The Chiefs Played in Super Bowl I On This Date 43 Years Ago

by Joel Thorman on Jan 15, 2010 9:00 AM CST

As NJ Chiefs Fan noted in Arrowheadlines just a bit ago, 43 years ago the Kansas City Chiefs played in the very first Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.

The Chiefs lost that day but it was the first step in proving to the other league that the AFL was legitimate.

The Chiefs had gone 11-2-1 and hadn't recorded a loss since October. They split with their division rival Oakland Raiders that season but swept the Broncos by a combined score of 93-20.

Two weeks prior, they recorded a 24 point victory over the Buffalo Bills in the conference championship game.

Lenny was 16/27 for 211 yards in the Super Bowl. He threw one touchdown pass and one interception. Lenny was sacked six times while the Chiefs defense got to Bart Starr three times and picked him off once.

Here is the box score if you want to check it out.

Who knew this was the beginning of the greatest sporting event in America....

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My grandparents were at that game.

Tickets were $12 and they barely filled half of the LA Collesium, if that.

My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:

1. Todd Haley will still be the Chiefs Head Coach up to the 2011 season.
2. Clancy Pendergast won't make it to the 2010 season and was never intended to. Last-minute hire for a position that needed to be filled.
3. Todd Haley will not be the OC at the start of the 2010 season.

by jbj8609 on Jan 15, 2010 9:16 AM CST reply actions

the=everyone, not JUST my grandparents. They were of average size. ;)

My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:

by jbj8609 on Jan 15, 2010 9:16 AM CST up reply actions

*they

My long, drawn-out predictions that no one cares about, nor will bother to remember:

by jbj8609 on Jan 15, 2010 9:17 AM CST up reply actions

Who knew this was the beginning of the greatest sporting event in America….

Lamar Hunt.

by NJ Chiefs Fan on Jan 15, 2010 9:17 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

Touche!

And Rec’d!

Arrowhead Pride

by Joel Thorman on Jan 15, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

I was -15 years old then.

And my mother was turning 2 that year. Jeez it sucks to be a young Chiefs fan. I started watching with DT and Montana… look at us now! woohoo…..

by EyePod on Jan 15, 2010 9:19 AM CST reply actions

Looks like

Willie Mitchell covering Max McGee, who caught 2 Bart Starr TD passes that day.

I was -12 y/o then myself.

by Tito42 on Jan 15, 2010 9:52 AM CST reply actions

Wasn't that the guy

who was totally hungover because he decided to go out the night before the game and party? I remember watching something about this; he didn’t even think he was going to play, and winds up lighting it up all day – totally hungover no less, lmao!

In wondrous beauty, once again, shall the golden tables stand mid the grass, which the gods had owned in the days of old.

by Chiefs_Ragnarok on Jan 15, 2010 9:55 AM CST up reply actions

by Chiefs_Ragnarok

You are correct ! He never expected to play ! He only played due to injury !

by 65tosspowertrap on Jan 15, 2010 10:14 AM CST up reply actions

Just shows pre Super Bowl party-ing can improve concenstration !

by 65tosspowertrap on Jan 15, 2010 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

Online Article

http://www.barracudamagazine.com/mcgee.html

by Tito42 on Jan 15, 2010 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

I bet that was him

He only had 4 receptions all regular season, and 13 punts. Looks like he was a backup punter too.

by Tito42 on Jan 15, 2010 10:14 AM CST up reply actions

From wiki

Despite reductions in playing time due to injuries and age, McGee’s final two seasons would be the ones for which his career is best remembered. In the 1966 season, McGee caught only four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown as the Packers recorded a 12-2 record and advanced to Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs. Because McGee didn’t expect to play in the game, he violated his team’s curfew policy and spent the night before the Super Bowl out on the town. The next morning, he told starting receiver Boyd Dowler, “I hope you don’t get hurt. I’m not in very good shape,” alluding to his hangover. 2 Dowler went down with a separated shoulder on the Packers’ second drive of the game, and McGee, who had to borrow a teammate’s helmet because he had not brought his own out of the locker room, was put into the game. A few plays later, McGee made a one-handed reception of a pass from Bart Starr, took off past Chiefs defender Fred Williamson and ran 37 yards to score the first touchdown in Super Bowl history. By the end of the game, McGee had recorded seven receptions for 138 yards and two touchdowns, assisting Green Bay to a 35-10 victory.

by Tito42 on Jan 15, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions

It wasn't called the "Super Bowl" then it was called "AFL-NFL World Championship"

I was a boy when this was on TV and watched it with my father. It was on 2 Channels NBC and CBS.

Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...

by oldchiefsfan on Jan 15, 2010 12:16 PM CST reply actions

oldchief

We may be about the same age, I was 9 years old.
Both NBC and CBS broadcast the Championship game, aka Super Bowl, for several years, including KC’s shining moment in 1970.
The downer about that first championship game was that I was about the only one at my school pulling for KC.

by BCRavenJHawkfan on Jan 15, 2010 2:23 PM CST up reply actions