Super Bowl VII

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Super Bowl VII was the NFL championship game played in January 1973 that capped the Miami Dolphins’ historic perfect season with a victory over the Washington Redskins.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL championship game
Super Bowl
announcer Al DeRogatis
Curt Gowdy
Kyle Rote
attendance 90082
awayTeam Miami Dolphins
city Los Angeles
coinTossCaptainDolphins Nick Buoniconti
coinTossCaptainRedskins Brig Owens
conference AFC
NFC
conferenceChampionAFC Miami Dolphins
conferenceChampionNFC Washington Redskins
country United States
date 1973-01-14
DolphinsDivision AFC East
DolphinsOverallRecordIncludingPlayoffs 17–0
DolphinsRegularSeasonRecord 14–0
finalScore Miami Dolphins 14–7 Washington Redskins
halftimeShow University of Michigan Marching Band
Woody Herman
halftimeShowTheme Happiness Is
headCoachLosingTeam George Allen
headCoachWinningTeam Don Shula
homeTeam Washington Redskins
league National Football League
losingScore 7
losingTeam Washington Redskins
MVP Jake Scott
MVPPosition safety
MVPTeam Miami Dolphins
networkUS NBC
nextEvent Super Bowl VIII
notableFact completed only perfect season in modern NFL history
lowest-scoring Super Bowl at the time
notablePlay Garo Yepremian blocked field goal attempt and fumble leading to Redskins touchdown
ordinalNumber 7
perfectSeasonCompletedBy Miami Dolphins
previousEvent Super Bowl VI
RedskinsDivision NFC East
RedskinsRegularSeasonRecord 11–3
referee Tom Bell
seasonContext Miami Dolphins perfect season
seasonOfLeague 1972 NFL season
stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
winningScore 14
winningTeam Miami Dolphins
year 1973

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