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The Game that Changed the Future Come the end of January, people will gather their chips and

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The Game that Changed the Future Come the end of January, people will gather their chips and salsa, their finger foods, and their drinks to spend time with friends and family to watch the game of champions. Some people may even purchase tickets to enjoy this one event in person to get the real thrill. This year Americans celebrated the forty-eighth time that this event has been going on. The Denver Broncos versus Seattle Seahawks, where the Seahawks dominated the Broncos, 43-8 leading to a Super Bowl Championship. It all began in 1967 at the first Super Bowl and will focus on main points, such as the players, the AFL and NFL ties, the key plays, and the scores. The first of these “Super” contests pitted Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay …show more content…

Legend has it that Max had spent most of the previous night out on the town and was in no shape to play football (Alder). McGee was strictly a backup and did not receive much playing time, in fact, in 14 games during the season; he caught only four passes for 91 yards (Alder). He felt safe in knowing the only way he would get into the game was if Boyd Dowler got hurt (Alder). As fate would have it, Dowler got injured early in the game and McGee was suddenly thrust into a game he had no business being in (Alder). Just moments after entering the game, he caught a thirty-seven yard touchdown pass from Bart Starr to cap off an eighty yard drive that gave the Packers an early lead (Alder). On the day, McGee caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns (Alder). McGee was later quoted as saying, “I waddled in about 7:30 in the morning and I could barely stand up for the kickoff” (Alder). Green Bay broke open the game with three second-half touchdowns, the first of which was set up by Wood’s fifty yard return of an interception (Super Bowl). Elijah Pitts ran for two scores (Super Bowl). Starr completed sixteen of twenty-three passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns and was chosen the most valuable player (Super Bowl). The Chiefs’ 10 points came in the second quarter, the only touchdown on a seven yard pass from Len Dawson to Curtis McClinton (Super Bowl). The Green Bay Packers

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