Another trip to the Life photo archives has yielded another great set of classic NFL photographs. These were snapped by Robert W. Kelley at a game played between the Green Bay Packers and the visiting Baltimore Colts at Lambeau Field — then known as New City Stadium — on October 8, 1961.

Tracking down the date for this game was a little tricky, as the Life photo pages provide no details. How I figured it out was by using the visual clues.

• Weeb Ewbank is pictured on the Baltimore sideline. He coached the Colts from 1954-1962.
• One of the Baltimore players pictured is wearing jersey #34, and he appears to be a back of some kind. Only one player from this era was a back and wore #34 — Joe “The Jet” Perry. Perry was a fullback in Baltimore for the ’61 and ’62 seasons only.
• One of the shots shows Green Bay (at home) up 30-7. Of the two home games the Packers played against the Colts in ’61 and ’62, the only scored 30 or more in 1961. The final score of the game was 45-7.

So there you go, and that’s how I arrived at this being the Week 4 contest from the 1961 NFL season. So with that, let’s look at the photos! Some of them are a bit blurry, but color game action pictures from this era of the NFL aren’t terribly common so they’re still worth seeing.