Three Hall of Famers, plus one who probably should be. Another player who gained football immortality that day and two whose participation was barely noted.
Those seven — Jim Taylor, Buck Buchanan, Willie Davis, Johnny Robinson, Max McGee, Frank Pitts and Smokey Stover — made up the considerable Louisiana delegation in Super Bowl I between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, which happened Jan. 15, 1967, 49 years ago today.
That’s nine percent of the 79 players who appeared in the game representing five different Louisiana schools.
And that’s not counting future Saints coach Hank Stram, then the Chiefs coach, who made Covington his home for the rest of his life.