“In 1961, Taylor ran for 1,307 yards and scored an NFL-best 15 touchdowns as the Packers rolled to a 37-0 victory over the New York Giants in Green Bay for Lombardi's first title
The next year would be Taylor's finest. He ran for 1,474 yards and 19 TDs in 14 games and scored the only touchdown in the Packers' 16-7 victory over the Giants for the second of his four titles.
Taylor said that season, when Green Bay finished 13-1 in the regular season, stood out for him.
“Being voted the MVP of the league in 1962 is something that I look back and cherish,” Taylor said. “I felt like I accomplished and achieved my goal.”
The 1962 title game pitted the Packers against the Giants again, this time in New York, and was played in 40-mph winds and 13-degree temperatures at Yankee Stadium.
Taylor was at his toughest, picking up 85 yards on 31 carries against the vaunted Giants defense featuring linebacker Sam Huff. Taylor sustained a gash to his elbow that required seven stitches at halftime and cut his tongue during the game.
“If Taylor went up to get a program, Huff was supposed to hit him. Wherever Taylor went, Huff went with him,” Kramer told the Associated Press in 2008. “I remember sitting next to Jimmy on the way home and he had his topcoat on. He never took it off. He had it over his shoulder and the guy was shivering almost all the way home. He just got the hell beat out of him that day.”
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I remember the Packers running the same sweep three times in a row, until the opposing team committed extra players to that side, and then they ran it the opposite way.....that was Lombardi's way....if you couldn't stop them, they would run the same play again....
Not John Taylor, Jim Taylor.
Suddenly, under the demanding/commanding tutelage of VL, everything dovetailed and meshed.
Taylor became a battering ram on EVERY carry and a terrific blocker for Hornung. They had some terrific FBs in those days with JT being amongst the best.
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