It was a rematch of the1958 championship game that went into overtime. The defending championBaltimore Colts (9–3) again won the Western Conference, while theNew York Giants (10–2) repeated as Eastern Conference champions.The Colts were favored to repeat as champions by 3½ points.[1][5][6]
This game also went down to the last quarter, but the Colts did not need any heroics in overtime. Trailing 9–7 at the start of the fourth quarter, Baltimore scored 24 straight points and won, 31–16.[2][3][7][8]
This was the only NFL championship game played in Baltimore.
The gross receipts for the game, including radio and television rights, were just over$666,000, slightly below the previous year. Each player on the winning Colts team received $4,674, while Giants players made $3,083 each.[7]
1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019 season.
2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the leaguemerged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.
