 Lambeau Field, the site of the game, in 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bart Starr (Quarterback; Green Bay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Packers by 6½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Norm Schachter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,861 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott (1st half) & Jack Buck (2nd half) (play by play), Frank Gifford (color commentator), and Pat Summerall & Tom Brookshier (sideline reporters) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Radio in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS (national) KLIF (Dallas) WTMJ (Milwaukee) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jack Drees, Jim Morse (CBS) Bill Mercer, Blackie Sherrod (KLIF) Ted Moore, Chuck Johnson (WTMJ) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1967 NFL Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1][2]
It determined the NFL's champion, which met the AFL's champion in Super Bowl II, then formally referred to as the second AFL–NFL World Championship Game. The Dallas Cowboys (9–5), champions of the Eastern Conference, traveled north to meet the Western champion Green Bay Packers (9–4–1), the two-time defending league champions. It was a rematch of the previous year's title game, and pitted two future Hall of Fame head coaches against each other, Tom Landry for the Cowboys and Vince Lombardi for the Packers. The two head coaches had a long history together, as both had coached together on the staff of the late 1950s New York Giants, with Lombardi serving as offensive coordinator and Landry as defensive coordinator.
Because of the adverse conditions in which the game was played, the rivalry between the two teams, and the game's dramatic climax, it has been immortalized as the Ice Bowl and is considered one of the greatest games in NFL history. NFL 100 Greatest Games ranked this game as the 3rd greatest game of all time. It is still the coldest game ever played in NFL history.
Leading up to the 50th Anniversary of the game, NFL Films released an episode of its Timeline series about the events that day and the lasting impact. The episode is narrated and co-produced[3] by filmmaker Michael Meredith, whose father Don Meredith was the quarterback for the Cowboys that day.
- ^ Strickler, George (January 1, 1968). "Packers win, 21–17, in last seconds!". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, section 3.
- ^ Lea, Bud (January 1, 1968). "Packers topple Dallas, 21–17". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ "King: The Eagles look very beatable; Week 16 MMQB". SI.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.