Super Bowl I
1967 edition of the Super Bowl / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Bowl I was the first championship game in professional American football. At the time it was called First AFL-NFL World Championship Game.[2] It was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs. The score was 35–10.
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Date | January 15, 1967 (1967-01-15) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Bart Starr, Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Packers by 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Norm Schachter | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 61,946 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current/Future Hall of Famers | |||||||||||||||||||
Chiefs: Hank Stram (coach), Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, Len Dawson, Emmitt Thomas Packers: Vince Lombardi (coach), Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Paul Hornung, Henry Jordan, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Willie Wood | |||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | University of Arizona and University of Michigan Bands | ||||||||||||||||||
Coin toss | Norm Schachter | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | University of Arizona and University of Michigan Bands | ||||||||||||||||||
TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS and NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | CBS: Ray Scott, Jack Whitaker and Frank Gifford NBC: Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman | ||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | CBS: 18.5 (est. 24.43 million viewers)[1] NBC: 22.6 (est. 26.75 million viewers)[1] (Total: 51.18 million viewers)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Market share | CBS: 46 NBC: 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cost of 30-second commercial | $42,000 (Both CBS and NBC) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Super Bowl I was the only Super Bowl in history that was not a sellout in terms of attendance. Of the 94,000 seat capacity in the Coliseum, 33,000 went unsold.[3]
The game was broadcast on NBC and CBS. It is the only Super Bowl to be on two television networks. Each network used its own announcers. Ray Scott, Jack Whitaker, and Frank Gifford were on CBS. Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman were on NBC.