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Day 3: The Daily News' Stan Hochman at Super Bowl I

Associated Press

Stan Hochman’s stories from Super Bowl I

(Stories published Jan. 14, 1967)

Word War I To Be Waged on Grass

By Stan Hochman

Philadelphia Daily News

LOS ANGELES — Does the American Football League Still play schoolyard defense as a throwback to its infant days when all the stress was put on offense to dazzle the fans?

Does the National Football League have so much talent that wealthy young men like Donnie Anderson and Jim Grabowski must wait their chance to play?

“Some of the questions are going to be answered on Sunday,” Kansas City coach Hank Stram said yesterday.