

He led the league in completion percentage, yards per attempt and passer rating, while his 4.7-to-1 ratio remains one of the very best in history.

Said Cold Hard Football Facts about Starr's 1966 season, "Starr, always underappreciated, was at his classic assassin-like best in 1966, his lone MVP season. Quarterback Starr was named the league's most valuable player (MVP) in 1966. Two weeks later, the Packers recorded a 35–10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the inaugural AFL-NFL Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I. The Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game, the Packers' second consecutive NFL title, fourth under Lombardi, and tenth for the franchise.

The Packers and the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I) The defending NFL champions had a league-best regular season record of 12–2, led by eighth-year head coach Vince Lombardi and quarterback Bart Starr, in his eleventh NFL season. The 1966 Green Bay Packers season was their 48th season overall and their 46th in the National Football League (NFL).
