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What: “The NFL’s Greatest Games: 1958 NFL Championship Game”

Price: $19.95

The Baltimore Colts’ 23-17 overtime victory over the New York Giants in the 1958 championship game still is considered by many the greatest game in NFL history.

NFL Films revisits the game, and the season that led up to it, in a one-hour video that is typical NFL Films quality. Included are interviews with most of the principals involved.

For those whose memory of the game is a little foggy, some misconceptions are cleared up. It was a momentous game because it put the NFL on the sports map, but it was not really a great game.

“What I remember most is that I fumbled three times,” the Giants’ Frank Gifford says. “They don’t win if I don’t fumble three times.”

Giant linebacker Harland Svare says that what he remembers is he didn’t tackle Alan Ameche in time to keep the Colts from picking up a first down in overtime. Ameche, most remember, ended up scoring the winning touchdown.

“It wasn’t our greatest game,” the Colts’ Lenny Moore says.

OK, it wasn’t a great game, but nostalgia buffs will love this tape.

One thing that set this game apart is it was the first overtime game.

Giant kicker Pat Summerall says, “[Giant receiver] Kyle Rote said to me after regulation, ‘What do we do now?’ I said, ‘I think we play some more.’ ”

The Giants advanced to the championship game by beating the Cleveland Browns twice, 13-10, and then 10-0 in a playoff. In the 13-10 game, Summerall kicked a 49-yard field goal. Summerall: “[Giant assistant coach] Vince Lombardi said to me, ‘You know . . . you can’t kick that far.”

Leading up to the championship game, Colt owner Carroll Rosenbloom sent assistant coach Bob Shaw to spy on Giant practices, guaranteeing him a job for life as incentive. Knowing the defense they were going to face helped the Colts take a 14-3 halftime lead.

NBC lost its picture near the end of the game, but it came back before any plays were missed. A fan ran out of the field, delaying the game while NBC was off the air. Rumor was the fan was an NBC employee.

Scoring the winning touchdown got Ameche an appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show” that night, and his appearance is part of the tape. So is the Colt-Giant rematch in the 1959 championship game, which the Colts won, 31-16. “Now that was a great game,” Moore says.

And this is a great tape. Distributed by PolyGram Video, it became available Tuesday.