Today we’re back with more of our “Ice Bowl” coverage, as the teams are taking the field for the NFL title game on December 31, 1967. First, though, we see a member of the Green Bay Packers Band (above) on the sidelines, getting his instrument ready. It was determined that after a band member’s lip froze to his mouthpiece that the band was done for the day, and the halftime entertainment was cancelled as well.
The Dallas Cowboys enter the playing field from the visitor’s locker room in the North end zone. They had to be thinking of how different the weather was from just a year ago when the two teams met in the Cotton Bowl for the NFL title game.
Vince Lombardi and his Green Bay Packers offensive and back-up players take the field, also from the North end zone. The Packers’ sideline was (and still is) always the west sideline which is below the press boxes.
The Packers’ defensive players take the field for player introductions. Then, also as now, the team flipped back and forth between the offense and defense for introductions prior to the game.
Dallas Cowboy players huddle inside one of the hastily constructed “dugouts” that were placed on each sideline. They were really nothing more than wood and canvas, so they didn’t do much to warm the players, but they did cut out the wind a bit.
Packers’ quarterback Bart Starr also huddles in the dugout before the kickoff, ready to face both the Cowboys and the harsh elements in the quest for a third straight NFL title.
