![]() ![]() Fullback Franco Harris was drafted in 1972. In 1971, linebacker Jack Ham, defensive tackle Ernie Holmes, defensive end Dwight White, and safety Mike Wagner were selected by the team. In 1970, Noll drafted quarterback Terry Bradshaw and cornerback Mel Blount. Greenwood in his first season as head coach. Noll rebuilt the Steelers through the NFL draft, selecting defensive tackle Joe Greene and defensive end L. But in 1969, Rooney hired Chuck Noll to be the team's head coach and its fortunes started to turn following a disastrous 1–13 first year under the future Hall of Fame coach. Their 73-year-old owner Art Rooney founded the Steelers as a 1933 NFL expansion team, but suffered through losing seasons for most of its 42-year history and had never made it to an NFL championship game or a Super Bowl. Pittsburgh advanced to their first Super Bowl and was playing for a league championship for the first time in team history. Main article: 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season ![]() New Orleans impressed owners with their Superdome plans, and won a unanimous vote to host the game, while Miami was given Super Bowl X. Representatives from New Orleans, Miami, and Los Angeles each made presentations all three cities had already hosted the Super Bowl. Only three cities submitted bids for the two games. This ended up being the last professional American football game played at Tulane Stadium.įor the second time, the owners selected two consecutive Super Bowl host cities at the same meeting. However, construction delays at the Superdome (which pushed its opening to August 1975) forced the league to move the game to Tulane Stadium, where the city's previous two Super Bowls were held. Super Bowl IX was originally planned to be held at the Louisiana Superdome, which was under construction at the time of the vote. This was the third time that the Super Bowl was played in New Orleans, after IV and VI. The NFL awarded Super Bowl IX to New Orleans on April 3, 1973, at the owners' meetings held in Scottsdale, Arizona. Harris, who ran for a Super Bowl record 158 yards (more than the entire Minnesota offense) and a touchdown, was named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. On the other hand, Pittsburgh had 333 yards of total offense. The Steelers accomplished this despite losing starting linebackers Andy Russell and Jack Lambert, who were injured and replaced by Ed Bradley and Loren Toews for most of the second half. In total, the Steelers limited the Vikings to Super Bowl record lows of nine first downs, 119 total offensive yards, 17 rushing yards, and no offensive scores (Minnesota's only score came on a blocked punt, and they did not even score on the extra point attempt). The Vikings cut the score, 9–6, early in the fourth quarter by recovering a blocked punt in Pittsburgh's end zone for a touchdown, but the Steelers then drove 66 yards on their ensuing possession to score on Larry Brown's 4-yard touchdown reception to put the game out of reach. The Steelers then recovered a fumble on the second-half kickoff and scored on fullback Franco Harris's 9-yard run. The first half of Super Bowl IX was a defensive struggle, with the lone score being the first safety in Super Bowl history when Tarkenton was downed in his own end zone. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs. The Vikings were led by quarterback Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters defense they advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and third overall after finishing the regular season with a 10–4 record and defeating the St. Led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain defense, the Steelers advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 10–3–1 regular-season record and playoff victories over the Buffalo Bills and the Oakland Raiders. This game matched two of the NFL's best defenses and two future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks. The Steelers defeated the Vikings by the score of 16–6 to win their first Super Bowl championship. The game was played on January 12, 1975, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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. New Orleans Chapter of the Society for the Preservation of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America-ChorusĬurt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Don Meredith and Charlie Jones Vikings: Bud Grant (head coach), Carl Eller, Paul Krause, Alan Page, Fran Tarkenton, Mick Tingelhoff, Ron Yary Steelers: Art Rooney (owner), Dan Rooney (team administrator), Bill Nunn (scout), Chuck Noll (head coach), Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert, Donnie Shell, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Mike Webster For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1975 season, see Super Bowl X.
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