Super Bowl History Super Bowl I January 15 1967 in Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles CA 1967 Super Bowl I MVP Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers rallied in the second half and defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl, matching the America Football League with the National Football League. Packers quarterback Bart Starr connected on 16 of 23 passes, good for 250 yards, including two touchdowns to receiver Max McGee. Half-time Score - Green Bay Packers leading 14-10 In the second half the Packers scored often, scoring 3 TD. Speedy Max McGee caught 7 passes for 138 yards, and 2 TD.
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1968 Super Bowl II
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January 14 1968 in the Orange Bowl Miami Florida
1968 Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay Packers
A team effort gathered a victory for the Green Bay Packers in pro footballÂ’s second Super Bowl.
PackersÂ’ head coach Vince Lombardi rallied his troops for a stunning 33-14 victory for National Football League over the American Football League. Quarterback Bart Starr completed 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown, and teammate Herb Adderley intercepted a pass and ran 60 yards for a TD. Green Bay Packers Don Chandler kicked 4 field goals to insure the win.
The game was the last for coaching legend Vince Lombardi who retired. Bart Starr was selected for his second straight Super Bowl MVP Award.
The win was the second straight for the NFL over the AFL. footballhistorian.com
1969 Super Bowl III Super Bowl History January 12 1969 in Orange Bowl in Miami 1969 Super Bowl III MVP Joe Namath, QB, New York Jets American Football League wins first Super Bowl in three tries. Joe Namath, the NY Jets quarterback who told the media three days before the Super Bowl he ‘guaranteed’ a win, came through just like he said . Joe Namath connected on 17 of 28 pass attempts for 206 yards and Jets running back Matt Snell carried for 121 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown run. Defensively the New York Jets line and linebackers overwhelmed the Baltimore Colts. The Jets secondary intercepted quarterback Earl Morrall three times in the first half And continually put pressure on him. The victory by the New York Jets was the first by the AFL over the NFL in Super Bowl. Professional Football History – visit footballhistorian.com
Pro Football's Greatest Players - Cliff Harris DB |
| Pro Football's Greatest Players - Cliff Harris DB
Free Safety - 1970s
1982 Edition Book by Coach George Allen with Ben Olan Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis-New York
Very few defensive backs hit harder than Cliff Harris, who played free safety and sometimes strong safety for 10 years with the Dallas Cowboys. And Harris' zest for hitting didn't end with opponents. He banged heads with teammates in practice, too. In fact, Harris' hits caused teammate Golden Richards, a wide receiver, to present him with a crash helmet equipped with a flashing red light and battery-operated siren. It was designed to warn pass catchers when Harris arrived in their patterns.
Harris, a 6-1, 192-pounder, was an example of what a through scouting system can sometimes miss. He slipped through the NFL net, probably because he attended tiny Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, not regarded as a developer of outstanding football talent. He was playing minor-league football with the Southern California Rhinos in 1970 when the Cowboys heard about him and signed him to a free-agent contract.
He became a starter in his rookie season, but his pro career was interrupted when he was into the armed service. He was back a year later and regained his first-string job with an impressive training camp. He remained a starter for the remainder of his career, teaming for a long time with strong safety Charley Walters to give Dallas the best deep-pass coverage in the league.
Harris' philosophy of defense was that if a receiver got hit hard enough, he'd be looking for the defender the next time down the field and might not concentrate quite as well on making the catch. It seemed to work.
For his career, Harris intercepted 29 passes and recovered 18 fumbles. He played in six Pro Bowl games and was a four-time All-Pro selection. An integral part of five Dallas Super Bowl teams, Harris left the Cowboys following the 1979 season. footballhistorian.com - Archives - Professional Football History |
