MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – On December 31, 1967, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in what many consider one of the greatest games in NFL history – The Ice Bowl.
The game was the 1967 NFL Championship Game, played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
The Ice Bowl earned its nickname from the temperature, a frigid 13 below zero at kickoff. The wind chill was even worse – a whopping 46 below zero.
Despite the weather, more than 50,000 fans still braved the cold to watch the two teams.
The heat would come from the play on the field, with a thrilling game that came right down to the wire.
The Packers, led by legendary head coach Vince Lombardi, quickly took a 14-0 lead. Dallas would get back into the game quickly, thanks to two costly fumbles from Green Bay.
With just 4:50 left in the game, the Cowboys had taken a 17-14 lead.
Green Bay wasn’t done, though. After marching down the field on their final drive, the Packers had the ball at the goal line with 16 seconds to go.
That’s when the Packers’ future hall-of-fame quarterback Bart Starr dove into the end zone on a QB sneak, sealing the Packers victory and championship.
The final score in the game was Packers 21, Cowboys 17.
The championship win marked the second-straight for Green Bay, and their fifth in seven years.
Two weeks later, the Packers would go on to win Super Bowl II over the AFL’s Oakland Raiders by a score of 33-14.
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