Friday, December 25, 2015

Super Bowl V Memories



Super Bowl V -  January 17, 1971. Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13. Orange Bowl, Miami. MVP: Chuck Howley, Favorite: Colts by 2.5, Attendance: 79,204, National anthem: Tommy Loy, Halftime show: Southeast Missouri State College Marching Golden Eagles Band with Anita Bryant, Network: NBC, Announcers: Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote, ratings: 39.9 46 million viewers. Cost of 30-second commercial: $72,000. First ever Super Bowl played on artificial turf, also first Super Bowl played after the completion of the AFL-NFL merger, It remains the only Super Bowl in which the MVP was given to a member of the losing team.



Still was not born yet for this Super Bowl, so here are some of the major events that took place in 1971, the year this Super Bowl was played. Major General Idi Amin led a coup d'état in Uganda, seizing power. Erich Honecker became the leader of East Germany. President Nixon ended the trade embargo with China. Mao invited the American ping pong team to China. President Mobutu renames the Democratic Republic of Congo to Zaire. India and the Soviet Union sign a 20 year friendship treaty. World population was roughly 3.7 billion.






Super Bowl V logo:




Super Bowl Rings:

Super Bowl rings
Image courtesy of Ryan Schreiber Flickr page - Super Bowl rings: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanschreiber/2966914635/in/photolist-9fhtR7-mTUuPg-7BfrrT-8VABVJ-71329o-dkVSiW-713aji-716t8C-6ZY2fn-aaJzti-bSQYxn-8qJEPk-caGaTw-7s88nt-4qr4K5-gvvHpq-bZ7QUG-5wbdmB-qJWkZK-9TA5tc-712koy-679ZUN-hkLnBw-712XU1-716sLj-712Zih-712YYw-6ZY1P4-712Ys5-6ZXY5z-7131DJ-713g7L-6ZYeHM-6ZYdeF-6ZYdPe-6ZYgjz-6ZYedK-7139TJ-7124Do-9fE3N7-a3dxxG-716YLQ-6ZYbrr-6ZYfMi-6ZYcBx-7138ew-713aSy-dBNXDK-713ehv-46Wiar
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Super Bowl V is not a full game, and for years, recordings only seemed to offer most of the second quarter. This is a more updated version and has most of the game, although not the full game in it's entirety.

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