The first Super Bowl was played in 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. And the productions seen 45 years ago looked nothing like what we know of the Super Bowl today.
In fact, there are quite a few facts about the first Super Bowl that might surprise you, given what we know about the game today.
On the next few pages, we will take a look at some of the more interesting tidbits about the first Super Bowl and how it compares to the big game today.
The first Super Bowl was conceived as a peace offering
Prior to the first Super Bowl, the AFL and NFL were embroiled in a nasty war that was getting out of hand. So Tex Schramm, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and Lamar Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, met and worked out a truce that would include a championship game between the champions of the two leagues.
The first Super Bowl was not officially called the Super Bowl
The first Super Bowl was actually called the "World Championship Game," and was later retroactively renamed the Super Bowl. However, the name "Super Bowl" was conceived prior to the first Super Bowl by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, who named it after his daughter's "Super Ball."
Pete Rozelle hated the name 'Super Bowl'
When Lamar Hunt first conceived the name "Super Bowl," he assumed that it was a temporary nickname, "which obviously can be improved upon." And Pete Rozelle, the commissioner of the NFL, hated the name. It wasn't until Super Bowl III, that he relented and the name became official. Additionally, the use of roman numeral designations did not begin until Super Bowl V.
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