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Freezer Bowl. In National Football League (NFL) lore, the Freezer Bowl was the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals. The game was played on January 10, 1982, at Cincinnati 's Riverfront Stadium, and televised by NBC, with announcers Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen. The game, won by the Bengals, 27 ...
The redesigned Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded since 2010–11 season. The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the AFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card" teams ...
The 1981 AFC Championship game held on January 10, 1982, was referred to as the Freezer Bowl due to below-freezing game day temperatures, according to the Cincinnati Bengals’ website.
Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly, Peyton Manning and Patrick Mahomes were each the starting quarterback for four AFC champions. [4][8][12][10][9] Manning started in five championships for two different franchises, the Indianapolis Colts and the Broncos. [10][12] Franco Harris and Thurman Thomas were each the leader in rushing yards for an AFC champion ...
One week after their victory over the Dolphins in Florida's scorching heat, the Chargers traveled to Cincinnati to face the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game in the coldest game in NFL history based on the wind chill. The air temperature was −9 °F (−23 °C), and wind chill was −59 °F (−51 °C).
January 10, 1982 – "The Freezer Bowl", The Bengals defeated the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game, 27–7, the coldest game ever played in NFL history. The wind chill factor brought the game-time temperature down to −56 °F (−49 °C). The Bengals' offensive linemen were on the field with their standard sleeveless jerseys in ...
The coldest game in NFL history is one of its most famous: the 1967 NFL championship, known simply as the "Ice Bowl." The Green Bay Packers played the Dallas Cowboys on the "frozen tundra" of ...
The 1967 NFL Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. [1][2] It determined the NFL's champion, which met the AFL 's champion in Super Bowl II, then formally referred to as the second AFL–NFL World Championship Game. The Dallas Cowboys (9–5), champions of the Eastern ...