Ice Bowl

The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees whistles wouldnt work; so cold, the reporters coffee froze in the press booth; so cold, fans built small fires in the concrete and metal stands; so cold, TV cables froze and photographers didnt dare touch the metal of their equipment; so cold, the game was as much about survival as it was about skill and strategy. On New Years Eve, 1967, the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers met for a classic NFL championship game, played on a frozen field in sub-zero weather. The Ice Bowl challenged every skill of these two great teams. Heres the whole story, based on dozens of interviews with people who were thereon the field and offtold by author Ed Gruver with passion, suspense, wit, and accuracy.