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<blockquote data-quote="Packerlifer" data-source="post: 686488" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>While the Packers and Colts were competing for championships in the 1960's the chief story-line of that rivalry was the match-up of their two great Hall of Fame quarterbacks. And debate raged over who was the better; if there was such between them.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/0ap2000000333953/Bart-Starr-highlights" target="_blank">http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/0ap2000000333953/Bart-Starr-highlights </a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/0ap2000000333960/Greatest-QB-of-all-time-Johnny-Unitas" target="_blank">http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/0ap2000000333960/Greatest-QB-of-all-time-Johnny-Unitas </a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UnitJo00.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UnitJo00.htm </a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00.htm </a></p><p></p><p>Because of injuries Starr and Unitas didn't play against each other in all the Packers-Colts games of that period. All-time, though, they matched up directly 17 times with Unitas winning 9 and Starr 8.</p><p></p><p>However, during the years of direct competition for access to the championship games on the line between them Starr posted a 7-4 record versus Unitas and swept the season series 3 times to Unitas' one. Following are the all the games in which Starr and Unitas quarterbacked against one another:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710130gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710130gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710270clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710270clt.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195810120gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195810120gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195811020clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195811020clt.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195911150gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195911150gnb.htm </a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011060clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011060clt.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196110080gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196110080gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196111050clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196111050clt.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196210280clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196210280clt.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196211180gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196211180gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196309290gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196309290gnb.htm </a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196409200gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196409200gnb.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196410180clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196410180clt.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196509260gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196509260gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196609100gnb.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196609100gnb.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196612100clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196612100clt.htm </a></p><p><a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196711050clt.htm" target="_blank">http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196711050clt.htm </a></p><p></p><p>The only quarterback rivalry that compares to Starr-Unitas, in terms of the number of times they played and the championship implications involved, is the one between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. <a href="http://www.si.com/nfl/tom-brady-peyton-manning-history-box-score" target="_blank">http://www.si.com/nfl/tom-brady-peyton-manning-history-box-score and the parallels between the two are rather uncanny. </a></p><p></p><p>In both one quarterback has the bigger career stats and the other has the most championships on his resume. In both one is regarded as the greater talent but the other the clutch performer and big game winner. In both one quarterback tended to overshadow his coach and team and the other was somewhat overshadowed by his coach and team. But at a later point began to step out as the face of their franchise.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Unitas_Johnny.html" target="_blank">http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Unitas_Johnny.html </a></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2001/12/06/starr_6/" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/2001/12/06/starr_6/ </a></p><p></p><p>Starr and Unitas were not only intense competitors they also became friends. Unitas once said the only person he would ever talk money with was Starr because, he said, they were both in the same profession.</p><p></p><p>We lost Johnny U 14 years ago and with his recent health issues we can't know how much longer Bart will be with us. But they are players and peopleand features of a time we should never forget.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]uAIURMuNi3k[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Packerlifer, post: 686488, member: 1242"] While the Packers and Colts were competing for championships in the 1960's the chief story-line of that rivalry was the match-up of their two great Hall of Fame quarterbacks. And debate raged over who was the better; if there was such between them. [URL='http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/0ap2000000333953/Bart-Starr-highlights']http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers/0ap2000000333953/Bart-Starr-highlights [/URL] [URL='http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/0ap2000000333960/Greatest-QB-of-all-time-Johnny-Unitas']http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/0ap2000000333960/Greatest-QB-of-all-time-Johnny-Unitas [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UnitJo00.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UnitJo00.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00.htm [/URL] Because of injuries Starr and Unitas didn't play against each other in all the Packers-Colts games of that period. All-time, though, they matched up directly 17 times with Unitas winning 9 and Starr 8. However, during the years of direct competition for access to the championship games on the line between them Starr posted a 7-4 record versus Unitas and swept the season series 3 times to Unitas' one. Following are the all the games in which Starr and Unitas quarterbacked against one another: [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710130gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710130gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710270clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195710270clt.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195810120gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195810120gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195811020clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195811020clt.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195911150gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195911150gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011060clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196011060clt.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196110080gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196110080gnb.htm [/URL] [URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196111050clt.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196210280clt.htm[/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196211180gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196211180gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196309290gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196309290gnb.htm [/URL] [URL]http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196409200gnb.htm[/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196410180clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196410180clt.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196509260gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196509260gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196609100gnb.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196609100gnb.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196612100clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196612100clt.htm [/URL] [URL='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196711050clt.htm']http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196711050clt.htm [/URL] The only quarterback rivalry that compares to Starr-Unitas, in terms of the number of times they played and the championship implications involved, is the one between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. [URL='http://www.si.com/nfl/tom-brady-peyton-manning-history-box-score']http://www.si.com/nfl/tom-brady-peyton-manning-history-box-score and the parallels between the two are rather uncanny. [/URL] In both one quarterback has the bigger career stats and the other has the most championships on his resume. In both one is regarded as the greater talent but the other the clutch performer and big game winner. In both one quarterback tended to overshadow his coach and team and the other was somewhat overshadowed by his coach and team. But at a later point began to step out as the face of their franchise. [URL='http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Unitas_Johnny.html']http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Unitas_Johnny.html [/URL] [URL='http://www.salon.com/2001/12/06/starr_6/']http://www.salon.com/2001/12/06/starr_6/ [/URL] Starr and Unitas were not only intense competitors they also became friends. Unitas once said the only person he would ever talk money with was Starr because, he said, they were both in the same profession. We lost Johnny U 14 years ago and with his recent health issues we can't know how much longer Bart will be with us. But they are players and peopleand features of a time we should never forget. [MEDIA=youtube]uAIURMuNi3k[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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