Super Bowl XVIII
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| date | January 22nd 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | Tampa Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Tampa | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Marcus Allen , running back | ||||||||||||||||||
| favourite | Redskins at 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Barry Manilow | ||||||||||||||||||
| coin toss | Bronko Nagurski | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Pat Haggerty (referee) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | University of Florida and Florida State University bands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of visitors | 72,920 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Pat Summerall and John Madden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 46.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial price | $ 368,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| timeline | |||||||||||||||||||
| ‹ Super Bowl XVII | Super Bowl XIX › | ||||||||||||||||||
The Super Bowl XVIII was the 18th Super Bowl , the final game of the 1983 season of the National Football League (NFL). On January 22, 1984, the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Raiders faced each other at Tampa Stadium in Tampa , Florida . The winners were the Los Angeles Raiders with a final score of 38: 9, which was the largest point difference in a Super Bowl to date. Los Angeles' running back Marcus Allen , who carried the ball 20 times in 191 yards and two touchdowns , was named Super Bowl MVP . The Redskins were previously strongly favored, as they took first place within the league with a balance of 14: 2, the best running defense as well as the offense .
Course of the game
In the first quarter of the game, the Raiders took the lead with a touchdown on a punt block , followed by a twelve-yard touchdown pass by Jim Plunkett to Cliff Branch in the second , followed by a field goal for the Redskins. An interception converted into a touchdown then brought the Raiders the intermediate result of 21: 3 at half time. The second half began with a touchdown by the Redskins, followed by two more touchdowns and a field goal by the Raiders, which resulted in the final score of 38: 9.
Others
The well-known “ 1984 ” spot from Apple was shown for the first time during the commercial break .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Super Bowl odds (English). Accessed October 3, 2015.
literature
- Ray Didinger among others: The Super Bowl. Celebrating a Quarter-Century of America's Greatest Game. Foreword by Pete Rozelle. Introduction by John Wiebusch. Simon and Schuster, New York NY 1990, ISBN 0-671-72798-2 .
- Tom Dienhart, Joe Hoppel, Dave Sloan (Eds.): The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl 1995. Sporting News, St. Louis MO 1995, ISBN 0-89204-523-X .