Super Bowl I
The first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in contemporaneous reports, including the game's radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl)[5] was an American football game 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.
"1967 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1967 season, see Super Bowl II.
Kansas City Chiefs
(AFL)
(11–2–1)
January 15, 1967
61,946[3]
Marching bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling College
Al Hirt, and marching bands from
the University of Arizona and Grambling College
CBS: Ray Scott, Jack Whitaker,
and Frank Gifford
NBC: Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman
CBS: 22.6
(est. 26.75 million viewers)
NBC: 18.5
(est. 24.43 million viewers)
(Total: 51.18 million viewers)[4]
CBS: 43
NBC: 36
(Total: 79)[4]
$42,000 (Both CBS and NBC)
CBS: Jack Drees, Tom Hedrick
NBC: Jim Simpson, George Ratterman
Coming into the game, billed by some as the "supergame",[6][7] considerable animosity existed between the AFL and NFL, thus the teams representing the two rival leagues (Kansas City and Green Bay, respectively) felt additional pressure to win. The Chiefs posted an 11–2–1 record during the regular season, and defeated the Buffalo Bills 31–7 in the AFL Championship Game. The Packers finished the regular season at 12–2 and defeated the Dallas Cowboys 34–27 in the NFL Championship Game. Many sportswriters 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, and kept pace with Green Bay by posting a 14–10 score at halftime. Early in the third quarter, Green Bay safety Willie Wood intercepted a pass and returned it 50 yards to the 5-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 one interception, was named MVP.
As NBC and CBS had held the rights to nationally televise AFL and NFL games, respectively, it was decided that both networks were allowed to televise the game.[13] The game remains the only Super Bowl to have been simulcast in the United States by two of the "Big Three" broadcast companies, though Super Bowl LVIII was simultaneously broadcast on CBS and its sister network Nickelodeon on February 11, 2024.[14]
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January 15, 1967
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