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15 Jan, 1967

Superbowl I: Green Bay 35 – Kansas City 10

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The first Superbowl is held in at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Green Bay Packers and AFL champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. Green Bay get three second-half touchdowns, the first of which is set up by Willie Wood’s 50-yard return of an interception. Max McGee catches seven from Bart Starr for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Pitts runs for two other scores. The Chiefs’ 10 points come in the second quarter, the only touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton. Starr completes 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns and is chosen the most valuable player.

Final score is Green Bay 35, Kansas City, 10. The Packers collect $15,000 per player and the Chiefs $7,500, the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports.

15 Jan, 1968

Superbowl II: Green Bay 33 – Oakland Raiders 14

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Green Bay wins the Super Bowl title for the second straight year, after winning its third consecutive NFL championship.  They defeat the Raiders – the AFL champion – in a game that drew the first $3-million gate in football history. Bart Starr is the MVP again, completing 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown. The Packers’ attack is in control all the way after building a 16-7 halftime lead. Don Chandler kicks four field goals.  Herb Adderley caps the Green Bay scoring with a 60-yard interception return. Vince Lombardi ends nine years as Packers coach, having won six Western Conference championships, five NFL championships, and two Super Bowls.

11 Jan, 1970

Super Bowl IV: Kansas City 23-7 Minnesota

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The AFL ties the Super Bowl at two games apiece with the NFL with Kansas, building a 16-0 halftime lead. Dawson, the fourth consecutive quarterback to be chosen the Super Bowl’s top player, plays an almost flawless game, completing 12 of 17 passes and hitting Otis Taylor on a 46-yard play for the final Chiefs touchdown. The Kansas City defense limits Minnesota’s strong rushing game to 67 yards and has three interceptions and two fumble recoveries. The crowd of 80,562 sets a Super Bowl record, as do the gross receipts of $3,817,872.69.

12 Jan, 1975

Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh 16-6 Minnesota

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AFC champion Pittsburgh, in its initial Super Bowl appearance, and NFC champion Minnesota, making a third bid for its first Super Bowl title, struggle through a first half in which the only score is produced by the Steelers’ defense when Dwight White downs Vikings’ quarterback Fran Tarkenton in the end zone for a safety 7:49 into the second period. Pittsburgh’s defense permits Minnesota only 119 yards total offense, including a Super Bowl low of 17 rushing yards. The Steelers, meanwhile, gain 333 yards, including Harris’s record 158 yards on 34 carries.

15 Jan, 1978

Super Bowl XII: Dallas 27-10 Denver

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The Cowboys even their Super Bowl record at 2-2 by defeating Denver before a sellout crowd of 75,583, plus 102,010,000 television viewers, the largest audience ever to watch a sporting event. Running back Robert Newhouse, with his first pass since 1975, tosses a 29-yard touchdown pass to Golden Richards with 7:04 remaining in the game to clinch victory for Dallas.

20 Jan, 1985

Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 38-16 Miami

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The San Francisco 49ers capture their second Super Bowl title with a dominating offense and a defense that tames Miami’s explosive passing attack. Montana is named MVP as he sets a new Super Bowl-record completing 24 of 35 passes for 331 yards and three touchdowns. Montana also rushes five times for 59 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown.

26 Jan, 1986

Super Bowl XX: Chicago 46-10 New England

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The NFC champion Chicago Bears, seeking their first NFL title since 1963, score a Super Bowl-record 46 points in downing AFC champion New England 46-10 in Super Bowl XX. The previous record for most points in a Super Bowl was 38, shared by San Francisco in XIX and the Los Angeles Raiders in XVIII.