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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1979 Page 13 “ss Interi — The nation 'is arm dJ li! : Stren g tl years, down - Super Bowls have - !r sunny past in Miami eluftaSi Bv CREC AIELLO tarallel t United Press International >|vMIAMI — After taking up residence the last two years under the I u , , sun in Pasadena, Calif., and beneath a roof in New Orleans, the Super Bowl returns Sunday to Miami, site of some of the more memorable and better played contests in the 12-year history of the • > ‘ l NFL s season-ending extravaganza. the S f (,ur °f f' rst 12 Super Bowls were played in Miami’s Orange Bowl and Sunday’s game matches the participants of the last one played in this famous resort city on the southeast tip of Florida. Bpn the closest and, some argue, best-played Super Bowl in recent years, the Pittsburgh Steelers edged the Dallas Cowboys 2D17 in Super Bowl X before 80,187 fans on Jan. 18, 1976. The outcome was ' 1111 not decided until the final play, when Pittsburgh’s Glen Edwards intercepted Roger Staubach’s pass in the end zone to halt the Cow- bovs drive for the winning touchdown. lMs . nota «E DW A RDS IS NO LONGER WITH THE STEELERS but 11 mt u Staubach and his teammates will try to even the score against n I t ‘ le Pittsburgh and win their second straight NFL title in the first re match in Super Bowl history. ’ s u . n . ess “■'We’re thrilled to have the Super Bowl again and hope to establish piolilem a battern so we ll have it every three or four years,” said Miami (1 test stro Mayor Maurice Ferre. “From an economic view it’s a big plus, but c-note is eVt . n m0 re important is the publicity. Psychologically, it’s a big boost c > fo| our tourism when everybody is cold everywhere and they see Miami and there’s the sunshine. The timing is good.” 'one will tern J n purely economic terms, it’s no wonder Ferre is so pleased about they hear the return of the Super Bowl. Miami’s Department of Tourism Prom- says ini otion estimates it will generate $69 million in business for hotels, , on anvil restaurants, travel and entertainment in the greater Miami area, ted, will k* I|tHE DALLAS-PITTSBURGH MEETING three years ago was uthest fri the first Super Bowl in Miami after a four-year hiatus. It also con- nuscles) tinned the pattern of Miami having hosted the most memorable “s close toe Super Bowls. to test weiMsuper Bowl V on Jan. 17, 1971 in the Orange Bowl also involved ey are we thl Cowboys losing a dramatic decision. Jim O’Brien kicked a 32-yard han rock : field goal in the last five seconds to give the Baltimore Colts a 16-13 test out victory before a crowd of 79,204. ond. He ml Irhe Colts’ triumph helped them erase the embarrassing memory of bject hasi the third Super Bowl, played in Miami on Jan. 12, 1969, a date gar also» umivaled for drama in Super Bowl history. Who could forget the e conditio New York Jets and their glamorous young quarterback giving the s muscle upstart American Football League its first Super Bowl victory over e said it sithe much older NFL? * in withstatoHKVith Joe Namath, the quarterback with the gimpy knees and ssure; a v strong right arm, brashly guaranteeing victory, the Jets upset the Wits 16-7 before 75,389 fans. When the AFL and NFL officially merged for the 1970 season, the new alignment basically kept intact the rivalry of the two leagues. The Jets’ astounding victory over the Colts, which gave the AFL credibility, was the reason. HE PREVIOUS SEASON, IN SUPER BOWL H on Jan. 14, 1968, the NFL’s Green Bay Packers won their second straight champ- to lie shorttjonship over the AFL with a 33-14 rout of the Oakland Raiders in mberafte: Miami. As a crowd of 75,546 looked on, Bart Starr earned the Super ;es went so Bowl Most Valuable Player Award for the second year in a row after ice and it passing for 202 yards and a touchdown. gain it tacMSuper Bowls II and III were the only back-to-back games played in the same city. g to avoidaWVith Sunday’s contest, the Orange Bowl will have played host to ossible costBve Super Bowls, more than any other stadium. New Orleans has j price in ISbefen the site four times, three in Tulane Stadium and last year in the now and"Superdome. Los Angeles has been host to the game three times, i good pm wice in the Coliseum and once in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl. Super Bowl the projecteVlII was played in Houston’s Rice Stadium, aliens of FO K irtually the!■ NEXT YEAR THE GAME IS SCHEDULED for the Rose Bowl, ivith the owners voting on the 1981 site, and possibly ’82, at their usual sitiuimnual meeting in Hawaii in March. Leading candidates, according to >t looking in NFL spokesman, are Miami, New Orleans, the Los Angeles Col- nuchwithnjsaiim, the Rose Bowl and Houston’s Rice Stadium, to unusualpSeeking the Super Bowl for the first time will be the Silverdome in d dry condiPontiac, Mich., Texas Stadium outside Dallas and the Seattle re in a c Kihgdome. Also expressing interest have been Montreal, provided it ■ said. “So^rects a dome onto its stadium, and Tampa, Fla., which needs more : are bloominotel rooms, the spokesman added, ng increase;* -mal sizing' — i—■■■■ ■ - i i -i jwer juice;® to fighiifl > a different| i tew Orleans officials meet with Finley ormally bl«j April ad ucountered loom, n, the trees ould be S® United Press International 'JEW ORLEANS — Superdome lid private Denzil Skinner Monday said he ■ate the 351 a representive of sports mil- ifit inthesiaire Edward DeBartolo Sr. were Florida pf ng to Chicago for an afternoon aging freeze ting with Oakland A’s owner arles O. Finley to finalize an ag- er cold tMmcnt to buy the American trus belt "ague team and move it to n a new ojhisiana. ;s h fruit i' 1 Tom Rossetti, DeBartolo’s chief incial adviser, was expected to sit on the meeting, the second with Finley in five days. “Mr. DeBartolo wants to have an itemized listing of everything he purchases,” Skinner said. “We will zero in on all of the player contracts and have identified the total purch ases. At that point, unless there are surprises, I think they can finalize an agreement with Finley. “Then it will be up to Mr. Finley and the Alameda County (Calif.) of ficials to negotiate some sort of set tlement (on the Oakland Coliseum Stadium lease).’’ Super Bradshaw plans to have fun in Super Bowl United Press International MIAMI — Terry Bradshaw said Monday he s not particularly in spired by the fact he can become the first winning quarterback in three Super Bowl games. “It’s not any more meaningful this time around,” said the Steeler quar terback shortly after arriving from frigid Pittsburgh. “Number three or things like that don’t mean that much. I just want to win it because it’s the Super Bowl — not for any other reason. Maybe afterwards, it might have an effect on me, but right now the only concern I have is winning the Super Bowl. That would be the dessert to this season.’ Pittsburgh faces the NFC champ ion Dallas Cowboys Sunday in Super Bowl XIII in the Orange Bowl. Bradshaw, off the best season of his nine-year career, feels this year s performance by the Steelers was a vindication of last year. “A lot of people wrote us off last year,” said Bradshaw. “They said we were too old, that we needed new people. We had so many problems last year I think it ruined all of us. I know I worried about it. Anytime your mind is occupied with some thing negative, it affects your game. 2)6* “We had problems with Glen Edwards and Jimmy Allen and the lawsuit against Chuck (Steeler Coach Noll). We never were the family we were in the building years. This year it’s been different. It hasn’t been an easy season, but it was a fun season. “Last year, the problems affected everyone’s attitude. Everyone was down. This year it was different. You could smell it. “On the first day of training camp, you could see it. Guys were en thusiastic about the season and it was all positive stuff. There wasn’t the usual bellyaching about training camp — everybody was up.” Bradshaw, despite the best sea son of his career, does not feel he has reached his peak. ' “I don’t think I’ve come of age or alive, he said. “There’s always room for improvement. If you say you’ve arrived, it means you’ve gone as far as you can go and you can only go the other way. “I don't notice any dilierence in me this year. Last year, I’d throw a sideline pass for 15 yards. This year the same pass goes for 55. Last year. I’d throw a pass perfectly and have it intercepted. This year it deflects off two people and goes for a touchdown. “I just guess after nine years, I’m finally getting the breaks.” The Cowboys arrived in Fort Lauderdale early Monday night but already talk was coming from Dal las, notably from All-Pro safety Cliff 1^6 Harris, about “getting Bradshaw.” Two things I don’t get into are intimidation either on the field or in the press, said Bradshaw. “I don’t like that kind of stuff — it’s not my game. I just stay away from it. If you pick up a paper and see someone saying he’s going to smash your head, you’d think about it for a while. After all, I am a human be ing. But once the game starts, people forget all that’s written and said and we get down to playing the best we can.” Bradshaw said fun would be the keynote for the Steelers this week. “We’re here to enjoy the game and have fun,” Bradshaw said. “This is the same type of team as the last two we brought here — hard hitting and maybe a little more explosive. We’ve got our game plan already and it’s just a matter of going out in the warm weather and getting ready. We plan to have some fun.” Someone mentioned that the Minnesota Vikings had a party line of the Super Bowl being a business trip and not a pleasure trip. “Yeah,” chuckled Bradshaw. “The Vikings called this a business trip and they were 0-4. Maybe they should have had some fun. It is a business trip — make no mistake about that — but no one says you can’t have fun on your job. Cowboys depart for rematch with Steelers United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys escaped the frigid weather in which they have worked out for the past two weeks and embarked on their fifth Super Bowl trip Monday. “Roger Staubach has had a big ici cle on his nOse, said offensive tackle Pat Donovan, “so we knew it was cold. We re all anxious to get to some warm weather. We haven t had a warm weather practice in weeks. Temperatures had inched above freezing for one of the few times in recent days as the Cowboys took off for their Super Bowl encounter with Pittsburgh, but a blustery 20 mile per hour wind made the conditions unpleasant when the team members boarded the plane. Most of the them were coatless as they stepped onto the aircraft, but one exception was Scott Laidlaw. “I’m taking a warm coat because when we come back for our victory parade I want to be dressed warm,” the Cowboys fullback said. A crowd of about 300-500 gathered to say goodbye to the team. “There are a lot of people here Godine leads SFA United Press International NACOGDOCHES — Karl Godine and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks had to put down a furious comeback by the Abilene Christian Wildcats Monday to hold on for a 65-63 victory in the Lone Star Conference. Godine, a junior who transfered over the summer from Texas A&M University, was the leading scorer in the game with 26 points while Moore finished with 16 for the Wildcats. =*k==i and that’s a lot of encouragement, said coach Tom Landry, who carried a thick book onto the airplane. “This book is for (offensive coor dinator) Danny Reeves, Landry said. “It’s something to keep him busy. I’m already ready myself.” For almost all of the Cowboys, Super Bowl trips are routine. “But it’s always a tremendous charge,” said quarterback Roger Staubach. “There’s no substitute for winning, though. It’s not just fun being here. It’s winning that makes it fun. “The Super Bowl has not lost any luster for me. One of the Cowboys making his first Super Bowl trip, however, was Jackie Smith, the 15-year veteran tight end who joined the team in midseason. “I’m more excited than I can tell you,” said Smith. “I’m getting more excited each day as it becomes more and more of a reality to me. ” Since the Cowboys opponent this time is Pittsburgh, running back Tony Dorsett expects to renew a lot of acquaintances from his home town. “I’m anxious to get down there,” Dorsett said. “This is going to be an all-out war. There will be two explo sive offensive teams against two hard-nosed defenses. “The team that minimizes its mis takes will win. I can’t predict a score, but I honest and truly feel we will win the game. “This week will be tough on us. Coach Landry told us it was impor tant to get most of the game plan in last week because there will be a lot of festivities that take your mind off what you suppose to do. But we can handle it. 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