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Oh, the weather outside was indeed frightful when the Baltimore Ravens shut out the Cincinnati Bengals at home, 24-0, yesterday. It wasn't just frightful, it was record-setting. At kickoff, the air temperature was 7, with a wind chill of -9, making it the coldest in Ravens history. It eclipsed the 2012 playoff game in Denver, which was 13 degrees Fahrenheit and had a wind chill of 2 degrees below zero.
The coldest home game in Ravens history was in 2022 against Atlanta, when the mercury dropped to 17 degrees, and the wind chill was 2 degrees above zero.
Sunday was also the coldest game in the 25-year history of Paycor Stadium. However, shortly after that, the Bengals revised their official statement, stating that the temperature was actually 10 degrees, which didn't break the venue's record of 9 degrees.
Confused? Yes, you should be, as the CBS game broadcast itself claimed this game was the coldest in the stadium's history. While the status of that record is debatable, what we do know, for sure, is that this wasn't the coldest game in Cincinnati history.
That honor actually belongs to one of the most notorious games in National Football League history, the 1981 AFC Championship Game, also known as the "Freezer Bowl."
On January 10, 1982, the Bengals beat the San Diego Chargers in a game with a kickoff temperature of 9 below zero and a wind chill of minus-59. By the metric of wind chill, this is the coldest game in NFL history. In publicly discussing this game, former Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts has said that his fingers will turn painful these days whenever the weather gets very cold because of frostbite he suffered that day.
The Freezer Bowl is not the coldest game in league history by the metric of air temperature, though.
That honor belongs to the 1967 NFL Championship Game, which is better known as the "Ice Bowl." On that day, Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in -13 degree weather, with a wind chill of -48.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Ravens pitch a shut out in historically cold conditions
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The coldest home game in Ravens history was in 2022 against Atlanta, when the mercury dropped to 17 degrees, and the wind chill was 2 degrees above zero.
Sunday was also the coldest game in the 25-year history of Paycor Stadium. However, shortly after that, the Bengals revised their official statement, stating that the temperature was actually 10 degrees, which didn't break the venue's record of 9 degrees.
Confused? Yes, you should be, as the CBS game broadcast itself claimed this game was the coldest in the stadium's history. While the status of that record is debatable, what we do know, for sure, is that this wasn't the coldest game in Cincinnati history.
That honor actually belongs to one of the most notorious games in National Football League history, the 1981 AFC Championship Game, also known as the "Freezer Bowl."
On January 10, 1982, the Bengals beat the San Diego Chargers in a game with a kickoff temperature of 9 below zero and a wind chill of minus-59. By the metric of wind chill, this is the coldest game in NFL history. In publicly discussing this game, former Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts has said that his fingers will turn painful these days whenever the weather gets very cold because of frostbite he suffered that day.
The Freezer Bowl is not the coldest game in league history by the metric of air temperature, though.
That honor belongs to the 1967 NFL Championship Game, which is better known as the "Ice Bowl." On that day, Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in -13 degree weather, with a wind chill of -48.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Ravens pitch a shut out in historically cold conditions
Continue reading...
