Super Bowl I From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Super Bowl I Super Bowl I Logo.svg Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) Green Bay Packers (NFL) 10 35 1 2 3 4 Total KC 0 10 0 0 10 GB 7 7 14 7 35 Date January 15, 1967 Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California MVP Bart Starr, Quarterback Favorite Packers by 14[1][2] Referee Norm Schachter Attendance 61,946[3] Futu… Morere Hall of Famers Chiefs: Lamar Hunt (owner), Hank Stram (coach), Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, Len Dawson, Emmitt Thomas Packers: Vince Lombardi (coach), Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Paul Hornung, Henry Jordan, Jerry Kramer, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Willie Wood Ceremonies National anthem The marching bands from the University of Arizona and the University of Michigan[4] Coin toss Norm Schachter Halftime show Al Hirt, and the marching bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling State University[5] TV in the United States Network CBS and NBC Announcers CBS: Ray Scott, Jack Whitaker and Frank Gifford NBC: Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman Nielsen ratings CBS: 18.5 (est. 24.43 million viewers)[6] NBC: 22.6 (est. 26.75 million viewers)[6] (Total: 51.18 million viewers)[6] Market share CBS: 46 NBC: 49 Cost of 30-second commercial $42,000 (Both CBS and NBC) Super Bowl II → The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporaneous reports, including the game's radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl,[7] was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.
The Packers and the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I) Coming into this game, considerable animosity existed between the AFL and NFL, thus the teams representing the two rival leagues (Kansas City and Green Bay, respectively) felt pressure to win. The Chiefs posted an 11–2–1 record during the 1966 AFL season, and defeated the Buffalo Bills 31–7, in the AFL Championship Game. The Packers finished the 1966 NFL season at 12–2, and defeated the Dallas Cowboys 34–27 in the NFL Championship Game. Still, many sports writers and fans believed any team in the older NFL was vastly superior to any club in the upstart AFL, and so expected Green Bay would blow out Kansas City.[8][9]
The first half of Super Bowl I was competitive, as the Chiefs outgained the Packers in total yards, 181–164, to come within 14–10 at halftime. Early in the third quarter, Green Bay safety Willie Wood intercepted a pass and returned it fifty yards to the five-yard line.[10][11][12] The turnover sparked the Packers to score 21 unanswered points in the second half. Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr, who completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns, with 1 interception, was named MVP.
It remains the only Super Bowl to have been simulcast in the United States by two networks. NBC had the rights to nationally televise AFL games, while CBS held the rights to broadcast NFL games; both networks were allowed to televise the game.[13] The first Super Bowl's entertainment consisted of college marching bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling State University, instead of featuring popular singers and musicians as in later Super Bowls.r6OrLess
