The Coldest NFL Game Ever Played (1967)
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- On December 31, 1967, the Cowboys visited Green Bay to play the Packers in the NFL Championship game. It was -13 degrees with a wind chill of -48. The game became to known as The Ice Bowl.
It was also to be final game at Lambeau for Packers Coach Vince Lombardi.
Final Score: Packers 21 Dallas 17
I was 9 years old and clearly remember watching that game in our living room. It was incredibly exciting to watch the Packers and the Cowboys go down to the wire. Definitely one of the greatest victories in NFL history. It’s going to be a very, very long time before any other game will be that brutally cold and the turf frozen solid, refs unable to blow their whistles, quarterbacks barely able to speak!
I liked NFL football much better then than now. It’s not really even the same game due to so many rule changes and lengthening the seasons, etc. I’m still a fan but just prefer the way the game used to be played and always outside no matter what the weather was. It was a much tougher game then. But that’s just my opinion.
Totally agree.
I was 10 when I seen this unbelievable game
Lost my uncle in NAMs Central Highlands mid3/68 tail end of TET 2wks b-4 my 11th bday.
Never get tired of watching this - I grew up in Green Bay and I've lived some very cold places but I don't think I'd be able to function for 5 minutes in that scenario.
Love hearing about badasses from back in the day. We're all so soft now ...
I remember the 1981 AFC Championship when San Diego played at Cincinnati. It was about this cold but the winds were also at 50 mph. It was brutal. When it gets this cold the field is frozen solid no matter if it's grass or artificial turf. It's like playing on concrete.
Players are probably still thawing out ! I think I read somewhere that a player or two from Dallas actually to this day have some physical issues.
YES !!! Forgot about that game
Dan Fouts said, “we lost the moment we got off the plane”. I’m from San Diego. NOTHING prepares you for real cold. You have to live it…
I believe that San Diego-Cincinnati is indeed the coldest on record, probably in terms of wind chill. I saw both that one and this one! But I swear to God, I remember a play in the SD-Cincy game, where a receiver and a DB are racing under a long pass and a gust of wind literally seemed to wilt the ball, the receiver and the DB. Incomplete. I've never seen anything like that in any game anywhere.
I live in Cincinnati and Channel Nine states it was 59 degrees below zero during the game. The Bengals won..The game was played like ant other football game
When I was a kid I delivered the morning paper to Vince Lombardi when he lived down the road from me on Sunset Circle
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I'm from Illinois and played hockey 🏒 when it was 20 below we had Vaseline on our faces to keep from getting windburned.
I lived in Illinois for 4 years and I too played hockey there as well and we had to play in outdoor rink and that wind coming in your face was brutal I was a goalie and my first game I had only 4 shots on goal so I got a shutout but my toes were frozen
This was the first NFL game I watched in entirety with interest. Mainly, my dad yapping about Green Bay, the Cowboys, etc.; I did not have any stake in it. But it was a great game, a real thriller. My dad felt sorry for the Cowboys and seemed to resent? the Packers' being so good. He was mainly a Colts and 49ers fan.
I was 9 yrs old when this game played. I was heartbroken when Bart Starr went in for the winning touchdowns and never quite got over it
Listen to me sonny boy. Bart Starr played for Alabama.
Remember that.
I remember watching that in my warm living room in Oklahoma. . And these games were the games that got 12 year old kids hooked on football forever. And if Dallas had played them on a warmer field they would have won, and should have anyway.
the whole city of green bay comes out with shovels to clear the stadiums to this day
And they pay them with cash because when they use to write them checks most of the people wouldn’t cash them because they kept them for souvenirs and they couldn’t balance their books
Great day in NFL history. I watched it happen. It is always good to see the Cowboys with another loss.
Although I was only 7 years old I still remember that game.
I was ten but I remember this game very well. I lived in Wisconsin in the mid 70’s, and just like Don Meredith, my jaws would freeze when I was outside for a long period.
This is my favorite all time game.
As a Packers fan or just the extreme elements?
Forrest Gregg, who played in this game and coached the Bengals in the 1981 AFC title game in Cincinnati said the coldest game he was ever involved in was the 1962 NFL Championship in Yankee Stadium. It wasn't quite as cold temperature wise (I think 4 degrees above, Fahrenheit) but combines with the winds it was brutal. NFL Films did a documentary on this game because it was their first job filming an NFL Championship, and they talked about how the camera froze.
Fantastic piece of football history !!! Thanks
I remember as a child watching this game. Sure was glad that I was at home and warm. Great game.
Amazing that extra points and field goals were kicked successfully as kicking that ball must have been like kicking a cinder block.
The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field....
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I remember watching this . I was 17 and a huge packer fan . When Dan Reeves connected with Lance Rentzel on that 50 yard touchdown pass my heart sank . I thought Dallas would win . They actually looked to me like a younger quicker team but the Packers always seemed to prevail somehow .
Damm, watching this just gives me chills. Great job. Thanks
Good one fleece192 !
Remember. San Diego played Miami in the playoffs in 1981 the week before they played Cincinnati. It was warm at 76 degrees with an 80% humidity.
Yup, the wind chill factor in Cincinnatti that day was a "balmy" 58 below. I live in South Jersey and it was slightly "warmer" as the temps hovered at zero around the Delaware Valley but the high winds produced a 42 below wind chill factor. I'll never forget it as it was Christmas Break my senior year of college and I was working weekends at a busy gas station in my hometown to make some extra money. I was outside in that mess for nine hours making minimum wage which was $3.35/hr in those days. Try getting today's kids to work in those conditions for those paltry wages.
Great Packer WIN
By ambient temperature, the Cowboys-Packers NFL Championship on Dec. 31, 1967, in Green Bay, dubbed “the Ice Bowl,” is the coldest game in NFL history at minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit.
Based on wind chill, the Bengals-Chargers AFC Championship on Jan. 10, 1982, in Cincinnati, dubbed “the Freezer Bowl,” is the coldest at minus-59 degrees (minus-9 with winds gusting to 35 mph).
The wind chill for “the Ice Bowl” is generally acknowledged to have been around minus-48.
Brrrrrrrrrr….You can keep your Packer weather. This was a bit before my time. But this is all part of the Cowboy legacy, win, lose or draw.
Two champions played that day. It took the greatest coach in NFL history (sorry, Belicheat) and the greatest character-revealing drive ever to beat a team that similarly deserved to win a ring. An all-time champion beat a team that would win most Super Bowls. I wish Dallas could feel proud of that day, regardless of result. Mad respect for that ‘67 Cowboys team.
Nothing to be ashamed of as a Cowboys fan. Dallas almost won that game in those conditions.
@@bryanglass5818 As a 64 year old lifelong die-hard Eagles fan I've always despised the Cowboys but for anyone to label the Cowboys "chokers" after this game was/is absolutely ridiculous. I will say, however, that Bob Hayes came across as a soft player after watching him running his patterns with his hands in his pants. C'mon , man! And before anyone attacks me I've worked outside for nine hours without gloves when the wind chill factor was 42 below in my younger days. I can't believe Landry didn't reprimand him for it.
great upload !
Thank you 👍
I was 11 and watched a scratchy black and white tv at home. My dad went to the game and although a native Wisconsinite , froze his butt off !
Packer weather ....... That says it all
No where else does a team have "their" weather. There is no "Miami weather" or "Cardinals weather", but when one says "Packers weather", well all know what that means.
First NFL game I ever watched and made me the Cowboy fan I am today. Much respect has to be given to a team not accustomed to such weather conditions. Raspberry award to Bob Hayes who pulled his hands out of his pants when a pass might go his way.
Some beautiful weather
I played high school football 🏈 in Illinois. We played our share of snow games. Football 🏈 is great In weather 75 degrees-36 degrees. But we played state championship in 17 degrees. It was brutal. It wasn’t fun. We won, but it wasn’t fun.
Also, one of the most well played and exciting games ever played.
I also remember, I believe it was Frank Gifford, who watched his coffee freeze right in front of him .
That’s why they call it the Vince Lombardi Trophy..
I became a Cowboys fan in 1967 & was in 8th grade when the Ice Bowl was played. When the Packers drove to the Cowboys 1-yard line I was so nervous I couldn't watch the 4th down play. I was sickened when Starr scored the winning touchdown.
As gut-wrenching as the 1967 Ice Bowl Game was, it was just the 2nd of 5 straight demoralizing postseason losses. The ridicule that was heaped on the Cowboys in the late '60s was angering.
When they finally won their first Super Bowl when they mauled Miami 24-3 in Super Bowl VI some people still criticized. Among them was Joe Facenda, who remarked how Dallas had needed 6 tries to win the Super Bowl. I even heard it. "Hey Schminke! The Cowboys proved they could beat an expansion team!"
Today, the ridicule is warranted, and we can thank Jerry Jones for the demise. Nice work, Jerry.
Go Packers! 😂😂
This is why I never liked domes
This retrospective comes from the 1986 NFL Films production “The NFL’s Greatest Games”. The piece is narrated by John Doremus.
I remember watching this on TV . As a young kid Not knowing what football was about and the historical game played. from then i was football fan. And big fan of Dallas Cowboys
Actually 1982 AFC Championship game between Bengals and Chargers is the coldest game in NFL history after factoring in wind chill factor.
I remember that one, absolutely insane, as it was -9 degrees and -59 wind chill. If that game is in San Diego, I think the Chargers win.
This is the coldest game in NFL history. The Ohio River certainly contributed to the windchill in Cincinnati, but temperature wise this is the coldest.
@allinfun829Yeah, freeze my ass off
Ha ha, yeah, I was like, “Wait!!! It was ACTUALLY the Freezer Bowl! You’re lying!!!…”
I was 10 years old when I saw the game on TV. Remember with only a few secnds to go , Packers Bart Starr 1/4erd backed snuck into the end zone to get Packers 2nd appearance , and eventuall 2nd SuperBowl victory over Oakland Raiders !
Sasly , few months latwr , my uncle was kia in NAMs Central , Highlands mid3/68 tail end of TET 2wks b-4 my 11th bday !
Just a yr later , the shocker of Joe Namaths NY Jets Defeated heavilly favoered NFL champs Balt. Colts defeated by AFL NY Jets 16-7;Jets Win SuperBowl 3! A complete upset !
That sucker play on Lily was a thing of beauty.
It really was and it took some courage to run it in that situation.
67 Packer Team; I remember this game well as a WI resident - amazing win.
The 1981 AFC championship game in Cincinnati was -59 with wind chill. Our Bengals beat San Diego.
The broadcast tape of this game was lost, but alternate footage was used to recreate a "game broadcast". They brought Ray Scott back to provide the play by play. That video is available as the Ice Bowl broadcast. Chuck Mercein was the man on that final drive. Lombardi picked him up midseason, and he really came thru in this game with two big plays shown here.
There needs to be a memorial made to honor all of the players that played in that game!
That is a great idea as this game has held the test of time. Players are still thawing out !
As BEARS FAN WATCHING THIS GAME ME AND MY FAMILY FROM CHICAGO TO MILWAUKEE LOVED THE PACKERS WINNING THIS GAME AGAINST A GREAT COWBOYS TEAM.
Looks real painful even watching the videos,
Hitting the ground was like hitting cement, and being cold added to it.
Yesterday I met bob lily
Former customer of mine met him after he was drafted but before he went to training camp. Lily is a class act.
He seems to never change or age.
I’m watching this as we’re having our coldest week of the year so far in 24
Bud Grants teams didn’t have heaters on the side lines. That’s what they call home field advantage
After this game they changed the rules and if the home team had heaters they had to supply them to the visiting team
When football was actually enjoyable to watch , great competition!
I actually remember watching the game... I lived in Wisconsin at that time.. I was 15.. I've also experienced it so cold where you can't speak hardly at all.. that starts about 39 below!!!!!
In that tenuous position as Umpire, Joseph Connell was the one that signalled touchdown. In those days. umpires were on the defensive side of the ball, a very dangerous area to patrol. The umpires these days are now with the Referee behind the quarterback on all plays.
Coach Landry loved taller athletic lineman but he would have loved someone built like Curl Culp on that one critical play...Thus...issued the era of the Nose Tackle...NT...
I remember watching this game. It was exciting, but I was for the Cowboys. I got frostbite just watching it on TV.
My second birthday. Still a Packer fan.
That walk Starr took at the end to talk to Lombardi looked like it was a mile away.
Glad I was not there. Sales of coffee and hot cocoa had to soar at Lambeau Field. I played outside that day. Des Moines was not as bad.
Great upload! #GOPACKGO !!!
This is the best Championship I did not see
This was when it was the NFL. Not the joke it has become today.
Looking back on this footage, this game proabaly should have been postponed because of the extreme weather conditions. I think I had read one time where if the game had been played the next day, the temperatures would have been much warmer.
No spiking the ball. No chest pounding. No tattoos. No gloating.
When men played football. Those days are gone!
On the frozen tundra of Lllllaaaaaaaaaaambeau Field
I watched that game in the lobby of the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. The next day, The Fightin' Texas Aggies beat the Bear and the Snake 20-16.
Bart was the star of the game.
You also mean the "Starr" as well..........
When football was football. No heated domes or carpet grass. Even today I won't watch a game unless it's outside on mud and snow.
Now every City builds a freaking Dome, Except my favorite field Seattle.
maybe next time they will.................
There ought to be a limit to be playing a ball game out in that kind of weather
Never. It's the bad weather games that make the sport.
Sounds like a cowboy fan
Nah mate they are professional if they had to play on mars.....fire up the rocket.😅😅
That is one of the things that makes the world go round.
1980 Raiders vs Browns 10 below zero wins chill 30 degrees below zero.
Reeves to Renzel...wide open. .dont fall down!!
I used to like the Cowboys until after this game.
All the fun would eventually come.
Back then Packers excelled in that weather.
Same with the Vikings as they played outside back then too. Although no fun I am sure, they had a huge advantage because of the weather.
This game proved that Dallas didn’t have to wear blue jerseys to lose.
The blue jersey jinx not start until a few years later.
Legendary
No thanks, 78" TV, buck stove, $1 beers, munchies, Lil too chilly for me. 🥶
Even the Cowboys' losses are historic.
This is the way football should be played the Packers play the Bears January 6th or 7th at Lambeau Field
Any idea on weather temp we wouldnt play what u call soccer at what was it -13 SWEET JESUS.
Bunch of whimps!! That was sledding weather for us kids back then!! Ya think schools were closed back then? Hell no! Schools close now when it's 25 F degrees out! Kids will never know how to not lose fingers back then! That and my loving Dad, and I do mean loving, fought in Patton's Third Army, including the Battle of the Bulge. When we got up to go to high school, we'd ask how cold it was - his reply was DAMN COLD. That meant long underwear, long coats and Sorel boots. My Dad wasn't mean, he just left for work an hour before we headed off to high school. Our school superintendent never called a snow day or a cold day so why should parents worry? And this was only the winter of 1978 with record snowfall and the second coldest temperature recorded in our city -26 below zero. I guess we were tougher back then, no pink or green hair color and guys didn't have periods...
Ok, ok I give our Great Green Bay Packers credit for that game and a few other cold ones to boot! Just back the, 16 below zero was ice fishing weather and yes, when we walked to high school, it was only a half an hour hike. You got inside and hit the first bathroom available and turned on the hand dryers to try to thaw out before first period. Again, temp drops to 20 - 25 degrees below freezing - NOT BELOW ZERO and schools are closed down for the next four days! Really wimping our country out!!
Great stuff Kelly ! Much honor to your father and The Greatest Generation ! The best of the best and we ALL have much to be thankful for. I am sure serving under General Patton, your Dad could handle anything. I know General Patton was tough, but I also understand the soldiers wanted to serve him. It's like President Trump said one time "where's all of our General Pattons? He was the only general the Germans were afraid of, but that is another video on another channel to discuss and learn about and well worth the time. I have read articles and heard stories of players that to this day still have issues since they had frostbite from playing in The Ice Bowl. One player had his skin start to peel off shortly afterwards and I read a great reminder is before going outside is to put on petroleum jelly where skin is exposed.
I forgot they played in slow motion back then.
I was visiting my Uncle in Garland Texas, watching it on TV that day. It was cold in Texas that day. I was 7. I think they call it the ICE BOWL now. 🥶😁
They should have just played in Dallas....well I learned something I think. That this is why so many people like the packers. They won three straight championships.
These players now think it's cold , they should've played back then and half the money
The least of Lance Rentzel's problems was weather
The weather beat the Cowboys that day not the Packers
It's not dubbed the "frozen tundra" for nothing. Can't imagine playing a game with your extremities numbed to the bone.
Thank God for global warming. -13 degree football would suck
This was real football
that's about -20C. lower if windchill. borderline dangerous. frozen turf hard as concrete. back in the days when we had real men. all the more reason to respect the older generation. BUT, further north in Canada, the Grey Cup is often contested in colder, worse conditions, such as -30C with snow.
I remember watching this game in my living room in Texas when I was 11yrs old and I got cold watching it. Was this game colder than the Chiefs/Dolphins Wild Card game?
The ice or frost bowl
A few years back on Superbowl Sunday I was watching a pregame show hosted by Cris Collingsworth.
He told a story about the coldest superbowl in history.
Cris played with Cincinnati if my memory is correct and he said no one had long underwear back then but someone went out coming back with a huge box of XX large panty hose.
See where this is going?
I thought Cris was so funny when he said " Man you haven't lived unless you've seen a defensive back wiggling down in those hose.
Wish the Cowboys would have won. Much respect to the packers. But, DALLAS COWBOYS FOREVER!!!
How bout dem cowboys?
The Pack smacked them in 2024!
Yes, the Cowboys can watch the remainder of the 2024 postseason from the comfort of their living rooms.
In terms of wind chill and actual temperature it’s the freezer bowl in Cincinnati. The river was freezing on live TV. That’s the coldest ever.
T/F❓️ The Cowboys sideline heaters failed in the second half . Several Boys were treated for frostbite post game including the blocked Jethro Pugh on the Packers winning TD .
GO PACKERS!!!
Canadian Football League ……..That’s cute, hold my Beer!
Back when football was football
I remember the San Diego players saying 'we have to put more clothes on '
Why is it with football that postponing the game until conditions are more humane for the players and fans never comes into consideration?
Maybe because they are not getting slammed on to the cement field, however you are right, at least the players are moving around are probably a little warmer than the fans who are just sitting there for 3 hours.
Why this game was played I'll never know.