Super Bowl II - Part 3

1967: Super Bowl II - Green Bay Packers vs Oakland Raiders

This series covers the history of the NFL through the prism of its yearly championship games.
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Continued from Part 2

Duane Benson

Warren Wells

J. R. Williamson

Jim Otto

Billy Cannon

Carroll Dale

Donny Anderson sweeps behind Gillingham and Kramer.

Starr moves away from Conners.

Anderson punts.

Lamonica fades to pass.

Anderson scores in Q3.

Anderson and Wilson get oxygen.

Raiders try to hem in McGehee but he breaks loose.

McGee grabs Starr's floater.

Davis looms over Lamonica

Willie Brown defends pass against Carroll Dale.

Carleton Oates

Ron Kostelnik

Gene Upshaw

Wilson and friends search for his contact lens.

Lamonica rolls out.

Bob Brown

Willie Wood

Miller catches TD pass.

Miller after scoring TD.

Ron Kostelnik clears Gene Upshaw for Adderley to complete TD.

Zeke Bratkowski

Starr watches as Bratkowski runs offense.

Howie Williams

Kramer and Gregg carry Lombardi off.

Quarter 3
The Raiders defense continued its fine play from the 2nd half. They used a five-man front with a LB moving up to the line of scrimmage. Travis Williams ran back Eischeid's kickoff 18y to the 27, with Duane Benson making a necktie tackle that brought a roar from the crowd. Conners stopped Wilson up the middle for only 2y. Noticing two defenders poised to blitz up the middle, Starr flipped a quick pass to Fleming in the vacated area for 7y to the 36. On 3rd-and-1, Brown stopped Wilson short of the 1st down to force a punt. For the second straight time, disaster nearly struck Oakland on a punt, as Warren Wells fumbled the ball, but J. R. Williamson fell on the pigskin on the 32.

Raider defense smothers Pack.
The possession started promisingly for the Raiders. 230 lb FB Dixon rumbled up the middle, dragging Tom Brown with him until pulled down at the 46. But the Raiders then tried again to go wide, but Dixon was slowed down by Aldridge and thrown for a loss of 2 by Jeter.
Lamonica: We felt we could run on them. But it was a case of my picking the right hole. They shut off the outside on us. That Nitschke was great. We had everyone cut down on our sweeps except him, and we just couldn't get to him. He has great pursuit. If we could have handled him, we would have had five more yards a play on our sweeps.
C Jim Otto attributed some of the Raiders' difficulty going wide to a Packer defensive lineman. Oakland could pull only one G rather than two because Gene Upshaw had to stay home and take care of DT Henry Jordan, who was so quick off the ball. Maybe we should've run right at 'em.

Lamonica calls signals across from Jordan and Davis.
Lamonica finally went to his TE, Billy Cannon, over the middle but the ball was in and out of Billy's hands. On 3rd-and-12, Daryle sprinted out to the right and threw to Banaszak, but Brown batted the ball away. Eischeid punted to Wood who was downed immediately by Bob Kruse at the 18.

Jordan and Aldridge start rushing Lamonica.
Starr began with a draw to Wilson, who raced through a big hole until Williams pulled him down at the 31. It was the first time the Pack moved the sticks in five possessions. Anderson swivel-hipped his way around RE in the classic GB sweep to the 39, where LB Bill Laskey hauled him in.

Anderson takes handoff around RE.
Wilson gained 2 on a quick opener at RG, Bird and Conners combining on the stop. The chains were brought in, and referee Jack West of the AFL indicated a half yard short. At least once every game, Starr pulled the unexpected. And this was his time to do it in this fray. He threw to McGee, who pulled in the aerial on the run at the 32. Bird tackled him from behind at the 25, a 36y gain on 3rd and inches.

Max McGee catches floater over his shoulder.

S Howie Williams insisted afterwards that the Raiders were ready for the call. We knew the play was coming, and we set up an arrangement whereby we were gonna jam McGee in and not let him out. But as it turned out, McGee slipped out.
Starr on the 3rd-and-1 completion: First of all, you have to be a little lucky. Then McGee made a great catch. The safety man had come up and stopped the run on third down before, and we knew he couldn't be up there and covering the post at the same time. But the other safety man came across, and Max had to catch the ball over his head. He made a great move. No, it wasn't an audible. The play was called in the huddle.
McGee had deja vu back to Super Bowl I, when he replaced an injured Dowler. The old man (himself) couldn't quit without catching just one more. Bart does that frequently on third and one. He called it. I went in because Dowler had some cramps in his leg. I was ready. I set a record for going to bed early all week. ... I was kidding Dowler before the game, telling him to get hurt so I could catch one more pass. Damned if he didn't. Damned if I didn't.
A few years later, Max recalled: One of the safeties woke up late. He started over, and Bart saw him and adjusted the throw away from him. That's why I had to turn around to catch the ball. Bart made a great throw.
After an incompletion to Dowler, who was double covered, Bart tried the draw play again, but Davidson was ready for it and dropped Wilson for a 1y gain. McGee replaced Dowler for the 3rd down play. But Starr threw instead to the opposite flanker, Dale, on an out pattern to the right sidelines to the 13. McCloughan was just a half-step behind, but Starr delivered the ball on the button to move the chains again. Bart's next call was brilliant, but the execution was lacking. Anderson came out of the backfield and was all alone in the right corner of the EZ, but the pass sailed too high. Taking the next snap, Starr rolled right and threw back to Anderson on the 5. Gus Otto made a TD-saving tackle at the 2. Momentum was lost momentarily when Anderson and Starr ran together on the handoff for no gain. RT Forrest Gregg talked to Starr about something as they went to the huddle. Was it a coincidence that Anderson took the handoff and, behind the blocking of Bowman, Kramer, Gregg, Fleming, and Wilson, pranced through a big hole at RT into the EZ without a hand being laid on him? Chandler booted the PAT. Packers 23 Raiders 7 (5:54)

Anderson scores behind marvelous blocking.

Gregg: I thought I was ready for this one. But when I got out there, I just didn't have the zip. I didn't have the zip I had against Dallas two weeks ago or against Los Angeles the week before that. Today it was mechanical. I was like a robot. It's been a helluva long season.
The AFL champs badly needed a scoring drive, but the Green Bay defense, knowing the offense needed to go to the air, would have none of it. Starting from the 20 after a touchback on the kickoff, Lamonica tried to throw, but Aldridge's rush destroyed the accuracy. Then Daryle threw a safety valve pass to Banaszak, but Adderley pulled him down for no gain. The Pack brought pressure again on 3rd down with Davis and Kostelnik plus a delayed blitz by Robinson. Lamonica got rid of the ball wildly to avoid the sack. Eischeid punted to Wood at the GB 38. Dan Archer pulled Willie down after just a 1y return.
With plenty of time, Starr overthrew Dale, who was tangled with Brown. Holding on Oakland gave Green Bay a 1st down at their 44. Bart threw a quick look-in to Dale, who was downed immediately by Brown on the midfield stripe. Anderson ran a crossbuck but was hit at the line of scrimmage by Birdwell but kept going to the 44, where Conners finished him off. Donny took a handoff again on the next play but rolled wide right this time behind Fleming's block on the CB to the 40 for another 1st down. Starr faded back and threw long to Dale, but Brown almost intercepted the pass, dropping the ball as he fell to the turf.

Starr prepares to pass.
On 3rd-and-5, Starr fired quickly to Fleming over the middle. Bird made the tackle on the 30, too late to stop the chains from moving. Starr was now 13-for-22 while Lamonica was only 7-for-18. Wilson slanted over RT for 3y before being met by Lassiter. Anderson and Starr almost collided again on the next snap but Donny recovered to gain 4, Lassiter and Carleton Oates combining on the tackle. Another 3rd down, with 3 to go this time. The Raiders crowded eight men at the line of scrimmage, but Starr didn't check off and gave the ball to Wilson, who hit a wall a yard behind the line, Birdwell leading the charge. So Chandler trotted out to try his fourth FG of the game, this one from the 31. He kicked a low line drive that hit the crossbar but bounced up and over. Ugly but 3 points nonetheless. Packers 26 Raiders 7 (0:02)
Chandler on his fourth FG: I almost missed the last one because I hurried. I wanted to kick it while we were going into the wind. That may seem odd, but the wind was doing funny things at the open end - it was coming across.
G Jerry Kramer, who once kicked FGs for Green Bay: I taught Don how to kick the knuckler.
Chandler: You should have heard Jerry giggle on the sideline after the ball bounced over the crossbar.
Grayson took the short kickoff on the 15 and raced back to the 40, where Wood corralled him as the period ended. The Packers ran 25 plays during the quarter to Oakland's 9.
END OF Q3: PACKERS 26 RAIDERS 7

Quarter 4
The final period started with a bang. Lamonica rolled right to negate the rush and threw to Banaszak along the sideline. Pete ran to the GB 47 where he fumbled. Robinson picked up the loose ball and bulled through four tacklers to the Oakland 37.
As he was known to do after a turnover, Starr tried to go for the jugular. But the Davidson, a former Packer, seemed ready for it and dropped Bart for an 11y loss. The ball came loose and was picked up by a Raider but the whistle had blown the ball dead. The crowd booed loudly and continued as Starr moved under C. He stopped and requested quiet, and a few Raiders raised their hands.

Starr asks for quiet.

Finally, Wilson took a handoff and was knocked out of bounds after a short gain as flags few. Oakland was penalized 5y for encroachment, the noise affecting the defense as well as the offense. Conners stormed through to hurry Starr's pass that went low and outside to Fleming. On 3rd and long, Bart isolated speedy Travis Williams on a LB, but Travis had to jump for the ball and came down out of bounds. So Anderson kicked to the 10, the ball bouncing back to the 16, where it was grounded.

Travis Williams was in the game because Wilson was on his hands and knees behind the Packers bench looking for a contact lens. I never found it, he revealed afterward. The lens was lost when the Packers' doctor tried to center it in Wilson's left eye. I got two pairs, but I only had one with me for the game. I sure hate to lose that lens. It cost $43.50. ... I'm nearsighted. Coach Lombardi said I was dropping too many passes and suggested I go check my eyesight last month. The doctor examined my eyes and told me he was surprised I could catch a football at all. I began wearing the contact lenses in our game with Los Angeles last December 9.

Anderson follows Forrest Gregg's block.

Lamonica went to Cannon, but the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner dropped the ball again. So Daryle went right back to him, completing the pass to the 31 for a 1st down. Dixon then broke loose through the middle to the 45, where Jordan pulled him down.

Dixon impressed Jordan, who said afterward: He's one of the hardest runners we've met. I won't say the hardest because it's hard to compare. But he was doing some real good running. In fact, he did a lot on his own, with no blocking.

Second straight first down. But Oakland stubbornly tried to sweep again with Dixon getting 3 around the left side.

Caffey and Nitschke chase Dixon.

Lamonica threw a quick pass over the middle toward Dixon, but Kostelnik got a hand on the ball. That brought up 3rd and 7. Daryle threw to his right for Biletnikoff but Adderley stepped in front of the pass at the 40 and, reminiscent of Willie Wood in Super Bowl I, sprinted free down the sideline, cutting back to avoid Lamonica inside the 20 and continuing to pay dirt as Kostelnik knocked down Gene Upshaw at the 10 to put the last nail in the coffin. Packers 33 Raiders 7 (11:13)

Adderley: I recognized the pattern right away. They were running two receivers into the same area. They had done it earlier. I didn't gamble. I never do. I just played the receiver and then went for the ball. Lamonica didn't hang it. I had to go up for it. If I lay back, Biletnikoff gets it. If I miss it, maybe he goes for seven. I don't want to alibi, but I played hurt most of the season with a muscle separation in my arm. I'm going to have it X-rayed and maybe it will require surgery. I think my last three games have been my best.
Defensive line coach Dave Hanner: Herb would back off far enough to invite the throw out there. As soon as the ball was snapped, he'd drive on you. He did that against the Cowboys a few times with Bob Hayes.
Lamonica: Adderley made a great play. I didn't even see him when I threw it. Fred Biletnikoff had the outside on him. I couldn't have gone any deeper on it.

Herb Adderley intercepts in front of Biletnikoff and returns 60y for TD.

Todd ran the kickoff back 18y to the 26 where big Bob Brown downed him. Dixon ran twice up the middle, first for 8, then for 2 for the 1st down. Lamonica then scalded the Packers with two quick strikes. Banaszak lined up as a slot receiver and took the beautiful throw at the 45 and continued to the 23, where Adderley stopped him. Holding on Green Bay was declined. On the next play, Miller lined up in the right slot and ran unchecked down the middle, taking in Lamonica's pass under the goal posts in front of Brown for the TD. Packers 33 Raiders 14 (9:13) Adderley took back the kick from the 2 to the 26. Zeke Bratkowski took over at QB and handed off three straight times. Williams gained 0, then 3. Wilson reached the 33, and Oakland declined the illegal motion penalty. The Raiders rushed the punt, but Anderson got it away, Bird making a fair catch at the 20.

Starr left the game with a jammed thumb incurred when Davidson landed on him after a sack.

After Todd gained 6, Lamonica rolled left and passed, but Nitschke leaped and blocked the ball just after it left Daryle's hand. On 3rd-and-4, Cannon took a quick flip over the middle, broke a tackle, and gained a 1st down at the 36 where Nitschke pulled him down. A sideline throw to Biletnikoff moved the ball to the 42, Adderley dropping Freddie. Lamonica flipped over the middle off the hands of Todd. On 3rd-and-4, Daryle pegged to Cannon, who was hit by Robinson as the ball arrived - incomplete. With many wondering why the Raiders weren't going for it, Eischeid boomed a punt to the 3 where Wood took it in. Willie swung around the coverage, down the sideline to the 34 where Archer caught him from behind.
With under five minutes left, Bratkowski handed off some more. Williams to the 39. Anderson to the 44 to set up 3rd and 1'. Travis broke through and ran in the clear until tripped up by Howie Williams at the 38. After the two-minute warning, Chuck Mercein got a chance to run the ball but was hit immediately and fell forward for a half yard gain. Zeke finally went back to pass but wished he hadn't as Birdwell led a horde of Raiders who sacked him at the 48. So on 4th-and-19, Anderson's high punt hit about the 12 and bounded into the EZ. A youngster dashed out of the stands, grabbed the ball, and kept on running.

Starr tries to elude Dan Birdwell.

Kramer: Right near the end, ... we had a short yardage situation. The play was going to go between Gregg and me, and I figured it might be one of my last plays for Lombardi, and I wanted to make it good. I got a perfect block on Dan Birdwell, knocked him down. He jumped up - he hadn't spoken to me all day - and said, "Helluva block, Kramer." He patted me on the rear and said, "Way to go." The next play, Birdwell practically killed himself to beat me. Zeke rolled out to the right, and I took Birdwell that way, and he slipped off me and got Zeke. He was still going all out. He hadn't slowed down a bit.

Davis sacks Lamonica.

Lamonica tried to pass, but Aldridge spun him around and Davis completed the sack at the 11.

OT Harry Schuh on 32-year-old Willie Davis, who made seven unassisted tackles during the game: The greatest that I've come against. He taught me a few lessons today that I won't forget.

On 2nd-and-19, Todd took a pitchout and finally turned the corner, racing all the way to the 43. Timeout Oakland with 0:32 left. Daryle threw to Dixon behind the line and Coffey chased him down after a gain of 3. Jordan hurried Lamonica's next pass, which hit the ground in front of Dixon. With time to throw on the next play, Lamonica connected with Wells on the sideline. Warren cut inside to the GB 38 where Wood took him down. Timeout Raiders with 0:10 on the clock. Davis spun down Lamonica at the 41. Just before the final tick, Daryle took the snap and threw incomplete to Wells.
FINAL SCORE: PACKERS 33 RAIDERS 14

Adderley: After the game, I walked up to him (Coach Lombardi) and said, "Congratulations, Coach," and he gave me a big hug and he said, "Congratulations to you, too." He was crying.
Lamonica: I remember shaking hands with Bart Starr after the game. He said, "Daryle, you've got a real good football team. You're going to be around a long time." And that meant a lot to us.

Caffey leads the charge against Dixon.

Kramer: We had been planning for the co-captains, Skoronski and Davis, to carry Vince off the field, but Willie was playing when the gun went off, so Gregg and I, the two men closest to Coach, just lifted him up and started running out on the field. He was grinning at us and slapping us and he hollered, "Head for the dressing room, boys," and we headed for the dressing room, clutching the man who'd made us Super Bowl champions for the second year in a row.
Gregg: Jerry and I snuck up behind Coach and placed him on our shoulders. As we were going off the field, I was happy about the game, yet sad at the same time thinking about the fact he might not be there anymore.

For the second year in a row, Starr won the Super Bowl MVP Award.

Final statistics:

Time of possession: Packers 35:38 Raiders 24:22
First downs: Packers 19 Raiders 16
Rushing: Packers 41-160 Raiders 20-107
Passing: Packers 24-13-0/162 Raiders 34-15-1/186
Return yardage: Packers 9-144 Raiders 9-139
Fumbles-Lost: Packers 0-0 Raiders 3-2
Penalties: Packers 1-12 Raiders 4-31
Punting average: Packers 6-39.0 Raiders 6-44.0

Super Bowl II was the first football game ever to gross $3,000,000 - which didn't include the TV money.

Each member of the winner got $15,000 while each loser pocketed $7,500.
That was in addition to the bonus each side earned in their league championship game.
The Packers would also receive $3,000 in extra pay for the College All Star game in August.

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Chandler, Lombardi, and Starr rejoice.

Packers Locker Room

Lombardi gathered the team. This has to be one of the great, great years. I think it's something you'll always remember. You know everything that happened to us. We lost a lot of people. Thank goodness we had the boys who could replace them and did a helluva job. And those who were not hurt played a little bit better. Boys, I'm really proud of you. We should all be very, very thankful. Everyone took a knee and recited the Our Father.
The feeling among the Packers seemed to be more relief than jubilation. Starr: After three consecutive National Football League championships, everything hinged on this game. None of what we accomplished the last two games would have meant a thing if we had lost this one. ... We did a good strong force of audibles during the game to take advantage of those moves and changes they presented. Naturally not being real familiar with the Raiders, we had to keep flexible in our plans. So we worked particularly hard on audibles so that we could do that.
Starr recalled the mood in the locker room. It was happy. It also was reserved. It was a climax to a hectic, demanding season. There was a relief that it was over more than anything.
After talking to reporters, the Packers QB, son of a demanding army Master Sergeant, walked around the locker room picking up dirty towels and tossing them into a hamper.
In talking about the Raiders, Lombardi showed he had learned his lesson from the year before when he regretted his remarks about the Chiefs. They're a great football team, and they played well. I'm real grateful. We've got a great bunch of boys, and they played well. They deserve the victory.
But he added: It wasn't our best effort. All year, it seemed like as soon as we got a couple touchdowns ahead, we would let up. Maybe that's the sign of a veteran team, I don't know.
He was asked to compare this Packer team to his previous ones. That's very difficult to do. You have some different people, and you have different situations. I will say this. The history of the Packers is in the future, as great as it has been in the past.
When Lombardi was asked if he had been given the game ball, he replied, I got it, and it's right over there. He nodded at the sterling silver football that went to the world's champion, the trophy that would be named after him four years later after his untimely death.
Inevitably, Vince was asked about his future. It would be very foolish of me to try to make any kind of decision at this time. What I think I will do is give Vince Lombardi a good, hard look.
Skoronski noticed Lombardi was more subdued than usual. Normally,he would have been very, very excited about winning and saying, "We'll do it again, boys." There was no talk like that. He was very reserved.
McGee: This is it. I'm retired as of now. And, no, he (Lombardi) won't talk me out of it this time. I'm now Max McGee, restaurant man.
The receiver McGee occasionally replaced, Boyd Dowler, concentrated on the present. I thought it was a tremendous accomplishment for us to win three championships in a row. OK, what's next? I didn't think about that at all. I just thought to enjoy the moment. ... I didn't all of a sudden start pondering the future. What are we going to do without Vince?
Jordan: The AFL is getting better. If they improve as much each year, they'll be on a par with us soon. I think this was a tougher team than Kansas City, especially on defense. The AFL is becoming more sophisticated on offense. I think the league has always had good personnel, but the blocks were more subtle and conceived better this year. ... The Raiders might have felt like we felt in 1960 when we lost to the Eagles (in the NFL title game). I've never forgotten it, and I know some of our other guys haven't either. You can say you know how much it means, and you think you are ready to play your best, but until you've once been there, maybe you're not.
Jordan couldn't know that the Raiders would appear in the Super Bowl twice, winning both times, before the Packers finally made a return trip after the 1996 season.
Caffey: It's tough to get up when you've been on the stick for two big games. I know we did not play as well as we have in the past. We made mistakes we don't make in most games. But, oh shit, it turned out all right for us, didn't it?
Kramer: I sat in front of my locker, and I talked and talked and talked. ... I saw the fellow who wrote the article in Esquire about Lombardi, and I cussed him out a bit. ... after a while I noticed that most of my teammates were dressed and were starting to leave the locker room. I was still in my uniform, still perched in front of my locker. I really didn't want to get up. I wanted to keep my uniform on as long as I possibly could.

Raiders Locker Room

Rauch: Green Bay is big, strong, well-trained, and works well together, but we'll reach their strength shortly. ... We weren't awed by their superman reputation. We had complete confidence at halftime. Then we ran into two bad breaks in the third quarter and lost our momentum. We just made too many mistakes, and Bart Starr killed us in those third down situations. We'll be back. We're a good young bunch. We scored two touchdowns offensively, and they did, too. ... I was happy in the fact that at no point in the game did we give up. That's been the character of our boys all season. They're young, and we'll get better. ... Nothing the Packers did astonished us. Nothing Starr did surprised us. They played the game we expected. We thought their defense would be tough, and it was. ... Lamonica deserves a lot of credit under pressure. He realizes he's got a lot to learn. We all do. It's tough to accept defeat, and we're not used to it. But we'll get better.
Years later, Rauch summarized Super Bowl II like this: We just didn't have the moxie, if you want to put it that way, that they had. We made the key mistakes, and they cost us the game. We were kind of immature for that game.
Lamonica: I'm not proud at all of myself. I feel I'm much better than I seemed today. But I'm learning. It took Starr seven years. We can develop into a team like the Packers. ... Ray Nitschke is a great middle linebacker. He must have made 90% of the tackles from sideline to sideline. Their outside linebackers are so good, too. They're 6-4 or 6-5 and more than 250 pounds, but they have such range, they jam your receivers. The Packers weren't any better than I expected them to be, but I expected them to be great, the best in football.
Keating: The Packers are blessed with a great deal more talent than we have. We made the mistakes, and they capitalized on them.
Cannon: The Packers never change. They just come at you and beat you.
Ben Davidson: Don't you get a little tired of writing about all those Packer victories? Just once, wouldn't you like to write about a defeat? Sort of as a change of pace.

Brent Musberger, future broadcaster for CBS and ESPN, wrote this in the Chicago American: They call it the Super bowl, and that's a liberal use of the adjective, if not an outright distortion of the word. This one was a football game without meaning or flavor. The time has come to change the concept of the game. Why not semifinals of Green Bay against Houston and Dallas against Oakland? The two winners could advance to a Super bowl that had meaning.

At the Packers' postgame party, a smiling Lombardi told McGee, who was standing next to Bart Starr: I can't figure you out.
How's that, coach?
I've been coaching for eight years, and I've never seen anyone like you. You're a hell of a receiver, but you drive me nuts. You make a circus catch of a pass thrown three feet behind you, then you turn around and drop one that hits you right in the numbers.
Max put his arm around Bart and said, Coach, it's easy to explain. I haven't had much practice catching ones thrown right to me.

An overflow crowd gathered at the airport in Green Bay in sub-freezing weather that night to welcome the champion Packers - minus the nine players who flew to Los Angeles for the Pro Bowl.

Participants in Super Bowl II who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Packers: Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Henry Jordan, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, Bart Starr, Willie Wood
Raiders: Fred Biletnikoff, Willie Brown, Jim Otto, Gene Upshaw

Postscript

Two weeks after the Super Bowl, Lombardi called a news conference to announce that defensive coordinator Phil Bengston would replace him as head coach. Vince would continue as General Manager.

There's evidence, however, that Lombardi had already made up his mind before Super Bowl II. Vince Jr. recalled riding home after the Ice Bowl: He told me that I had just seen him coach his next-to-last football game. After one year as the Packers GM, Lombardi became the coach of the Washington Redskins. However, his tenure lasted only one season. He died of colon cancer September 3, 1970, at age 57.

References: Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer, Edited by Dick Schaap (1968)
The Other League: The Fabulous Story of the American Football League, Jack Horrigan and Mike Rathet (1970)
Super Bowl: Of Men, Myths, and Moments, Marty Ralbovsky (1971)
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, David Maraniss (1999)
Nitschke, Edward Gruver (2002)
Going Long: The Wild 10-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football League in the Words of Those Who Live It, Jeff Miller (2003)
Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered, David Claerbaut (2004)
America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation, Michael MacCambridge (2004)
For the Glory of Their Game: Stories of Life in the NFL by the Men Who Lived It, Richard Whittingham (2005)
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Oakland Raiders History, Steven Travers (2008)
The Birth of the New NFL: How the 1966 NFL/AFL Merger Transformed Pro Football, Larry Felser(2008)
The Ultimate Super Bowl Book: A Complete Reference to the Stats, Stars, and Stories behind Football's Biggest Game - and Why the Best Team Won, Bob McGinn (2009)
America's Quarterback: Bart Starr and the Rise of the National Football League, Keith Dunnavant (2011)
50 Years, 50 Moments: The Most Unforgettable Plays in Super Bowl History, Jerry Rice and Randy O. Williams (2015)

1967 World Champion Green Bay Packers