Title: Ice Bowl '67: The Packers, the Cowboys, and the Game That Changed the NFL
Author: Chuck Carlson
Genre: Sports
Professional football fans in general and Green Bay Packer fans in particular are well-versed with the NFL Championship game played on New Year's Eve in 1967. Accurately known as the Ice Bowl, the temperature in Green Bay that day was minus 15 degrees, with a wind chill that stood at -45 at kickoff and dipped to -65 by game's end. The conditions made for a legendary game that pitted not only players from the Green Bay Packers against the Dallas Cowboys, but players vs the elements.
Author Chuck Carlson does a good job of reviewing the scenarios leading up to the game, including the legendary coaches Tom Landry vs Vince Lombardi. This would be Lombardi's last hurrah - succumbing to cancer two and a half years later after coaching the Washington Redskins in 1969. For the Packers, the game would prove to be an end of an era, with the team having to endure thirty years of futility before winning a Super Bowl in 1997.The Cowboys, despite the loss, would move on to greater success over the next few decades - taking on the moniker of "America's Team."
Carlson breaks the book up into sections covering the game from the view of coaches, players and fans. The book concludes with the impact on both teams and how the ice bowl grew to almost mythical status among fans. In a nice addition, the author covers the current status of key players from the game.
The Ice Bowl '67 is an easy read that provides a nice overview of one of the most important football games in NFL history.
Author Chuck Carlson does a good job of reviewing the scenarios leading up to the game, including the legendary coaches Tom Landry vs Vince Lombardi. This would be Lombardi's last hurrah - succumbing to cancer two and a half years later after coaching the Washington Redskins in 1969. For the Packers, the game would prove to be an end of an era, with the team having to endure thirty years of futility before winning a Super Bowl in 1997.The Cowboys, despite the loss, would move on to greater success over the next few decades - taking on the moniker of "America's Team."
Carlson breaks the book up into sections covering the game from the view of coaches, players and fans. The book concludes with the impact on both teams and how the ice bowl grew to almost mythical status among fans. In a nice addition, the author covers the current status of key players from the game.
The Ice Bowl '67 is an easy read that provides a nice overview of one of the most important football games in NFL history.
- Mike
