The Game that Changed the Future
Come the end of January, people will gather their chips and salsa, their finger foods, and their drinks to spend time with friends and family to watch the game of champions. Some people may even purchase tickets to enjoy this one event in person to get the real thrill. This year Americans celebrated the forty-eighth time that this event has been going on. The Denver Broncos versus Seattle Seahawks, where the Seahawks dominated the Broncos, 43-8 leading to a Super Bowl Championship. It all began in 1967 at the first Super Bowl and will focus on main points, such as the players, the AFL and NFL ties, the key plays, and the scores.
The first of these “Super” contests pitted Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers (13-2) against Hank Stram’s Chiefs (12-2-1) (Alder). The game was played before 61,946 fans in Los Angeles’ 100,000-seat Memorial Coliseum (Alder). The television audience for this game was estimated to have been approximately sixty million viewers (Alder). This was the only one to not sell out in all the Super Bowl history (Cosgrove).
One day Lamar Hunt, architect of the AFL and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, came across his daughter’s Super Ball and was given the inspiration for the name of the championship game (Alder). The name however wasn’t applied to this first contest until a couple years later when it was retroactively labeled (Alder). The game itself caught on quickly and thus, an American tradition was born (Alder). The most vociferous and combative aficionados would agree that “Super Bowl” is a far better, far snappier name for the sport’s ultimate contest the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game” (Cosgrove). It was actually called, “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”, for the first ...
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...mmitt Thomas, Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, and long-time coach, Hank Stram (Cosgrove).
A one-minute television commercial sold for $75,000 to $85,000; pocket change compared to the millions spent on air time now (Alder). The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500 – the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports (Super Bowl). Finally, Green Bay was coached by none other than Vince Lombardi, subsequently immortalized in the big game’s ultimate symbol: the big, silver, Vince Lombardi Trophy (Cosgrove). The two teams didn’t just play for bragging rights or pride, they also played for the big shiny trophy that everybody wants (Cosgrove). The Packers went on to win the first ever Super Bowl in 1967 – the only Super Bowl that did not sell out – handily beating the Chiefs 35-10 (Cosgrove). This is the game that changed the future of football.
The Dallas Cowboys, America’s football team, one of the most well known professional football franchises in the sport’s history. The Cowboys own five super bowl titles, which were won in ’71, ’77, ’92, ’93 and ’95. They are also home to 19 renowned individuals who have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame including standout football stars Tony Dorsett, Emmit Smith, and Troy Aikman. Established in 1960, the Cowboys have been a dominating force on the field and still continue to produce to this day. Forbes wrote, “The Cowboys franchise value reaches over 1.85 billion and are listed as the third most valued sports team in the world”, (Page 1). With all of this hype and world wide recognition the powerhouse from Dallas needs a venue just as prominent as the team itself as well as having the capability to hold all the weight the Cowboys name carries.
On September 24, 1960 was the first game played for the newly expansioned Cowboys. The game was played at the Cotton Bowl which was the home stadium for the Cowboys, which is also the University of Texas home stadium. That was the highlight of the year as they went through the season winless until the second to last game of the season. They were playing the New York Giants in New York and squeaked out a tie, ending the 1960 season with a record of 0-11-1 (Fleming 1).
These are just a few ways of how the NFL has changed into the game it is today. Although I didn’t cover a lot of the other years I covered the starting years that got this show on the road. Most of the things I talked about in this paper are still in use today so that means that that transformed the game into the game it is today.
The National Football League was formed decades ago by the merger of two national leagues. The Super Bowl is the traditional season-end activity that crowns the national champion. Each team represented starts with one of the original leagues.The number of teams active in the NFL does not remain the same for longr.o. the game of professional football is big business and can be highly profitable. When the NFL announces that it has approved new expansion teams, there is intense competition among team less cities to attract one of the franchises. The game is profitable for team owners and for players, but it also is profitable for the cities in which teams are centered. It contributes to the local economy and enhances the stature of the city in where a team is located.
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The title “Super Bowl” came about in the 1960’s. College post season games were called “bowl” games as they are still known today. This lead AFL founder Lamar Hunt to suggest that the championship game be renamed “Super Bowl”. Along with the name change in 1969, roman numerals were introduced to designate the individual games. The following year the NFL and AFC merged into one league with two conferences allowing for 13 teams. This allowed for the game to be played between the winners of the AFC (American Football Conference) and the NFC (National Football Conference). The winners off the game were then titled “NFL Super Bowl Champions”. Along with the merger and the conferences being added the Lombardi Trophy was added as the trophy for the Super Bowl champions to display after their winning of each super bowl. The trophy was named for Vince Lombardi, who inspired and led the Green Bay Packers to win b...
On Sundays in the fall people all over the world are watching pro football. But do they know how it came to be or how the rules have gotten to be the way they are today? Most people don’t, so I am going to tell you all about it.
The National Football League (NFL) averages 290 million television viewers a week, four times the population of the United Kingdom. Football has become a massive part of society, whether it is at home watching the game on television or playing football in school. It is a worldwide culture that keeps people active, entertained, and socially occupied, all while creating multiple jobs.
The Super Bowl is one of the most popular sporting events in America, and every year it brings a great amount of hype to viewers and fans. There have been 48 Super Bowls since the year 1967, and there are three people who have been present at each one. The three men are in their mid 70’s and very dedicated to the game of football. Every year, the NFL sets aside tickets in order for them to watch the game together (Buiso). The annual attending fellows are passionate about the game of football, and if it were not for the NFL-AFL merger, the men would not have witnessed a single Super Bowl because it would be nonexistent. The merging of the National Football League and the American Football League created The Super Bowl, which has changed the American culture in various ways.
Vince Lombardi, most likely the best coach to ever lead a team to victory or multiple ones on a football field. His ethics sometimes questionable, but never misunderstood, were always meant to lead and encourage his team to be nothing but the best, and the best was achieved in 1967. After nine incredible winning seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Lombardi decided to retire as head coach. The Packers had dominated professional football under his direction, collecting six division titles, five NFL championships, two Super Bowls and acquiring a record of 98-30-4. After less than a year, however, he realized that he still wanted to coach. He accepted the head coaching position for the Washington Redskins in 1969. During that season, he kept what had become the Lombardi tradition and led the Redskins to their first winning record in 14 years. In January of 1970, his professional coaching record stood at a remarkable 105-35-6, and the NFL named him their acclaimed "1960s Man of the Decade."
sports in America. The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls and dazzled audiences with their style of playing. Joe Namath also became the first quarterback to ever throw over four thousand yards in a single season. Many college football teams rose to fame on the heels of the NFL success.
Super Bowl XLIX has come and gone, but it’s still making headlines with everything from a shocking ending that included an on-field brawl between the two teams to Katy Perry’s insane halftime performance. All of that and more made this year’s big game the most-watched television broadcast of any type according to the Nielsen ratings with 14.4 million viewers from beginning to end, 2.2 million more than last year.
Every February an event is televised in many different countries and watched by millions of people according to Greg Price in the article “How Many Countries Will Watch the Super Bowl?”. Some of these people would consider this show the greatest show on Earth and many companies would consider it the greatest night of television. This is not the circus it is a sporting event featuring two National Football League teams called the Super Bowl. According to Sociology of Sports Module” by Wadsworth this event is watched by people, who don’t normally even watch football, but parties are set up and this event can even become a family ritual (7). When this event is televised the major networks compete to be able to air it on their station. Companies compete and pay large amounts of money to commercial their products. The majority of viewers are average people with average incomes that are far separated from the cash flow of the Super Bowl.
In the modern day United States the sport American football has become not only entertainment but also a tradition whether it’s watching the BCS college championship or watching the super bowl with the family. The sport of American football is unique to the United States and has grown and became iconic over the years and has become a part of many Americans lives. American Football was made in 1869 and was modeled after the sport of rugby. They took the basics of rugby and changed it to make it fit better for them. The game has changed over the years but it also affected many Americans as the tradition of Monday Night football has begun. The game has had problems with the United States government as it was said to be too dangerous to play, this lead to an upgrade in the equipment and they tried very hard to make the equipment well ensuring player safety throughout the sport.
Up past 12:00 A.M, nobody wants to get up early on a Monday morning to go to work. Most people have to work or go to school, so why have the Super Bowl the day before we start our week? Lots of people would love to throw huge parties and invite all their friends and families, but what’s the point when you have to go to work or school. According to www.foxsports.com, about 16.5 million Americans say they may not go to work the Monday after the Super Bowl and only about 7.5 million Americans show up late to work.