Three facts from each of five NFL Week 9

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Three facts from each of five NFL Week 9

The NFL's ninth week in the 2021 regular season includes several significant matchups.Five of this week's game are rematches of previous Super Bowls, including the first ever Super Bowl game between the Packers and Chiefs. The Colts-Jets showdown this weekend is a rematch of the greatest upset in pro football history, while this weekend's clash between the Cowboys and Broncos is a rematch of one of the most flawed championship games in Super Bowl history. We also have a rematch of one of the greatest finishes in Super Bowl history, when nearly forced overtime against the . And whenever you're talking Super Bowls, it's hard not to mention , who has played in 10 of the previous 55 big games. Brady's second Super Bowl win is part of this week's rematches of Super Bowls past.Here are three little known facts from each of the NFL's four Week 9 Super Bowl rematches. How many of these facts did you already know? Let me know at .The only dual broadcast Super BowlFor the first and only time, the first Super Bowl was televised by two different networks. CBS and NBC were at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In fact, the second half's opening kickoff had to be re-kicked as one of the Anthony Lawrence II Jersey networks had yet to return from commercial break. CBS and NBC would rotate who covered the next 17 Super Bowls. CBS has covered a record 21 Super Bowls that includes the ' win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. at each Super Bowl that has been previously covered by CBS. All-time talentThe '60s Packers are one of the greatest teams of all-time. The '66 Packers, Vince Lombardi's fourth of five championship teams, boasted 11 Hall of Fame players. But the Packers' first Super Bowl opponent, the Kansas City Chiefs, also boasted a roster full of talent. Led by coach Hank Stram, the '66 Chiefs fielded six Hall of Fame players that included five on defense. Kansas City's roster also included generational talents in running back Mike Garrett and receiver Otis Taylor.When you add in Lombardi, Stram and Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, there were 20 Hall of Famers who took part in the first Super Bowl. The only Super Bowl with more Hall of Fame participants was Super Bowl XIII, when the Steelers defeated the Cowboys, 35-31.The most expected starOn a field with numerous future Hall of Famers, Max McGee, a 34-year-old backup receiver who caught only four pa ses during the '66 regular season, was Super Bowl I's biggest star. Expecting to see little -- if any -- playing time, McGee notoriously partied until Anthony Mack Jersey the mid-morning hours leading up to the game. But after starting receiver Boyd Dowler left the game with an an early injury, the stage was set for one of the most unexpected performances in Super Bowl history. The confident McGee torched Kansas City's defense to the tune of seven catches for 138 yards and two touchdowns. McGee's performance included scoring the Super Bowl's first touchdown, a 37-yard touchdown that included an impre sive on-handed catch. "Max, who has announced to anybody that would listen, 'Hey, I can kill these guys if I get in this game,' he proceeds to have an MVP type of performance," former Packers offensive lineman Bill Curry . "This is the stuff of legend and it should be. Bart got the most valuable player because he earned it, but they probably should have split it and had co-MVPs because Max had that great of game." No. 53: 1966 Super Bowl I - Chiefs vs. Packers "The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game" (Jan. 15, 1967) : NFL 100 Greatest Games on NFL (@NFL) Legendary a sistant coaches Super Bowl III is most famous for the fact that the Jets, an 18-point underdog, pulled off the greatest upset win in Super Bowl history. But what is often forgotten is how good of a defensive battle this game was. The Dejan Vasiljevic Jersey Jets' defense came away with five turnovers, while the Colts held the Jets to 14 points below their season average.Two talented defensive a sistants likely played a key role in that defensive excellence. The Jets' defensive line was coached by Buddy Ryan, who was later the defensive line coach of the ' "Purple People Eater" defense that advanced to Super Bowl XI. As the ' defensive coordinator, Ryan famously led Chicago's ferocious "46" defense that dominated the in Super Bowl XX. The Colts' defense was led by defensive coordinator Chuck Noll, who shortly after Super Bowl III would be named the head coach of the . Led by the "Steel Curtain" defense, Noll's teams would win four Super Bowls over a six-year span during the 1970s.First 'Super Bowl'While it was the third game between the AFL and NFL champions, this was the first game that was referred to as the "Super Bowl." The first two games were simply known as the "AFL-NFL World Championship Game," with the NFL champion winning the first two games by a combined score of 68-26. The term Super Bowl by Hunt, who along with owning the Chiefs was the AFL principle founder. Hunt shared his name for the AFL-NFL title game with then NFL-commi sioner Pete Rozelle ahead of the first championship game between the two leagues.Where did Hunt's "Super Bowl" idea come from? The answer can be traced back to a kid's toy that was played with by Hunt's children during the mid '60s. One day, Hunt saw his kids playing with a Superball, a " " that was branded as " Ray Lewis Jersey the greatest ball ever created." Joe Namath did not throw a single fourth quarter pa sThe Jets brash quarterback, who went 17 of 28 for 206 yards during the first three quarters, spent the final quarter of Super Bowl III handing the ball to Matt Snell, Emerson Boozer, and Bill Mathis. Snell rushed for 36 of the Jets' 48 yards during the quarter, as New York extended its lead to 16-0 on Jim Turner's fourth field goal of the game.While his fourth quarter was uneventful, Namath more than put his stamp on Super Bowl III during the game's first three quarters. Namath, in order to avoid the Colts' ferocious pa s rush, shortened his drop back. He also got rid of the ball substantially quicker than he did during New York's previous games. Namath also used Maynard, a Hall of Fame receiver, as a decoy while instead throwing to George Sauer, who caught eight pa ses for 133 yards. A pair of Namath completions to Sauer set up Snell's second quarter touchdown. Namath's 35-yard completion to Sauer on the Jets' next drive served as New York's longest play of the afternoon.Namath also called a brilliant game, as he consistently kept the Colts off-guard with a perfect mix of runs and pa ses. Namath, to the chagrin of Hall of Michael Irvin Jersey Fame linebacker Mike Curtis and the rest of the Colts' defense, called several draw plays that caught Baltimore's defense by surprise. The result was a New York offense that tallied more first downs and more total yards than Baltimore. Jets-Colts. 18-point underdogs. The guarantee. You know how it finished.No. 6 on the NFL's 100 Greatest Games list: Sup
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