Super Bowl History
Originating from two organizations specifically the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL), Super Bowl history can be traced back to the sixties. The championship tournament was created when the two decided to merge. In the negotiation process, Lamar Hunt, chief owner of Kansas City, contemplated of the name Super Bowl. He obtained such while watching his daughter playing a toy called super ball. As history would render, the label was actually to eliminate any gap that have emerged between AFL and NFL considering that both have already agreed to unite.
Super bowl history continues that the first game was held a year after the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) decided to merge. At that time though, Super Bowl was not yet recognized as the official name of the championship tournament not until 1969. History shares that during the first two matches, the Green Bay Packers bagged the title. The win was controversial though as it sparked questions from a wide audience. A lot of people were asking if ever the teams from AFL could compete. It was because franchises that belonged to NFL dominated the scene.
The New York Jets then seconded the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). According to Super Bowl history, when the team bagged the title, questions that sparked before were no longer heard of. The reason was actually because the said franchise is from the American Football League (AFL). By 1970, the Super Bowl launched two federations specifically the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) where each is composed of thirteen clubs. History explains that when the AFL and NFL decided to merge, American Football League have ten titles while National Football League have twenty- three titles.
The winner by the way of the championship tournament obtains the Vince Lombardi Trophy. It is a tribute to the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, the team who bagged the first two titles in the whole of Super Bowl history. Moving on, a year after the championship tournament launched the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Baltimore Colts with a score of sixteen is to three. It was actually a game that had a lot of “initial happenings.” It included playing on an artificial turf as well as with the Most Valuable Player (MVP) coming from the defeated team.
During the next year, history of the Super Bowl narrates that the Dallas Cowboys learned from their previous defeat as they emerged as the new winner. The team beat the Miami Dolphins in a score of twenty- four is to three. The match was held in New Orleans, Louisiana’s Tulane Stadium. That championship tournament became number one in the television ratings. It was like the whole of the United States glued to their screens to view the match. As a matter of fact, Lydon Johnson, predecessor of former president Richard Nixon, sent a letter to the franchise’s coach, Tom Landry, to extend his support.
History of Super Bowl says that Roger Staubach did not let Lyndon Johnson down as he made two touchdowns. Because of his admirable performance, he was declared as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in that championship tournament. In the next year, the match was held in the Memorial Coliseum at Los Angeles, California featuring the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins. The first quarter belonged to the Dolphins while the second quarter went to the Redskins. However, the Redskins’ effort was still overpowered as the Dolphins bagged the title with a score of fourteen is to seven. This game by the way is the seventh since the time the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) merged.
At this juncture, SuperBowl history constantly revolves as the championship tournament still takes the United States by storm.