Super Bowl II

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Super Bowl II
Super Bowl II.svg
1234 Total
GB 313107 33
OAK 0707 14
DateJanuary 14, 1968 (1968-01-14)
StadiumMiami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
MVPBart Starr, quarterback
FavoritePackers by 14[1][2]
RefereeJack Vest
Attendance75,546[3]
Current/Future Hall of Famers
Packers: Vince Lombardi (head coach), Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Henry Jordan, Jerry Kramer, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, Bart Starr, Willie Wood
Raiders: Al Davis (owner/general manager), Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda, Willie Brown, Jim Otto, Gene Upshaw
Ceremonies
National anthemGrambling State University Band[4]
Coin tossJack Vest
Halftime showGrambling State University Band[4]
TV in the United States
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersRay Scott, Pat Summerall and Jack Kemp
Nielsen ratings36.8
(est. 39.12 million viewers)
Market share68
Cost of 30-second commercial$54,000
Radio in the United States
NetworkCBS Radio
AnnouncersJack Drees and Tom Hedrick
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The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl II) was an American football game played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33–14. This game and Super Bowl III are the only two Super Bowl games to be played in back-to-back years in the same stadium.

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 Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in the 1967 NFL Championship Game (also popularly known as the Ice Bowl). The Raiders finished the 1967 AFL season at 13–1, and defeated the Houston Oilers, 40–7, in the 1967 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 defensive back 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.

Background[]

The game was awarded to Miami on May 25, 1967, at the owners meetings held in New York City.[1]

Green Bay Packers[]

The Packers advanced to their second straight AFL-NFL World Championship Game, but had a much more difficult time than in the previous season. Both of their starting running backs from the previous year, future Pro Football Hall of Famers Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor, had left the team. Their replacements, Elijah Pitts and Jim Grabowski, both went down with season-ending injuries, forcing Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi to use second-year reserve running back Donny Anderson and rookie Travis Williams. Fullbacks Chuck Mercein and Ben Wilson, who were signed as free agents after being discarded by many other teams, were also used to help compensate for the loss of Hornung and Taylor. Meanwhile, the team's 33-year-old veteran quarterback Bart Starr had missed 4 games during the season with injuries, and finished the season with nearly twice as many interceptions (17) as touchdown passes (9).

The team's deep threat was provided by veteran receivers Carroll Dale, who recorded 35 receptions for 738 yards (a 21.1 average), and 5 touchdowns; and Pro Bowler Boyd Dowler, who had 54 catches for 846 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Packers still had the superb blocking of linemen Jerry Kramer, Fred Thurston and Forrest Gregg. On special teams, Williams returned 18 kickoffs for 749 yards and an NFL record 4 touchdowns, giving him a whopping 41.1 yards per return average. But overall the team ranked just 9th out of 16 NFL teams in scoring with 332 points.

The Packers defense, however, allowed only 209 points, the 3rd best in the NFL. Even this figure was misleading, since Green Bay had yielded only 131 points in the first 11 games (when they clinched their division), the lowest total in professional football. Three members of Green Bay's secondary, the strongest aspect of their defense, were named to the Pro Bowl: defensive backs Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, and Bob Jeter. The Packers also had a superb defensive line led by Henry Jordan and Willie Davis. Behind them, the Packers linebacking core was led by Ray Nitschke.

The Packers won the NFL's Central Division with a 9–4–1 regular season record, clinching the division in the 11th week of the season. During the last three weeks, the Packers gave up an uncharacteristic total of 78 points, after having yielded only about a dozen points per game in their first 11 contests. In the playoffs, Green Bay returned to its dominant form, blowing away their first playoff opponent, the Los Angeles Rams, in the Western Conference Championship Game, 28–7. The next week, Green Bay then came from behind to defeat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game for the second year in a row, in one of the most famous games in NFL lore: The Ice Bowl.

Oakland Raiders[]

The Raiders, led by head coach John Rauch, had stormed to the top of the AFL with a 13–1 regular season record (their only defeat was an October 7 loss to the New York Jets, 27–14), and went on to crush the Houston Oilers, 40–7, in the AFL Championship game. They had led all AFL and NFL teams in scoring with 468 points. And starting quarterback Daryle Lamonica had thrown for 3,228 yards and an AFL-best 30 touchdown passes.

The offensive line was anchored by center Jim Otto and rookie guard Gene Upshaw, along with AFL All-Stars Harry Schuh and Wayne Hawkins. Wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff led the team with 40 receptions for 876 yards, an average of 21.3 yards per catch. On the other side of the field, tight end Billy Cannon caught 32 passes for 629 yards and scored 10 touchdowns. In the backfield, the Raiders had three running backs, Clem Daniels, Hewritt Dixon, and Pete Banaszak, who carried the ball equally and combined for 1,510 yards and 10 touchdowns. On special teams, defensive back Rodger Bird led the AFL with 612 punt return yards and added another 148 yards returning kickoffs.

The main strength of the Raiders was their defense, nicknamed "The 11 Angry Men". The defensive line was anchored by AFL All-Stars Tom Keating and Ben Davidson, a former Packer who played on Green Bay's 1961 championship team. Davidson was an extremely effective pass rusher who had demonstrated his aggressiveness in a regular season game against the New York Jets by breaking the jaw of Jets quarterback Joe Namath while sacking him. Behind them, All AFL linebacker Dan Conners excelled at blitzing and pass coverage, recording 3 interceptions. The Raiders also had two All AFL defensive backs: Willie Brown, who led the team with 7 interceptions, and Kent McCloughan, who had 2 interceptions. Safety Warren Powers recorded 6 interceptions, returning them for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Super Bowl pregame news and notes[]

Despite Oakland's accomplishments, and expert consensus that this was the weakest of all the Packer NFL championship teams, Green Bay was a 14-point favorite to win the Super Bowl. Like the previous year, most fans and sports writers believed that the top NFL teams were superior to the best AFL teams.

Thus, most of the drama and discussions surrounding the game focused not on which team would win, but on the rumors that Lombardi might retire from coaching after the game. The game also proved to be the final one for Packers wide receiver Max McGee, one of the heroes of Super Bowl I, and place kicker Don Chandler.

This was the first Super Bowl to use the Y-shaped goalposts (with one supporting post instead of two) invented by Jim Trimble and Joel Rottman; they had made their debut at the start of the season for both the AFL and NFL, and first appeared at the pro level in Canada.[5]

Media coverage[]

Television[]

The game was televised in the United States by CBS, with Ray Scott handling the play-by-play duties and color commentators Pat Summerall and Jack Kemp in the broadcast booth. Kemp was the first Super Bowl commentator who was still an active player (with Buffalo of the AFL) at the time of the broadcast. The CBS telecast of this game is considered lost; all that survives are in-game photos, most of which were shown in the January 8, 1969 edition of Sports Illustrated. Not even NFL Films, the league's official filmmaker, has a copy of the full game available; however, they do have game footage that they used for their game highlight film.[6][7]

Unlike the previous year's game, Super Bowl II was televised live on only one network, which has been the case for all subsequent Super Bowl games. While the Orange Bowl was sold out for the game, the NFL's unconditional blackout rules in place then prevented the live telecast from being shown in the Miami area.

During the latter part of the second quarter, and again for three minutes of halftime, almost 80 percent of the country (with the exceptions of New York City, Cleveland, Philadelphia and much of the Northeast) lost the video feed of the CBS broadcast. CBS, who had paid $2.5 million for broadcast rights, blamed the glitch on a breakdown in AT&T cable lines.

39.12 million people in the US watched the game on television, resulting in a rating of 36.8 and a market share of 68.[8] The overnight Arbitron rating was 43.[9]

Ceremonies and entertainment[]

The pregame ceremonies featured two giant figures, one dressed as a Packers player and the other dressed as a Raiders player. They appeared on opposite ends of the field and then faced each other near the 50-yard line.

The Grambling State University band performed the national anthem as well as during the halftime show.[4] The same band was part of the halftime show of Super Bowl I the previous year.

This was the first Super Bowl to use the slingshot-style goalposts which were introduced in both the NFL and the AFL this season.

Game summary[]

First quarter[]

On Oakland's first offensive play, Ray Nitschke shot through a gap and literally upended fullback Hewritt Dixon in what was one of Nitschke's signature plays of his entire career. The hit was so vicious, it prompted Jerry Green, a Detroit News columnist sitting in the press box with fellow journalists, to say in a deadpan, that the game was over.[10] The Packers opened up the scoring with Don Chandler's 39-yard field goal after marching 34 yards on their first drive of the game. Meanwhile, the Raiders were forced to punt on their first two possessions.

Second quarter[]

The Packers then started their second possession at their own 3-yard line, and in the opening minutes of the second quarter, they drove 84 yards to the Raiders 13-yard line. However, they once again had to settle for a Chandler field goal to take a 6–0 lead. Later in the period, the Packers took the ball on their own 38-yard line following an Oakland punt. Raider cornerback Kent McCloughan jammed Packer split end Boyd Dowler at the line of scrimmage but then allowed him to head downfield, thinking that a safety would pick him up.[11] However, McCloughan and left safety Howie Williams were both influenced by the Packer backs who were executing a "flood" pattern, with halfback Travis Williams and fullback Ben Wilson running pass routes to the same side as Dowler. Dowler ran a quick post and was wide open down the middle. He grabbed Starr's pass well behind middle linebacker Dan Conners, and right safety Rodger Bird could not get over quickly enough. Dowler outran the defense to score on a 62-yard touchdown reception, increasing the Packer lead to 13–0.

A commemorative Coca-Cola bottle produced in 1994

After being completely dominated until this point, the Raiders offense finally struck back their next possession, advancing 79 yards in 9 plays, and scoring on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Daryle Lamonica to receiver Bill Miller. The score seemed to fire up the Raiders' defense, and they forced the Packers to punt on their next drive. Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12-yard return to Green Bay's 40-yard line, but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda's 47-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts. Oakland's defense again forced Green Bay to punt after 3 plays on the ensuing drive, but this time after calling for a fair catch, Bird fumbled punter Donny Anderson's twisting, left footed kick, and Green Bay's Dick Capp recovered the ball. After 2 incomplete passes, Starr threw a 9-yard completion to Dowler (despite a heavy rush from Ike Lassiter) to set up Chandler's third field goal from the 43 as time expired in the first half, giving the Packers a 16–7 lead.

At halftime, Packers guard Jerry Kramer said to his teammates (referring to Lombardi), "Let's play the last 30 minutes for the old man."[12]

Third quarter[]

Any chance the Raiders might have had to make a comeback seemed to completely vanish in the second half. The Packers had the ball three times in the third quarter, and held it for all but two and a half minutes. On the Packers second drive of the half starting at their own 17, Ben Wilson ripped up the middle for 14 yards on a draw play. Anderson picked up 8 yards on a sweep, and Wilson carried to within inches of the first down. Starr then pulled one of his favorite plays on third down and short yardage, faking to Wilson and completing a 35-yard pass to wide receiver Max McGee who had slipped past three Raiders at the line of scrimmage. This was McGee's only reception of the game, and the final one of his career. Starr then hit Carroll Dale on a sideline route at the Oakland 13. Starr overthrew Donny Anderson wide open in the end zone, but on the next play he rolled out to the right and threw back to Anderson who was tackled on the two by linebacker Gus Otto. The next play was a broken play, as Anderson thought he saw daylight to the right but ran into Starr. The Packers were not rattled, and the line and fullback Ben Wilson wiped out the Raiders on Anderson's 2-yard touchdown run over right tackle, making the score 23–7.

Packer guard Jerry Kramer must have taken to heart his plea to play the second half for Coach Lombardi. On this drive, game films show him blowing Dan Conners out of Wilson's path on the draw play, then flattening Conners again on Anderson's scoring run.

Again the Green Bay defense forced Oakland to go three-and-out, and the Raiders punted. The Packers drove from their own 39 to the Raider 24 and increased their lead to 26–7 as Chandler kicked his fourth field goal (which hit the crossbar from 31 yards out and bounced over).

Fourth quarter[]

Early in the fourth quarter, Starr was knocked out of the game when he jammed the thumb on his throwing hand on a sack by Davidson. (Starr was replaced by Zeke Bratkowski, who was then sacked on his only pass attempt.) But later in the period, the Packers put the game completely out of reach when defensive back Herb Adderley intercepted a pass intended for Fred Biletnikoff and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown, making the score 33–7. Adderley laid back as the Raider end ran a curl route, then dashed in front of him to snare the ball and scored with the help of a crushing downfield block by tackle Ron Kostelnik.

Oakland did manage to score on their next drive after the turnover with a second 23-yard touchdown pass from Lamonica to Miller, set up by Pete Banaszak's 41-yard reception on the previous play. But all the Raiders' second touchdown did was make the final score look remotely more respectable, 33–14.

At the end of the game, coach Lombardi was carried off the field by his victorious Packers in one of the more memorable images of early Super Bowl history. It was in fact Lombardi's last game as Packer coach and his ninth consecutive playoff victory.

Oakland's Bill Miller was the top receiver of the game with 5 receptions for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns. Green Bay fullback Ben Wilson was the leading rusher of the game with 62 yards despite missing most of the fourth quarter while looking for a lost contact lens on the sidelines. Don Chandler ended his Packer career in style with 4 field goals. Lamonica, the game's leading passer, finished with 15 out of 34 pass completions for 208 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Bart Starr completed 13 of 24 (with a couple of dropped passes) for 202 yards and one touchdown; his passer rating for the game was 96.2 to Lamonica's 71.7. The Packers outgained the Raiders in rushing yardage 160 to 107, led in time of possession by 35:54 to 24:06, had no turnovers, and only one penalty. Packer guard Jerry Kramer later recalled the mental mistakes his team made in the game, which only highlights the impossibly high standards held by Lombardi's team.[13] As previously mentioned, this was Lombardi's last game as Green Bay head coach and this was also the final game for Green Bay Packer players Max McGee, Fuzzy Thurston, and Don Chandler.

Box score[]

Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14
1 2 34Total
Packers (NFL) 3 13 10733
Raiders (AFL) 0 7 0714

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: January 14, 1968
  • Game time: 3:05 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), partly cloudy[14]
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP GB OAK
1 9:53 9 34 3:51 GB 39-yard field goal by Don Chandler 3 0
2 11:52 16 84 8:40 GB 20-yard field goal by Chandler 6 0
2 10:50 1 62 :11 GB Boyd Dowler 62-yard touchdown reception from Bart Starr, Chandler kick good 13 0
2 6:15 9 78 4:35 OAK Bill Miller 23-yard touchdown reception from Daryle Lamonica, George Blanda kick good 13 7
2 0:01 3 9 :22 GB 43-yard field goal by Chandler 16 7
3 5:54 11 82 4:41 GB Donny Anderson 2-yard touchdown run, Chandler kick good 23 7
3 0:02 8 37 4:47 GB 31-yard field goal by Chandler 26 7
4 11:03 GB Interception returned 60 yards for touchdown by Herb Adderley, Chandler kick good 33 7
4 9:13 4 74 1:50 OAK Miller 23-yard touchdown reception from Lamonica, Blanda kick good 33 14
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 33 14

Final statistics[]

Sources:The NFL's Official Encyclopedic History of Professional Football, (1973), p. 139, Macmillan Publishing Co. New York, NY, LCCN 73-3862, NFL.com Super Bowl II, Super Bowl II Play Finder GB, Super Bowl II Play Finder Oak

Statistical comparison[]

Green Bay Packers Oakland Raiders
First downs 19 16
First downs rushing 11 5
First downs passing 7 10
First downs penalty 1 1
Third down efficiency 5/16 3/11
Fourth down efficiency 1/1 0/0
Net yards rushing 160 107
Rushing attempts 41 20
Yards per rush 3.9 5.4
Passing – Completions/attempts 13/24 15/34
Times sacked-total yards 4–40 3–22
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Net yards passing 162 186
Total net yards 322 293
Punt returns-total yards 5–35 3–12
Kickoff returns-total yards 3–49 7–127
Interceptions-total return yards 1–60 0–0
Punts-average yardage 6–39.0 6–44.0
Fumbles-lost 0–0 3–2
Penalties-total yards 1–12 4–31
Time of possession 35:54 24:06
Turnovers 0 3

Individual statistics[]

Packers Passing
C/ATT1 Yds TD INT Rating
Bart Starr 13/24 202 1 0 96.2
Packers Rushing
Car2 Yds TD LG3 Yds/Car
Ben Wilson 17 62 0 13 3.65
Donny Anderson 14 48 1 8 3.43
Travis Williams 8 36 0 18 4.50
Bart Starr 1 14 0 14 14.00
Chuck Mercein 1 0 0 0 0.00
Packers Receiving
Rec4 Yds TD LG3 Target5
Carroll Dale 4 43 0 17 6
Marv Fleming 4 35 0 11 7
Boyd Dowler 2 71 1 62 4
Donny Anderson 2 18 0 12 4
Max McGee 1 35 0 35 2
Travis Williams 0 0 0 0 1
Raiders Passing
C/ATT1 Yds TD INT Rating
Daryle Lamonica 15/34 208 2 1 71.7
Raiders Rushing
Car2 Yds TD LG3 Yds/Car
Hewritt Dixon 12 54 0 15 4.50
Larry Todd 2 37 0 32 18.50
Pete Banaszak 6 16 0 5 2.67
Raiders Receiving
Rec4 Yds TD LG3 Target5
Bill Miller 5 84 2 23 6
Pete Banaszak 4 69 0 41 7
Billy Cannon 2 25 0 15 5
Fred Biletnikoff 2 10 0 6 5
Warren Wells 1 17 0 17 2
Hewritt Dixon 1 3 0 3 7
Larry Todd 0 0 0 0 1

1Completions/attempts 2Carries 3Long gain 4Receptions 5Times targeted

Records Set[]

The following records were set or tied in Super Bowl II, according to the official NFL.com boxscore[15] and the ProFootball reference.com game summary.[16] Some records have to meet NFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized.[17] The minimums are shown (in parenthesis).

Player Records Set[16]
Most points scored, game 15 (4 FG 3 PAT) Don Chandler (Green Bay)
Most points scored, career 20 (4 FG 8 PAT)
Longest scoring play 62 yd reception Boyd Dowler (Green Bay)
Passing Records
Most attempts, game 34 Daryle Lamonica (Oakland)
Most attempts, career 47 Bart Starr (Green Bay)
Most completions, career 29
Highest completion
percentage, career, (40 attempts)
61.7% (29-47)
Highest passer rating,
career, (40 attempts)
103.8
Most passing yards, career 452 yds
Longest pass 62 yds (TD)
Highest average gain,
career (40 attempts)
9.6 yds (452-47)
Fewest interceptions 0
Most attempts, without
interception, game
24
Lowest percentage, passes
had intercepted, career, (40 attempts)
2.1% (1-47)
Most touchdown passes, career 3
Rushing Records
Most yards, game 62 yds Ben Wilson (Green Bay)
Most yards, career 62 yds
Longest run from scrimmage 32 yards Larry Todd (Oakland)
Highest average gain,
game (10 attempts)
4.5 yds (54-12) Hewritt Dixon (Oakland)
Receiving Records
Longest Reception 62 yds Boyd Dowler
Longest Touchdown Reception 62 yds
Most receptions, career 8 Max McGee (Green Bay)
Most yards, career 173 yds
Highest average gain, career (8 receptions) 21.6 yards (8-173)
Combined yardage records
Most yards gained, career 173 yds Max McGee
Fumbles
Most fumbles recovered, game 1 Dick Capp (Green Bay)
Dave Robinson (Green Bay)
J. R. Williamson (Oakland)
Most fumbles recovered, career 1
Defense
Most interception yards gained, game 60 yds Herb Adderley (Green Bay)
Most interception yards gained, career 60 yds
Longest interception return 60 yds
Most interceptions returned for td, game 1
Most sacks, game 3 Willie Davis (Green Bay)
Most sacks, career 4.5
Special Teams
Highest punting average, game (4 punts) 44.0 yds (6-264) Mike Eischeid (Oakland)
Most punt returns, game 5 Willie Wood (Green Bay)
Most punt returns, career 6
Most punt return yards gained, game 35 yds
Most punt return yards gained, career 33 yds
Longest punt return 31 yds
Highest average, punt return
yardage, career (4 returns)
5.5 yds (33-6)
Most field goals attempted, game 4 Don Chandler
Most field goals attempted, career 4
Most field goals made, game 4
Most field goals made, career 4
Most 40-plus yard field goals, game 1
Longest field goal 43 yds
Most (one point) extra points, career 8
Player Records Tied
Most interceptions, game 1 Herb Adderley
Most interceptions, career 1
Most fumbles, game 1 Pete Banaszak (Oakland)
Warren Wells (Oakland)
Rodger Bird

(Oakland)

Most fumbles, career 1
Most punts, career 7 Donny Anderson (Green Bay)
Most touchdown passes, game 2 Daryle Lamonica
Most interceptions thrown, game 1
Most interceptions thrown, career 1
Most rushing attempts, game 17 Ben Wilson
Most rushing attempts, career 17
Most receiving touchdowns, game 2 Bill Miller (Oakland)
Most receiving touchdowns, career 2
Most touchdowns, career 2
  • † This category includes rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns.[18]
  • ‡ Sacks an official statistic since Super Bowl XVII by the NFL. Sacks are listed as "Tackled Attempting to Pass" in the official NFL box score for Super Bowl II.[15][19]
Team Records Set[16]
Most Super Bowl appearances 2 Packers
Most Super Bowl victories 2
Most consecutive Super Bowl appearances 2
Most consecutive Super Bowl victories 2
Points
Smallest margin of victory 19 pts Packers
Most points scored, first half 16 pts
Most points, second quarter 13 pts
Largest halftime margin 9 pts
Largest lead, end of 3rd quarter 19 pts
Fewest points, first half 7 pts Raiders
Touchdowns, Field Goals
Most touchdowns, losing team 2 Raiders
Longest touchdown scoring drive 82 yds Packers
Most field goals attempted 4
Most field goals made 4
Rushing
Most rushing attempts 41 Packers
Most rushing yards (net) 160 yds
Highest average gain
per rush attempt
5.35 yds Raiders
(107-20)
Passing
Most passing attempts 34 Raiders
Fewest passes completed 13 Packers
Lowest completion percentage
(20 attempts)
44.1% Raiders
(15-34)
Fewest yards passing (net) 162 yds Packers
Fewest times intercepted 0
First Downs
Fewest first downs 16 Raiders
Most first downs rushing 11 Packers
Fewest first downs passing 7 Packers
Defense
Most yards gained by
interception return
60 Packers
Most touchdowns scored by
interception return
1
Most yards allowed in a win 293
Fumbles
Most fumbles, game 3 Raiders
Most fumbles lost, game 2
Most fumbles recovered, game 2 Packers
Turnovers
Most turnovers, game 3 Raiders
Fewest turnovers, game 0 Packers
Kickoff returns
Most kickoff returns, game 7 Raiders
Fewest yards gained, game 49 yds Packers
Punting
Lowest average, game (4 punts) 39.0 yds Packers
(234-6)
Punt returns
Most punt returns, game 5 Packers
Most yards gained, game 35 yds
Fewest yards gained, game 12 yds Raiders
Highest average return yardage,
game (3 returns)
7.0 yds Packers
(35-5)
Penalties
Fewest penalties, game 1 Packers
Fewest yards penalized, game 12 yds
Team Records Tied
Most points, fourth quarter 7 pts Packers
Raiders
Most first downs, penalty 1
Most Super Bowl losses 1 Raiders
Fewest rushing touchdowns 0
Most times intercepted 1
Most passing touchdowns 2
Fewest punt returns, game 3
Most penalties, game 4
Fewest times sacked 3
Fewest passing touchdowns 1 Packers
Most Interceptions by 1
Fewest kickoff returns, game 3

Turnovers are defined as the number of times losing the ball on interceptions and fumbles.

Records Set, both team totals[16]
Total Green
Bay
Oakland
Points, Both Teams
Most points 47 pts 33 14
Fewest points scored, first half 23 pts 16 7
Most points scored, second half 24 pts 17 7
Most points, second quarter 20 pts 13 7
Most points, fourth quarter 14 pts 7 7
Field Goals, Extra Points, Both Teams
Most field goals attempted 5 4 1
Most field goals made 4 4 0
Fewest (one point) PATs 5 (3-3) (2-2)
Net yards, Both Teams
Most net yards,
rushing and passing
615 yds 322 293
Rushing, Both Teams
Most rushing attempts 61 41 20
Most rushing yards (net) 267 yds 160 107
Passing, Both Teams
Most passing attempts 58 24 34
Fewest yards passing (net) 348 yds 162 186
Fewest times intercepted 1 0 1
First Downs, Both Teams
Fewest first downs 35 19 16
Most first downs rushing 16 11 5
Fewest first downs, passing 17 7 10
Most first downs, penalty 2 1 1
Defense, Both Teams
Fewest sacks by 7 4 3
Fewest interceptions by 1 1 0
Most yards gained by
interception return
60 yds 60 0
Fumbles, Both Teams
Most fumbles 3 0 3
Most fumbles lost 2 0 2
Turnovers, Both Teams
Most Turnovers 3 0 3
Kickoff returns, Both Teams
Most kickoff returns 10 3 7
Fewest yards gained 176 yds 49 127
Punting, Both Teams
Most punts, game 12 6 6
Punt returns, Both Teams
Most punt returns, game 8 5 3
Most yards gained, game 47 yds 35 12
Penalties, Both Teams
Fewest penalties, game 5 1 4
Fewest yards penalized 43 12 31
Records Tied, both team totals
Most passing touchdowns 3 1 2

Starting lineups[]

Source:[20][21]

Hall of Fame‡

Green Bay Position Oakland
Offense
Boyd Dowler SE Bill Miller
Bob Skoronski LT Bob Svihus
Gale Gillingham LG Gene Upshaw
Ken Bowman C Jim Otto
Jerry Kramer RG Wayne Hawkins
Forrest Gregg RT Harry Schuh
Marv Fleming TE Billy Cannon
Carroll Dale FL Fred Biletnikoff
Bart Starr QB Daryle Lamonica
Donny Anderson HB Pete Banaszak
Ben Wilson FB Hewritt Dixon
Defense
Willie Davis LE Ike Lassiter
Ron Kostelnik LT Dan Birdwell
Henry Jordan RT Tom Keating
Lionel Aldridge RE Ben Davidson
Dave Robinson LLB Bill Laskey
Ray Nitschke MLB Dan Conners
Lee Roy Caffey RLB Gus Otto
Herb Adderley LCB Kent McCloughan
Bob Jeter RCB Willie Brown
Tom Brown LS Warren Powers
Willie Wood RS Howie Williams
Special Teams
Don Chandler K George Blanda
Donny Anderson P Mike Eischeid

Officials[]

  • Referee: Jack Vest (AFL)
  • Umpire: Ralph Morcroft (NFL)
  • Head Linesman: Tony Veteri (AFL)
  • Line Judge: Bruce Alford (NFL)
  • Back Judge: Stan Javie (NFL)
  • Field Judge: Bob Baur (AFL)

Alternates

  • Referee Ben Dreith (AFL)

Note: A seven-official system was not used until 1978

See also[]

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  • Gruver, Edward (2002). Nitschke. Lanham, MD.:Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 1-58979-127-4
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