the last time the eagles won the nfl championship was 1960.
the last time the eagles won the nfl championship was 1960.
when was the last time the eagles won the nfl championship?
1960
the next year in 1960, the packers, led by paul hornung's 176 points, finished 8-4 and won their first division title since 1944 during the height of world war ii. they also contested the nfl championship game for the first time since that year. they won the nfl west title and played in the nfl championship against the philadelphia eagles at philadelphia. in a see-saw game the packers trailed the eagles by four points late in the game. the packers began their final drive, aiming for glory, but it was not to be as chuck bednarik tackled jim taylor just nine yards short of the goal line as time ran out. philadelphia won the championship, 17-13. in the locker room after the game, lombardi told his men that this would be the last time the packers would lose the championship game with him at the helm. that prediction became fact, as the packers would never again lose the nfl championship game under lombardi. this, in fact, would be vince lombardi's only postseason loss.
history of the green bay packers
following the colts' first nfl championship, the team once again posted a 9–3 record during the 1959 season and once again defeated the giants in the nfl championship game to claim their second title in back to back fashion. following the two championships in 1958 and 1959, the colts did not return to the nfl championship for four seasons and saw a transition from head coach ewbank to a young don shula in 1963. in shula's second season the colts compiled a 12–2 record, but lost 27–0 to the cleveland browns in the nfl championship. in 1965 the colts played the green bay packers in a playoff to determine who would go to the nfl championship game. the colts were leading 10-7 over the green bay packers with two minutes left to play when the packers' kicker, don chandler seemed to barely miss a field goal. the referee called it good however, and the packers went on to win the game in overtime. the error precipitated changes to the rules: the nfl decided two referees would judge future field goals, and that the uprights should be raised by ten feet. in 1968 the colts returned with the continued leadership of unitas and shula and went on to win the colts' third nfl championship and made an appearance in super bowl iii. in 1968, unitas was injured and replaced by earl morrall who became the league's mvp.
history of the baltimore colts