NFL: Super Bowl Memories - running documentary (1 to 57)

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-09-23, 08:17 PM

Will list anything that I consider to be noteworthy. Things that I forgot etc.

SB 1
*Each winning player received $15,000 bonus. Pretty good $$ at the time.
*Facenda says that 65 Million viewers watched the game. A record at that time.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-09-23, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Will list anything that I consider to be noteworthy. Things that I forgot etc.

SB 1
*Each winning player received $15,000 bonus. Pretty good $$ at the time.
*Facenda says that 65 Million viewers watched the game. A record at that time.

Chiefs actually scored first, 7-0. Don't think I would have remembered that.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-09-23, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Chiefs actually scored first, 7-0. Don't think I would have remembered that.

Max McGee replaced starting WR Boyd Dowler after Dowler was injured.
...If you believe the legend, McGee was out drinking the night before. McGee didn't expect to play, he was hung over.

On the first TD catch, McGee showed unusual dexterity to reach back and catch it. Thanks to the Demon Run?

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-09-23, 08:50 PM

1966 Packers = best BLOCKING team ever?

Show me a better blocking team.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-09-23, 09:18 PM

Super Bowl 2: Packers vs Raiders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kItecyQAFA

Good trivia Q: *Who was the Raider Head Coach in SB2?

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:40 AM

Super Bowl 3: Jets vs Colts

Has any player gotten more mileage out of one game (than Namath)?

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:45 AM

Dick Schaap told a story about covering Super Bowl 3:

*Morning of the game, Schaap got up early and ate breakfast. He was walking the street and with his head down he was reviewing his game notes. He hears "Hey, Dick."

It breaks his concentration. Dick looks up and says "Hi, Joe."

Schaap stops in his tracks. Hey, that's Joe Namath. Namath had a girl in his arm and was just coming in from the previous night out.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:48 AM

Read about the Jet gameplan. Namath knew that it was going to be tough to run against the Colt flank with Bubba Smith and Mike Curtis. If possible, Namath wanted to scheme away from that side.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:55 AM

Super Bowl 3 sticks out for so many reasons. I would boil it down to better execution at two positions:

*Quarterback

*Kicker

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 12:03 PM

Namath in SB3 = best Field General performance ever?

After a Colt fumble early in the 3rd qtr, Jets controlled the ball for 12 of the 15 minutes in the quarter. Namath was so precise on the short passing game.

Two Turner Field Goals. Jets 13-0 after three quarters.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 12:07 PM

It took Shula til the 4th qtr to yank Morrall in place of Johnny Unitas. Unitas must have been pretty banged up. Otherwise, why wait so long?

I know that Unitas had lobbied to start this game. But it made no sense, given the great season Morrall had en route to the MVP award.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 12:10 PM

Another Turner FG, 16-0. One key rule to acknowledge:

*NFL/AFL merger was not fully complete until 1970.

In order to play this game, the two leagues had to agree to two rule compromises:
1) The ball was brown leather. Not the multi-color ball that the AFL used.
2) No two-point conversion. 2pt try was being used by the AFL, but not the NFL.

Ergo, 8+8 could not eclipse the 16-point lead. Was going to take three Colt scores.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 12:17 PM

The Colt errors were too much:
*Two missed Field Goals
*Five turnovers, most in the redzone

You only play the game once. Namath goes off with the indelible image of waving the #1 finger.

**19th Hole** · 02-10-23, 05:31 PM

Great stuff Chucky...
Always a pleasure to retrace the the walk of champions.

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**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 10:00 PM

SB 4: Chiefs vs Vikings

Game will be remembered for the Hank Stram quotes.

"Come on, Lenny. Pump in there, baby. Matriculate the ball down the field, boys."

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 10:02 PM

SB 5: Colts vs Cowboys

Two years after the heavily-favored Colts came up short against the Jets.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 10:06 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

SB 5: Colts vs Cowboys

Two years after the heavily-favored Colts came up short against the Jets.

This game might rate as one of the choppiest Super Bowls ever. Miscues aplenty on both sides.

Cowboys argued that the long TD pass to Mackey should have been dis-allowed based on Colt tipping it to another Colt. But DB Cornell Green probably deflected the ball.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 10:13 PM

Unitas subbed in for Morrall in SB3. But the script was flipped in SB5. Morrall replaced an injured Unitas.

Two very good defenses. Wound up being a defensive struggle.

Colts actually turned it over SEVEN times...and still won. Mike Curtis INT set up Colts for Game-winning FG at the gun.

No great offensive stats in this game. Only Super Bowl where the game MVP came from the losing side. LB Chuck Howley for his two INTs.

Bob Lilly summed it up well. After the gun, he tossed his helmet about thirty yards.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:56 PM

SB 6: Cowboys vs Dolphins

*Cowboys: returned to SB after losing SB 5.
*Dolphins: franchise in only their fourth year of existence.

Cowboy had an amazing list of veterans on the roster:
*Forrest Gregg
*Herb Adderley
*Mike Ditka
*Lance Alworth

Note that Craig Morton started SB5. After dual QB play in 1971, Staubach had started the nine previous games b4 SB6.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-10-23, 11:59 PM

Early in the game, the Dallas pass rush secured an amazing 29-yard sack secured by Lilly.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 12:06 AM

Props to the Dallas rushing game. 250 rush yards to dominate the game.

**jackpot269** · 02-11-23, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Will list anything that I consider to be noteworthy. Things that I forgot etc.

SB 1
*Each winning player received $15,000 bonus. Pretty good $$ at the time.
*Facenda says that 65 Million viewers watched the game. A record at that time.

Superbowl 1 was not a sale out. There was less than 62,000 in attendance at the coliseum

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Props to the Dallas rushing game. 250 rush yards to dominate the game.

Staubach hits Ditka to seal it, 24-3. Fumble at the goal-line, otherwise it's 31-3.

They carry off Coach Landry and he smiles for the first time ever. He gets a nice congratulations from Shula.

In the post-game Bob Lilly lights up what has to be the biggest victory cigar ever.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by jackpot269

Superbowl 1 was not a sale out. There was less than 62,000 in attendance at the coliseum

I'm saying 65Million TV viewers, not fans in the stands. I seem to recall what you're saying. There did appear to be some empty seats at the stadium.

**jackpot269** · 02-11-23, 12:37 AM

I knew what you meant buddy! Not a venue in the would hold 65 million! The official attendance was 61 and some change but they said that number was generous!
I just thought it was interesting that it wasn't a sale out, and of coarse they didn't call it the Superbowl until Superbowl 3!
Thanks for this thread, lots of good information and a good read!

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by jackpot269

I knew what you meant buddy! Not a venue in the would hold 65 million! The official attendance was 61 and some change but they said that number was generous!
I just thought it was interesting that it wasn't a sale out, and of coarse they didn't call it the Superbowl until Superbowl 3!
Thanks for this thread, lots of good information and a good read!

Salud, Jack:

1) Yes, exactly. The "Super Bowl" phrase was attached after the fact.

Attaching the headline that I always viewed as strange: 1/2/1968 Green Bay Press Gazette says that "The Packers Prove They're Champions".

That's the day after they beat the Cowboys, 21-17, in the Ice Bowl. They still had a game to play against the Raiders. It's almost like the NFL/AFL game was viewed as after the fact.

2) Jack, I'm trying to put my thoughts to paper b4 I lose my marbles.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 08:27 AM

SB 7: Miami vs WASH

*This is the game that Miami entered with a perfect 16-0 record. Amazingly, WASH (11-3) was deemed to be the favorite. WIKI lists Wash as a 3-pt favorite, have seen a quote of -1.5 elsewhere.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 08:43 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

SB 7: Miami vs WASH

*This is the game that Miami entered with a perfect 16-0 record. Amazingly, WASH (11-3) was deemed to be the favorite. WIKI lists Wash as a 3-pt favorite, have seen a quote of -1.5 elsewhere.

Miami's No Name Defense deserves some recognition. Like the name implies, not many stars. But they were a great unit.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 08:49 AM

Pretty amazing how much the Dolphins improved in one year. Dallas had handled them the year before.

Griese, in particular, looked so much sharper. He completed a nice corner route to Twilley for the first TD.

**str** · 02-11-23, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Max McGee replaced starting WR Boyd Dowler after Dowler was injured.
...If you believe the legend, McGee was out drinking the night before. McGee didn't expect to play, he was hung over.

On the first TD catch, McGee showed unusual dexterity to reach back and catch it. Thanks to the Demon Run?

A very good friend of mine is in the sports memorabilia business and I'm almost positive that Paul Horning confirmed that when my friend was with him and they were talking off the record. I'll double check with him and confirm it.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 08:55 AM

I always thought that DT Manny Fernandez jumped off the tape. Pretty funny anecdote that I found from the WIKI page:

The MVP was selected by Dick Schaap, the editor of Sport magazine. Schaap admitted later that he had been out late the previous night, struggled to watch the defense-dominated game, and was not aware that Fernandez had 17 tackles.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by str

A very good friend of mine is in the sports memorabilia business and I'm almost positive the Paul Horning conformed that when my friend was with him and they were talking off the record. I'll double check with him and confirm it.

No doubt, str. Hornung and McGee were best friends.

McGee was 34 years old. He had been used sparingly in the games up to that point of the season.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

I always thought that DT Manny Fernandez jumped off the tape. Pretty funny anecdote that I found from the WIKI page:

The MVP was selected by Dick Schaap, the editor of Sport magazine. Schaap admitted later that he had been out late the previous night, struggled to watch the defense-dominated game, and was not aware that Fernandez had 17 tackles.

Great execution by Miami to go up 14-0 at Halftime. NFL Films documents how Buoniconti dropped into coverage perfectly to pick off the INT.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 02-11-23, 03:56 PM

Jake Scott's 2nd INT seemingly sealed it, at 14-0.

That is until maybe the funniest play in SB history. With 2:07 the Dolphins attempted a FG by Yepremian.

After the Redskins blocked the FG, Garo tried to throw a pass but failed miserably. He deflected the pass again with his own hands. Washington's Mike Bass picked the ball in mid-air and went the other way for what was officially ruled a 49-yard fumble return TD.