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On special teams, Williams returned 18 kickoffs for 749 yards and an NFL record 4
touchdowns, giving him a whopping 41.1 yards per return average. But overall the
team ranked just 9th out of 16 NFL teams in scoring with 332 points. The Packers defense, however, allowed only 209 points, the 3rd best in the NFL. Even this figure was misleading, since Green Bay had yielded only 131 points in the first 11 games (when they clinched their division), the lowest total in professional football. Three members of Green Bay's secondary, the strongest aspect of their defense, were named to the Pro Bowl: defensive backs Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, and Bob Jeter. |
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SB 2 Champion Green Bay Packers |
The Packers advanced to their second straight AFL-NFL World Championship Game, but
had a much more difficult time than in the previous season. Both of their starting
running backs from the previous year, future Pro Football Hall of Famers
Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor, had left the team. Their replacements, Elijah Pitts
and Jim Grabowski, were both injured early in the season, forcing Green Bay coach
Vince Lombardi to use veteran reserve running back Donny Anderson and rookie
Travis Williams. Fullbacks Chuck Mercein and Ben Wilson, who were signed as
free agents after being discarded by many other teams, were also used to help compensate
for the loss of Hornung and Taylor. Meanwhile the team's 33-year old
veteran quarterback Bart Starr had missed 4 games during the season with injuries,
and finished the season with nearly twice as many interceptions (17) as touchdown
passes (9). The team's deep threat was provided by veteran receivers Carroll Dale, who recorded 35 receptions for 738 yards (a 21.1 average), and 5 touchdowns; and Pro Bowler Boyd Dowler, who had 54 catches for 846 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Packers still had the superb blocking of linemen Jerry Kramer, Fred Thurston, and future hall of famer Forrest Gregg. |
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The Packers also had a superb defensive line led by future hall of famers Henry Jordan
and Willie Davis. Behind them, the Packers linebacking core was led by Ray
Nitschke, another future hall of fame player. The Packers won the NFL's Central Division with a 9-4-1 regular season record, clinching the division in the 11th week of the season. During the last three weeks, the Packers gave up an uncharacteristic total of 78 points, after having yielded only about a dozen points per game in their first 11 contests. In the playoffs, Green Bay returned to its dominant form, blowing away their first playoff opponent, the Los Angeles Rams, in the Western Conference Championship Game, 28-7. |
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Green Bay, after winning its third consecutive NFL championship, won the Super Bowl
title for the second straight year, defeating the AFL champion Raiders in a
game that drew the first $3-million gate in football history. Bart Starr again was chosen the game's most valuable player as he completed 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown and directed a Packers' attack that was in control all the way after building a 16-7 halftime lead. Don Chandler kicked four field goals and all-pro cornerback Herb Adderley capped the Green Bay scoring with a 60-yard interception return. The game marked the last for Vince Lombardi as Packers coach, ending nine years at Green Bay in which he won six Western Conference championships, five NFL championships, and two Super Bowls. |
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Date January 14, 1968 Stadium Miami Orange Bowl City Miami, Florida MVP Bart Starr, Quarterback Favorite Packers by 13½ National anthem Grambling State University Band Coin toss Game referee Referee Jack Vest Halftime show Grambling State University Band Attendance 75,546 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers Ray Scott, Jack Kemp and Pat Summerall Nielsen Ratings 36.8 Market share 68 Cost of 30-second commercial US$54,000 |
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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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