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| Date | January 14, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bart Starr, quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Packers by 14[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Vest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,546[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| National anthem | Grambling College Band[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Jack Vest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Grambling College Band[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott, Pat Summerall, and Jack Kemp | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 36.8 (est. 39.12 million viewers) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $54,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jack Drees, Tom Hedrick | ||||||||||||||||||
The second AFL–NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl II)[6] was an American football game played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.[1] The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33–14. This game and the following year's are the only two Super Bowls played in the same stadium in consecutive seasons.
Coming into the game, much like during the first Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans believed that any team in the NFL was vastly superior to any club in the AFL. The Packers, the defending champions, posted a 9–4–1 record during the 1967 NFL season before defeating the Los Angeles Rams 28–7 in the first round of the playoffs, then outlasted the Dallas Cowboys 21–17 in the frigid NFL Championship Game (popularly known as the Ice Bowl). The Raiders finished the regular season at 13–1, then defeated the Houston Oilers 40–7 in the AFL Championship Game.
As expected, Green Bay dominated Oakland throughout the majority of Super Bowl II. The Raiders could only score two touchdown passes from quarterback Daryle Lamonica. Meanwhile, Packers kicker Don Chandler made four field goals, including three in the first half, while cornerback Herb Adderley had a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown that put the game away. Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr was named the MVP for the second straight time, becoming the first back-to-back Super Bowl MVP for his 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown.
The Packers won their third consecutive World Championship, the second such occasion in NFL history (the 1929–31 Green Bay Packers did it first). The 1965-67 Packers became the first and only team to win three consecutive championship games, as there were no NFL playoff games from 1920 to 1932. No NFL team has accomplished this feat since.
- ^ a b "Facts, figure on Super Bowl". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. January 14, 1968. p. 46 – via Google News.
- ^ DiNitto, Marcus (January 25, 2015). "Super Bowl Betting History – Underdogs on Recent Roll". The Linemakers. Sporting News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "Super Bowl History". Vegas Insider. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "Super Bowl Winners". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
SB_Entertainmentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "What to name the Super Bowl? Rozelle asks newsmen to help". Fort Scott Tribune. (Kansas). Associated Press. May 26, 1967. p. 8.