Cold reality: '81 AFC title game a struggle from start to finish

By William Bendetson
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Forrest Gregg had a simple message for his team before the 1981 Chargers-Bengals AFC Championship Game -- a game played in bitterly cold weather in Cincinnati. Playing that day was going to be like going to the dentist, the Bengals' coach told his players, but it wouldn't hurt for long. More On Frigid Football ICE BOWL: On Dec. 31, 1967, the Packers beat the Cowboys at Lambeau Field in mind-numbing minus-40-degree wind-chill temperatures. Some Cowboys recall frozen fingers and broken h ...

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