Giants vs. Lions Dec 7, 1958

www.reelsportsfan.com Rare footage of the 1958 regular season matchup between the Giants and Lions. 3 weeks later the Giants would play the Colts in the NFL Championship game known as The Greatest Game Ever Played.

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[madscout96]

A blown fake punt and a blocked winning field goal.

Same old Lions... lol

[cbehr91]

Back then, players could where any number they want from #00-#99. It wasn't until the 1970s that the NFL enforced a strict numbering system.

[RRaquello]

Chris Schenkel before the PBA! Of course in 1958 the Giants got to the famous OT Championship game. My father went to that game. It was way before I was born. I asked him how he got tickets. He said he & a friend decided that morning to go to the game and just took the subway to Yankee Stadium and bought a ticket and sat in the bleachers. It was something like 5 dollars. Most people don't know the game was not shown live on TV in New York. It was blacked out. Times have changed.

[altfactor]

The Ballentine Beer logo appears at the start of this clip, so I suspect this was from a TV news or sports program sponsored by that company, or maybe a segment reviewing the 1958 Giants' season that may have been televised locally in New York and likewise Ballentine-sponsored..

[madmac993]

@jake44514 true, but the giants had to beat the browns to break the eastern confrense title which they did 10-0. which indeed was considered a playoff game. but i was wrong on the other years, my bad.

[jake44514]

@madmac993 Back then the NFL had 2 divisions, and the winners met in the championship game. You didn't have to win a playoff game to get there, just win your division.

[madmac993]

@Dimitritheechidna1 that cant be true cause the giants played in the nfl championship in 59', 61', 62' and 63'. each of which would have required them to win a playoff game to get to that point.

[FRSFreeState]

The Giants had to beat a very good Lions team in 1958 to play the Colts in the NFL Championship.

[Mcnzlea]

Houston Oilers WR Ken Burrough wore #00 as well.

[steve355]

@cbehr91 Jim Otto famously wore 00 in the AFL and was grandfathered ; the 1967 Saints had a DB named Obert Logan who wore number zero.

[RLFLOWS]

@bradleyjstevens He wasn't thinking lol