Dan Rooney by Dan Rooney

Author:Dan Rooney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Da Capo Press

The closeness of our young players and their ability to stay loose gave us a great advantage as we went into our first Super Bowl against the veteran Vikings. Both defenses dominated the first half, the only score coming on a safety when Tarkenton recovered his own fumble in the end zone and was downed by Dwight White.

We kicked off to open the second half. The Vikings’ Bill Brown fumbled and Marv Kellum recovered for us on the Minnesota 30-yard line. Four plays later, Franco scored from 9 yards out. By the end of the day, Franco had rushed for 158 yards, then a Super Bowl record. Rocky contributed another 65 yards, while the Steelers’ defense held Minnesota to only 17 yards on the ground. The Steel Curtain kept Tarkenton on the run all day, allowing only eleven of twenty-six passes to reach their intended receivers. Three passes were intercepted, and four deflected.

Bradshaw finished off the Vikings with a 30-yard pass completion to Larry Brown, setting up another pass to Brown for a touchdown. In this final 66-yard drive, Bradshaw demonstrated real leadership, managing the clock, mixing his plays, and exploiting the weak points in the Viking defense. He showed poise and confidence. The final score, 16- 6, told the whole story. Both Bradshaw and the Steelers had arrived.

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