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- Chris Berman - Host: The motion picture - it is how memories have been captured for a hundred years. It is how memories of true excellence are passed down from generation to generation.
- Chris Berman - Host: Fifty years ago - December 28, 1958 to be exact - right here in Yankee Stadium, the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants played for the NFL championship in what would become known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played". At a time when baseball was king in America, an estimated 45 million people around the country witnessed the NFL's first and only championship decided in overtime. On the field, men who have become NFL royalty - among the players, coaches and owners, 17 would go on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Dave Anderson - New York Times Reporter: In the locker room after the game, I said to John Unitas, "Weren't you taking a chance on an interception? An interception there and the Giants might have gone 95 yards the other way and won the game." And he gave me that wonderful Unitas cold stare and he just said, "When you know what you're doing, you don't get intercepted."
- Mike Tirico - ESPN NFL Broadcaster: What was the reason that this game got elevated to this level as "The Greatest Game Ever Played"?
- Bob Wolff - Broadcaster: What makes this important was that television had now come into being. You had all-stars on both sides - as many as you could find. You had the ups and downs of this game. You had the first championship game and, of course, the thrilling part, the seesaw battle all the way through. It had everything you needed if you're writing a script: this is it, you got it... you had the perfect game. That's what it was - "The Greatest Game Ever Played".
- Barry Levinson - Baltimore Native: In Baltimore, it was immediately "The Greatest Game Ever". We didn't need time.
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- Chris Berman - Host: The NFL was still trying to find its way when the Colts and the Giants met on a cold December Sunday fifty years ago right here in Yankee Stadium. The 1958 championship game changed things forever. For "The Greatest Game Ever Played", I'm Chris Berman.
- Title Card: In 1958, the NFL was composed of 12 teams. The average franchise was worth less than $1 million. Today, the league has 32 teams. The average franchise is worth more than $1 billion.
- Title Card: Pro Football Hall of Fame: 1958 Baltimore Colts. Players - Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, John Unitas; Coach - Weeb Ewbank
- Title Card: Pro Football Hall of Fame: 1958 New York Giants. Players - Rosey Brown, Frank Gifford, Sam Huff, Don Maynard, Andy Robustelli, Emlen Tunnell; Coaches - Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi; Owners - Tim Mara, Wellington Mara