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Packers veteran quarterback Bart Starr was the top rated quarterback in the NFL and
won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, completing 156 out of 251 (62.2 percent)
passes for 2,257 yards, 14 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions. His top targets
were wide receivers Boyd Dowler and Carroll Dale, who combined for 63 receptions
for 1,336 yards. Fullback Jim Taylor was the team's top rusher with 705
yards, and also caught 41 passes for 331 yards. (Before the season, Taylor had
informed the team that instead of returning to the Packers in 1967, he would
become a free agent and sign with the expansion New Orleans Saints. Lombardi, infuriated
at what he considered to be Taylor's disloyalty, refused to speak to
Taylor the entire season.) |
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SB 1 Champion Green Bay Packers |
The Packers were an NFL dynasty after being a losing team eight years earlier. The
team had posted an NFL-worst 1-10-1 record before legendary head coach Vince
Lombardi joined the team in 1959. But Lombardi was determined to build a winning
team. During the offseason, he signed Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston, a player who had
been cut from 3 other teams but ended up becoming an All-Pro left guard for Green
Bay. Lombardi also made a big trade with the Cleveland Browns that brought
3 players to the team who would become cornerstones of the defense: defensive linemen
Henry Jordan, Willie Davis and Bill Quinlan. Lombardi's hard work paid off, and the Packers improved to a 7-5 regular season record in 1959. Then, they surprised the league during the following year by making it all the way to the NFL Championship Game. Although the Packers lost the game, 17-13, to the Philadelphia Eagles, they had sent a clear message that they were no longer losers. Green Bay went on to win NFL Championships in 1961, 1962, 1965, and 1966. |
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The team's starting halfback, future hall of famer Paul Hornung, was injured early
in the season, but running back Elijah Pitts did a good job as a replacement,
gaining 857 combined rushing and receiving yards. And the Packers offensive line
was also big reason for the team's success, led by All-Pro guards Jerry Kramer
and Thurston, along with future hall of famer Forrest Gregg Green Bay also had a superb defense, which displayed its talent on the final drive of the NFL Championship Game, stopping the Dallas Cowboys on 4 consecutive plays starting on the Packers 2-yard line to win the game. |
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The Green Bay Packers opened the Super Bowl series by defeating the AFL champion
Chiefs behind the passing of Bart Starr, the receiving of Max McGee, and a key
interception by all-pro safety Willie Wood. Green Bay broke open the game with three second-half touchdowns, the first of which was set up by Wood's 50-yard return of an interception. McGee, filling in for ailing Boyd Dowler after having caught only four passes all season, caught seven from Starr for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Pitts ran for two other scores. The Chiefs' 10 points came in the second quarter, the only touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton. Starr completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns and was chosen the most valuable player. The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500-the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports. |
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Date January 15, 1967 Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum City Los Angeles MVP Bart Starr, Quarterback Favorite Packers by 14 National anthem University of Arizona and Grambling State University Bands Coin toss Norm Schachter Referee Norm Schachter Halftime show University of Arizona and Grambling State University Bands Attendance 61,946 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: 22.6 NBC: 18.5 Market share CBS: 43 NBC: 36 Cost of 30-second commercial US$42,000 (Both CBS and NBC) |
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Future Super Bowl Locations |
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Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2008 Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 1, 2009 Super Bowl XLIV, South Florida TBA, 2010 Super Bowl XLV, North Texas TBA, 2011 |
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