Super Bowl I
The first ever game since the time the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) decided to merge, Super Bowl I was held in the Memorial Coliseum of Los Angeles, California. The eventful day was the fifteenth of January 1967 where the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of thirty- five is to ten.
Before proceeding with the highlights of Super Bowl I, it would be good for you to know a little background of the merge between the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Before the championship tournament was aptly called as such, it was known as the AFL- NFL World Championship Game. When the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs stepped inside the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, great animosity can be felt all over the surroundings. It was because each team came from different leagues wanting to prove who between the American Football and the National Football is much dominant even if there was already a partnership agreement.
The Super Bowl I was actually very controversial. A lot of people said that the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) was of no match to the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) especially in terms of years of professional experience. However, all the questions were erased in the third championship tournament.
Kansas City Chiefs
When the Kansas City Chiefs made it to Super Bowl I, it had a season percentage of 11- 2- 1. During the final game of the American Football League (AFL), the team defeated the Buffalo Bills with a score of thirty- one is to seven. The franchise was headed by three running backs namely Curtis McClinton with five hundred yards as the highest, Mike Garrett with eight hundred one yards as the highest and Bert Coan with five hundred twenty- one yards as the highest. In the whole of AFL, these athletes belonged to the top ten. Law Dawson with the position as quarterback also had a great contribution to the franchise.
In the Super Bowl 1, Otis Taylor also made noise with a record of fifty- eight receptions of eight touchdowns and one thousand two hundred ninety- seven yards. Likewise, Frad Arbanas also established an admirable mark with twenty- two catches for four touchdowns and three hundred five yards. He was actually among the top key athletes of the Kansas City Chiefs that became part of the All- Star team of the American Football League (AFL). Completing the defense system of the franchise were Buck Buchanan and Jerry Mays who guarded their lines exceptionally. Safeties Bobby Hunt and Johnny Robinson also showed their full potentials.
Green Bay Packers
Even before bagging the title in the first Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers was already in the front lines. However, it does not mean that the team have not experienced a worst season. As a matter of fact, in the whole of the National Football League (NFL), the franchise had the most terrible, so to speak, record. But the situation changed when a certain Vince Lombardi was employed as coach. He started overseeing the club in 1959 where from the beginning, he was determined to obtain the title in the championship tournament. In his office, Fred Thurston was signed in but prior to that, he was already cut from three other groups.
Aside from letting Fred Thurston join the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi also made a trade with the Cleveland Browns. With that, three more athletes were added to the team namely Bill Quinlan, Henry Jordan and Willie Davis. These players actually turned out to be strong men in the defense line of the franchise. The coach’s handwork did not go to vain though as the franchise improved their percentages in the succeeding seasons. A proof to the major improvement was when the club represented the National Football League (NFL) in the Super Bowl I.
The AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL’s Green Bay Packers will always remain in the annals of Super Bowl I history.