Super Bowl II Memories

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This is what the field looked like for Super Bowl II.

Super Bowl II is a reconstruction with various sources and radio. The actual broadcast recording does not exist, so this is video is merged with radio audio. Close to 20 minutes of pregame talk. The game shows a good amount, probably most, of the plays. But since the actual television broadcast does not exist, this does not feel like watching “the game” itself, or anything. Still, considering this is the closest that most people can get to actually watching the game these days, in the absence of video from the original broadcast, it is still pretty cool. As close to having a video of the game as you are likely to get these days.    

Super Bowl II Logo:

Super Bowl Rings:

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So, I was not born for this one, either.

However, I am aware of some of what was going on in the country at the time. Jacques Cousteau's first ever television special aired. The country was still obviously involved with the Vietnam War, and the Tet Offensive was about to begin. The year 1968 would be very tumultuous, with the Vietnam War really being stepped up in intensity even more than before, and it causing tremendous tensions within the United States, where opposition to the war, and numerous protests, would become the norm. The hippie movement was, by now, in full swing. In the spring, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, and about one month later, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. There were violent student protests in France. The Prague Spring took place, and there were anti-communist movements in Yugoslavia and Poland as well.


Super Bowl II - January 14, 1968 at the Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida. Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14. The real Super Bowl 2 recording does not exist, this is video merged with radio audio, not the complete game but the closest thing available. Stadium Orange Bowl, MVP Bart Starr, Favorite Packers by 13.5, Referee Jack Vest, Attendance 75,546. Some big names involved with this game include Vince Lombardi, Herb Adderly, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Henry Jordan, Ray Nitschke, Bart Starr, Willie Wood, Fred Biletnikoff, George Blanda, Willie Brown, Jim Otto, Gene Upshaw. National anthem and halftime Grambling State University Band, Network CBS, Announcers Ray Scott, Pat Summerall, and Jack Kemp. Nielsen ratings 36.8, est. 39.12 million viewers, Market share 68, Cost of 30-second commercial US$ 54,000