Super Bowl IX
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| Date | January 12, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| MVP | Franco Harris, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Steelers by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bernie Ulman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,997 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Steelers: Art Rooney (owner), Dan Rooney (team administrator), Chuck Noll (coach), Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster. Vikings: Bud Grant (coach), Carl Eller, Paul Krause, Alan Page, Fran Tarkenton, Mick Tingelhoff, Ron Yary. |
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| Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Grambling State University Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Bernie Ulman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington and Grambling State University Band |
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| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
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Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Don Meredith, and Charlie Jones |
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| Nielsen ratings | 42.4 (est. 56 million viewers) |
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| Market share | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $107,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl IX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1974 season. The game was played on January 12, 1975, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, the last pro game at that venue (the game was originally planned to be held at the Louisiana Superdome, but that stadium was not completed yet). The Steelers defeated the Vikings by the score of 16–6 to win their first Super Bowl.
This game matched two of the NFL's best defenses and two future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain defense, the Steelers advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 10–3–1 regular season record and playoff victories over the Buffalo Bills and the Oakland Raiders. The Vikings were led by quarterback Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters defense; they advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and third overall after finishing the regular season with a 10–4 record and defeating the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs.
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