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Sept. 10: On this date in…
by Citizen Dan on Sep.10, 2008, under Commentary, On This Date...
…1966: The Baltimore Colts had revenge on their minds. The Packers had beaten them in a Western Conference playoff the previous December thanks in part to a Don Chandler field goal that the Colts insisted had been wide. With a rematch scheduled for the opening Saturday night of the 1966 NFL season, Baltimore had a chance to show the football world that the overtime loss was a fluke.
The Colts never got the chance to show much of anything. Thanks largely to a stifling defense, the Packers trounced the Colts, 24-3, in front of a national TV audience and a record County Stadium crowd.
Baltimore began the scoring with a short Lou Michaels field goal, but could do little more on offense, as the great John Unitas was held to just 101 yards passing. A pair of errors by Unitas broke the game open in the second quarter as LB Lee Roy Caffey and — only 40 seconds later — CB Bob Jeter both scored on interception returns.
