Before we hit the road for the trip up to Green Bay, here’s today’s entry for the ol’ blog. On December 12, 1965, in the twilight of his career (at age 29), Green Bay running back Paul Hornung (#5, above) scored a team-record five touchdowns in a 42-27 road win over the Baltimore Colts in Memorial Stadium. Hornung's five TD's on that 40-degree foggy day were overshadowed by the record-tying six touchdowns scored by Chicago's Gale Sayers later that same day against San Francisco. But the Packers' victory over the Colts proved important for the Packers, as they wound up tied with the Colts in the Western Conference standings at season's end (forcing an extra playoff game which the Packers would win in overtime to advance to the NFL Championship).
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Five TD Day
Before we hit the road for the trip up to Green Bay, here’s today’s entry for the ol’ blog. On December 12, 1965, in the twilight of his career (at age 29), Green Bay running back Paul Hornung (#5, above) scored a team-record five touchdowns in a 42-27 road win over the Baltimore Colts in Memorial Stadium. Hornung's five TD's on that 40-degree foggy day were overshadowed by the record-tying six touchdowns scored by Chicago's Gale Sayers later that same day against San Francisco. But the Packers' victory over the Colts proved important for the Packers, as they wound up tied with the Colts in the Western Conference standings at season's end (forcing an extra playoff game which the Packers would win in overtime to advance to the NFL Championship).