# Canonical recap data for First Super Bowl (1967)
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slug: super-bowl-i
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1967/super-bowl-i"
title: First Super Bowl
aliases:
- AFL–NFL World Championship Game
- Super Bowl I
- Packers vs. Chiefs 1967
subtitle: The Green Bay Packers' victory in the inaugural championship game created America's most-watched annual sporting event and cultural phenomenon.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1967-01-15
datePrecision: day
year: 1967
decade: 1960
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The first AFL–NFL World Championship Game was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10
summaryLong: The first AFL–NFL World Championship Game was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.
lede: On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in a game that didn't yet have a permanent name. It was billed as the AFL–NFL World Championship Game, a one-off merger showdown between football's two rival leagues that would reshape American sports.
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heroImageCredit: "\"President Trump's First 100 Days: 92\" by The White House is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/."
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts:
- label: Date
  value: January 15, 1967
- label: Venue
  value: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- label: Final Score
  value: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
- label: Attendance
  value: 61,946
- label: Packers Head Coach
  value: Vince Lombardi
- label: Chiefs Head Coach
  value: Hank Stram
- label: AFL Founded
  value: "1960"
- label: AFL–NFL Merger Announced
  value: June 8, 1966
timeline:
- date: 1960-08-14
  title: AFL launches
  description: The American Football League begins play as a rival to the NFL, starting with eight teams and heavy investment from new owners seeking national sports prominence.
- date: 1966-06-08
  title: AFL–NFL merger announced
  description: After six years of competition and escalating bidding wars for players, the two leagues agree to merge. The first championship game between their champions is scheduled for January 1967.
- date: 1967-01-15
  title: First championship game played
  description: The Green Bay Packers, defending NFL champions under coach Vince Lombardi, defeat the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before 61,946 fans.
- date: 1967-01-23
  title: Game retroactively named
  description: The game is formally designated as the 'Super Bowl,' a name inspired by the Super Ball toy and popularized by Kansas City owner Lamar Hunt.
- date: 1970-06-08
  title: AFL–NFL merger completed
  description: The two leagues officially consolidate into a single organization, with the annual championship game—now called the Super Bowl—becoming the league's flagship event.
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_I"
  title: First Super Bowl
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
impactStatement: The game crystallized the end of professional football's turf war and proved the merger between the upstart AFL and the established NFL was economically viable. It established a cultural institution that would become the de facto American secular holiday.
categories:
- sports
taxonomy:
domain: sports
eventTypes:
- tournament
- championship
canonicalClasses:
- competition
- celebration
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
metaDescription: Green Bay Packers defeated Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 on January 15, 1967, in the first AFL–NFL championship game.
wikidataQid: Q847827
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260430005120/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_I"
  capturedAt: 2026-04-30
  label: First Super Bowl
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_I"
