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The second AFL–NFL World Championship Game was an American football game played on January 14, 1968, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The National Football League (NFL)'s defending champion Green Bay Packers defeated American Football League (AFL) champion Oakland Raiders by the score of 33–14. This game and the following year's are the only two Super Bowls played in the same stadium in consecutive seasons.
A commemorative Coca-Cola bottle produced in 1994
Miami Orange Bowl
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The Miami Orange Bowl was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, from 1937 until 2008. The stadium was located in the Little Havana neighborhood west of Downtown Miami. The Miami Orange Bowl was considered a landmark and served as the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team from 1937 through 2007 and for the Miami Dolphins for the Dolphins' first 21 seasons until Joe Robbie Stadium, now Hard Rock Stadium, opened in nearby Miami Gardens in 1987. The stadium also was the temporary home for the FIU Golden Panthers for one year, in 2007, while its on-campus venue, now known as Riccardo Silva Stadium, underwent expansion
The Miami Orange Bowl prior to the opening of the 2007 Miami Hurricanes football season in August 2007
An aerial view of the stadium, then called Burdine Stadium, in 1940
U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy greet surviving members of Brigade 2506 at the Orange Bowl following the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba on December 29, 1962
Miami Orange Bowl hosting Super Bowl V on January 17, 1971 between the Baltimore Colts and the Dallas Cowboys; the Colts won 16–13. The Miami Orange Bowl hosted five Super Bowls between 1968 and 1979, including the first Super Bowl played on artificial turf in 1968