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Super Bowl VIII
Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7
Scoring Summary · Big Plays · Miami Dolphins Statistics · Minnesota Vikings Statistics
January 13, 1974
Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas (Attendance: 71,882)
MVP: Larry Csonka+
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| MIA | TD | Larry Csonka, 5 yd run (Garo Yepremian kick is good) |
| MIA | TD | Jim Kiick, 1 yd run (Garo Yepremian kick is good) |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
| MIA | FG | Garo Yepremian, 28 yd field goal |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
| MIA | TD | Larry Csonka, 2 yd run (Garo Yepremian kick is good) |
| 4th Quarter | ||
| MIN | TD | Fran Tarkenton, 4 yd run (Fred Cox kick is good) |
Longest Plays from Scrimmage
| Rk | Tm | Play Description | Qtr | Down | Dist | Yard Line | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIN | John Gilliam 30 yd pass from Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 3 | 9 | MIA 45 | |
| 2 | MIA | Paul Warfield 27 yd pass from Bob Griese | 3 | 3 | 5 | MIN 38 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro 27 yd pass from Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 1 | 10 | MIN 41 | ||
| 4 | MIN | Stu Voigt 17 yd pass from Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 3 | 8 | MIN 22 | |
| 5 | MIA | Larry Csonka 16 yd run | 1 | 2 | 10 | MIN 43 | |
| 6 | MIN | Stu Voigt 15 yd pass from Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 3 | 8 | MIA 44 | |
| 7 | MIA | Mercury Morris 14 yd run | 2 | 1 | 10 | MIA 29 | |
| MIN | Stu Voigt 14 yd pass from Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 3 | 9 | MIN 40 | ||
| 9 | MIA | Larry Csonka 13 yd run | 3 | 2 | 7 | MIA 14 | |
| MIA | Jim Mandich 13 yd pass from Bob Griese | 1 | 3 | 4 | MIA 44 | ||
| MIA | Marlin Briscoe 13 yd pass from Bob Griese | 1 | 1 | 10 | MIN 14 |
Miami Dolphins
Click att/rec for summary of all plays
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Bob Griese | 6 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 110.1 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 33 | 145 | 4.4 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Mandich | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 53 | 196 | 3.7 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
Minnesota Vikings
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| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 18 | 28 | 182 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 67.9 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| Bill Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| John Gilliam | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Lash | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Kingsriter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 24 | 72 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 182 | 10.1 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||