In the final week of the NFL’s 1958 regular season, the 9-2 Cleveland Browns and the 8-3 New York Giants faced each other. It was the second time that season the two Eastern Conference rivals faced off, with the Giants taking the first game 21-17 in a dramatic fourth quarter comeback on Nov. 2.
This second game could have decided the conference champion; but this was a season destined to be remembered for its drama. Before a crowd of 63,192 fans who braved the snowstorm at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 14, the Giants defied the odds. Down 10-3 in the fourth quarter, the Giants pulled off another stunning comeback, capped by kicker Pat Summerall’s 49-yard field goal—the second longest of his career.
