Super Bowl II The second AFL - NFL World Championship Game in professional American football , later to be known as Super Bowl II , was played on January 14 , 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida . Aided by kicker Don Chandler ' s 4 field goals and defensive back Herb Adderly ' s 60 - yard interception return for a touchdown , the National Football League ( NFL ) champion Green Bay Packers ( 9 – 4 – 1 ) defeated the American Football League ( AFL ) champion Oakland Raiders ( 13 – 1 ) , 33 – 14 . Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr was named the Super Bowl MVP for the second time for his 13 of 24 passing for 202 yards and one touchdown . Background . Green Bay Packers . The Packers advanced to their second straight AFL - NFL World Championship Game , but had a much more difficult time than in the previous season . Both of their starting running backs from the previous year , future Pro Football Hall of Fame rs Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor , had left the team . Their replacements , Elijah Pitts and Jim Grabowski , were both injured early in the season , forcing Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi to use veteran reserve running back Donny Anderson and rookie Travis Williams . Fullbacks Chuck Mercein and Ben Wilson , who were signed as free agents after being discarded by many other teams , were also used to help compensate for the loss of Hornung and Taylor . Meanwhile the team ' s 33 - year old veteran quarterback Bart Starr had missed 4 games during the season with injuries , and finished the season with nearly twice as many interceptions ( 17 ) as touchdown passes ( 9 ) . The team ' s deep threat was provided by veteran receivers Carroll Dale , who recorded 35 receptions for 738 yards ( a 21 . 1 average ) , and 5 touchdowns ; and Pro Bowl er Boyd Dowler , who had 54 catches for 846 yards and 4 touchdowns . The Packers still had the superb blocking of linemen Jerry Kramer , Fred Thurston and Forrest Gregg . On special teams , Williams returned 18 kickoffs for 749 yards and an NFL record 4 touchdowns , giving him a whopping 41 . 1 yards per return average . But overall the team ranked just 9th out of 16 NFL teams in scoring with 332 points . The Packers defense , however , allowed only 209 points , the 3rd best in the NFL . Even this figure was misleading , since Green Bay had yielded only 131 points in the first 11 games ( when they clinched their division ) , the lowest total in professional football . Three members of Green Bay ' s secondary , the strongest aspect of their defense , were named to the Pro Bowl : defensive backs Willie Wood , Herb Adderley , and Bob Jeter . The Packers also had a superb defensive line led by Henry Jordan and Willie Davis . Behind them , the Packers linebacking core was led by Ray Nitschke . The Packers won the NFL ' s Central Division with a 9 – 4 – 1 regular season record , clinching the division in the 11th week of the season . During the last three weeks , the Packers gave up an uncharacteristic total of 78 points , after having yielded only about a dozen points per game in their first 11 contests . In the playoffs , Green Bay returned to its dominant form , blowing away their first playoff opponent , the Los Angeles Rams , in the Western Conference Championship Game , 28 – 7 . Green Bay would then come from behind to defeat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game for the second year in a row , in one of the most famous games in NFL lore : The Ice Bowl . Oakland Raiders . The Raiders , led by head coach John Rauch , had stormed to the top of the AFL with a 13 – 1 regular season record ( their only defeat was an October 7th loss to the New York Jets , 27 – 14 ) , and went on to crush the Houston Oilers , 40 – 7 , in the AFL Championship game . They had led all AFL and NFL teams in scoring with 468 points . And starting quarterback Daryle Lamonica had thrown for 3 , 228 yards and 30 touchdown passes , the most by any NFL or AFL quarterback in the season . The offensive line was anchored by center Jim Otto and guard Gene Upshaw , along with Pro Bowlers Harry Schuh and Wayne Hawkins . Wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff led the team with 40 receptions for 876 yards , an average of 21 . 3 yards per catch . On the other side of the field , tight end Billy Cannon recorded 32 passes for 629 yards and scoring 10 touchdowns . In the backfield , the Raiders had 3 running backs , Clem Daniels , Hewritt Dixon , and Pete Banaszak , who carried the ball equally and combined for 1 , 510 yards and 10 touchdowns . On special teams , defensive back Rodger Bird led the AFL with 612 punt return yards and added another 148 yards returning kickoffs . The main strength of the Raiders was their defense , nicknamed " The 11 Angry Men " . The defensive line was anchored by Pro Bowlers Tom Keating and Ben Davidson . Davidson was an extremely effective pass rusher who had demonstrated his aggressiveness in a regular season game against the New York Jets by breaking the jaw of Jets quarterback Joe Namath while sacking him . Behind them , Pro Bowl linebacker Dan Conners excelled at blitzing and pass coverage , recording 3 interceptions . The Raiders also had 2 Pro Bowlers defensive backs : Willie Brown , who led the team with 7 interceptions , and Kent McCloughan , who had 2 interceptions . Safety Warren Powers recorded 6 interceptions , returning them for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns . Super Bowl pregame news and notes . Despite Oakland ' s accomplishments , and the fact that most experts agreed that this was the weakest of the all the Packer NFL championship teams , the Packers were 14 - point favorites to win the Super Bowl . Like the previous year , most fans and sports writers believed that the top NFL teams were superior to the top AFL teams . Thus , most of the drama and discussions surrounding the game was not about which team would win , but on the rumors that Lombardi might retire from coaching after the game . The game would also prove to be the final one for Packers wide receiver Max McGee , one of the heroes of Super Bowl I , and place kicker Don Chandler . Television and entertainment . The game was televised in the United States by CBS , with Ray Scott handling the play - by - play duties and color commentator s Pat Summerall and Jack Kemp in the broadcast booth . Kemp was the first Super Bowl commentator who was still an active player ( with Buffalo of the AFL ) at the time of the broadcast . The status of this game ' s broadcast is currently unknown . It was the first time a Super Bowl was televised live on only one network , which has been the case for all following Super Bowl games . While the Orange Bowl was sold out for the game , unconditional blackout rules in both leagues prevented the live telecast from being shown in the Miami area . The pregame ceremonies featured two giant figures , one dressed as a Packers player and the other dressed as a Raiders player . They appeared on opposite ends of the field and then faced each other near the 50 - yard line . The Grambling State University Band performed both the national anthem and during the halftime show . Game summary . On Oakland ' s first offensive play , a sweep , Ray Nitschke shot through a gap and literally upended fullback Hewitt Dixon in what was one of Nitschke ' s " signature plays " of his entire career . The hit was so vicious , it prompted Jerry Green , a Detroit News columnist sitting in the press box with fellow journalists , to say in a deadpan , that the game was " over " . The Packers opened up the scoring with Don Chandler ' s 39 - yard field goal after marching 34 yards on their first drive of the game . Meanwhile , the Raiders were forced to punt on their first two possessions . The Packers then started their second possession at their own 3 - yard line , and in the opening minutes of the second quarter , they drove 84 yards to the Raiders 13 - yard line . However , they once again had to settle for a Chandler field goal to take a 6 – 0 lead . Later in the period , the Packers had the ball on their own 38 - yard line and they made a big play with a play action pass . Starr faked a handoff in the backfield and then threw a pass to receiver Boyd Dowler . The Raiders defensive backs were fooled by the fake handoff , allowing Dowler to slip by the man covering him , catch the pass , and outrun the defense to score on a 62 - yard touchdown completion , increasing the lead to 13 – 0 . After being completely dominated until this point , the Raiders offense finally struck back their next possession , advancing 79 yards in 9 plays , and scoring on a 23 - yard touchdown pass from Daryle Lamonica to receiver Bill Miller . The score seemed to fire up the Raiders ' defense , and they forced the Packers to punt on their next drive . Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12 - yard return to Green Bay ' s 40 - yard line , but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda ' s 47 - yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts . Oakland ' s defense again forced Green Bay to punt after 3 plays on the ensuing drive , but this time after calling for a fair catch , Bird fumbled punter Donny Anderson ' s twisting , left footed kick , and Green Bay recovered the ball . After 2 incomplete passes , Starr threw a 12 - yard completion to Anderson ( who also played running back in addition to being the punter ) to set up Chandler ' s third field goal as the half expired , giving the Packers a 16 – 7 lead . At halftime , Packers guard Jerry Kramer said to his teammates ( referring to Lombardi ) , " Let ' s play the last 30 minutes for the old man . " Any chance the Raiders might have had to make a comeback seemed to completely vanish in the second half . The Packers had the ball three times in the third quarter , and held it for all but two and a half minutes . On the Packers first drive of the second half , Starr completed a 35 - yard pass to receiver Max McGee ( McGee ' s only reception of the game , and the final one of his career ) , eventually setting up Anderson ' s 2 - yard touchdown run , making the score 23 – 7 . The Packers increased their lead to 26 – 7 on their next drive after Chandler kicked his fourth field goal . Early in the fourth quarter , Starr was knocked out of the game when he jammed the thumb on his throwing hand when sacked by Davidson . ( Starr was replaced by Zeke Bratkowski , who would be sacked on his only pass attempt . ) But later in the period , the Packers put the game completely out of reach after defensive back Herb Adderley intercepted a pass from Lamonica and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown , making the score 33 – 7 . Oakland did manage to score on their next drive after the turnover with a second 23 - yard touchdown pass from Lamonica to Miller , set up by Pete Banaszak ' s 41 - yard reception on the previous play . But all the Raiders ' second touchdown did was make the final score look remotely more respectable , 33 – 14 . At the end of the game , coach Lombardi was carried off the field by his victorious Packers in one of the more memorable images of early Super Bowl history . It would in fact be Lombardi ' s last game as Packer coach and his ninth consecutive playoff victory . Oakland ' s Bill Miller was the top receiver of the game with 5 receptions for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns . Green Bay fullback Ben Wilson was the leading rusher of the game with 62 yards despite missing part of the second half while looking for a lost contact lens on the sidelines . Don Chandler ended his Packer career in style with 4 field goals . Lamonica finished the game with 15 out of 34 pass completions for 208 yards , 2 touchdowns , and 1 interception . The Packers had no turnovers , and only one penalty . Final statistics . Source : " The NFL ' s Official Encyclopedic History of Professional Football " , ( 1973 ) , p . 139 , Macmillan Publishing Co . New York , NY , LCCN 73 - 3862 Starting lineups . Source : Officials . " Note : A seven - official system was not used until 1978 "