We present them here for purely educational purposes. Some of the greatest NFL games have occurred in adverse weather, including the 2001 AFC Divisional Game in New England during a snow storm, and the 1967 "Ice Bowl" at Lambeau Field where the temperature was -15 degrees F with a wind chill of -48 degrees! All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.
"[30], The game became known as the Ice Bowl because of the brutally cold conditions. Only time will tell if Sunday's game joins this illustrious list of icy showdowns. A football lifer, he spent seven additional seasons as an assistant coach under Landry and then 23 more as a head coach with Denver, the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.
Aviation Weather [88] Don Meredith would never win a championship, but he would later become more famous as an announcer for Monday Night Football than he had been as a player. That game was not in Green Bay, however, but 120 miles closer to the equator in Milwaukee. However, during warm-ups in the brutal cold, the woodwind instruments froze and would not play; the mouthpieces of brass instruments got stuck to the players' lips; and seven members of the band were transported to local hospitals for hypothermia. 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 humbly labeled, "The Greatest Game Ever Played. There were no penalties called on either team during the final Packer drive. Join our linker program. Fire Weather [62] At the conclusion of the game, jubilant Packer fans streamed onto the field knocking over Packer and Cowboy players alike. "[80] In reality, the play Green recalled in which Starr threw a pass behind Donny Anderson happened back in the first quarter; but the call was defensive holding (Willie Townes held tight end Marv Fleming), a 5-yard penalty, and the infraction occurred before Starr threw the pass. First, Starr lost a fumble while being sacked by Cowboys lineman Willie Townes. On the next play, he bullied his way on an eight-yard run to the 3. The Ice Bowl. Remembering 'The Ice Bowl' (0:53) Packers legends Bart Starr, Jerry Kramer and Ken Bowman reflect on the classic 1967 NFL championship game, dubbed The Ice Bowl for its sub-zero temperatures. "I think Lombardi gave me two compliments in 50 some games under his reign. But the unforgiving weather did not discriminate according to geographical place of birth. Starr used this tip to complete two passes to Anderson for 12 and 9 yards, gaining a key first down on the Dallas 30. NFL Films produced two highlight films of the Ice Bowl itself, one called "A Chilling Championship" narrated by William Woodson, and another version which was the NFL Game of the Week with a different narrator.
This is one beautiful man. That Gifford-Meredith interview touched two important viewers in New York. In their last offensive drive, the Packers took possession at their own 32-yard line with 4:50 left in regulation time.
Lilly said the Cowboys knew that play was coming. It didn't take long for "Ice Bowl" to catch traction. Possible headline: "Ice Bowl" falls prey to "As The World Turns. The overall weather pattern during the month of December 1967 underwent a rather dramatic "second half adjustment." And most of all, they will be remembered as a group of men who faced the greatest challenge their sport has ever produced—and conquered. Then Starr called a play he had kept ready for the right situation, 54-Give, a play that Lombardi frankly called the "sucker" play in the Packer playbook. Gifford wrote that the interview attracted considerable attention, and that Meredith's forthcoming and introspective responses played a part in his selection for ABC's Monday Night Football telecasts three years later.
As for when he tried again on the next play, "I had no traction," he lamented.
The young Cowboys running back from Georgia, who played college football at South Carolina, slipped in the third quarter while trying to get outside to run a sweep. He knew I had played a big game under the conditions and had made some key plays in the drive.". At age 78, the former defensive tackle can still pinpoint the day in his Hall of Fame Cowboys career that forced him to abandon his guilty pleasure. [56][57] The play was a short yardage play using a double-team block to force an opening for the fullback. In the Western Conference, the Packers hosted the Los Angeles Rams (11–1–2), the Coastal Division champions (with the league's best record). Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 6:49AM.
Among the teams that expressed interest in Mercein were Washington, the Cowboys and the Packers. Comparisons to the legendary 1967 Ice Bowl are inevitable when the mercury dips below zero at Lambeau Field. It was introduced, however, the previous weekend to describe conditions at a playoff game on Dec. 23 between the Packers and the Los Angeles Rams.
Take a look at the top 10 photos of the week. Temperature at kickoff was 13 degrees below zero. (AP Photo by Vernon J. Biever), Dallas Cowboys defensive back Dick Daniels (21) and Hall of Fame wide receiver Bob Hayes (22) seek warmth on the sidelines during the 1967 NFL Championship Game at Green Bay, Dec. 31, 1967. Storm Spotters It had Vince Lombardi's Packers and Tom Landry's Cowboys battling down to the game's final plays against a backdrop of visuals for which filmmakers pray. The upper level flow during the first half of the month was characterized by a "split flow" regime. Ice Bowl tales are replete with examples of just how cold it was during the game. The next season, Arledge added Gifford. There was offensive right tackle Forrest Gregg who played at SMU; linebacker Lee Roy Caffey from Texas A&M; and running back Donny Anderson from Texas Tech. "It's not the memory people always want to talk about," Reeves said. All rights reserved. He has spent five decades in search of a witness to corroborate his sighting. Mercein told Starr he was also open on the left, and Starr flipped him a pass that the fullback carried down to the Cowboys 11-yard line and out of bounds with 1:11 to play.
[citation needed], The Vegas betting line listed the Packers as 6 1⁄2 point favorites.
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