The Freezer Bowl was the 1982 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals. The game was played in the coldest tempurature ever in terms of wind chill. Air tempurature was at -9 degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind chill pushed that down to -59 degrees. The game was played at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NFL playoffs for the 1981-82 season led up to Super Bowl XVI. // Wild card round December 27, 1981 AFC: Buffalo Bills 31, New York Jets 27 at Shea Stadium, New York City The Bills jumped to a 24-0, but needed Bill Simpsons interception at their own... Conference AFC Division West Year Founded 1960 Home Field Qualcomm Stadium City San Diego, California Team Colors Navy Blue, White, and Gold Head Coach Marty Schottenheimer League Championships (1) AFL Champions: 1963 Conference Championships (1) AFC: 1994 Division Championships (10) AFL West: 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 AFC West: 1979, 1980... Conference AFC Division North Year Founded 1967 Home Field Paul Brown Stadium City Cincinnati, Ohio Team Colors Black, Orange and White Head Coach Marvin Lewis League Championships (0) Conference Championships (2) AFC: 1981, 1988 Division Championships (5) AFC Central: 1970, 1973, 1981, 1988, 1990 The Cincinnati Bengals are a National... Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human (or animal) body due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... Cingery Field formerly known as Riverfront Stadium (1970 - 2002) was the home of the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball team and the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League team. ...

Cincinnati won the game 27-7 and went on to the franchises first Super Bowl. Several members of Bengals went bare armed, though all used petroleum jelly to protect themselves from the wind. It was so cold, icicles started to form on Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts's beard early on. The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy The first Super Bowl was played in 1967, as commemorated by this stamp issued in 1999 by the United States Postal Service featuring the ticket for that first game. ... Petroleum jelly or petrolatum is a byproduct of the refining of petroleum, made from the residue of petroleum distillation left in the still after all the oil has been vaporized. ... The quarterback is a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football, directly behind players of the line. He is generally the leader of the offensive team when it is on the field, responsible for initiating play by receiving the snap of the ball from the center. ... Dan Fouts (born June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, California) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987. ...

The Chargers also had to deal with the fact that the week prior, the played the Miami Dolphins in another famous game. That game was played in the heat and humidity of Miami. Conference AFC Division East Year Founded 1966 Home Field Dolphins Stadium City Miami, Florida Team Colors Aqua Green, Coral Orange, Blue, and White Head Coach Nick Saban League Championships (2) Super Bowl: 1972 (VII), 1973 (VIII) Conference Championships (5) AFC: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984 Division Championships (12) AFC East...