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In case you haven’t heard, it’s Sunday! Here are a few stories from our digital archives. If you enjoy these, there are a lot more where they came from going back to the very first Super Bowl 1967! 1970 - Kansas City vs. Minnesota tory celebration, reminiscent of the New defensive linemen, the unit with the least was a day of futility, ending with his third , under tremendous pres- York Jets after their startling 16-7 upset of know nickname. Super Bowl defeat. sure because his name has been linked in a Baltimore last year. The Raiders have no such contrived nick- nationwide gambling investigation, directed names. “All they do is motivate the other 1997 – New England vs. Green Bay the underdog of the 1984 – Washington vs. teams,” says starting tackle Bruce Davis. A giant sand sculpture of Vince Lom- League to a 2307 vic- The Redskins have this thing about “I’d just as soon not have one.” bardi lost its head Thursday, leaving Mike tory over the in the last names. They stick one on just about every Holmgren’s head towering alone in a mall. Super between champions of one of their units. 1990 – vs. Denver “Lombardi’s era is over,” said Vera Sanders separate leagues. Playing their final game There are the Hogs – offensive linemen and the San Francisco of DePere. as representatives of the AFL, the Chiefs who blow open the holes for Riggins and 49ers proved Sunday that they have just one The 60-ton “Titletown Tribute” was bottled up Minnesota’s vaunted running protect Theismann. Tight end competitor – history. inside the Bay Park Square Mall and the game and controlled the football before a is also a Hog and Riggins is an honorary In the most dominant performance collapse of Lombardi’s head drew attention sellout crowd of more than 81,000. member. ever at a Super Bowl, the 49ers routed the to the Packers. “It’s time for Holmgren to This was the last pure Super Bowl There are the Smurfs – wide receivers, 55-10 to become the first get his credits,” Sanders said. “That is the because the leagues merge officially Feb. also known as when they repeat NFL champion in a decade and way it is supposed to be.” 1 and future contests will be between the congregate in the end zone following a tie the Steelers as a pinnacle of Holmgren has coached the Packers champions of different conferences of the catch and do a collective High Super Bowl perfection with four wins in to the title game for the first time since combined . Five hand slap. four tries. Lombardi led Green Bay to wins in the first The bitter rivalry between the two clubs, There is the Pearl Harbor Crew, an Montana had five touchdown passes, two Super Bowls in 1 967 and 68. Until fighting for $15,000 winning shares and initially derisive nickname give to the three to , breaking a Super Bowl the sand bust came tumbling down, he and $7,500 losing shares, flared briefly in the Redskins’ secondary after it was victimized record the TD passes on a day on which he Holmgren shared equal billing alongside final minutes when fists flew in an exchange by an inordinate number of bombs early in also set a record with 13 straight comple- the top of a replica of a Packers helmet. near the Vikings’ bench. the . tions. He also set five Super Bowl career Lombardi and his ever-familiar gap-tooth As the game ended, Coach There is the Wrecking Crew – lineback- records. In four Super Bowls he has thrown grin now peers out at gawkers near the bot- was carried off the field. The Chiefs ers and the “situation” players who shuttle 11 and no . tom of the display. pounded each other on the back in a vic- in and out. And there is the Silent Force, For Denver , it THE DAVIS LAW FIRM, P.C. 149 Centre Street • P.O. Box 844 • Orangeburg, S.C. 29116-0844 Gerald J. davis, attorney TheTandD.com geralddavislaw.com 803•531•3888 • FAX (803) 531-3322 AUTO-ACCIDENTS • CRIMINAL DEFENSE • PERSONAL INJURY • DUI & TRAFFIC TheTandD.com