1960s Timeline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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