Super Bowl XII

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Super Bowl XII was played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos 27 to 10. The game was the first Super Bowl played indoors. It was broadcast on CBS with Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier and had the highest Nielsen ratings of any football game to that point in time.

Asked after the game what he thought made the difference between the two teams, Denver kicker Jim Turner replied, "We went in thinking about winning. They went in thinking about football."

With a balanced offensive attack and no clear MVP on that side of the ball, two members of the Doomsday Defense shared the MVP honors. Defensive tackle Randy White and defensive end Harvey Martin led a Dallas defense that forced 8 Denver Broncos turnovers and held Broncos' QB's to only 8 out of 25 passing for 61 yards and four interceptions.

Dal–Dorsett 3 run (Herrera kick)
Dal–FG Herrera 35
Dal–FG Herrera 43
Den–FG Turner 47
Dal–Johnson 45 pass from Staubach (Herrera kick)
Den–Lytle 1 run (Turner kick)
Dal–Richards 29 pass from Newhouse (Herrera kick)

Substitutions

Denver–Offense: K–Jim Turner. P–Bucky Dilts. QB–Norris Weese. RB–Jim Jensen. Rob Lytle, Lonnie Perrin. WR–John Schultz, Rick Upchurch. TE–Ron Egloff. C–Bobby Maples. T–Henry Allison, Glenn Hyde. Defense: LINE–John Grant. Brison Manor, Paul Smith. LB–Larry Evans, Rob Nairne, Godwin Turk. DB–Randy Polti, Randy Rich. DNP: QB–Craig Penrose. G–Steve Schindler. CB–Larry Riley.

Dallas–Offense: K–Efren Herrera. P/QB–Danny White. RB–Larry Brinson, Doug Dennison, Scott Laidlaw, Preston Pearson. WR–Tony Hill, Golden Richards. T–Andy Frederick, Rayfield Wright. G–Jim Cooper, Burton Lawless. Defense: LINE–Larry Cole, Bill Gregory, Dave Stalls. LB–Guy Brown, Mike Hegman, Bruce Huther. DB–Randy Hughes, Mel Renfro, Mark Washington. DNP: QB–Glenn Carano. TE–Jay Saldi.

Officials

Referee–Jim Tunney. Umpire–Joe Connell. Line Judge–Art Holst. Head Linesman–Tony Veteri. Back Judge–Ray Douglas. Field Judge–Bob Wortman.

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