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January 13, 1975: Steelers Super Bowl IX parade
Chuck Noll holding the Lombardi Trophy at the Steelers Super Bowl parade (photo from the Post-Gazette archives)
An estimated 120,000 fans jammed the streets of downtown Pittsburgh to celebrate the Steelers victory in Super Bowl IX.
From the Pittsburgh Press:
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January 12, 1975: Steelers win their first Super Bowl, defeat Vikings 16-6
(Photo from Pittsburgh Press archives)
The Steelers defeated the Vikings in Super Bowl IX at Tulane Stadium. Only 2 points were scored in the first half--a safety when defensive end Dwight White sacked Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton.in the end zone. White had been in and out of the hospital since the Steelers arrived in New Orleans, but he was able to play and make an impact on the game.
The defense suffocated the Minnesota offense, allowing just 119 total yards. The only touchdown the Vikings scored came off a blocked punt recovered in the end zone. Franco Harris rushed for 158 yards (more than the Minnesota offense as a whole), a Super Bowl record, and was named the game’s MVP.
Front pages of the next day’s papers:
Thousands of Steelers fans filled the streets of Pittsburgh to celebrate the victory after the game on Sunday night.
(Photo from the Pittsburgh Press archives)
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Some fans at the parade, all photos from the Pittsburgh Press:
"I’m ready for the beach now. Miami? No, over by the Monongahela. No, I think Neville Island would be the right spot.” --Dwight White
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Front page of the Press the morning of the game:
Also in that morning’s paper, owner Art Rooney was quoted as saying the game would be a “cakewalk” for the Steelers.
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Super Bowl rosters, from the Press:
And a rare photo of both Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw smiling, from the Press:
A cartoon that appeared in January 13 edition of the Pittsburgh Press:
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January 11, 1975: Super Bowl fever sweeps Pittsburgh
After 42 seasons in the NFL, the Steelers will finally play for a championship on January 12 in New Orleans.
(Photo of Vikings owner Max Winter, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and Steelers owner Art Rooney from the Post-Gazette archives)
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The woman at the Oliver Room Beauty Salon were wearing their Steelers jersey to work:
(Photo and article from the Pittsburgh Press archives)
The city was preparing for a Steelers parade on Monday, regardless of the outcome of the Super Bowl. Local schools were allowing students to be dismissed early for the parade as long as they had written permission from their parents.
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Espe School in the North Allegheny School District held a Steelers Days with students wearing black and gold to show their support.
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Would Super Bowl IX be L.C. Greenwood’s last game in a Steeler uniform? The defensive end had signed a contract with the Birmingham franchise of the World Football League.
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Well wishes were sent to Steelers from the Pittsburgh Symphony and someone named “Lenny”:
(From the Pittsburgh Press archives)
(From the Post-Gazette archives)
The Post-Gazette provided all the information you’d need to know ahead of the game:
The Post-Gazette’s sports staff got really close to nailing the final score of the game (the Steelers would win 16-6):
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January 10, 1975: Dwight White back in hospital, won’t play in Super Bowl IX
After being released from Baptist Hospital in New Orleans less than 24 hours prior, defensive end Dwight White was re-admitted to the hospital two days before Super Bowl IX. White complained of chest pains, which were attributed to a recurrence of pleurisy and a viral infection he had suffered earlier in the week.
(Photo from the Pittsburgh Press archives)
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During the week ahead of the Super Bowl, Mel Blount caused a stir with some of his comments to the media and was banned from giving any further interviews.
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Narrator: Mel Blount had not talked himself out of a job.
Mel Blount went on to play his entire career with the Steelers, forcing an NFL rule change due to his physical style of play. He was a first-ballot Hall of Famer, taking his place in Canton in 1989.
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January 8, 1975: Chuck Noll Meets the Media ahead of Super Bowl IX
(Photo from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette archives)
As the week leading up to Super Bowl IX wore on, the head coaches of the two teams met the media. The media was not impressed with Steelers coach Chuck Noll, who some perceived as “dull.” His early morning meeting with the media also was not appreciated.
When asked about his somewhat controversial decision to allow coaches and players to stay with their wives in the days before the Super Bowl and whether the wives would be a distraction, Noll replied, “We married them, so we don’t view them as distractions.”
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From the Post-Gazette:
The subject of Terry Bradshaw’s intelligence came up, much to the chagrin of both Noll and Bradshaw.
Noll:
“What people have called Terry Bradshaw dumb? That’s unfounded...it’s unfair...that hasn’t come from anybody in our organization...who said Terry’s dumb?”
When Bradshaw himself was asked directly about his grades in college, he told the reporter it was none of their business. He also disputed the suggestion that he had wanted to attend LSU over Louisiana Tech but wasn’t admitted to LSU because of his grades.
“I made up my mind to go to Louisiana Tech because I liked the people and the atmosphere there,” Bradshaw said.
One person who wasn’t underestimating Bradshaw’s intelligence in New Orleans was Vikings’ quarterback Fran Tarkenton.
“If a quarterback audibles at the line of scrimmage as often as Bradshaw apparently does, he can’t be dumb,” Tarkenton said.
From the Post-Gazette:
And if you happened to be a Steelers fan who made the trip to New Orleans for the big game, you could attend a Steelers rally on Super Bowl Eve.
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January 2, 1975: Steelers prepare to face the Vikings in Super Bowl IX
From the January 2, 1975 edition of the Pittsburgh Press.
After defeating the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship Game on December 29, the Steelers are preparaing for Super Bowl IX. The game will be played on January 12 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
Article written by Vito Stellino appeared in the January 2, 1975 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Steelers owner Art Rooney is quoted in the above article as saying, “We were herky-jerky and honky-tonky for awhile, but I said we were a Super Bowl team all along.”
Wide receiver Ron Shanklin heard the Vikings weren’t planning on practicing that week and said, “I guess they figure they can’t beat the Steelers any way so they may as well take the week off.”
Shanklin was also quoted in the article as saying Chuck Noll told the team to keep loose and enjoy everything leading up to the Super Bowl. Noll’s lack of curfew and bed check for his team in New Orleans would soon become part of lore surrounding Super Bowl IX.
Advertisement in the the January 2, 1975 edition of the Post-Gazette. $299 includes game tickets, plane ticket, hotel, and transfer to and from the stadium!
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January 14, 1975: Chuck Noll doesn’t want to talk about a Steelers dynasty
Chuck Noll didn’t celebrate the Steelers’ first Super Bowl win for too long, as h was already saying the team had problems in the hours following the win over the Vikings.
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Defensive end Dwight White was admitted to the hospital upon his return to Pittsburgh. White played in the Super Bowl while suffering from pneumonia. He was hospitalized two separate times during Super Bowl week in New Orleans.
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January 9, 1975: Dwight White released from hospital
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Defensive end Dwight White was released from Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. He was admitted on January 5, with a virus and recurrent back spasms. While a Steelers spokesman said White would play in the Super Bowl, reports from teammates and others in the organization differed, as detailed in the Phil Musick article below.
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In other news from the Big Easy during Super Bowl week, two members of the Los Angeles Rams snuck into Chuck Noll’s press conference, pretending to be reporters. Lance Rentzel and Fred Dryer dressed in 1920s garb. Noll did not realize who the men were.
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And Iron City beer was reminding everyone to stock up before Super Bowl Sunday.
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Also on January 9...
1974: Pitt basketball extends winning streak to 11 with a 90-63 victory at Davidson.
The defeat was Davidson’s worst home loss since 1965. For the first time in the 1973-74 season, star Billy Knight was not the Panthers’ leading scorer; instead guard Kirk Bruce led all scorers with 22 points.
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January 5, 1975: Steelers arrive in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl IX
Photo by Robert J. Pavachuk in the Pittsburgh Press.
Notes from the January 6, 1975 Pittsburgh Press.
Chuck Noll, coaching in his first Super Bowl as a head coach, wanted his players to keep loose. Noll was defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Colts team that lost Super Bowl III to the New York Jets, led by young, confident Joe Namath at quarterback. Noll believed the Colts were too tight heading into the game, while the Jets were looser, with Namath famously guaranteeing a victory three days before the game.
From The Ones Who Hit Hardest by Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne:
Here’s what Chuck Noll remembered from his experience with the Colts in Super Bowl III: His team lost to Joe Namath’s Jets because the players were tight. The Colts were huge favorites, the biggest of the three Super Bowls up to that point, and when the game bgan he could see agony on their faces. Namath had been lounging by the pool, sipping drinks and guaranteeing wins, while his guys were too worried about losing to win the game.
Noll told the players there would be no curfew and no bed-check for the first two nights they were in New Orleans, and players were allowed to stay with their wives.
From Chuck Noll: His Life’s Work by Michael MacCambridge:
The team reveled in the lack of a curfew that Sunday and Monday night--Andy Russell somehow managed to lose a rental car somewhere in Fat City. Joe Greene didn’t even unpack, just dropped his luggage in the room and headed out with his line mates, L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White, and Fats Holmes. They wound up sitting by the sidewalk in an open-air restaurant along Bourbon Street. “We had you-peel-it-shrimp,” said Greene. “And we drank Heineken until they had no more.” The night left Dwight White with a case of food poisoning and, eventually, admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, which seemed certain to rule him out of the game. Everyone but White reported for meetings Tuesday morning and prepared as usual.
There was a sense that freedom on the first nights in New Orleans, along with the innate confidence that the team had gained, left them looser for the game itself.
From the January 6, 1975 Pittsburgh Press.
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