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.<\/p>\n
The game was the 1967 NFL Championship Game, played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Despite the weather, more than 50,000 fans still braved the cold to watch the two teams.<\/p>\n
The heat would come from the play on the field, with a thrilling game that came right down to the wire.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
With just 4:50 left in the game, the Cowboys had taken a 17-14 lead.<\/p>\n
Green Bay wasn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when the Packers\u2019 future hall-of-fame quarterback Bart Starr dove into the end zone on a QB sneak, sealing the Packers victory and championship.<\/p>\n
The final score in the game was Packers 21, Cowboys 17.<\/p>\n
The championship win marked the second-straight for Green Bay, and their fifth in seven years.<\/p>\n
Two weeks later, the Packers would go on to win Super Bowl II over the AFL\u2019s Oakland Raiders by a score of 33-14.<\/p>\n
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