1965 NFL Championship Game

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The 1965 NFL Championship Game was the league title matchup in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field to claim the NFL crown before the advent of the Super Bowl era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game
NFL Championship Game
announcerUS Frank Gifford
Pat Summerall
Ray Scott
attendance 50652
category Cleveland Browns postseason
Green Bay Packers postseason
National Football League championship games
linked to: NFL Championship
city Green Bay, Wisconsin
conferenceOrDivisionChampionHome Western Conference champion Green Bay Packers
linked to: Green Bay Packers
conferenceOrDivisionChampionVisiting Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Browns
linked to: Cleveland Browns
country United States
date January 2, 1966
era pre-Super Bowl era
finalScore Green Bay Packers 23, Cleveland Browns 12
followedBy 1966 NFL Championship Game
headCoachHomeTeam Vince Lombardi
headCoachVisitingTeam Blanton Collier
homeScore 23
homeTeam Green Bay Packers
homeTeamFranchise Green Bay Packers franchise
linked to: Green Bay Packers
homeTeamLeagueTitleCountAfterGame 9
homeTeamNickname Packers
linked to: Green Bay Packers
league National Football League
loser Cleveland Browns
mostValuablePlayer Paul Hornung
networkUS CBS
notableFor last NFL Championship Game before the Super Bowl era began
precededBy 1964 NFL Championship Game
season 1965 NFL season
significance determined the 1965 NFL champion
sport American football
stadium Lambeau Field
surface natural grass
teamCaptainOrStar Bart Starr
Jim Brown
visitingScore 12
visitingTeam Cleveland Browns
visitingTeamFranchise Cleveland Browns franchise
linked to: Cleveland Browns
visitingTeamNickname Browns
weatherCondition cold
winner Green Bay Packers
yearOfSeason 1965

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1966 NFL Championship Game previousNFLChampionshipGame 1965 NFL Championship Game
Ray Nitschke NFLChampion 1965 NFL Championship
linked to: 1965 NFL Championship Game
Willie Wood wonChampionship NFL Championship 1965
linked to: 1965 NFL Championship Game
NFL Championship 1964 nextEdition NFL Championship 1965
linked to: 1965 NFL Championship Game
Marv Fleming wonLeagueTitle NFL Championship 1965
linked to: 1965 NFL Championship Game