1967 Ice Bowl
The 1967 Packers: Three straight NFL titles, capped by Lombardi's final game.
The 1967 Green Bay Packers season was their 49th season overall and their 47th season in the National Football League (NFL) and resulted in a 9–4–1 record and a victory in Super Bowl II. The team beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship Game, a game commonly known as the "Ice Bowl," which marked the second time the Packers had won an NFL-record third consecutive NFL championship, having also done so in 1931 under team founder Curly Lambeau. In the playoff era (since 1933), it remains the only time a team has won three consecutive NFL titles.
Quick Facts
- Date
- December 31, 1967
- Venue
- Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Temperature
- −13°F (−25°C), wind chill −48°F (−44°C)
- Final score
- Green Bay Packers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17
- Winning play
- Bart Starr 1-yard quarterback sneak (13 seconds remaining)
- Attendance
- 50,861
- Championship result
- Packers' third consecutive NFL title (1965–1967)
Lore & Background
The Packers were led by ninth-year head coach Vince Lombardi and veteran quarterback Bart Starr, in his twelfth season. Green Bay's victory in Super Bowl II over the Oakland Raiders was the fifth world championship for the Packers under Lombardi and the last game he coached for the Packers.
Reader's Guide
The 1967 Packers became the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive championship games, and the second team in NFL history to three-peat as champions, after the 1929–1931 Packers. Through , no team has won three championships in a row since.
Did You Know?
- The Ice Bowl was played on December 31, 1967, at Lambeau Field with a game-time temperature of −13°F and wind chill around −48°F.
- Vince Lombardi's last game as Packers head coach was Super Bowl II, a 33–14 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
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