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| SUPER BOWL SUNDAY | 21 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Jan. 15, 1967 at Los Angeles Kansas City 0 10 0 0 — 10 Green Bay 7 7 14 7 — 35 Attendance — 61,946 Behind the passing of Bart Starr, the receiving of Max McGee and a key in- terception by safety Willie Wood, Green Bay broke open a tight game with three second-half touchdowns. With Green Bay leading 14-10 early in the third quarter, Wood's 40-yard inter- ception return to the Chiefs 5-yard line set up Elijah Pitts' touchdown run that gave Green Bay an 11-point lead. McGee had broken curfew the night before not expecting to play in the game. Instead, he came in when Boyd Dowler was injured early in the game and caught seven passes from Starr for 138 yards and two touchdowns. McGee had caught only three passes during the 1966 season. The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500 — the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports. The game, called the AFL-NFL Cham- pionship, was not sold out at the Los Angeles Coliseum. SUPER BOWL I AFTER BREAKING CURFEW, PACKERS MCGEE CATCHES 2 TDS Jan. 14, 1968 at Miami Green Bay 3 13 10 7 — 33 Oakland 0 7 0 7 — 14 Attendance — 75,546 See page 10. SUPER BOWL II PACKERS REPEAT, AS STARR WINS MVP AND LOMBARDI RETIRES Jan. 12, 1969 at Miami New York Jets 0 7 6 3 — 16 Baltimore 0 0 0 7 — 7 Attendance —75,377 See more page 16. SUPER BOWL III NAMATH'S GUARANTEE WORKS OUT AS JETS SHOCK COLTS Jan. 11, 1970 at New Orleans Minnesota 0 0 7 0 — 7 Kansas City 3 13 7 0 — 23 Attendance — 80,562 The AFL squared the Super Bowl series with the NFL at two games apiece before the full merger took place. The SUPER BOWL IV CHIEFS TIE THE SERIES FOR AFL BEFORE FULL MERGER Jan. 17, 1971 at Miami Baltimore 0 6 0 10 — 16 Dallas 3 10 0 0 — 13 Attendance — 79,204 The first Super Bowl under the merger ended in high drama, but only aer both SUPER BOWL V UNITAS AND COLTS WIN TURNOVER- FILLED GAME OVER COWBOYS Jan. 16, 1972 at New Orleans Dallas 3 7 7 7 — 24 Miami 0 3 0 0 — 3 Attendance — 81,023 Aer a near-miss in Super Bowl V, the Cowboys thoroughly dominated the Dolphins. Led by the enigmatic Duane Thomas, the Cowboys used a punishing ground attack in setting a Super Bowl record of 252 yards rushing. Leading only 10-3 at the half, the Cow- boys went 71 yards to start the third quarter and scored on a 3-yard run by Thomas, who finished the game with 95 yards on 19 carries. Chuck Howley's interception of Bob Griese's pass set up Dallas' final score, a 7-yard pass from Roger Staubach to Mike Ditka. Dallas controlled the ball most of the game, running off 69 offensive plays to Miami's 44. Miami became the first team to not score a touchdown in a Super Bowl. Staubach, voted the game's most valuable player in part because the NFL feared Thomas would not appear to accept the award, completed 12 of 19 passes for 119 yards and two TDs. SUPER BOWL VI COWBOYS DEFEAT DOLPHINS FOR FIRST SUPER BOWL WIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, le, presents the trophy to Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi aer they beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in Super Bowl I in Los Angeles. teams struggled through 60 minutes of turnovers. The Colts fumbled five times (losing three) and threw three intercep- tions. The Cowboys lost one fumble and also threw three interceptions. With Dallas leading 6-0 in the second quarter, Johnny Unitas threw a pass off the fingertips of receiver Eddie Hinton and defensive back Mel Renfro and into the waiting arms of tight end John Mackey, who sped for a 75-yard score. Dallas regained the lead before the half on a 7-yard pass from Craig Morton to Duane Thomas. The lead stood until the fourth quarter, when Rich Volk picked off Morton's pass, setting up the tying touchdown scored by Tom Nowatzke. Then, with 1:09 to play, linebacker Mike Curtis picked off another Morton pass on the Cowboys 28. Three plays later, rookie kicker Jim O'Brien, who had an extra point blocked earlier, booted a 32- yard field goal to give the Colts the win. Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley, who picked off two passes, became the first defensive player and the first player from a losing team to be named MVP. Chiefs built a 16-0 halime lead behind Len Dawson's superb quarterbacking and Jan Stenerud's three field goals. The Vikings, who gained 222 yards rushing in the NFL championship Game against Cleveland, managed just 67 yards on the ground against Kansas City. Despite committing five turnovers, Min- nesota got back in the game on Dave Osborn's short TD plunge in the third quarter to make it 16-7. But the Chiefs answered as Dawson hit Otis Taylor for 46 yards for the final score of the game. Dawson, the fourth consecutive quar- terback to be voted the game's most valuable player, completed 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards. He had been the subject of rumors about a gambling connection in the buildup to the game, but was completely exonerated.