallen2485]

@@tempest20000 the way I understand it, one guy was the play by play delivery guy. The other guy offered color commentary. Pat was the play by play guy, John madden was the color commentary guy.

[@LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018]

Fun fact: Legendary NFL announcer Pat Summerall actually played in this game as the Giants’ kicker. He’s the reason they even made it to the game in the first place, as the Giants would have lost the division title to the Browns had Summerall not made a game-winning 49 yard field goal through snow and swirling winds in their final regular season game.

[@mapquestboy]

I have a book on this. The game truly revolutionized the NFL and the creation of the “2-minute drill”. This is the greatest game ever played.

[@williambagley5415]

Its not the greatest game played...just more NYC hype 😄

[@Dalonghair]

William Bagley Know your history. This has been fondly named the greatest game of all time for decades.

[@Beezle66]

@@Dalonghair greatest game with so many terrible fumbles... Lmao

[@smoothtravv]

brandonxzombie if it wasn’t for this game, you wouldn’t be a NFL fan...it’s the greatest game ever. Period.

[@gregchavez1534]

What constitutes greatness is necessarily subjective. Best, most.. those things can be calculated. Greatness cannot. Having said that, this was an important game for the NFL and sports fans all over North America., That this is called "Greatest Game Ever Played" bothers me as much as I am bothered by the Dallas Cowboys as "America's Team" , SF 49er Dwight Clark's "The Catch" or the millennial-turning St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf"... which is to say, I am bothered not at all.

[@Nrvsmtr43]

That game actually looked very entertaining even by today's stupid standards. Both offenses, defenses, and special teams made huge plays in the clutch.

[@alfrednawrocki8061]

I saw this game on TV! I was 11 yrs old. Got me hooked on Pro Football !!

[@DownfallHitlerParody]

@@alfrednawrocki8061Damn you old af if you ain’t lying 😂

[@billny33]

@@alfrednawrocki8061 you should have taped it! I kid of course

[@dustylover100]

Modern football is actually boring. So much offense and too many penalties for the defense. I like a good, well-played game on offense, defense and special teams.

[@cadimarucut7724]

@@dustylover100agree

[@dylankalonji443]

Im surprised there’s even film of this game

[@quasimoto7662]

Dylan Kalonji nah man it was nationally televised. If they got film of 1940’s football this 1958 game doesn’t surprise me.

[@Bruh-zu4om]

TV been around since the 20s

[@iskandertime747]

Back then the only way to record TV was to point a movie camera at the screen.

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

@@quasimoto7662 They unfortunately don't have the full game of Superbowl 1 though.

[@user-km2kq3np4l]

PipeGuy64Bit There is, Ive seen film of it!!

[@EdmacZ]

Johnny U and Raymond Berry. The first deadly QB to WR combo.

[@frederickloucks4865]

Don't forget Lenny Moore, who could destroy defenses with his long-bomb receptions or his broken field running . Unitas, Berry , Lenny Moore and Jim Parker from the Colts 'offense are all in the HOF . Imagine that Vince Lombardi AND Tom Landry were assistant coaches for the Giants !

[@CordellWallers]

@@frederickloucks4865he had 111 all purpose TDs in 143 career games…most underrated star of that generation

[@robbobb4050]

I've heard about the great Giants, Sam Huff, Frank Gifford, but I never got to see them play until today.

[@UWalvern0810]

Half the guys on that field are in Canton - and several of the coaches, too.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

So now you can die a happy man.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

@@UWalvern0810 And they're all six feet under. Good times

[@frdjr2527]

I grew up watching those guys. I lived in the NY area and we could only see the Giants games when they were playing on the road. Home games weren't televised in the NY area, due to the blackout rules in effect at the time. My dad and I would be glued to the radio on those Sundays, living and dying on every play.

[@wantlive2673]

Best commentators of all time: 1) Tony Romo 2) Pat Mcafee 3) This guy

[@stevep8445]

Troll much?

[@robertkeefer7791]

Curt Gowdy and Al DiRogatos.

[@RMBII91]

@JIM PATS LOSE Romo and Michaels aren't even the same type of commentator. You should be comparing Nantz/Michaels/Buck and Romo/Collinsworth/Aikman.

[@gavinf.7890]

Brock Osweiler "But big Bob can't hold on..."

[@maddmancord]

Al Michael’s cris collinsworth and tony romo

[@wildisaiah1998]

This game has it all. Long passes, amazing defense, amazing catches, turnovers, sacks, game-changing penalties, first overtime in championship history, Hall of Famers, the list goes on!

[@enescustovic1883]

Don't forget the tastefully dressed cheerleaders in super cute outfits!

[@averagefella]

Thanks to Johnny U, the 2 minute drill was born. All he needed was Raymond Berry

[@w.e9926]

Greatest halftime show ever!!!

[@kevinjohnson4599]

I agree with you 1,000%. This is when football was football.

[@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz]

@@kevinjohnson4599 A. I am 99.9% sure that the dude that wrote that comment was joking. B. I am sick and tired of all of you boomers bitching and complaining about how football has, “ChAnGeD”, and, “It’S nOt A gOoD gAmE aNyMoRe”, and, “MeN tHeSe DaYs aRe pUsSiEs”. Like if you just can’t get over the fact that this game has evolved over these years, then stop watching the modern day games. Simple.

[@IgnoretheButter]

@@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz what are you like 10. If you are tired of other people's opinions, then don't go to the comment section.

[@IgnoretheButter]

@@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz also, you should appreciate the baby boomer generation while they are still alive. They have so many stories to tell, and no one wants to hear anymore. We need to listen and respect them while they're still here

[@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz]

@@IgnoretheButter I absolutely love and respect the baby boomers. What I don’t like are people complaining about stupid and dumb things that shouldn’t need to be complained about, which was what he was doing.

[@__Andrew]

For anyone interested in old footballers or the old Baltimore Colts, Art Donovan had a great book called "Fatso" about his time in the league and playing with Baltimore Colts greats. Lots of neat little gems in it like the time they played a game on a field that had a circus on it the night before, leaving elephant dung everywhere. So before snaps the lineman would grab handfuls of it and throw it at each other when the refs were not looking.

[@frdjr2527]

I read that book! Loved it! Don't forget the part where Donovan says Bobby Layne was better drunk than Dan Marino or Joe Montana completely sober. Donovan backed up his claim. In the 1957 season opener, the Lions visited the Colts. Donovan says he tackled Bobby Layne at the start of the 2nd half and he smelled like a wine factory. Layne then completed 12 consecutive passes leading the Lions to victory. Can't make that up!

[@TheLocalLt]

Chris Schenkel was on CBS and ABC from literally the early 1950s to the early 2000s. Insane! This same guy did the highlights of Tiger’s first 3 Masters wins!

[@AmEricAnL27]

This game was broadcast on NBC.

[@TheLocalLt]

@@AmEricAnL27 very interesting, Schenkel was already at CBS by this time and I always thought this game aired on CBS (partly because of a scene in their 1994 farewell montage that I always assumed was from this game, it must have been a different game). It appears this is the only broadcast Schenkel ever did for NBC, my guess would be he got the job due to having already called Giants games all season for CBS

[@AmEricAnL27]

@@TheLocalLt I think CBS broadcasted the regular season games and NBC did the championships, at least back in that time.

[@georgeplimpton9429]

Chris was also the voice of the Professional Bowlers Tour for decades! Every Saturday afternoon on ABC. I never missed it!

[@generaleehank01]

Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry would stay after practices, waiting until darkness fell. They would run plays in the dark, of all the pass plays they had in the playbook. Sometimes neither of them could see each other, or the ball! That's commitment ! Amazing !

[@frederickloucks4865]

Well said...what you say is absolutely true .

[@wilart1792]

NFL Throwback, you don't know how much I've learned of football history from your yt and ig posts👌

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@RoseluckySeven]

I remember watching the 2008 50th anniversary retrospective. Thanks for putting this up, Elliott, from a huge Johnny U fan!

[@edwardjtruskyjr.1098]

When football was football! This was the 1st. Football game I ever watched on TV. With of all people, my mother. My dad and uncle Georgie were at the game!

[@bonanzatime]

Cool

[@1manforequality]

On your RCA TV

[@Xlc_Royal17]

Top 10-5 game of all time.This game really put the NFL on the map and the rest is history

[@YoungChuy2398]

I already miss the nfl season

[@abechristensen1053]

Watch AAF it's going on right now and is better than nothing

[@isaacheldt]

Abe Christensen 😔

[@kennethlatham3133]

So do I, just as l miss a person in my life who has died, in this case with the NFL a suicide. They're gone and they're never coming back; there are only impostors pretending to be football teams we once knew and making solid asses out of themselves. Sigh. Well, here on KZbin are home movies of the dear departed.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Get a life

[@susandantoni]

ditto

[@matthewnikitas2904]

I love these old school videos!!!! Upload more from this era like the Paul brown browns

[@frederickloucks4865]

I met Sam Huff once . He was a mean-spirited guy and could never understand why the Giants could not cover Raymond Berry .He thought Berry killed them in that game .

[@stevekatz4372]

Yes, I remember this game and at that time, at 14 years old, I was a huge Colt fan, living in New Jersey with this game blacked out in our area, less than 50 miles! My Uncle who was a Giant Fan took Me and my Father for a ride at a distance outside of the blackout area, to a Bar that was showing the game on TV, so it was a great thrill for me to see my team beat the Giants! After Johnny U retired, I became a Giant Fan and since then, The Giants have given me some great thrills, winning 4 Super Bowls and beating Brady in two of them! What a great Game!

[@1manforequality]

Were still here today but. life was far better back then

[@milesgamer8563]

The first time I saw this I knew it was legendary.

[@andrewcombs5693]

Yesterday Sam Huff passed. I was there for the 1958 games at Yankee Stadium: Browns at the end of the season, the playoff game, and the "greatest game" ... Alan Ameche broke our hearts right in front of us at the end zone at the closed end of the stadium. Still - wonderful memories ...

[@JahWontPayTheBill]

Lucky man.

[@robertperrella4194]

at the 15:08 mark that slant in pass by johnny unitas to ray berry in OVERTIME was a perfect pass with NO MARGIN OF ERROR !!!!!!!!!!!

[@josh-b8]

Just watched this with my grandfather he remembers this game vividly as a diehard Colts fan. Great to see him just go crazy rewatching his old boys again

[@stevep8445]

This game is remembered for the impact it had on the NFL going forward. First nationally televised game, first OT game etc etc. This was far from a well played game however. The Colts absolutely DOMINATED the game. Everywhere but on the scoreboard. They had 452 yards of offense to 265 for the Giants. They had 27 first downs, Giants had 10. Colts had 2 fumbles, losing both and the Giants had 6 losing 4. SEVEN total turnovers in the game.

[@cjs83172]

While this game was billed as the greatest ever played, it was far from that. What it happened to be was the most important game ever played. Not only was there the dramatic finish in the first overtime game that helped lead to the popularity that made the American Football League possible, which in turn led to the advent of the Super Bowl (Weeb Ewbank, the winning coach in this game, also happened to be the winning coach of the most important Super Bowl ever played), but one must not forget that the previous four NFL Championship Games had all been horrendous one-sided beatings, with the margin of victory for the winning team being 46, 24, 40, and 45 points in those four games. So the NFL really needed a competitive championship game in 1958 after the blowouts from 1954-'57, and they certainly got that, and more.

[@clintonearlwalker]

My dad is in his 80's he still talks about this game. The first thing he said to me this morning was Ravens!! (they beat Cincy 38-3 yesterday).

[@coltonfrancisco7090]

As a Colts fan this is really cool to watch for the first time.

[@grahamacscheper]

yeah but back then it was the Baltimore Colts >:(

[@__Andrew]

This is why i hate when teams move and they take their name, it allows the new franchise to try to steal the history of the old ones. The Colts in Baltimore was a HUGE deal to the city. We kept our marching band even when we had no team. Johnny Unitas even said he did not want any of his personal records to carry over to Indy. When Indy comes to play in Baltimore they are the "Indianapolis Professional Football Team", never the Colts. Because if you are in Baltimore the only time you say "colts" you mean the Baltimore Colts. And there are still plenty of people around who will tell the story of the Colts leaving town in the middle of the night, in the middle of a snowstorm, with a tear in their eye.

[@coltonfrancisco7090]

@@__Andrew yeah people dont know they were named after the horses thst run in Maryland. And I totally understand the records thing. Its gonna be the same when the raiders move lol

[@charliejdk]

My f-in-law was there. Took the train from Baltimore. The game was played four years before I was born but I grew up hearing about it. I was lucky enough to see Johnny U late in his career. My f-in-law died years back but I treasure the memories of his description of that evening in Yankee Stadium. Ray Berry called it the best thing that ever happened. It was, for Baltimore. And it not only put the NFL forth as perfect for TV, it helped spark interest that led to the AFL. This was the moment pro football hit the big time.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@grahamacscheper And in 1984 the Colts move to Indianapolis, reading about the move years later, Baltimore Deserved to Lose the Colts, and why, the city of Baltimore no longer supported the team, and the main reason why, because Baltimore was Stupid enough not to build a new stadium for the Colts, no wonder they moved to Indianapolis!!!!

[@kevinjohnson4599]

Once again, thank you so very much for posting these wonderful NFL games. This was when football was football.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@rodjerdankist1125]

The quality of 1958 footage is incredible.

[@philipatoz]

I'm surprised, as the game looks surprisingly modern!

[@ricardocavalcante54]

So beautiful....golden era

[@thunter992]

I needed this today. Thank you

[@rivalstorm7216]

Always knew you guys would pull this game up it's regardless has to be the best NFL game

[@tombstonexcadaver]

Wow!!! This is definitely a oldie throw back and it’s even in black & white lol cool 😎

[@jalonjones8567]

Cool to see Johnny U throwing strikes in his prime.

[@essessessesq]

he was the best....made up the plays and called them himself.....had no rule protecting him from late hits.. his receivers were bare-handed and no sticky gloves

[@warwolfii]

I'll never forget that game and the great disappointment it brought me. Of course, living in NYC in those days there was no television broadcast and had to listen to the game on the radio.

[@psun316]

I'm ready for the NFL to go back to this style of play!

[@blakeg2274]

Peter Sun I would like seeing this style of play,but being a chiefs fan,I love some Mahomes Deep Balls

[@gregchavez1534]

The move soooo slowwww.... although I think some of that effect has to do with film technology and technique. I agree with you in spirit.

[@Johnmhatheist]

@@gregchavez1534 they weren't as fast back then as they are today, but they're still faster and stronger and more athletic than today's average joes

[@constantdarkfog49]

Amazing B&W footage from back in 1958, wow, I was 7yrs old at the time. Very historical game.

[@doktorbundy7279]

very interesting game: so many fumbles. the kicking techniques, the half time show.

[@essessessesq]

because receivers were bare-handed then and wore no sticky gloves

[@dmoneysavage23lucero23]

Bruh the catch at 5:18🔥✨🏆🏈

[@chuckufarley8513]

this is one of the clearest prints I've ever seen. thanks

[@bonanzatime]

That was a Great Game. The Great Johnny U.! May he rest in peace

[@adamdorgant9454]

Greatest Game Of all time, period!!!

[@roshango125ab]

The thing I always find funny about watching these old games is watching the QBs drop back before the time of the step drops so instead of a well quardinated perfectly timed steps, you just watch them run backwards really fast

[@jackswanson6718]

This is really beautiful film, especially for 1958. Love it!

[@Mindsetsandreps]

Right?! Yet sometimes I watch a highlight from 1997 and am squinting my eyes out.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@Mindsetsandreps Thats cause it was on videotape and while video is film. Film is way better than videotape especially if taken care of

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

Love the post!! NFL Throwback should be required watching for all NFL fans under age 40.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!!

[@isaacheldt]

The quality of this video is outstanding

[@Jbobloochjr3]

It really is! Amazing how some of these games and videos on anything from this era (worldly history)still stand today.

[@michaeledwards1552]

as a colts fan and a kid born in the 90s thank you for this.

[@EdmacZ]

I love this guys' commentary. "Baltimore Bulldozer".

[@troysmith958]

A classic old school football

[@mattsember8431]

I am always amazed by these guys making great catches...in that type of weather.. bare handed!!

[@sexton__hardcastle]

Fun fact, Johnny Unitas called every play on that game-winning drive in OT. No helmet radios in that time. He's neck and neck with Joe Montana in the conversation for the greatest quarterback that ever lived.

[@happybeingmiserable4668]

Otto Graham as well...Graham actually tutored Unitas when Graham retired.

[@michaelwoolsey3886]

@@happybeingmiserable4668 Automatic Otto has to be considered in that group. Graham was then, what Lamar Jackson is today!

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@michaelwoolsey3886gtfoh, Automatic Otto, you had to be tough to play then, house collar tackles, piling on, spearing, blocking below the waste

[@fawnlliebowitz1772]

Edge goes to Unitas

[@youngblood4127]

Unitas isn’t better than Otto Graham, Staubach, or Montana if we’re talking QBs from 80s prior specifically 1989 on back. That’s NFL propaganda cause they hated Paul Brown and the Cleveland Brown dynasty that was established first in the aafc and then during the merger in 1950 from 1946 to 1955 total. Graham was the best all around QB. He was mobile & accurate. The first dual threat with playmaking ability like modern QBs you see. Clutch, IQ, Leadership, Toughness, Accuracy, and Mobility. 7 out of 10 championships in 10 years & was in the championship game every year. 4-0 in the AAFC. And 3-3 in the NFL.

[@dottiebarnett1679]

I was more into this game then I have been the past 20 years

[@cheburekmaykr5758]

The greatest game ever played

[@Christ-the-King-Church4RRAve]

This game is truly a classic. Two good teams, evenly matched, make for an interesting game.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@kaminator515]

This era may have the best athletes, but thiscera don't have this type of toughness. And that field though...i love it!

[@essessessesq]

no toughness in '1958???? there were no rules against late hits etc back then....the players had no "sticky gloves" to hold the ball back then....the padding and helmets were far less protection back then

[@Johnmhatheist]

@@essessessesq you misunderstood what he said. He said that even though we have the best athletes in this generation, the players of this generation aren't as tough as the players from that era (1958) And I agree with him. Players aren't as tough today like they were back then, especially the quarterbacks. So you misunderstood him

[@essessessesq]

@@Johnmhatheist thanks, John, for clarifying that!

[@cyrillesu]

Some people say that this game was a snorefest but I actually find this game entertaining.

[@maxthepupp]

I love that LennyMoore...one of the NFL All Century Team ..didn't even bother to TRY and block Modzelewski, lol!

[@1manforequality]

I was livin g in Baltimore in 1958. I remember watching every minute of that game with my dad and older brother. He's 90 and I"m 80, but I still remember that day, a lifetime ago.

[@edwardoutlawjr8154]

Nicely done, NFL Throwback

[@thejourneymen4907]

My favorite team The Giants and my uncles favorite team the Colts played each other in an NFL Championship Game that’s cool to know. This is also a very good game I would also like to see more of these classics.

[@yikes6969]

Pete & Pete made me aware of this game nearly 25 years ago I now I've seen it

[@BaddogSports]

Does this channel ever have a throwback game that my Giants win? Lol

[@LosHomiesDre]

MrBaddog7676 ikr

[@danielrice2296]

Haha! I was wondering the same thing!

[@lakesidelakersfan1954]

Eagles

[@yetz2291]

I don't know. I'd think SB25 maybe?

[@joshito92]

@Baddog Sports yes of coure 😁 Superbowl XLII for example Giants beat the undefeated Patroits

[@joshito92]

17 players who are now members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame took part in the final between colts and Giants and of course the TWO MINUTE DRILL is born in this game

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@ram841]

I was 3 years old, I don't remember the game but I do remember sitting on my fathers lap as he watched. I felt like I was on a roller coaster as he moved around and jumped up and down. It was great hearing t all the old players names.

[@ghostintheshell3576]

I like classic black and white NFL games before passing was a major factor for the game and before the merger great game

[@ColumbiaB]

In a game acclaimed as the greatest ever played, it is startling to see how many fumbles there were. It was a cold day, to be sure, but a lot of the ball handling looked just absent-minded. Moving on from that, though, let’s hear it for the players whose names are •not• heard in the sixteen minutes of this video: the offensive linemen. In particular, Baltimore’s (Jim Parker, Art Spinney, Buzz Nutter, Alex Sandusky, and George Preas). Unitas was legendary in this game (what beautiful passing), but what is truly remarkable is how •good• the protection he got was. He was sacked a couple times (the NY defensive line - Jim Katcavage, Dick Modzelewski, Rosey Grier, and Andy Robustelli - were pretty legendary themselves), but it is truly impressive how much time he was getting in the pocket.

[@bryangeoffsilvers5906]

15:39 Colts: yo, were at the 1 yard line,the best thing to do is just to run the ball, to win a championship. Meanwhile the Seahawks: ......

[@usedturtleshell3364]

i like how immediately after the OT TD was scored you just have a hoard of people storming the field like it was college football

[@randyp6962]

Great video! Thanks for uploading.

[@SPTO]

Holy Cow...Talk about retro here! BTW kudos to you guys for not uploading the recently (I think 5ish years ago?) colorized version of this film.

[@ShawnMcClurg]

Wait... there’s a colorized version?

[@cjs83172]

@@ShawnMcClurg About a decade ago, ESPN reran this entire game (with original commentary) colorized, as someone had found a way to colorize the film of the game. A couple of years prior to that, the same thing was done with the CBS broadcast of the final round of the 1960 Masters prior to it being re-aired around 2005 or '06 in color. And actually, one wonders why the films of the 1958 and '59 NFL Championship Games were done in black and white because the films of the previous six NFL Championship Games, going back to 1952, were filmed in color by the same production company, Tel-Ra Productions.

[@masonpyle5929]

The colts have like never changed their look.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that, except they moved to Indianapolis in 1984!!!

[@OGLameboy]

Huh, 61 years later and you still manage to have footage of this game. Dang.

[@greyk610]

Wonder how many dudes got absoulety inihalated by the goal posts.

[@freedomflores]

Should check out the CFL

[@gregchavez1534]

I was born in 1973, one year before they mercifully moved the goalposts out of the field of play. Also mercifully, I never had to watch live footage of NFL games with those visually-threatening and life-threatening goal-line obstructions. Let's just be thankful that the Germans didn't use those on Omaha Beach.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

@@gregchavez1534 Why does everyone in historic sport comments have to state when they were born. It's not about you. No one cares.

[@ethansprague2005]

@@Frankincensedjb123 they're just being Nostalgic because they grew up watching these games

[@fawnlliebowitz1772]

I got a chunk of the 59 post from my father!

[@spadeplaladin5]

They passed a lot more than I thought back then.

[@edwardaguilar6322]

Giants Lyndon Crow was our high school football coach and brought our team to a S. Calif.CIF CHAMPIONSHIP,

[@anthonyciccone7894]

This truly was the beginning of the kind of football we watch today!!!🎯💯

[@Stacie45]

The game of pro football changed so much during the span of Johnny Unitas' career. Look at him here in the 1958 Championship and then watch him in Super Bowl 5 against the Cowboys 12 years later. Check out how much different the game looked. The game has never changed as fast as it did in those 12 years.

[@chrisw3951]

Post more videos like this!!!

[@btragedy]

Wow... That was a epically great post... Well played 😎 👌

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!!

[@BobLoblawbob]

This was best game ever in organized sports, even better than 1627 lacrosse game between Aztek Heartbreakers and Mayan Astronauts. Colts v Giants was the most exciting 3 hours in history of life on planet earth- over Boston Tea Party, Luke and Laura wedding, Pearl Harbor, Krakatoa Volcano, 1748 wildebeest/crocodile river crossing and Yucatan Meteor event.

[@robertweldon1140]

What the Helsinki event in 1905 in the sport of dodgeball didn't capture your heart as the greatest event ever? What about Sodom vs. Gomorrah in the run for your lives event . Heard alot of people turned to salt back then. What about the duel between Hamilton and Burr? I got one here what about Ditka? What if there was a football game between Ditka and Jesus Christ who would win? Whoa man that's a real hard one. You know Jesus Christ is the son of God he turned water into wine you know he is gonna score for sure.... Ditka. 56 Jesus Christ. 7 A true classic....

[@sway_9803]

Post more games like this!!!

[@personguy5536]

Wish I could’ve seen games back then

[@morganc4920]

5:12 That was a really good catch, especially considering the game back then

[@mechcavandy986]

Charlie Conerly was one of my dad’s best friends. My dad was one of his guards in high school. Charlie was a great person. He came up rough ! He was a Marine at Guadalcanal, before he got to be QB at Ole Miss. He was a grown MAN in college! You probably know the rest. ♥️

[@TB-gp7kx]

The Giants got absolutely dominated in this game, outgained 500 yards to 200, and 27 first downs to 10, but somehow managed to stay within striking distance.

[@noahgraglia8025]

My grandpa played with Alan Ameche in high school

[@bernieluan3238]

The giants in the mid-late 50s were also a good team especially you have lombardi and landry as coordinators

[@tomw3886]

Back then when football was football

[@Jerseys4Hope]

The Colts are arguably one of the most important football teams and are secretly a founding franchise of the NFL. They were the Dayton Triangles and played in the very first official NFL game and then became the Brooklyn football Dodgers and played the Eagles in the very first game broadcast to a live audience. They bounced around between cities and names and eventually the roster ended up in Baltimore where this game stuck the dagger into baseball's superiority.

[@xeditionstarwars6011]

The most important team in NFL history is probably the Green Bay Packers

[@austin0172]

Im a giants fan. This is cool.

[@frdjr2527]

Even though we lost! 1958 was such a thrilling season, regardless! Giants had to beat the Browns 3 times just to get to this game, two of them on successive Sundays. First was Summerall's FG in the snow at Yankee Stadium, which necessitated a playoff game the following Sunday also at Yankee Stadium which the Giants won 10-0.

[@austin0172]

@@frdjr2527 yeah that part is unfortunate, but its still a cool game!

[@frdjr2527]

@@austin0172 This game led directly to the formation of the AFL. Pro football as we know it was born with the 1958 NFL Championship Game.

[@wildisaiah1998]

You wouldn't think a game from 1958 would even be close to the caliber that the NFL plays today. But it does. This is truly the Greatest Game Ever Played.

[@trinidadpublico5621]

Unitas to berry Unitas to berry unitas to berry no one can stop it.