On This Day...

On this day, January 15, in 1967 (42 years ago), the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers competed in the first ever Super Bowl. The game was held in the Los Angeles Coliseum. At the time, it was a game between the best team in both the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). The Green Bay Packers won the game with a score of 35 points to the Kansas City Chiefs' 10 points. The term 'Super Bowl' wasn't officially introduced until 1969, and in 1970 the NFL and the AFL merged into one league, the National Football League, with two separate conferences, the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference, each with 13 teams. Ever since, the Super Bowl has been a battle to win the NFL Championship and the coveted Vince Lombardi trophy, named for the legendary Packers' coach that led his team to victory in the first two Super Bowl games.