Super Bowl XI
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| Date | January 9, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Fred Biletnikoff, Wide receiver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Raiders by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jim Tunney | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 103,438 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Raiders: Al Davis (owner/general manager), John Madden (coach), Fred Biletnikoff, Willie Brown, Dave Casper, Ray Guy, Ted Hendricks, Art Shell, Ken Stabler, Gene Upshaw. Vikings: Bud Grant (coach), Carl Eller, Paul Krause, Alan Page, Fran Tarkenton, Mick Tingelhoff, Ron Yary. |
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| National anthem | None (Vikki Carr sang "America the Beautiful") | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Jim Tunney | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Disney presents "It's A Small World" with the Los Angeles Unified All-City Band | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Don Meredith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 44.4 (est. 62 million viewers) |
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| Market share | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $125,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl XI was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1976 season. The Raiders defeated the Vikings by the score of 32–14 to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. This is, and remains, the earliest scheduled Super Bowl during the calendar year.
This was the Raiders' second Super Bowl appearance after losing Super Bowl II. They posted a 13–1 regular season record before defeating the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs. The Vikings were making their fourth Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11–2–1 regular season record and playoff victories over the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings became the first team to appear in four Super Bowls, a record they held until the Dallas Cowboys advanced to a Super Bowl for the fifth time in Super Bowl XIII. They had yet to win in their previous three attempts, losing Super Bowl IV to the Kansas City Chiefs in the final Super Bowl before the AFL–NFL merger and following that up with losses in Super Bowls VIII and IX.
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