The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League. In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.
Because the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts ended up tied in the Western Conference standings after the regular season ended, a conference playoff game was held in Green Bay. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. Although the Packers had defeated the Colts in both of their games in 1965, there were no tiebreaking rules at the time. In Games and Sports a tiebreaker or tiebreak is used to determine a winner from among players or teams that are tied at the end of a contest or a set of In the playoff game, both Colts starting quarterback Johnny Unitas and backup Gary Cuozzo could not play, so Baltimore was forced to use running back Tom Matte as the starter. John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas ( May 7, 1933 &ndash September 11, 2002) nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Gary Samuel Cuozzo (born April 26, 1941 in Montclair New Jersey) was a former professional American football player Thomas Roland Matte (born June 14 1939, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) was an American football player who played Quarterback in Packers starting quarterback Bart Starr was injured on the first play from scrimmage and did not return to the game. Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach Green Bay's Don Chandler kicked a 27-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining to tie the game. Chandler then kicked a game-winning 25-yard field goal after 13 minutes, 39 seconds of overtime. Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a Sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw The Packers went on to defeat the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game, the last before the Super Bowl era. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The 1965 NFL playoffs determined the champion of the National Football League. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL
Meanwhile, the NFL's war with the rival AFL began to increase as the two leagues competed for the top players coming out of college. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 Prior to the season, both the NFL's Chicago Bears and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs selected running back Gale Sayers in their respective league drafts. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. Gale Eugene Sayers (b May 30 1943, Wichita Kansas) also known as "The Kansas Comet", was a professional football player Sayers eventually decided to sign with the NFL's Bears in a victory for the established league. On the other hand, quarterback Joe Namath was selected by both the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals and the AFL's New York Jets, but Namath decided to play for the Jets after signing a $427,000 contract. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. Joseph William Namath (born May 31 1943, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) also known as Broadway Joe or Joe Willie, is a former The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
This war between the AFL and the NFL would escalate until just before the 1966 season, when they would agree to merge and create a new AFL-NFL World Championship Game between the winners of the two leagues. The 1966 NFL season was the 47th Regular season of the National Football League, and the season after which was played Super Bowl I, though it was The AFL-NFL merger of 1970 was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL
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Major rule changes
- A sixth official, the Line Judge, is added to the officiating crew. This change is sometimes referred to as the "Fran Tarkenton Rule" after the Minnesota Vikings quarterback, who developed the nickname scrambler as he ran around the backfield to avoid being sacked by the opposition. Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former American football player TV personality and computer software executive The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. With the Line Judge stationed on the line of scrimmage opposite the Head Linesman, it made it easier for the officials to judge whether or not Tarkenton or any mobile quarterback crossed over the line before throwing the ball. In American and Canadian football a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line crossing the football field across its narrower dimension beyond
Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
| Eastern Conference | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 11 | 3 | 0 | . The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. 786 | 363 | 325 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 0 | . The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National 500 | 325 | 280 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | . The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. 500 | 270 | 338 |
| Washington Redskins | 6 | 8 | 0 | . The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D 429 | 257 | 301 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 9 | 0 | . The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 357 | 363 | 359 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 9 | 0 | . The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. 357 | 296 | 309 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 12 | 0 | . 143 | 202 | 397 |
| Western Conference | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 10 | 3 | 1 | . The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. 769 | 316 | 224 |
| Baltimore Colts | 10 | 3 | 1 | . The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. 769 | 389 | 284 |
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 0 | . The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. 643 | 409 | 275 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 6 | 1 | . The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team 538 | 421 | 402 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 0 | . The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. 500 | 383 | 403 |
| Detroit Lions | 6 | 7 | 1 | . The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. 462 | 257 | 295 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 10 | 0 | . The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St 286 | 269 | 328 |
Playoffs
- Home team in capitals
Western Conference Playoff Game
- GREEN BAY 13, Baltimore 10 (OT)
NFL Championship Game
- GREEN BAY 23, Cleveland 12
References
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
- NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- 1965 season in details*
Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)
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