1961_NFL_season

1961 NFL season

The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per team to 14 games per team.

The season ended when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 37-0 in the NFL Championship Game.

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Note: Prior to 1972, the NFL did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Eastern Conference
New York Giants	10	3	1	.769	368	220
Philadelphia Eagles	10	4	0	.714	361	297
Cleveland Browns	8	5	1	.615	319	270
St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	0	.500	279	267
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	8	0	.429	295	287
Dallas Cowboys	4	9	1	.308	236	380
Washington Redskins	1	12	1	.077	174	392

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Western Conference
Green Bay Packers	11	3	0	.786	391	223
Detroit Lions	8	5	1	.615	270	258
Baltimore Colts	8	6	0	.571	302	307
Chicago Bears	8	6	0	.571	326	302
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	346	272
Los Angeles Rams	4	10	0	.286	263	333
Minnesota Vikings	3	11	0	.214	285	407

NFL Championship Game

Green Bay 37, New York 0 at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin, December 31, 1961

References

NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
1961 season in details
Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)

1961 NFL Season v • d • e
Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Cleveland	Baltimore
Dallas	Chicago
NY Giants	Detroit
Philadelphia	Green Bay
Pittsburgh	Los Angeles
St. Louis	Minnesota
Washington	San Francisco
1961 NFL Draft • NFL Championship • Pro Bowl Related: 1961 AFL Season

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