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In National Football League (NFL) lore, the Freezer Bowl was the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals.The game was played on January 10, 1982, at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, and televised by NBC, with announcers Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen.
Only a handful of NFL games have been played with a starting temperature below zero. The Ice Bowl is the most notable of the 10 coldest NFL games.
Although not as severe as the "Ice Bowl" of 1967, the weather conditions were bitterly cold at 8 °F (−13 °C), with a sub-zero wind chill factor. Cleveland linebacker Jim Houston suffered frostbite during the game and was hospitalized. Minnesota was favored by nine points to win the title game at home, [1] [7] and they won, 27–7. [2] [8] [9]
Despite winning the World Championship, Rams owner Dan Reeves lost $64,000 with his franchise during the 1945 season. These financial losses, combined with the Rams' poor home attendances and the awarding of a Cleveland franchise ( Browns ) in the soon to be formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC), ensured the relocation of the Rams to ...
Somebody get that man a hot beverage. Reid's frozen facial hair was a product of the fourth-coldest game in NFL history. Temperatures at kickoff hovered around -4 degrees with the wind chill ...
The 1962 NFL Championship Game was the 30th NFL title game, played on December 30 at Yankee Stadium in New York City.It matched the New York Giants (12–2) of the Eastern Conference and Green Bay Packers (13–1) of the Western Conference, the defending league champions.
A thick, bulky scarf around his neck left no skin exposed to the record-cold football weather. And the hood of his furry coat — with “teeth” — covered his head.
The 1967 NFL Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. [1] [2]It determined the NFL's champion, which met the AFL's champion in Super Bowl II, then formally referred to as the second AFL–NFL World Championship Game.