start time of NFL championship games

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start time of NFL championship games
Started by smith03, Apr 18 2014 12:05 PM

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#1 smith03
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 12:05 PM
wondering if anyone knows the start time ( either local or all eastern) for all NFL champ games from 1933 to 69 thanks

#2 Moran
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 01:58 PM
In 1933 the kick off was scheduled for 1:45 (I don't own the stub, just have the scan)

By the way - here is the auction result for this stub
Minimum Bid: $100 Final Bid(Includes Buyers Premium): $14,612 Number of Bids: 35

It makes this program I bought seem like a bargain

#3 Moran
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:04 PM
In 1934 the kick off was at 2:00 (again, not my stub)

#4 Moran
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:16 PM
1935 -

#5 james
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:28 PM
Moran, on 18 Apr 2014 - 1:58 PM, said:
In 1933 the kick off was scheduled for 1:45

That program is beautiful. And the signatures....Thanks for sharing....

#6 BD Sullivan
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:46 PM
(All times EST)
1950: 1:30
1951: 4:00
1952: 2:00
1953: 1:00
1954: 2:00
1955: 4:00
1956: 2:00
1957: 2:00
1958: 2:00
1959: 2:00
1960: 12:00
1961: 2:00
1962: 2:00
1963: 1:00
1964: 1:30
1965: 2:00
1966: 4:00
1967: 2:00
1968: 2:30
1969: 1:00

The 1960 and '63 games specifically started at noon local time because there were no lights at either Franklin Field (1960) or Wrigley Field (1963)

#7 Mark L. Ford
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 02:55 PM
It's interesting that the first two 4:00 pm games were held in Los Angeles, perhaps to be broadcast on national TV at 7:00 pm Eastern-- yet none of the east coast games of the 1950s and 1960s were set for prime time. Of course, a late winter afternoon tends to be warmer in L.A. than in most places

#8 BD Sullivan
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 03:13 PM
Mark L. Ford, on 18 Apr 2014 - 2:55 PM, said:
It's interesting that the first two 4:00 pm games were held in Los Angeles, perhaps to be broadcast on national TV at 7:00 pm Eastern-- yet none of the east coast games of the 1950s and 1960s were set for prime time. Of course, a late winter afternoon tends to be warmer in L.A. than in most places

Those games were 4:00 Eastern

#9 Moran
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 04:17 PM
1936 2:00 at the Polo Grounds
1937 ?
1938 2:00 at the Polo Grounds
1939 1:30
1940 1:30 Clark Griffith Stadium Washington DC
1941 - To make sure the game could still be finished before dark even if it went into overtime, the NFL set the kickoff time for 1 PM CST. The game was broadcast coast-to-coast over the Mutual Network.
1942 2:00
1943 - 2:00

Note original date of game before Eastern Division playoff postponed final a week

1948 - 1:30
Sorry, my granddaughter woke up - gotta go

#10 BD Sullivan
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 05:06 PM
1945: 1:30
1946: 2:00
1947: 2:00
1949: 1:30

#11 Mark L. Ford
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 10:02 PM
BD Sullivan, on 18 Apr 2014 - 2:46 PM, said:
(All times EST)
1950: 1:30
1951: 4:00
1952: 2:00
1953: 1:00
1954: 2:00
1955: 4:00
1956: 2:00
1957: 2:00
1958: 2:00
1959: 2:00
1960: 12:00
1961: 2:00
1962: 2:00
1963: 1:00
1964: 1:30
1965: 2:00
1966: 4:00
1967: 2:00
1968: 2:30
1969: 1:00

The 1960 and '63 games specifically started at noon local time because there were no lights at either Franklin Field (1960) or Wrigley Field (1963)

BD Sullivan, on 18 Apr 2014 - 3:13 PM, said:
Those games were 4:00 Eastern

Ah, I skipped right past the note at the beginning -- "All times EST"-- safe to say, then, that the start time was usually 1:00 pm local, with the occasional game that started at 1/2 past the hour.

[7DnBrnc53]

If the 1968 NFL Title game was at 2:00, then what time did the Jets and Raiders play at Shea? I always assumed that the NFL Title Game that year was a 4:00 start.

[timmyb]

If the 1968 NFL Title game was at 2:00, then what time did the Jets and Raiders play at Shea? I always assumed that the NFL Title Game that year was a 4:00 start.

Kickoffs for the Championship Games for 1968:
Raiders-Jets 1:00 on NBC.
Colts-Browns 2:30 on CBS.

Yes, there was obvious overlap. So for at least an hour, maybe an hour and a half, the two games were on simultaneously.