Photos of the Very First Super Bowl Ever, 1967

The very First professional AFL-NFL World Championship Game in American football, later known as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporary reports as the Supergame, was held on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.

Here are some photos of the first Super Bowl taken by LIFE photographer Bill Ray.

Kansas City's Fletcher Smith, with the Green Bay Packers massed behind him, prior to the start of Super Bowl I, 1967

The Kansas City Chiefs wait to take the field against the Packers prior to the start of Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay's Jerry Kramer — a tremendous offensive lineman who, for some reason, was never inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame — in Super Bowl I, 1967

Players in action, Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay's Elijah Pitts eludes Kansas City defenders, Super Bowl I, 1967

Chiefs linebacker E. J. Holub taking a break, Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay wide receiver Max McGee, Super Bowl I, 1967. His line for the game- seven receptions, 138 yards, two TDs

Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay Quarterback and game MVP Bart Starr, Super Bowl I, 1967

Super Bowl I, 1967

Elijah Pitts #22 running the Packers' 'power sweep,' Super Bowl I, 1967

Tight end Reggie Carolan in the Chiefs' locker room, Super Bowl I, 1967

Kansas City defensive lineman Jerry Mays prior to Super Bowl I, 1967

Kansas City sideline, Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay receiver Carroll Dale hit by the Chiefs' Willie Mitchell, Super Bowl I, 1967

Quarterback Len Dawson in the Chiefs' locker room, Super Bowl I, 1967

Green Bay's Jim Taylor #31

Super Bowl I, 1967

Kansas City's injured Fred Williamson carried off the field, Super Bowl I, 1967

Kansas City head coach Hank Stram, Super Bowl I, 1967

Jim Taylor tackled by the Chiefs' Sherrill Headrick, Super Bowl I, 1967

Paul Hornung #5, a future Hall of Famer who did not play in the game due to injury

Jim Taylor, Super Bowl I, 1967

Jim Taylor, Super Bowl I, 1967. Packer lineman at left is the great Fuzzy Thurston

On the Kansas City sideline, Super Bowl I, 1967

Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson led from the field at the end of the first Super Bowl, 1967. Williamson broke his arm during the game

The Packers' Herb Adderley and Kansas City's tight end Fred Arbanas head to the lockers after Green Bay's 35-10 victory in Super Bowl I, Los Angeles, 1967

Sherrill Headrick, Jerry Mays and other Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl I, 1967