Super Bowl|Super Bowl II

January 15, 1967

This game was the first ever championship contest between the established NFL and the upstart AFL, with Green Bay representing the old guard and Kansas City representing the new.

The game was a close contest in the first half, with Green Bay drawing first blood on a 37-yard pass from quarterback Bart Starr to receiver Max McGee in the first quarter. The Chiefs answered with a touchdown of their own on a 7-yard toss from Chiefs QB Len Dawson to receiver Curtis McClinton. At halftime, the score stood at 14-10 in Green Bay's favor.

The Chiefs lost steam after the halftime break, however, and Green Bay scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to put them on top, 35-10.

Attendance for this first championship game was 61,946. Bart Starr was named the MVP for the game. The Packers each received $15,000 and the Chiefs $7,500, which at the time set a record for a single game payout.

Vince Lombardi was head coach for the Packers, while Hank Stram coached the Chiefs.

Statistics (from www.superbowl.com):

                           SCORING
Kansas City             0 10  0  0 -- 10
Green Bay               7  7 14  7 -- 35

GB-  McGee 37 pass from Starr (Chandler kick),
     8:56 1st
KC-  McClinton 7 pass from Dawson (Mercer kick),
     4:20 2nd
GB-  Taylor 14 run  (Chandler kick), 10:23 2nd
KC-  FG Mercer 31, 14:06 2nd
GB-  Pitts 5 run  (Chandler kick),  2:27 3rd
GB-  McGee 13 pass from Starr (Chandler kick),
     14:09 3rd
GB-  Pitts 1 run  (Chandler kick),  8:25 4th

TEAM STATISTICS                K.C.           G.B.
Total First Downs                17             21	
  Rushing                         4             10
  Passing                        12             11
  Penalty                         1              0
Total Net Yardage               239            361
Total Offensive Plays            57             61
  Average Gain per Off. Play    4.2            5.9
Rushes                           19             34
  Yards Gained Rushing (Net)     72            133
  Average Yards per Rush        3.8            3.9
Passes Attempted                 32             24
  Passes Completed               17             16
  Had Intercepted                 1              1
  Tackled Attempting to Pass      6              3
  Yards Lost Attempting to Pass  61             22
  Yards Gained Passing (Net)    167            228
Punts                             7              4
  Average Distance             45.3           43.3
Punt Returns                      3              4
  Punt Return Yardage            19             23
Kickoff Returns                   6              3
  Kickoff Return Yardage        130             65
Interception Return Yardage       0             50
Fumbles                           1              1
  Own Fumbles Recovered           1              1
  Opponent Fumbles Recovered      0              0
Penalties                         4              4
  Yards Penalized                26             40
Total Points Scored              10             35
Touchdowns                        1              5
  Rushing                         0              3
  Passing                         1              2
  Returns                         0              0
Extra Points                      1              5
Field Goals                       1              0
  Field Goals Attempted           2              0
Safeties                          0              0
Third Down Efficiency          3/13          11/15
Fourth Down Efficiency          0/0            0/0
Time of Possession            28:35          31:25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Kansas City             No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Dawson                   3        24      15     0
Garrett                  6        17       9     0
McClinton                6        16       6     0
Beathard                 1        14      14     0
Coan                     3         1       3     0

Green Bay               No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Taylor                  17        56      14t    1
Pitts                   11        45      12     2
D. Anderson              4        30      13     0
Grabowski                2         2       2     0


Passing
Kansas City        Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Dawson              27      16     211     1     1
Beathard             5       1      17     0     0

Green Bay          Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Starr               23      16     250     2     1
Bratkowski           1       0       0     0     0


Receiving
Kansas City         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Burford              4        67      27     0
Taylor               4        57      31     0
Garrett              3        28      17     0
McClinton            2        34      27     1
Arbanas              2        30      18     0
Carolan              1         7       7     0
Coan                 1         5       5     0

Green Bay           No.      Yds.     LG    TD
McGee                7       138      37t    2
Dale                 4        59      25     0
Pitts                2        32      22     0
Fleming              2        22      11     0
Taylor               1        -1       1     0


Interceptions
Kansas City         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Mitchell             1         0       0     0

Green Bay           No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Wood                 1        50      50     0


Punting
Kansas City         No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Wilson               7        45.3    61     0

Green Bay           No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Chandler             3        43.3    50     0
D. Anderson          1        43.0    43     0


Punt Returns
Kansas City        No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Garrett             2     0      17     9    0
Em. Thomas          1     0       2     2    0

Green Bay          No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
D. Anderson         3     0      25    15    0
Wood                1     1      -2     2    0


Kickoff Returns
Kansas City        No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Coan                4        87      31     0
Garrett             2        43      23     0

Green Bay          No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Adderley            2        40      20     0
D. Anderson         1        25      25     0
   

Kansas City Chiefs          Green Bay Packers       
                   ==  Offense  ==                     
Frazier, Wayne       C  Curry, Bill        C 
Budde, Ed            G  Kramer, Jerry      G 
Merz, Curt           G  Thurston, Fuzzy    G 
Hill, Dave H.        T  Gregg, Forrest     T 
Tyrer, Jim           T  Skoronski, Bob     T 
Arbanas, Fred       TE  Fleming, Marv      TE
Burford, Chris      WR  Dale, Carroll      WR
Taylor, Otis        WR  Dowler, Boyd       WR
Garrett, Mike L.    RB  Pitts, Elijah      RB
McClinton, Curtis   RB  Taylor, Jim        RB
Dawson, Len         QB  Starr, Bart        QB

                   ==  Defense  ==                      
Buchanan, Buck      DT  Jordan, Henry      DT 
Rice, Andy          DT  Kostelnik, Ron     DT 
Hurston, Chuck      DE  Aldridge, Lionel   DE 
Mays, Jerry A.      DE  Davis, Willie      DE 
Bell, Bobby Sr.    OLB  Caffey, Lee Roy   OLB
Holub, E.J.        OLB  Robinson, Dave    OLB
Headrick, Sherrill MLB  Nitschke, Ray     MLB
Mitchell, Willie    CB  Adderley, Herb     CB 
Williamson, Fred    CB  Jeter, Bob         CB 
Robinson, Johnny    FS  Wood, Willie       FS 
Hunt, Bobby         SS  Brown, Thomas W.   SS 

             ==  Substitute  ==                    
Abell, Harry            Anderson, Donny            
Beathard, Pete          Anderson, Bill             
Biodrowski, Dennis      Bowman, Ken                
Brown, Aaron L.         Bratkowski, Zeke           
Carolan, Reggie         Brown, Robert Ed           
Coan, Bert              Chandler, Don              
Corey, Walter           Crutcher, Tommy            
DiMidio, Tony           Gillingham, Gale           
Gilliam, Jon            Grabowski, Jim             
Mercer, Mike            Hart, Doug                 
Pitts, Frank            Hathcock, David            
Ply, Bobby              Long, Bob A.               
Reynolds, Al            Mack, Red                  
Smith, Fletcher         McGee, Max                 
Stover, Smokey          Vandersea, Phil1ip         
Thomas, Emmitt          Weatherwax, James          
Thomas, Eugene          Wright, Stephen            
Wilson, Jerrel             

             ==  Did Not Play  ==                   
                        Hornung, Paul              

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