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The NFL awarded Super Bowl VIII to Houston on March 21, 1972, at the owners' meetings held in Honolulu. For the first time, multiple Super Bowl sites were selected at a single meeting, as hosts for both VII and VIII were named. Houston became the first Super Bowl host city provided with more than one year to prepare for the game, and lead time ...
The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Players held a strike from July 1 until August 10, [ 1 ] prior to the regular season beginning; [ 2 ] only one preseason game (that year's College All-Star Game ) was canceled, and the preseason contests were held with all-rookie rosters.
CBS scored a 47.2/67 national household rating/share, the highest-rated Super Bowl to date. This game was the first Super Bowl to be played in prime time, was broadcast in the United States by CBS with play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator Tom Brookshier. The game kicked off at 5:17 p.m. Central Standard Time.
Left to right, members of the Natick High School 1974 Super Bowl team Jim Dale, Bob Naranjo, Tim Whelan (Natick Class of 1972 and former Natick coach Bob Whelan's son) and Julia Pennock (Bob ...
Pearson was named All-Pro three times (1974, 1976–77) All-NFC in 1975 and second Team All-NFC in 1978. In addition, Pearson was a Pro Bowler in 1974, 1976 and 1977. He was named The Football Digest NFL receiver of the year in 1977. He led the National Football Conference (NFC) in pass receptions in 1976 with 58.
Super Bowl IX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1974 season. The game was played on January 12, 1975, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans ...
Career highlights and awards As a player. Super Bowl champion ; AFL champion ; 2× First-team All-Pro (1974, 1975) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1969, 1971) 5× Pro Bowl (1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975) NFL interceptions leader (1974) AFL interceptions leader (1969) Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame; Kansas City Chiefs No. 18 retired; As a coach
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