1962 NFL Championship Game The 1962 National Football League championship game was the 30th NFL title game . The game was played on December 30 , 1962 at Yankee Stadium in New York City between the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers . The attendance for the game was 64 , 892 . The Packers were coached by Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi , and the Giants by Allie Sherman . The weather during the game was so cold that television crews used bonfires to thaw out their cameras , and one cameraman suffered frostbite . The conditions also made throwing the ball difficult . Green Bay won 16 – 7 behind the performances of game Most Valuable Player linebacker Ray Nitschke , and fullback Jim Taylor . Green Bay right guard Jerry Kramer kicked three field goals . The Giants fumbled twice , losing each , while the Packers recovered all five of their fumbles . Background . The 1962 game was a rematch of the 1961 championship game , won by Green Bay 37 – 0 . The Eastern Conference champions New York Giants ( 12 - 2 ) faced the Western Conference titlist Green Bay Packers ( 13 - 1 ) . Green Bay began the season 10 – 0 including a 49 – 0 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles , where they gained 628 yards to Philadelphia ' s 54 . Before the game , 10 , 000 fans at a New York Knicks game spontaneously began chanting " Beat Green Bay ! Beat Green Bay ! " , and when the 18 , 000 tickets available to non season ticket holders went on sale for the game , they sold within three hours . Due to the NFL ' s blackout policy which aimed to protect gate receipts , until 1973 , fans in a team ' s home market could not watch their team ' s regular season and playoff games on television , even if they were title games . New York fans made reservations for motels in Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Connecticut so they could watch the game out of the 75 mile blackout zone , and even though the game was played in single digit weather with 35 – 40 mph winds , only 299 of the 65 , 000 + Giant fans who bought tickets to the sold out game stayed home . Although the weather was temperate the previous day , during the contest it became so cold that a cameraman filming the game suffered frostbite , and television crews used dugout bonfires to thaw out their cameras . Broadcaster Art Rust , Jr . later described the weather as " barbaric " . The cold conditions favored the Packers who used a run - oriented offense led by Taylor , while the Giants featured a more pass heavy offense led by quarterback YA Tittle who , coming into the game , had passed for 3 , 224 yards and 33 touchdowns on the season . Game summary . The wind caused the ball to be blown off the tee three times during the opening kickoff , and a Green Bay player had to hold the ball onto the tee so Willie Wood could kick it off . After a Jerry Kramer field goal made the score 3 – 0 in favor of Green Bay in the first quarter , the Giants drove to the Green Bay 15 yard line behind short passes from Tittle . Tittle ' s play action pass to wide open tight end Joe Walton near the goal line was tipped by Nitschke and intercepted by fellow linebacker Dan Currie . During most of the first and second quarter , the teams ran the ball for short gains . The Giants repeatedly hit Taylor hard , and he suffered cuts to his arm and tongue . Near halftime , the Giants Phil King fumbled on their own 28 , and Nitchke recovered . Behind a halfback pass from Paul Hornung to flanker Boyd Dowler , the Packers drove to the Giants seven yard line . On the following play Taylor used an outside fake before going back inside to run untouched into the end zone . The weather worsened by halftime and the wind swirled dust around the stadium , tearing apart the ballpark ' s United States flag , and knocking over a television camera . Passing became even more difficult ; the longest pass of the day was a 25 yard one from Tittle to Walton . After blocking a Green Bay punt in the end zone and recovering it for a touchdown to pull the game to 10 – 7 in the third quarter , the Giants defense forced the Packers into a three and out on their next possession . Sam Horner fumbled on a punt return at the Giants 42 yard line however , and Nitschke recovered . Five plays later Kramer kicked a field goal to make the score 13 – 7 . Tittle , with the aid of two Packers penalties , then drove the Giants from their own 20 to the Green Bay 18 on the ensuing drive . New York then incurred two holding penalties , pushing them back to the Packers 40 yard line and ending their drive . Led by Taylor who repeatedly ran for key first downs , the Packers advanced the ball down to the New York end of the field , where they kicked a field goal to make the score 16 – 7 with 1 : 50 to play . Green Bay recovered all five of their fumbles during the game , while the Giants lost both of theirs . Legacy . A few hours after this game , Nitschke , who was the game ' s Most Valuable Player , appeared on TV ' s " What ' s My Line ? " wearing thick eyeglasses . Panelists Martin Gabel and Bennett Cerf , both Giants fans , recognized him . Ed Sabol ' s film company Blair Motion Pictures paid $ 3 , 000 for the film rights for the game , the company would later become NFL Films . The 1962 Packers team is considered one of the best in NFL history . Starting lineups . Source :