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The Green Bay Packers opened the Super Bowl series by defeating the AFL champion Chiefs behind the passing of Bart Starr, the receiving of Max McGee, and a key interception by all-pro safety Willie Wood.

Green Bay broke open the game with three second-half touchdowns, the first of which was set up by Wood's 50-yard return of an interception.

McGee, filling in for ailing Boyd Dowler after having caught only four passes all season, caught seven from Starr for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Pitts ran for two other scores.

The Chiefs' 10 points came in the second quarter, the only touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton. Starr completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns and was chosen the most valuable player.

The Packers collected $15,000 per man and the Chiefs $7,500-the largest single-game shares in the history of team sports.

 

   SCORING
Kansas City             0 10  0  0 -- 10
Green Bay               7  7 14  7 -- 35

GB-  McGee 37 pass from Starr (Chandler kick),
     8:56 1st
KC-  McClinton 7 pass from Dawson (Mercer kick),
     4:20 2nd
GB-  Taylor 14 run  (Chandler kick), 10:23 2nd
KC-  FG Mercer 31, 14:06 2nd
GB-  Pitts 5 run  (Chandler kick),  2:27 3rd
GB-  McGee 13 pass from Starr (Chandler kick),
     14:09 3rd
GB-  Pitts 1 run  (Chandler kick),  8:25 4th

TEAM STATISTICS                K.C.           G.B.
Total First Downs                17             21
  Rushing                         4             10
  Passing                        12             11
  Penalty                         1              0
Total Net Yardage               239            361
Total Offensive Plays            57             61
  Average Gain per Off. Play    4.2            5.9
Rushes                           19             34
  Yards Gained Rushing (Net)     72            133
  Average Yards per Rush        3.8            3.9
Passes Attempted                 32             24
  Passes Completed               17             16
  Had Intercepted                 1              1
  Tackled Attempting to Pass      6              3
  Yards Lost Attempting to Pass  61             22
  Yards Gained Passing (Net)    167            228
Punts                             7              4
  Average Distance             45.3           43.3
Punt Returns                      3              4
  Punt Return Yardage            19             23
Kickoff Returns                   6              3
  Kickoff Return Yardage        130             65
Interception Return Yardage       0             50
Fumbles                           1              1
  Own Fumbles Recovered           1              1
  Opponent Fumbles Recovered      0              0
Penalties                         4              4
  Yards Penalized                26             40
Total Points Scored              10             35
Touchdowns                        1              5
  Rushing                         0              3
  Passing                         1              2
  Returns                         0              0
Extra Points                      1              5
Field Goals                       1              0
  Field Goals Attempted           2              0
Safeties                          0              0
Third-Down Efficiency          3/13          11/15
Fourth-Down Efficiency          0/0            0/0
Time of Possession            28:35          31:25

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Kansas City             No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Dawson                   3        24      15     0
Garrett                  6        17       9     0
McClinton                6        16       6     0
Beathard                 1        14      14     0
Coan                     3         1       3     0

Green Bay               No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Taylor                  17        56      14t    1
Pitts                   11        45      12     2
D. Anderson              4        30      13     0
Grabowski                2         2       2     0


Passing
Kansas City        Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Dawson              27      16     211     1     1
Beathard             5       1      17     0     0

Green Bay          Att.   Comp.    Yds.   TD   Int.
Starr               23      16     250     2     1
Bratkowski           1       0       0     0     0


Receiving
Kansas City         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Burford              4        67      27     0
Taylor               4        57      31     0
Garrett              3        28      17     0
McClinton            2        34      27     1
Arbanas              2        30      18     0
Carolan              1         7       7     0
Coan                 1         5       5     0

Green Bay           No.      Yds.     LG    TD
McGee                7       138      37t    2
Dale                 4        59      25     0
Pitts                2        32      22     0
Fleming              2        22      11     0
Taylor               1        -1       1     0


Interceptions
Kansas City         No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Mitchell             1         0       0     0

Green Bay           No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Wood                 1        50      50     0


Punting
Kansas City         No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Wilson               7        45.3    61     0

Green Bay           No.      Avg.     LG   Blk.
Chandler             3        43.3    50     0
D. Anderson          1        43.0    43     0


Punt Returns
Kansas City        No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
Garrett             2     0      17     9    0
Em. Thomas          1     0       2     2    0

Green Bay          No.   FC     Yds.   LG   TD
D. Anderson         3     0      25    15    0
Wood                1     1      -2     2    0


Kickoff Returns
Kansas City        No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Coan                4        87      31     0
Garrett             2        43      23     0

Green Bay          No.      Yds.     LG    TD
Adderley            2        40      20     0
D. Anderson         1        25      25     0


Kansas City Chiefs          Green Bay Packers
                   ==  Offense  ==
Frazier, Wayne       C  Curry, Bill        C
Budde, Ed            G  Kramer, Jerry      G
Merz, Curt           G  Thurston, Fuzzy    G
Hill, Dave H.        T  Gregg, Forrest     T
Tyrer, Jim           T  Skoronski, Bob     T
Arbanas, Fred       TE  Fleming, Marv      TE
Burford, Chris      WR  Dale, Carroll      WR
Taylor, Otis        WR  Dowler, Boyd       WR
Garrett, Mike L.    RB  Pitts, Elijah      RB
McClinton, Curtis   RB  Taylor, Jim        RB
Dawson, Len         QB  Starr, Bart        QB

                   ==  Defense  ==
Buchanan, Buck      DT  Jordan, Henry      DT
Rice, Andy          DT  Kostelnik, Ron     DT
Hurston, Chuck      DE  Aldridge, Lionel   DE
Mays, Jerry A.      DE  Davis, Willie      DE
Bell, Bobby Sr.    OLB  Caffey, Lee Roy   OLB
Holub, E.J.        OLB  Robinson, Dave    OLB
Headrick, Sherrill MLB  Nitschke, Ray     MLB
Mitchell, Willie    CB  Adderley, Herb     CB
Williamson, Fred    CB  Jeter, Bob         CB
Robinson, Johnny    FS  Wood, Willie       FS
Hunt, Bobby         SS  Brown, Thomas W.   SS

             ==  Substitute  ==
Abell, Harry            Anderson, Donny
Beathard, Pete          Anderson, Bill
Biodrowski, Dennis      Bowman, Ken
Brown, Aaron L.         Bratkowski, Zeke
Carolan, Reggie         Brown, Robert Ed
Coan, Bert              Chandler, Don
Corey, Walter           Crutcher, Tommy
DiMidio, Tony           Gillingham, Gale
Gilliam, Jon            Grabowski, Jim
Mercer, Mike            Hart, Doug
Pitts, Frank            Hathcock, David
Ply, Bobby              Long, Bob A.
Reynolds, Al            Mack, Red
Smith, Fletcher         McGee, Max
Stover, Smokey          Vandersea, Phil1ip
Thomas, Emmitt          Weatherwax, James
Thomas, Eugene          Wright, Stephen
Wilson, Jerrel

             ==  Did Not Play  ==
                        Hornung, Paul

 

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