The super bowl became one of the premier sporting events in America during the second half of the 20th century. The First World Super Bowl in professional football took place on January 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League’s (NFL) Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League’s (AFL) Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10. As the NFL and the AFL did not merge until 1969, the first two super bowls involved the first place teams from either league. While initially rather small in scale, Super Bowl I did not sellout, the game soon became a cultural phenomenon. Starting very quickly, the game became a cultural spectacle that rivaled Heavy Weight Boxing championship prize fight of an earlier era. Until the