Super Bowl VIII
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| Date | January 13, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Larry Csonka, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Dolphins by 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ben Dreith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,882 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dolphins: Don Shula (coach), Nick Buoniconti, Larry Csonka, Bob Griese, Jim Langer, Larry Little, Paul Warfield. Vikings: Bud Grant (coach), Carl Eller, Paul Krause, Alan Page, Fran Tarkenton, Mick Tingelhoff, Ron Yary. |
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| National anthem | Charley Pride | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Ben Dreith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The University of Texas Longhorn Band, The Westchester Wranglerettes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ray Scott, Pat Summerall and Bart Starr | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 41.6 (est. 51.7 million viewers) |
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| Market share | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $103,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1973 season. The Dolphins defeated the Vikings by the score of 24–7 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl, the first team to do so since the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowls I and II, and the first AFC team to do so.
The game was played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. This was the first time the Super Bowl site was not that of an NFL franchise. This was also the first Super Bowl not to be held in either the Los Angeles, Miami, or New Orleans areas. This was the last Super Bowl, and next-to-last game overall (the 1974 Pro Bowl in Kansas City was the last) to feature goal posts at the front of the end zone.
This was the Dolphins third consecutive Super Bowl appearance. They posted a 12–2 record during the regular season, then defeated the Cincinnati Bengals and the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs. The Vikings were making their second Super Bowl appearance after also finishing the regular season with a 12–2 record, and posting postseason victories over the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.
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