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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Super Bowl I


The first ever Superbowl happened on January 16, 1967 in the Las Angeles Memorial Coliseum. between the Green Bay Packers and the AFL Chiefs. With the Packers defeating the Chiefs and history being made with it. The NFL started back in 1869 with a few princeton boys playing a game of soccer when on of the decided to start throwing it instead of kicking. The game quickly grew popularity and the game of Football exploded.
Coming into the 60's the NFL had a huge rival, the AFL or American football league. Although previously the NFL came against rival leagues coming to the AFL was different. The AFL took the best players from old NFL teams and recruited them. Soon the NFL and AFL found themselves is a big league war.
Many memorable moment were made in that game, there were plenty of huge passes and amazing running touch downs. Definitely an exciting game to watch at the time or any time at that.
 Super Bowl I was the final battle between the AFl and the NFL, with the Chiefs on the AFL and the Packers on the NFL. The final score came out to 10 to 35 with the Packers winning. From then on the NFL was the one and only football league.
With the Packers winning the game there was an obvious pay-day in line. Each player was given a $15,000 Bonus for the win. Huge amounts of money that times standards. The Chiefs even though loosing come out with a money bonus with each player getting around $7,500 for that one game.

Over 60 million people tuned in either on the televisions or actually at the game to find out the outcome of this game, an absurd amount in that days standards. The Packers and the Chiefs were in a close game in the first half but come the second quarter the Packers broke the suspense and drove forward making a few 50 plus yard touch downs.

There have been a total of 48 superbowls since the first one. Each carrying a piece of history with it and each marking a new point in NFL history. The first superbowl is still to this day the most important and one of the best moments in NFL history.

Sources-
"Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 22 May 2014. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/packers-beat-chiefs-in-first-super-bowl>.

 "Remembering Super Bowl I: Who Played, Who Won and Other Details."About.com Football. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2014. <http://football.about.com/cs/superbowl/a/bl_superbowl1.htm>

 "NFL History by Decade." NFL History by Decade. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2014. <http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910>.
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