Super Bowl I was the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game, establishing what became the NFL's premier annual event, and remains the only Super Bowl simulcast on two major US networks.
Key Facts
- Final Score
- Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
- Date
- January 15, 1967
- MVP
- Bart Starr (QB, Green Bay Packers)
- Starr Passing Stats
- 16/23, 250 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
- Halftime Score
- Packers 14, Chiefs 10
- Broadcast
- Simulcast on both NBC and CBS
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The AFL–NFL merger agreement of 1966 required a championship game between the two rival leagues' title winners. Intense animosity between the established NFL and the upstart AFL created pressure on both the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, who had won their respective league championships, to prove their league's superiority.
On January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the NFL champion Green Bay Packers faced the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs. After a competitive first half ending 14–10, a Willie Wood interception returned 50 yards sparked a 21-point Packer run in the second half, resulting in a 35–10 Green Bay victory.
The Packers' decisive second-half victory reinforced the prevailing belief in the NFL's superiority over the AFL. The game established the template for the annual AFL–NFL championship, later formalized as the Super Bowl, and its simultaneous broadcast on NBC and CBS set a record as the only Super Bowl simulcast on two major US broadcast networks.