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NFL Season Nears: 60 Days From Kickoff and a Look Back at 1965

Are you ready for some football? Well, you’ll have to wait just a little longer, but not too much. The NFL season is quickly approaching. Training camps open later this month, and the Hall of Fame Game wraps up July.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero got fans buzzing Sunday morning by sharing a graphic highlighting the Week 1 matchups along with a caption that read:

So, what’s the significance of 60? While there hasn’t yet been a Super Bowl 60, and there wasn’t one 60 years ago, the number still ties back to a major moment in football history: the 1965 NFL Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns.