Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Coldest NFL Football Games in History

OK, Doormat fans, none of the coldest games in history involved doormats because they are almost all playoff games. Late in the year, it's getting cold. Duh. The three games of the  top 17  coldest that were not playoff games were classic tilts between the Vikings and the Bears or Packers in icy Metropolitan stadium at Minnesota. All three games in were in early December, just before the playoffs.

But the coldest game ever was the NFL championship at Green Bay between the Cowboys and the Packers (1967)

But here are the 17 coldest games ever, with wind chill taken into consideration.

This info from: http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/10843/sports++recreation/nfls+coldest+football+games+ever.aspx

Dec. 31, 1967 - Lambeau Field - "The Ice Bowl" / NFL Championship Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys - Temperature: -13 degrees / Wind chill: - 48 degrees

Jan. 10, 1982 - Riverfront Stadium - AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Charges - Temperature: -9 degrees / Wind chill: -59 degrees (I remember this game!)

Jan. 7, 1996 - Arrowhead Stadium - AFC playoff: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Indianapolis Colts - Temperature: -6 degrees

Jan. 4, 1981 - Cleveland Municipal Stadium - AFC playoff: Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders - Temperature: -5 degrees

Jan. 20, 2008 - Lambeau Field - NFC Championship Game Green Bay Packers vs New York Giants - Temperature: -4 degrees / Win chill: -24 degrees

Dec. 3, 1972 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears - Temperature: -2 degrees / Wind chill: -26 degrees

Dec. 10, 1972 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minnesota Vikings vs.Green Bay Packers - Temperature: 0 degrees / Wind chill: -18 degrees

Dec. 26, 1993 - Lambeau Field - Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Raiders - Temperature: 0 degrees

Jan. 15, 1994 - Ralph Wilson Stadium - AFC Playoff: Buffalo Bills vs. Los Angeles Raiders - Temperature: 0 degrees / Wind chill: -32 degrees

Dec. 22, 1990 - Lambeau Field - Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions - Temperature: 2 degrees

Dec. 18, 1983 - Solider Field - Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers - Temperature: 3 degrees / Wind chill: -15 degrees

Jan. 10, 2004 - Gillette Stadium - AFC Playoff: New England Patriots vs. Tennessee Titans - Temperature: 4 degrees / Wind chill: -10 degrees

Jan. 10, 1988 - Solider Field - NFC playoff Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins - Temperature: 4 degrees / Wind chill: -12 degrees

Dec. 5, 1970 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minnesota Vikings vs.Chicago Bears - Temperature: 9 degrees / Wind chill: -30 degrees

Dec. 19, 2004 - Solider Field - Chicago Bears vs. Houston Texans - Temperature: 12 degrees / Wind chill: -7 degrees

Dec. 30, 1962 - Yankee Stadium - NFL Championship: New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers - Temperature: 13 degrees

Jan. 4, 1976 - Three Rivers Stadium - AFC Championship: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Oakland Raiders - Temperature: 11 degrees

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4 comments:

  1. WalkfishDecember 15, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    Wait! Correction. When the Vikings and the Bears met in 1972 for a fumble-fest (0 degrees F, wind chill -16), Vikings were 7-7-0 and Bears were 4-9-1. It WAS a meaningless Doormat game. I believe this is the coldest Doormat game ever played.

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  2. wackoworldDecember 15, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    well, Thank God there's some relevance to this post. Geez, I had to turn the space heater on in the Basement just after reading this.

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  3. eggchairjimDecember 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Did the home team win all those freezer bowls? I remember The Raiders almost beat Buffalo in that one in R Wilson Stadium. I was at a cousin's wedding in Redlands. Thank God they had the game on in the back lounge. I went to the wedding early and found the nearest sports bar where I watched the game until the last minute. The Raiders were winning the whole time. I knew if I left, the Raiders would lose. By the time I got to the wedding, it was starting to unravel. When they lost, I lamented to an elderly gentleman that it was my fault. I should have stayed at the sports bar. He chuckled and said he was a professor of psychology at University of Redlands, and he taught a class on the ego centric misconception that any one of us could actually influence the outcome of an event. But I knew it was my fault.

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  4. wackoworldDecember 15, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    Bungles won in theirs, because they got to get beaten by the Niners in their first Stupor Bowl. Then the Niners did it again to them in '89. Raiders won in '81.

    That professor is confused. It's egotistical to think that you DON'T have anything to do with it. duh.

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