Toughest foe for Chiefs, Patriots might be wind chill

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The icicles that formed on his beard early in the game were a novelty. The loss of pliability in a helmet that became more difficult to put on and take off throughout the frigid afternoon was a nuisance.

But as cold as it was for the 1981 AFC championship game known as the "Freezer Bowl," it wasn't the arctic-like temperature of minus-9 that most hindered former San Diego Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts against the Cincinnati Bengals.

It was the stiff 27-mph breeze that produced a wind-chill factor of minus-58 - the lowest wind chill