Vince Lombardi: A Football Life - The Ice Bowl

In this segment of "A Football Life: Vince Lombardi", Lombardi and the Packers are going for the first-ever three-peat in NFL history in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, better known as "The Ice Bowl".
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[@EpicAMV911]

"Well then run it! And let's get the hell out of here!" "If you can't gain a yard, THEN YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE CHAMPIONS!" fucking legendary.

[@jamesnaclerio9670]

If only the Seahawks had seen this late in the 4th during their last superbowl appearance..

[@collinghood6828]

Same thing goes for the Seahawks

[@ginzod]

He was an over rated head coach.

[@EpicAMV911]

ginzod LOL.

[@ginzod]

SSJ Carl I think he was.........He was a great GM....;-)

[@garylobo348]

THEN LET'S RUN THAT PLAY AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. CLASSIC.

[@paullangland7559]

This line is exactly WHY there needs to be a Vince Lombardi movie. I kid you not a Vince Lombardi movie would be Awesome and it could even be an Oscar winner with the right director.

[@willpriest1247]

He really was the best coach ever they don't just name a trophy after anyone

[@870Rem12gauge]

+Will Priest Lombardi was the crowning point of NFL coaching.

[@minnesotamatt1980]

+wolfjak more like belli

[@theoracle1291]

+wolfjak agreed

[@Hosers]

Best coaches. Lombardi. Shula. Shula might actually be better but it's close.

[@benjaminunanaowo2929]

+iXeronax Shula? His tenure in the 80's and 90's say otherwise. I can't believe no one has said Bill Walsh.

[@thomasortega2838]

“If you can’t gain a yard you don’t deserve to be champions!” Talk about motivation

[@Bob31415]

I remember watching the Ice Bowl in our living room in Newark, Delaware. After the game my family went trudging through the snow somewhere. I forget where.

[@djn3131]

Favorite Quote, If you are 10 min. early, you are on time, if you are on time, you are 10 min. late, if you are 10 Min. late... Don't bother showing up

[@jonathanblaze1648]

+djn3131 I like "winning isn't everything,...it's the only thing."

[@peniswithstretchmarks]

djn3131 lmao I am 2 years late

[@jerrygalvin4380]

That's called Lombardi time.

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

Man, do I love that quote. Gonna use it. A lot.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

I used Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap's "Instant Replay" for book reports from the early 70s through my college days, a decade later. "Lombardi Time" was referenced there, and elsewhere, as 15 min. ahead of the stated start time.

[@chrisosieczanek8281]

I was at this game , an 11 year old kid with my Dad and two brothers . When you’re that age , you don’t realize the significance of what you’re watching , just that you’re cold , you want your team to win , and to go home and warm up . Now at age 64 , still a die-hard Packer fan , I rank that memory up with the birth of my children . Never to be duplicated .

[@jeffkujawa803]

I heard that one person died and I guess of a heart attack during the game. That’s quite a memory and I have always liked the Packers because of their small town big play style

[@stevenclair5002]

That is awesome ! I was 12 watching that game with my grandfather, I was in a warmer environment. I guess you folks in GB grow up in that environment.

[@tommylord]

3:09 in this film; That image of diehard fans sitting in the open stadium, HOURS before the game even starts. They must have been really frozen by the end of the game, unless they left early. Thanks for sharing that memory. I was about to turn 9 when the Ice Bowl was played, and still a year before I got hooked on football. I became a Packer fan when I read Bart Starr's (paperback) biography in the 4th grade. I watch these highlights and I can name every player on the Packers roster.

[@bjones140]

The fact you grow up in Wisconsin is a great feat in it self let alone being at that game 🤣🤣🤣🙏🏾

[@fredie464646]

​@@bjones140very funny 🤣

[@EthanKMoore]

In my weight room in highschool, we have a quote that says "Fatigue makes a coward out of all of us." -Vince Lombardi

[@JohnDoe-vl6so]

When I played in high school, the weight room had a sign, "Don't work me too hard coach. I don't want to win".

[@sammyvh11]

Old school football was the best.

[@PleaseLikeMyComments]

How on earth did they play in that weather?! It's like playing in Antarctica. Just astounding.

[@aldixon1977]

@Hank, The Angry Drunken Dwarf: Has this been confirmed ? 🧐

[@reed_shaw1816]

R.I.P Vince Lombardi you will always be missed and you will always be the greatest the world has ever seen

[@modeltrainchannel3151]

Bill B is

[@sway_9803]

One of the greatest games of all time, an absolute classic in nfl history

[@traviscummings9178]

To be fair, Lombardi was probably right to leave after Super Bowl II. I mean, look at him. The stress of being a coach, that obsession to win and be the best at what you do, the long hours away from family, it really takes a toll on you.

[@astrobullivant5908]

He was struggling with cancer too.

[@jmgarcia61]

He looked like he was in his late 60s even if he was only 54.

[@adk46er5203]

Should have got that Colonostpy after the season. He might have made history in Washington also.

[@inbredagogo]

Hard to believe he's been gone 45 years.

[@hoss73ford]

+inbredagogo As hard to believe that at the time he had less than three years to live. Gosh I miss those days of great football and those who played the game back then.

[@loyaldude10]

+Mark Muffs and then after only 1 yr away he coached the 69 Resdkins and made them pretty good

[@hoss73ford]

+loyaldude10 the only thing that would have made the Ice Bowl worse was if they would have got a bunch of snow with it. Odd in that when I was living in Ohio the coldest day I remember which was about -22, it was a bright sunshiny day, lol.

[@Stacie45]

+Mark Muffs You don't usually get much snow when it is that cold, because the air can't hold enough moisture for snow. It snows heavy when the temp is within about 10 degrees of freezing. And it is actually colder to be out in it when it is right around freezing, because everything gets wet. When it is super cold everything is dry. The frozen solid field would be like concrete, compared to cold mud, but a different kind of cold from 30 degrees and soaking wet.

[@hoss73ford]

+Stacie45 Actually i knew that from living in Ohio, I was just saying "what if". The temps I always watched closely was about 29 to 32 which was ripe for freezing rain which is more of a bear to deal with than snow. Snow is negotiable, ice is not.

[@albertatundra]

The game-time temperature at Lambeau Field was about −15 °F (−26 °C), with an average wind chill around −48 °F (−44 °C); That's brutally cold even for a Canadian.

[@TheBeagleHasLanded75]

Can anybody imagine wide receivers or defensive players NOT wearing gloves in conditions like that nowadays? Lol.

[@KingMacRS]

+BUCK NUT 330 You said it just right. "Imagine"

[@arigross6822]

+BUCK NUT 330 i wonder how any receivers caught anything i mean you ever try to catch a cold football in cold weather when your hands are cold? it just kills your hands

[@TheBeagleHasLanded75]

Ari Gross Gotta be like catching a brick. Tough loss tonight against Denver. GO PACK GO!

[@tylermccune7092]

I have a hard time catching the ball when I play in anything below about 45 lol I played in abt 2 foot of snow last seaso, that was fun

[@jeremythompson9122]

Cant imagine the overpaid crybaby players of today even playing in these conditions period

[@59ogre]

I missed the ice bowl.I did get to see most of the Western Conf. div.victory the week before,but I was only 8 and my mom wasn't into football.my dad was in Vietnam.Two years later,he was stationed at the Pentagon,and we could get tickets for Redskin games at Ft.McNair,if you were willing to get there real early.The first NFL game I saw was between Washington and Dallas at RFK in Nov.1969.The head coach for Dallas was of course Tom Landry.The head coach for Washington was..........Vince Lombardi.I consider myself extremely fortunate.

[@j.wat.3437]

All the other Coaches learned from Vince! The GOAT

[@stevefowler2112]

I think you have to throw Paul Brown in the mix for GOAT coach...the Browns won multiple world championships too and Paul Brown's passing game was so advanced in the 50's and 60's and 70's that Bill Walsh pretty much stole it and put his "west coast offense" stamp on it.

[@karencarter4072]

@@stevefowler2112 Plus, the Browns had a workhorse, the great Jim Brown.

[@jamesanthony5681]

All other coaches like Bill Parcells and Bobby Knight preached what Lombardi taught: Eliminate the mental errors.

[@akumatheidiot]

Best teams in their decade 2000s: Patriots 90s: Cowboys 80s: 49ers 70s: Steelers 60s: Packers

[@bradbrown1617]

+Blake 2010s Seahawks 2000s: Patriots 90s: Cowboys 80s: 49ers 70s: Steelers 60s: Packers

[@nickmusch]

+Brad Brown The Seahawks weren't relevant until 2006-2007 up, they don't really own that decade.

[@Stacie45]

+Brad Brown Calling the Seahawks (or any team) the team of the decade for the 2010's is about 5 years premature. They need to win about 2 more to claim it.

[@mrkackerwacker]

yep

[@jyungwoo9282]

you need to think of bigger OF ALL TIME, pats are nice now cuz of bellicheat, but would've never stood a chance against a team like walsch, lombardi, or landry. John Madden can attest to that.

[@voicegirl555]

50 years gone today but never never forgotten! Thank you Vince Lombardi!!!

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Vince Lombardi never cheated. He is the greatest coach ever.

[@jeremythompson9122]

I think Vince Lombardi would rather lose than win in a dishonest or shady manner. He actually had integrity unlike Belichick or Bob Kraft

[@astrobullivant5908]

@@jeremythompson9122 It should be called The Belichick Trophy, not the Lombardi Trophy. 1) Bellichick never cheated. Goodell redefined terms in the rules after the fact to take the Pats' picks away in '07 and completely fabricated the "deflation" claims. Tons of scientific evidence has exonerated the Patriots for that including the experiments done by Ainissa Ramirez. 2) Lombardi was implicated in the biggest cheating scandal in the history of football-- at the very least, he let cadets cheat on military examinations, and there is significant evidence that he tampered with military exams to try to win at Westpoint. It took decades for Westpoint football to recover, and it had to expel 43 of 45 players.

[@Icyhotboo]

@@astrobullivant5908 Sounds like Trumpshit to me.

[@astrobullivant5908]

@@Icyhotboo When Lombardi was an assistant coach at Westpoint, roughly 95% of the players were kicked out for cheating. Lombardi wrote in his book that the head coach's decision to not resign after that, even when his own son was involved in the cheating, was noble and taught him "perseverance." For these clowns to use Lombardi just as an excuse to go after Belichick and Brady with fake scandals based on junk science is absurd.

[@eatfarts3024]

Keith Kevelson junk science like climate change? Lol you’re too predictable.

[@johnperrigo6474]

Unbelievable that the stadium was packed full.

[@fml5910]

Best NFL coach ever!

[@traviscummings9178]

Probably the greatest chess match between two of the greatest coaches ever to coach football

[@kenchamberlain2552]

7:31 (if you can't gain a yard, you don't deserve to be champions) that should've been told to seattle last year in the super bowl.

[@pepper7447]

Ha

[@adeadmeme6124]

STOP REMINDING ME 😭😭

[@kenchamberlain2552]

thou shall not cease repetition (lol)

[@riggygoyal]

Bruh 😂

[@kenchamberlain2552]

thanks?

[@navblue20]

You got to admit it's pretty cool that Jerry Kramer gets to talk about that last play. That last shot when Starr goes in you look at that picture there are seven Hall of famers in that picture.

[@waynejohnson3635]

Absolutely the golden age of the NFL.

[@ashwinrebbapragada7626]

The Ice Bowl was Epic!!! What a game.

[@eon14873]

Being from the UK I can't imagine that level of cold. Legendary couch and game

[@mholub]

I remember being glued to the set watching this game!!!

[@timmer693]

Greatest coach of all time. Winning is everything, Coach. Thank you!

[@jhanbury1968]

Timmer "no it's not everything. It's the only thing" Vince Lombardi.

[@ericsmith8254]

Tackling in that weather has to be wild

[@daveminer9217]

They "tackled the weather".

[@dwaynerose9315]

a true perfectionist in Coach Lombardi ,and a great motivator

[@manrajsingh5853]

RIP BART STARR

[@jeremythompson9122]

The 1950's Giants had Vince Lombardi as offensive coordinator and Tom Landry as defensive coordinator. Makes you wonder how that team only won one NFL Championship(1956). Lombardi's last game with the Giants was the 1958 NFL Championship Game...the overtime thriller vs. the Baltimore Colts

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

7:31 - “If you can’t gain a yard, then you don’t deserve to be Champions” I agree

[@E-Brightvoid]

GOAT Coach, any sport

[@anthbig]

THE GREATEST COACH...OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@headshotsongs9465]

Hence, The Vince Lombardi Trophy.

[@Sldumas1983]

Only love and respect from one of the greatest Men and Coaches ever

[@scorpionz44]

the ice bowl, packers and lombardi, thats the defintion of Football right there. I could listen to a stories about the Ice bowl forever

[@kenryder5681]

to me this remains the greatest pro football game ever.-15 degrees wind chill -40 and Dallas took it to the last play.the nfl would postpone the game today,it was a much better product back in 1967.

[@ericarhodes1524]

Ken Ryder hunni check o

[@bobscott7440]

Ken Ryder The Cowboys were branded as choke artists after this game by the press. They had to put up with hearing that until they beat the Miami Dolphins in SB VI.

[@tombrady7039]

they would not call it off

[@ryanbarbieri5525]

I agree on all counts, Ken

[@carltonvaughn2414]

Well said Ken- 1000 years from now they'll still say that was the best game ever played.

[@TheCancerkilla]

Jerry Kramer's Pugh story was gold...

[@imannonymous7707]

I really wish i was old enough to remember these days....those were the days of their lives. God bless ya coach

[@juancaudillo5546]

I'm glad im a packer fan

[@jjf1191]

Respect

[@akumatheidiot]

I'm proud to be a Cowboys fan. Respect to the 60s Packers. A real football team

[@chris.hartliss]

@@akumatheidiot

[@tonythemexican5394]

Me too

[@JimmyJump7]

All Time Coach For All Coaches!

[@pmkrak]

I remember reading that when he heard Chuck Noll was made Head Coach of the Steelers in '69 he predicted that Pittsburgh was going to be the next dynasty in the NFL.

[@jeremythompson9122]

They also drafted the cornerstone of the Steel Curtain in 1969.....Mean Joe Greene

[@lincolnhare8458]

I GOT TO LOVE THE MAN!!!!!!

[@bradjames891]

I went to Lambeau Atrium in October and it's such a wondrous thing to see everything he and Curly Lambeau built :) I have Italian heritage from Lombardy so perhaps Coach Lombardi and I are family!

[@markg.1078]

"We reach down, and we got a little bit of Lombardi".......... What an inspiration that man must have been! I'm not sure I would have wanted to play for him, but then again, he inspired so many people.

[@jamesanthony5681]

5 titles in 9 years. Hard to beat that.

[@tjvanderloop1686]

It was an honor to be a "Teenage Stock-boy" at Larry's Piggly Wiggly in Kaukauna, WI., and go to the "Ice Bowl" with a free ticket given to me by the store Manager & Owner. I was given a ticket to a "Historic NFC-Championship game as Vince Lombardi guided the Packers to Victory!" God has guided my life with a love for the game of football. Father Mark Schommer a native of Kaukauna was a "Packers-Team Chaplin and a family-friend who played for the Packers" as a "Walk-on from UW-Stevens Point." Later, I was a similar story as a "Walk-on Player" at UW-Stout! Love for football came from a "Love" for the Packers and the demanding rough-game. The "Ice-Bowl defines a Frozen-Tundra as TITLE TOWN-USA!" In later years I was a "Packers-Ticket-Taker" from 1977 to 1987 and that was an "Honor" for this game! T J (Tom) Vanderloop, Author, Technology-Instructor, A Manufacturing-Consultant & Community-Leader (AWS & SME)

[@donaldschmidt2990]

The epitome of a team and a coach. During his nine seasons in Green Bay, Vince Lombardi elevated the Packers to unprecedented stature as the games greatest team. Lombardi was so much more than a coach. He was the very symbol of dedication and striving to attain. In any pursuit of man. It is also a proven fact that Lombardi is footballs only coach that could take any team and win. IMMEDIATELY!!! Bill Walsh, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll and nearly every other coaching icon struggled miserably at the onset of their careers. Lombardi took a Green Bay team that was almost out of business. In two years they were playing for the title. In his one season with a horrendous Washington Redskins team he turned them into winners. Lombardi was so good he even coached a High School Basketball team to a State Title!! This despite having almost no basic knowledge of the game. He took a Basketball Manual, used it as a guide and drove his team to victory after victory. Lombardis only weakness was that he was so driven it compromised his well being. During his reign however, no coach will ever match him. And no coach ever will. Five Championships in seven seasons. Choke on that Bill Belichick!!

[@mattharper588]

I use to deliver the morning paper to Vince Lombardi when I was a kid he lived on Sunset Circle in Allouez which is a small town south of Green Bay

[@chriswright8464]

No last names on the jerseys.

[@headshotsongs9465]

And no one took a knee. Guess they just showed up to play football. -40 wind chill. What were they thinking?

[@billbergendahl2629]

It had to be tough just being a spectator in that game as cold as it was.

[@johnfoster535]

The story chronicled above is about more than just a game, a team.......a coach. It is about a shining example of what it takes to be a winner. Total commitment, total concentration, total perseverance in the face of excruciating pain, and the absolute refusal to be defeated. It was about a team held together by love......TOUGH love......given by a man who will always rank number one as a leader of men, and who is an example of what can be achieved in ANY field of endeavour in our great and free nation . Vince Lombardi and his Packers served as a life long inspiration for me, and I can honestly say that whatever small successes I've had in life were because of the example of greatness I witnessed that day on that frozen field in 1967.

[@zachward7707]

John Foster well said I’m 40 years old long removed from coach Lombardi’s glory days ... yet his work ethic and example remains .... he is truly one of my hero’s ... along with many players on that team ...

[@headshotsongs9465]

Super Bowl II. "Lets play the last 30 minutes for the old man." - Jerry Kramer.

[@johnspizziri1919]

When I was 9 years old, I wrote a letter to Coach Lombardi asking if he could send me a team picture. Guess what I got- Individual autographed 8x10 glossies of every starting Player! My goodness, did I love him and the Packers! Still do.

[@thomaswolf723]

Actually, the game did not end with Starr's quarterback sneak. There was a subsequent kickoff and one or two plays from scrimmage.

[@yourlocalbluntfriend4136]

Thomas Wolf that’s was the last major play.

[@99somerville]

The sneak took place with 13 seconds. Time for a kickoff and one play.

[@tjvanderloop1686]

The game saw the goal posts come down and many souvenirs are taken out of Lambeau Field. A welding torch was brought onto the field and a welder cut many 12-inch "Goal Post" segments for the fans. A number of plywood green and gold painted helmets also left the field as 1967 trophies for the fans. Title town was energized and warm with "Community Support as the 12th Player" making history. T J (Tom) Vanderloop, An Author, Teacher and a Former Packer Ticket-taker (1977 to 1986) at Lambeau

[@headshotsongs9465]

The Lombardi era, ... never ended.

[@mikeforte7585]

So glad Jerry Kramer finally made the HOF.....I joined alot of people in writing letters to the Hall in his support..

[@33packer]

Beautiful now JERRY KRAMER in the Hall !!!

[@gynandroidhead]

He's finally there

[@jeremythompson9122]

I can't believe it took as long as it did to vote him in

[@headshotsongs9465]

The Bart Starr QB sneak TD the greatest play in NFL history.

[@tommyboy71]

Never forget it. Etched in my memory as the greatest game ever.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

Best. Game. Ever.

[@ZiPolishHammer]

+Tim Tebow's Left Arm Have you actually watched old football games? They're boring as fuck, low scoring, grindy affairs. At least the defensemen were allowed to actually hit people though without being penalized.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

There are many "old football games online" which show they were much more defense and running-oriented. This game was much more, though, about arguably the greatest human test of will - not just football, but being able to perform as world class athletes in any way, shape or form - in the harshest conditions any game in any major team sport worldwide has ever led world-class athletes to endure. There was the storyline of the previous year's championship game, for which Dallas was aiming for pain-filled revenge. Then there was the greatest storyline - the Packers playing for an un-matched third straight league championship and the final game Vince Lombardi would ever coach at home for the Packers. Add the incredible drama of how the game ended. Put those factors together..best...game...ever.

[@ZiPolishHammer]

Tim Tebow's Left Arm Eh, to each their own I guess. I preferred modern football before the rules protecting receivers and QB's came into effect. 90's and early 2000's. Needed a balanced offense and good defense to win. Wideouts would get punished for going over the middle, and dominant defenses could impact the game just as much as QB's. With the modern ruled the best QB's can just have their way and there's very little the defense can even do without being penalized. Can you imagine Brady trying to do his thing against the '85 Bears playing by the old rules? He wouldn't make it through one half.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

The quick-rhythm passing game he's become an expert at? He and the modern Pats might tear up the '85 Bears. Same with Rodgers and company at their best (not recent weeks). But few would.

[@ZiPolishHammer]

Tim Tebow's Left Arm With old rules linebackers and safeties would be allowed to drill receivers on slants and hitches. Take a look at Torry Holts fingers, you think Edelman's bitch ass is coming over the middle for check down passes 20 times a game? No way in hell. Furthermore as a pass rusher you were allowed to let your momentum carry you through after the QB released the ball. Brady would die.

[@tolivr]

Wow, 5 titles in 9 seasons. I even remember watching a couple of them with my dad. Fifty years later I've seen Alabama's Coach Nick Saban do the same in college football. Man am I getting old.

[@williambrooks6252]

Now that's football boys and girls!!!!😃😃😃😃

[@spryfol]

One of the beauties of sports is the top dog, (Packers) and the young guns trying to knock them off (Cowboys)! We see this often, and most times it delivers a high impact, memorable game. Add in a win or go home scenario and you get "classics"! Its what made the NFL what it is today. When you break it down, these games stay with us. The Ice Bowl will forever be a game that will be a benchmark game. The real tragedy of this game is not how the Cowboys lost, but who erased this game for CBS? You can't tell me that when it was over someone didn't call New York and say, "save this"? Someone, has got to have a copy of this somewhere. If the NFL Network played "The Ice Bowl" like they did Super Bowl I it really might just break some ratings records.

[@williamcooper6274]

+spryfol I agree totally. I hope they find it before Bart Starr passes away.

[@jmad627]

The networks in those days did a very poor job of archiving their product. NBC unfortunately either deleted, or taped over many Johnny Carson Tonight Shows that were done in NYC prior to the show moving west, and a ton of great material is now lost forever. It's a damned shame someone erased the videotape of this game, but it doesn't surprise me. NFL films, though, does have a lot of great footage of it.

[@danhendrickson9572]

it's wishful thinking but video tape back in those days was very expensive which is why so many games (and other shows) are lost forever.

[@AEMoreira81]

That is why NFL Films is often the only source of footage from early Super Bowl films, as they were way ahead of the curve on this.

[@Romans219]

Best coach in my lifetime

[@kmac3215]

“Well, then run it and let’s get the he’ll out of here!”😝

[@tsbreakout8783]

His only postseason loss came again my favorite team (Philadelphia Eagles).

[@thomasnorman9723]

Run it and lets get the hell outta here

[@Truebells24]

+Thomas Norman Man I wish Lombardi was there to tell that to Pete Carroll in SB49

[@thomasnorman9723]

+Truebells24 absolutely.....did you know it was lombardi"s idea to place either wires or tubes of hot water under Lambeau Field to keep the field from freezing...well that plan failed, somehow the water pipes froze, freezing the field....Lombardi shouldered full responsiblilty if the Packers would have lost that game, He can thank his offensive line and Bart Starr.........

[@williamcooper6274]

+Truebells24 Yup... I AGREE TOTALLY.

[@headshotsongs9465]

Later Nitski said watching the offense on 3rd and goal. "These are tough guys. They'll go in."

[@BigJewishNuts]

This is so fkn cool

[@headshotsongs9465]

9 years playing for the Coach. And when it really counted, "We reached down, got a little bit of Lombardi."

[@rolandmiller5456]

On that sneak think about his for a minute: you have at 6 Hall of Famers in that final picture...and #64 led the way.

[@kennethcouch4388]

Still Best Team Ever!! Packer fan for life.

[@thomasnorman3838]

that's five titles in 7 years not 9 years 1961 through 1967

[@jeremythompson9122]

They mean in Lombardis 9 years as head coach in Green Bay

[@tjvanderloop1686]

I was a Packer fan at the "Ice Bowl" and thank "Larry's Piggly Wiggly" for their Packer-Ticket" as a stock-boy. This game was an epic victory for the 3-time World Champion Packers. Vice Lombardi was the reason the "Team-Won." T J (Tom) Vanderloop, Author, Teacher & Manufacturing Consultant. AWS & SME Member to Industry,

[@santiagomagana3148]

50 years ago yesterday the football world lost this great man

[@clendenenjames8804]

What a GREAT COUCH THE BEST OF THE BEST MR VINCE

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Godspeed Bart Starr!

[@westlands703]

No Paul Hornung. No Jim Taylor. They still won.

[@rishabashok3388]

No NFL team had won 3 straight titles before and haven’t since

[@jmgarcia61]

It's astonishing how many people sleep on that fact. The only three peat in NFL history, and due to a Bart Starr-led drive in a show of precision passing. He didn't throw a lot, but almost every pass was a dagger in the heart of the opponent. I'm still fuming Bart Starr was left off the Top 100 team.

[@dougauzene8389]

Lombardi & Starr: GOAT Belicheck & Brady: Pfft...

[@jeremythompson9122]

Belichick and Brady's championships are all scripted

[@jamesanthony5681]

Both are great. Let's not build someone up by putting others down. Lombardi died at 57, having won 5 titles. When Belichick was 57, he won 3 Super Bowls. Starr and Brady were both late round draft picks, with Bart being an 17th rounder. Brady, of course, a 6th round pick.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

What a natural leader.

[@ignatiusjk]

It's hard to even watch that game seeing how cold it was. I couldn't imagine being out in that kind of weather.

[@richred2602]

Vince Lombardi liVes.

[@44excalibur]

Fun fact: Vince Lombardi's only postseason defeat was against the Philadelphia Eagles.

[@balrog322]

44excalibur Hate to be a Bogart, but technically that’s not true. The NFL back in those days had a postseason runner up Bowl game for the teams that finished second in each conference. Green Bay lost at least one of these, in 1964 against St. Louis.

[@44excalibur]

@Jed Belcher That technically doesn't count because that was prior to postseason football. Back in those days the Championship Game was the only game that mattered prior to the Super Bowl era. And after the loss to the Eagles, Lombardi coached the Packers to a record nine postseason game win streak, which wasn't broken until Bill Belichick led the Patriots to ten straight postseason wins from 2002-2006.

[@rjwalker4153]

@@balrog322 That's interesting. I'm 61 but I never knew the NFL ever had a runner up bowl.

[@balrog322]

RJ Walker in Jerry Kramer’s Instant Replay, he quotes Lombardi’s characterization of this ‘Bowl’ game: “A rinky-dink game played by rinky-dink teams in a rinky-dink city.” As we know, he had no use for anything other than first place. I think it was dropped once the NFL split the conferences in ‘67, if not it went into the dustbin of NFL history when the AFL & NFL merged in 1970.

[@rjwalker4153]

@@balrog322 I just read the history of it. It was discontinued when the AFL and NFL merged in 1970 as you last said. So it was still around in 1968 and 69. I should have remembered that because I was 11 years old then and really into football. I suspect those games were not televised nationally though, if at all. So I probably never saw one which would explain it.

[@bradjames891]

June 11, Happy Birthday Coach Lombardi :)

[@tayninh69]

Coach Lombardi would be spinning in his grave if he could see what has happened to the NFL today.

[@rolandmiller5456]

Nope. he would adjust. The great ones ALWAYS do. And knowing the man and how progressive he was he would understand that the game evolves and changes

[@870Rem12gauge]

"What the hells goin on out there! Everybody grabbing, nobody tacklin. Grab, grab, grab!"

[@mr.ramfan8100]

Yep...

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

The dead stay dead. Obfuscating Lombardi's persona to project your own personal agenda is disrespectful.

[@mooknick242]

@@rolandmiller5456 i disagree..he would turn and run from today's game

[@Ruckweiler73]

Saw the game and was amazed they were playing in these conditions.

[@mikeriordan7190]

still the best

[@Bob31415]

The Green Bay Packers wore the colors of the U.S. Army. Vince Lombardi was like a tank commander.

[@donb7113]

I remember this game well.

[@cliffmoher1096]

Perhaps the most incredible thing about this video and that day is that the fans, after just sitting there in that surreal sub-zero cold for three hours, still had it in them at the end to charge the field, tear down the goalposts, and cavort about the Frozen Tundra like teens on the beach in one of those goofy beach blanket movies. Talk about hardy! People are all about trashing wussified players these days, but how about the fans? These days fans need roofs, domes, AC, heat, cushioned seats, cup holders, gourmet food, et al, just to show up. Weenies!!

[@ab3040]

C'mon NFL. I didn't come here to feel desired depressed, I came here to marvel at coach Lombardi.

[@deanjorgenson6519]

A great game

[@markwatson8051]

The Greatest Coach. The Greatest Team Of All Time. Period.