Super Bowl IV
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| date | January 11, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | Tulane Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Len Dawson , quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| favourite | Vikings at 12½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Al Hirt | ||||||||||||||||||
| coin toss | referee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McDonough | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Mardi Gras | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of visitors | 80,562 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Jack Buck , Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 39.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial price | $ 78,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Super Bowl IV , then called the AFL-NFL Championship Game , was the fourth edition of the final of the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). On January 11, 1970, the Minnesota Vikings and the Kansas City Chiefs faced each other at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans , Louisiana . The Kansas City Chiefs won the game 23-7. Kansas City quarterback Len Dawson was named the Super Bowl MVP .
background
The audience of 80,562 at Super Bowl IV was at that time a record with a gap of around 9,000 visitors, today this has long been exceeded. Most fans and sports reporters thought the Vikings could easily beat the Chiefs because they still believed that the National Football League teams play a lot better than the American Football League teams. The Vikings were feared above all for their strong defensive line made up of tackles Gary Larsen and Alan Page and defensive ends Carl Eller and Jim Marshall . For their toughness and their jersey color and their tackling skills, they were given the honorary name "Purple People Eaters" (Eng .: the purple cannibals). It was expected that this line would put a lot of pressure on Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson and get many quarterback sacks . The Vikings offensive around quarterback Joe Kapp and wide receiver Gene Washington was also considered solid. The Chiefs themselves had a good defensive line around tackles Buck Buchanan and Curley Culp , and defensive ends Jerry Mays and Aaron Brown , but were seen as limited offensively: the best attacker was kicker Jan Stenerud , one of the first kickers to play football in “soccer -Style ”(ie with the instep instead of the toe) kicked.
Chiefs coach Hank Stram was known for driving unusual strategies. The Chiefs coach had observed that the Vikings' "Purple People Eaters" were extremely aggressive towards the quarterback, but their defensive backs fell back far: Long throws were very difficult. Stram responded by converting his wide receivers and tight ends into additional blockers against the Vikings defensive ends Eller and Marshall and only allowed short pass routes to avoid the low defensive backs. On the defensive, he let his tackles Buchanan (120 kilograms) and Culp (130 kilograms) go heavily on Vikings-Center Mick Tingelhoff (110 kilograms): this should neutralize Tingelhoff, who was considered an excellent blocker for the running moves of Minnesota, and his teammates be unsettled in the offensive line of the Vikings.
The night before the Super Bowl, Stram had spoken to an employee of NFL Films , who persuaded him to wear a microphone so that the comments could be broadcast live. It was the first game where a coach wore such a microphone.
Course of the game
Kansas City started with a bang when kicker Jan Stenerud scored a field goal from a distance of 48 yards, which was the Super Bowl record at the time. After two more field goals by Jan Stenerud, the Chiefs led 9-0. Towards the end of the second quarter, Chiefs coach Stram ordered one of the most famous moves in NFL history, the "65 Toss Power Trap": quarterback Len Dawson faked a throw to fullback Wendell Hayes , but gave it to running back Mike Garrett , who through a Vikings guard that had moved up too far easily trotted into the end zone for a touchdown (extra point Stenerud, KC 16: MIN 0). The "Purple People Eaters" could never put pressure on Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, who brought 12 of his 17 throws (plus a touchdown if the ball was lost) to the man and Vikings quarterback Joe Kapp (16/25, two ball losses) in the Shadowed. In addition, the otherwise strong running game of Minnesota stalled, as the Chiefs defensive line around Buchanan and Culp dominated the Vikings offensive line around the overwhelmed Tingelhoff. The Vikings got a touchdown in the third quarter by running back Dave Osborn (extra point Fred Cox, KC 16: MIN 7), but in return Chiefs wide receiver Otis Taylor scored a touchdown after catching a short pass from Len Dawson , broke through two attempted tackles and carried the ball into the end zone (extra point Stenerud, KC 23: MIN 7). Kansas City was the better team over the entire season, also because Minnesota made too many mistakes with six ball losses.
Points overview
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1st quarter
- KC - Jan Stenerud 48-yard FG, 6:52. Chiefs 3-0. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 4:06 minutes.
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2nd quarter
- KC - Jan Stenerud 32-yard FG, 13:20. Chiefs 6-0. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 4:48 minutes.
- KC - Jan Stenerud 25-yard FG, 7:52. Chiefs 9-0. Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards, 2:13 minutes.
- KC - Mike Garrett 5-yard TD run (kick Jan Stenerud), 5:34. Chiefs 16-0. Drive: 6 plays, 19 yards, 1:47 minutes.
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3rd Quarter
- MIN - Dave Osborn 4-yard TD run (Kick Fred Cox), 4:32. Chiefs 16: 7. Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 4:34 minutes.
- KC - Otis Taylor 46-yard TD pass by Len Dawson (kick Jan Stenerud), 1:22. Chiefs 23: 7. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards, 3:10 minutes.
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4th Quarter
- No points
consequences
Some of the quotes NFL Films picked up from Stram achieved cult status and entered football folklore. After his wide receivers came through again, he scoffed at Vikings defensive back Karl Kassulke : “ Look at Kassulke out there, it looks like he's in a Chinese fire drill. ”(German:“ Kassulke runs around like a decapitated chicken. ”) After his“ 65 Toss Power Trap ”worked, he clapped his players and cheered again and again:“ Ha ha, 65 toss power trap! What'd I tell ya, boys? 65 toss power trap! Ha ha. ”(German:“ Ha! 65 Toss Power Trap! What did I tell you! 65 Toss Power Trap! Ha! ”) When the referees supposedly placed the football in the wrong place, it cursed the referees gave in and the microphones suddenly pacified Stram, who praised: “ Ya did good, you're doing a fine job out there. ”(German:“ You are all doing a great job! ”) All of these quotes are considered cult today.
The routes of the "65 Toss Power Trap" move are extensively engraved in the Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Super Bowl odds (English). Accessed October 2, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Wham, Bam, Stram! ( June 12, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ), Sports Illustrated
- ↑ a b c 65 Toss Power Trap, boys! ( July 15, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ), Kansas City Chiefs Official Website
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 .