The Packers were slight favorites, despite the Giants' 24–0 shutout win four weeks earlier.[1][7] Prior to the game, the Packers had spent over a week preparing inCharlottesville, Virginia;[7] they had completed their regular season on November 26, while the Giants finished on December 10. If the title game ended in a tie, the teams would share the championship.[1]
Green Bay scored two touchdowns in the second quarter then yielded one early in the fourth to win 14–7 for their sixth and final league title under Lambeau,[8][9][10] their first since1939.[11][12]
The Packers did not return to the championship game forsixteen years, and won the following year in1961, the first of five titles in seven seasons in the 1960s under head coachVince Lombardi.
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.
