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

Contents

Final standings

NFL Championship Game

References

Final standings

''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''
''Note: Teams current name is included within the () if name/location has been changed''

'Eastern Conference'
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
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 (Arizona 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

'Western Conference'
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	11	3	0	.786	391	223
Detroit Lions	8	5	1	.615	270	258
Baltimore Colts (Indianapolis 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 (St. Louis 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)