1965 NFL playoffs

The 1965 NFL playoffs determined the champion of the National Football League. Although a single championship game between conference winners was the current format for the league, a tie in the Western Conference standings between the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts necessitated a divisional playoff game. Although the championship game was played in 1966, it is recognized as part of the 1965 NFL season. The 1965 Championship Game was the latest date for an NFL Championship Game to that point, and the first time in league history that the game was held after all of the college bowl games.

The Playoff Bowl (a consolation game between the second place team from each conference) for the 1965 season took place on January 9, 1966. The Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35–3. This capped a season where the Western Conference won 15 out of 16 interconference games against the Eastern Conference, including the championship game and Playoff Bowl.

Tournament bracket

  Western Conference playoff     NFL Championship
                 
    E  Cleveland Browns 12
  W  Baltimore Colts 10     W  Green Bay Packers 23
  W  Green Bay Packers 13  

Western Conference playoff

Green Bay Packers 13, Baltimore Colts 10 (OT)
1 2 34OTTotal
Colts 7 3 00010
Packers 0 0 73313

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Date: December 26, 1965
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 50,484
  • Referee: Norm Schachter

NFL Championship Game

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Green Bay Packers 23, Cleveland Browns 12
1 2 34Total
Browns 9 3 0012
Packers 7 6 7323

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Date: January 2, 1966
  • Game time: 1:05 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 50,852
  • Referee: George Rennix

References

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