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Jan 15, 1967:
Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl
On this day in 1967, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay
Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever world
championship game of American football.
In the mid-1960s, the intense competition for players and fans
between the National Football League (NFL) and the upstart
American Football League (AFL) led to talks of a possible merger.
It was decided that the winners of each league's championship
would meet each year in a single game to determine the "world
champion of football."
In that historic first game--played before a non-sell-out crowd
of 61,946 people--Green Bay scored three touchdowns in the second
half to defeat Kansas City 35-10. Led by MVP quarterback Bart
Starr, the Packers benefited from Max McGee's stellar receiving
and a key interception by safety Willie Wood. For their win, each
member of the Packers collected $15,000: the largest single-game
share in the history of team sports.
Postseason college games were known as "bowl" games, and AFL
founder Lamar Hunt suggested that the new pro championship be
called the "Super Bowl." The term was officially introduced in
1969, along with roman numerals to designate the individual
games. In 1970, the NFL and AFL merged into one league with two
conferences, each with 13 teams. Since then, the Super Bowl has
been a face-off between the winners of the American Football
Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) for
the NFL championship and the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy, named
for the legendary Packers coach who guided his team to victory in
the first two Super Bowls.
Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial American holiday,
complete with parties, betting pools and excessive consumption of
food and drink. On average, 80 to 90 million people are tuned
into the game on TV at any given moment, while some 130-140
million watch at least some part of the game. The commercials
shown during the game have become an attraction in themselves,
with TV networks charging as much as $2.5 million for a 30-second
spot and companies making more expensive, high-concept ads each
year. The game itself has more than once been upstaged by its
elaborate pre-game or halftime entertainment, most recently in
2004 when Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction"
resulted in a $225,000 fine for the TV network airing the game,
CBS, and tighter controls on televised indecency.
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