The Ice Bowl The Cold Truth About Football's Most Unforgettable Game

by Gruver, Ed

• ISBN13: 9781590130803
• ISBN10: 1590130804
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: McBooks Press

Summary

The day of the Ice Bowl game was so cold, the referees' whistles wouldn't 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 didn't 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 Year's 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. Here's the whole story, based on dozens of interviews with people who were there- on the field and of -- told by author Ed Gruver with passion, suspense, wit, and accuracy.

Author Biography

Ed Gruver is a newspaper sportswriter, a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association and a contributor to Total Football. In addition to The Ice Bowl, he is the author of The American Football League: A Year-by-Year History, and two recently published biographies, Nitschke and Koufax. He lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Cold Enough For You?	11	(14)
Lombardi: The Making of St. Vincent	25	(15)
Landry: The Coach as Intellectual	40	(12)
Fire and Ice: Apprenticeships in New York	52	(9)
The Tactical Evolution	61	(14)
New Regimes in Green Bay and Dallas	75	(14)
The Struggles of '67	89	(14)
An ``Appointment with Destiny''	103	(13)
The NFL Playoffs	116	(14)
Game Day in Green Bay	130	(16)
Wind Chill and the Will to Win	146	(25)
Photos	163	(8)
``Doomsday'' Dominates	171	(16)
The Drive	187	(30)
Epilogue: The Cold Truth	217	(14)
Appendix: Statistics and Play-by-Play	231	(20)
Index	251