Super Bowl VII Memories

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Super Bowl VII: January 14, 1973 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Miami Dolphins - 14, Washington Redskins - 7 Dolphins completed the NFL's only perfect season with this Super Bowl victory, although ironically, they came in as underdogs. Bob Griese, Paul Warfield, Howard Twilley, Nick Buoniconti, Billy Kilmer, Jim Kiick, Larry Csonka, Jim Mandich, Garo Yepremian, Mike Bass, Jake Scott. MVP Jake Scott, Safety. Favorite Washington Redskins by 1. National anthem Little Angels of Holy Angels Church, Chicago. Halftime show Woody Herman and the Michigan Marching Band. Attendance 90,182. Announcers Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis. Nielsen ratings 42.7. 53.32 million viewers. Cost of 30-second commercial US$88,000.

Still was not born for this Super Bowl, so here are some of the major events that took place in 1973, the year this Super Bowl was played. The population of the world stood at 3.937 billion people. Great Britain, Denmark, and Ireland joined the European Union. A ceasefire is reached in Vietnam, ending the involvement of American ground troops, and American bombing of Cambodia also was stopped. The United States, however, was involved with the overthrow of Allende in Chile in 1973, establishing the long and brutal reign of dictatorship under General Pinochet. The fourth and most serious war between Arab states and Israel. OPEC hikes the price of oil, and there is an oil crisis in the United States.

Super Bowl VII logo and team helmets:




Super Bowl Rings:


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Super Bowl VII is the full game, even if it is obviously a bit dated. A decent reception of this historic Super Bowl which remains the only time that any NFL team has actually completed the perfect season.