It also marked the return of the Baltimore Colts but not representing the old NFL against the AFL. Super Bowl V brought the now-fully merged league back to Miami for a third time in four years. For the 1971 Super Bowl, the stadium had artificial turf. The head groundskeeper pointed out that the stadium hosted 38 football games within a 16-week span, but pledged to have it in shape for the big game. That Saturday, a Fort Lauderdale News columnist described him prowling the hotel “in his Bermudas" and sucking on a lollipop with a pouty bathing beauty in tow.Ĭoncerns surfaced about the rough condition of the Orange Bowl turf following a wet, muddy Playoff Bowl. Joe Namath and his New York Jets stayed at Galt Ocean Mile Hotel before the game. The Paddle Wheel Queen, a “cruising supper club” that operated in Fort Lauderdale from 1966 to 1988, offered a special junket to the Super Bowl called “Stumpy’s Super Sunday Shindig.” Today, NFL cities compete years in advance to host the games. This year and 1968 were the only two successive years in Super Bowl history that the game was played in the same city.
Andrews School, in Boca Raton, where the Miami Dolphins held their training camp after debuting in the AFL in 1966.
The Packers practiced at Fort Lauderdale Stadium and Lockhart Stadium during the week leading up to the 1968 game. They referred to the game as the Toilet Bowl or Losers Bowl. These games were played in Miami for a decade, after the 1960 through 1969 seasons, and while players and coaches no doubt appreciated their South Florida vacations, few wanted to play in what were essentially exhibition games in which statistics and results did not count.
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