The Raiders jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, but the Chiefs responded with 17 unanswered the rest of the game and won After making the NFL playoffs, the team missed out on postseason action for 15 straight years. The Chiefs found regular-season success in the s, reaching the playoffs seven times, but only advanced to the AFC championship once.
Since the turn of the century, the club has advanced to the playoffs 10 times, including seven out of the last eight seasons. I'm sure he'll be OK. Join Esquire Select. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Every 'Bond' Film Ever, Ranked. Leaving Afghanistan Behind. Related Stories. By virtue of their victory over the San Francisco 49ers , the Chiefs became the 13th franchise with multiple Vince Lombardi Trophies.
Kansas City's second title came exactly 50 years after its first, as the franchise's loyal fanbase was finally rewarded for its patience. Three titles would put the Chiefs alongside the Broncos , the Football Team , and the Raiders in the hierarchy of Super Bowl championship franchises. The Chiefs are also hoping to become the eighth franchise to win back-to-back titles and the first to do so since Tom Brady's Patriots in Before the Chiefs kick things off against the Buccaneers, we decided to take a look at the franchise's three prior trips to the Super Bowl:.
The Super Bowl's name was coined by Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, who came up with it after watching one his children play with a "Super Ball," a popular kids toy during that time. The AFL encouraged passing and higher-scoring games; it was the first professional football league to have a two-point conversion. The AFL also started signing some of college football 's biggest games Joe Namath and placing them in the biggest markets.
But despite their impressive record and a roster that featured several future Hall of Fame players, the Chiefs were not projected to be much of a challenge for the Packers, who were coming off of a dramatic NFL Championship Game victory over the Cowboys , Green Bay's fourth NFL title since While they didn't have the depth to compete with the Packers, the Chiefs did possess some of the best individual talent of that era. On a field that featured some of the best players of that era, the star of Super Bowl I was an unheralded receiver named Max McGee, who notoriously partied until the mid-morning hours leading up to the game.
After starting receiver Boyd Dowler left the game with an injury, the year-old McGee caught seven passes for yards and two touchdowns after catching just four passes during the '66 season. The Chiefs held tough in the first half, responding to the Packers' first two touchdowns with two scoring drives of their own.
But after taking a deficit into intermission, the Chiefs' committed a costly error when Dawson, facing the Packers' pass rush, threw an interception to Packers' safety Willie Wood, who was tackled at the Chiefs' 5-yard-line. The pick set up the first of three unanswered touchdowns by the Packers. But they lacked a little bit of the techniques that we were used to.
So we had to take advantage of the different techniques. It wasn't so much their fault as it was the rest of the AFL. The defense weren't that strong in the AFL, and so they had never experienced the things we did and the type of football we bring. We had an advantage right there.
That was the big thing going for us.
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