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SuperBowlConcierge.com > Super Bowls > Super Bowl 8 MVP Larry Csonka |
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This was the first Super Bowl in which a team that had been a part of the AFL was
the favorite, the Colts had been the favorite in Super Bowl V, but they were in
the NFL before the merger. This was also the first Super Bowl played in a stadium that was not the current home to an NFL or AFL team...although the Houston Oilers had played in Rice Stadium in the mid '60's. The Vikings complained about their practice facilities at a Houston high school, a 20-minute bus ride from their hotel. They said the locker room was cramped, uncarpeted, had no lockers, and that most of the shower heads didn't work. The practice field had no blocking sleds. "I don't think our players have seen anything like this since junior high school," said Bud Grant. |
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Super Bowl VIII MVP |
Powerful running back Larry Csonka powered Miami to its second consecutive Super
Bowl championship, a 24-7 victory over Minnesota. Csonka carried the ball 33 times
for 145 yards, a Super Bowl record at the time. The Dolphins' rushing attack
so controlled the game that quarterback Bob Griese attempted only 7 passes. Csonka's 5-yard touchdown run in the first quarter capped off a 62-yard drive and opened the scoring for the Dolphins. Ahead 17-0 in the third quarter, Miami put the game away on Csonka's 2-yard run. |
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The game was broadcast in the United States by CBS with play-by-play announcer Ray
Scott and color commentators Pat Summerall and Bart Starr. This was Scott's final
Super Bowl as play-by-play announcer. The University of Texas at Austin Band performed during the pregame festivities. Later, country music singer Charley Pride sang the national anthem. The halftime show also featured the University of Texas Band, along with Judy Mallett, Miss Texas 1973, playing the fiddle, in a tribute to American music titled "A Musical America". |
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The defending NFL champion Dolphins, representing the AFC for the third straight
year, scored the first two times they had possession on marches of 62 and 56 yards
while the Miami defense limited the Vikings to only seven plays in the first
period. Larry Csonka climaxed the initial 10-play drive with a 5-yard touchdown bolt through right guard after 5:27 had elapsed. Four plays later, Miami began another 10-play scoring drive, which ended with Jim Kiick bursting one yard through the middle for another touchdown after 13:38 of the period. Garo Yepremian added a 28-yard field goal midway in the second period for a 17-0 Miami lead. Minnesota then drove from its 20 to a second-and-2 situation on the Miami seven yard line with 1:18 left in the half. But on two plays, Miami limited Oscar Reed to 1 yard. On fourth-and-1 from the 6, Reed went over right tackle, but Dolphins middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti jarred the ball loose and Jake Scott recovered for Miami to halt the Minnesota threat. The Vikings were unable to muster enough offense in the second half to threaten the Dolphins. Csonka rushed 33 times for a Super Bowl-record 145 yards. Bob Griese of Miami completed 6 of 7 passes for 73 yards. |
GAME RECAP |
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Vikings 0
0 0 7
7 Dolphins 14 3 7 0 24 |
BOX SCORE |
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4 Total |
Date January 13, 1974 Stadium Rice Stadium City Houston, Texas MVP Larry Csonka, Running back Favorite Dolphins by 7 National anthem Charley Pride Coin toss Game referee Referee Ben Dreith Halftime show University of Texas at Austin Band Attendance 71,882 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers Ray Scott, Pat Summerall and Bart Starr Nielsen Ratings 41.6 Market share 73 Cost of 30-second commercial US$103,000 |
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Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2008 Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 1, 2009 Super Bowl XLIV, South Florida TBA, 2010 Super Bowl XLV, North Texas TBA, 2011 |
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