I was reading about the details of this game , Colts led early 14-3 ball on the 1 yard line 1st and goal, somehow they don't score on 4 tries...
Giants come back lead 17-14 with the ball and just over 2 mins ,a 1st down would have sealed it, they end up punting, Balto takes over on its own 14.
Does anyone have ties or memories to this game?
There was no such thing as the 2 minute drill, Unitas invented it and that game was the start of it, the clock as I recall was not digital (not sure when that started)
HOF'er Gino Marchetti broke his ankle on the last play of reguation, refused to go to the locker room ,watched the O.T. from a stretcher on the sidelines.
30,000 people showed up at Balto's old Friendship Airport to greet the team, imagine 30,000 people back then, it must have been unheard of for 1958.
John Unitas earned $17,500 in 1958
Giants come back lead 17-14 with the ball and just over 2 mins ,a 1st down would have sealed it, they end up punting, Balto takes over on its own 14.
Does anyone have ties or memories to this game?
There was no such thing as the 2 minute drill, Unitas invented it and that game was the start of it, the clock as I recall was not digital (not sure when that started)
HOF'er Gino Marchetti broke his ankle on the last play of reguation, refused to go to the locker room ,watched the O.T. from a stretcher on the sidelines.
30,000 people showed up at Balto's old Friendship Airport to greet the team, imagine 30,000 people back then, it must have been unheard of for 1958.
John Unitas earned $17,500 in 1958
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