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Oct 26, 2023

Jets’ Win Streak Halted, Tie Broncos 35-35

Oct. 26, 1963 - The New York Jets failed to extend their Polo Grounds win streak to four games tonight and had to settle for a 35-35 tie...

Oct 26, 2023

Navy Wins Impressive Victory over Pitt as Staubach Shines

Oct. 26, 1963 - The strongest Panthers football team in years came to its undoing today at the hands of Roger Staubach and its own...

Oct 23, 2023

Lombardi Hits Back at Cardinal Coach Wally Lemm

Oct. 23, 1963 - An angry Vince Lombardi, reacting to a personal attack on Green Bay Packer fullback Jim Taylor (left) by St. Louis head...

Oct 23, 2023

Dick Butkus a Force in College Football

Oct. 23, 1963 - You could hear the groans all the way from the Los Angeles campus of UCLA when Bob Nicolette, varsity trainee at the...

Oct 21, 2023

Packers’ Bart Starr Has Fractured Hand

Oct. 21, 1963 - Green Bay’s hopes for an unprecedented third straight NFL title were dealt a severe blow today when X-rays disclosed that...

Oct 21, 2023

49ers Score Massive Upset Against Bears, 20-14, at Kezar Stadium

Oct. 21, 1963 - The 49ers upset the Chicago Bears, 20-14, yesterday before 35,837 shocked and delighted fans at San Francisco’s Kezar...

Oct 21, 2023

Giants Come Back to Beat Cowboys, 27-21

Oct. 21, 1963 - Did the 62,889 fans see two games for the price of one in Yankee Stadium yesterday? It certainly appeared that way as the...

Oct 20, 2023

Packers Trounce Cardinals at Busch Stadium

Oct. 20, 1963 - The Green Bay Packers scored the first five times they had the ball and trounced the Cardinals, 30-7, today at Busch...

Oct 20, 2023

Browns Destroy Eagles for Sixth Straight Victory

Oct. 20, 1963 - It’s true what they say about Jim Brown and the revitalized Cleveland Browns. They’re murder. The Eagles found this out...

Oct 19, 2023

Crimson Tide Beats Tennessee as Namath Shines

Oct. 19, 1963 - Joe Namath threw three touchdown passes today to steer Alabama to a 35-0 victory over Tennessee at Legion Field in...

Oct 18, 2023

Cappelletti Outscores entire Broncos Team as Patriots Win in Boston

Oct. 18, 1963 - Gino Cappelletti, the American Football League scoring leader, went on a 22-point spree tonight to personally outscore...

Oct 14, 2023

Brown Runs Roughshod Over Giants at Yankee Stadium

Oct. 14, 1963 - “Jim Brown is the greatest runner I ever saw.” Blanton Collier, the Cleveland coach, and Al Sherman, his New York...

Oct 14, 2023

Bears Destroy Rams in L.A., 52-14

Oct. 14, 1963 - The Chicago Bears scored 14 points in 55 seconds yesterday as they romped off to a 52-14 triumph over the hapless Rams....

Oct 13, 2023

Cowboys Top Lions at Cotton Bowl for First Victory of 1963

Oct. 13, 1963 - Linebacker Chuck Howley’s interceptions of two passes set up a field goal and a touchdown pass from Eddie LeBaron...

Oct 13, 2023

Colts Hand 49ers 12th Straight Loss

Oct. 13, 1963 - Johnny Unitas pitched the Colts to a touchdown the first time they had the ball today, and the Colts survived a shoddy...

Oct 12, 2023

Longhorns Upset Sooners at Cotton Bowl

Oct. 12, 1963 - Texas laid claim to the No. 1 ranking among the nation’s college football teams today by toppling Oklahoma, king of the...

Oct 11, 2023

Patriots Come Back To Defeat Raiders at Fenway

Oct. 11, 1963 - Babe Parilli, the Boston Patriots quarterback, regained his early season form tonight and passed for two touchdowns in a...

Oct 8, 2023

Giants’ Sam Huff Prepares for Jimmy Brown

Oct. 8, 1963 - Shortly before 2 p.m. today, a large young man with a baby face and a slight bulge around his middle sat in front of his...

Oct 8, 2023

NFL Holds Its Own Against World Series

Oct. 8, 1963 - Pro football has reached an elevation from which it can ignore, or even jeer, at baseball’s jewel, the World Series....

Oct 7, 2023

Giants Score 11th Straight NFL Victory Over Redskins

Oct. 7, 1963 - Over recent seasons, the New York Giants have scalped the Washington Redskins with consistent, consummate ease. The...