Super Bowl XII
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| date | 15th January 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
Randy White , Defensive Tackle Harvey Martin , Defensive End |
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| favourite | Cowboys at 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Phyllis Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||
| coin toss | Red grange | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jim Tunney | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Pete Fountain and Al Hirt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of visitors | 76,400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 47.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial price | $ 162,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| timeline | |||||||||||||||||||
| ‹ Super Bowl XI | Super Bowl XIII › | ||||||||||||||||||
The Super Bowl XII was the twelfth Super Bowl of the National Football League (NFL). On January 15, 1978, the Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys faced each other at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . The winners were the Dallas Cowboys with a final score of 27:10. Dallas' defensive linemen Randy White and Harvey Martin were both named Super Bowl MVP . It was the first and only time there have been two Super Bowl MVPs, and they were the first defensive line players to be elected.
Course of the game
The first points in Super Bowl XII was Tony Dorsett for the previously weak favored Cowboys with a 3- yard - touchdown run achieve. In the same quarter a field goal followed for her. Another followed in the second quarter, so it was 13-0 for the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the first half. In the second half of the game there was a field goal and a touchdown on the part of the Broncos and two more touchdowns for the Cowboys, which ended the game with a score of 27:10.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Super Bowl odds (English). Accessed October 2, 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 .