SUPER BOWL IV

Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7
January 11, 1970
Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP: Len Dawson, QB, Kansas City

STARTING LINEUPS
Minnesota (NFL) Offense Kansas City (AFL)
Gene Washington WR Frank Pitts
Grady Alderman LT Jim Tyrer
Jim Vellone LG Ed Budde
Mick Tingelhoff C E.J. Holub
Milt Sunde RG Mo Moorman
Ron Yary RT Dave Hill
John Beasley TE Fred Arbanas
John Henderson WR Otis Taylor
Joe Kapp QB Len Dawson
Dave Osborn RB Mike Garrett
Bill Brown RB Robert Holmes
Defense
Carl Eller LE Jerry Mays
Gary Larsen LT Curley Culp
Alan Page RT Buck Buchanan
Jim Marshall RE Aaron Brown
Roy Winston LLB Bobby Bell
Lonnie Warwick MLB Willie Lanier
Wally Hilgenberg RLB Jim Lynch
Earsell Mackbee LCB Jim Marsalis
Ed Sharockman RCB Emmitt Thomas
Karl Kassulke SS Jim Kearney
Paul Krause FS Johnny Robinson

SUBSTITUTIONS
Minnesota–Offense: K–Fred Cox. P–Bob Lee. WR–Bob Grim. TE–Kent Kramer. LINE–Steve Smith, Ed White. QB–Gary Cuozzo. RB–Bill Harris, Clint Jones, Jim Lindsey, Oscar Reed. Defense: LINE–Paul Dickson. LB–Dale Hackbart, Jim Hargrove, Mike McGill. DB–Charlie West. DNP: T–Doug Davis. LB–Mike Reilly.
Kansas City–Offense: K–Jan Stenerud. P–Jerrel Wilson. WR–Gloster Richardson. TE–Curtis McClinton. LINE–George Daney, Remi Prudhomme. QB–Mike Livingston. RB–Wendell Hayes, Warren McVea, Ed Podolak. Defense: LINE–Chuck Hurston, Ed Lothamer, Gene Trosch. LB–Bob Stein. DB–Ceaser Belser, Willie Mitchell, Goldie Sellers. DNP: QB–Tom Flores.

OFFICIALS
Referee–John McDonough (AFL). Umpire–Lou Palazzi (NFL). Head Linesman–Harry Kessel (AFL). Field Judge–Charlie Musser (AFL). Back Judge–Tom Kelleher (NFL). Line Judge–Bill Schleibaum (NFL).

SCORING
Minnesota 0 0 7 0 — 7
Kansas City 3 13 7 0 — 23

KC–FG Stenerud 48
KC–FG Stenerud 32
KC–FG Stenerud 25
KC–Garrett 5 run (Stenerud kick)
Minn–Osborn 4 run (Cox kick)
KC–Taylor 46 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)

Attendance–80,562

FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
Vikings Chiefs
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 13 18
Rushing 2 8
Passing 10 7
Penalty 1 3
TOTAL NET YARDAGE 239 273
Total Offensive Plays 50 62
Average Gain per Offensive Play 4.8 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 67 151
Total Rushing Plays 19 42
Average Gain per Rushing Play 3.5 3.6
NET YARDS PASSING 172 122
Pass Att.–Comp.–Int. 28–17–3 17–12–1
Times Sacked–Yards Lost 3–27 3–20
Gross Yards Passing 199 142
Avg. Gain per Pass (Incl. Sacks) 5.5 6.1
PUNTS–YARDS 3–111 4–194
Average Distance 37.0 48.5
Had Blocked 0 0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 97 60
Kickoff Returns–Yards 4–79 2–36
Punt Returns–Yards 2–18 1–0
Interception Returns–Yards 1–0 3–24
TOTAL TURNOVERS 5 1
Fumbles–Lost 3–2 0–0
Had Intercepted 3 1
PENALTIES–YARDS 6–67 4–47
TOTAL POINTS SCORED 7 23
Touchdowns Rushing 1 1
Touchdowns Passing 0 1
Touchdowns Returns 0 0
Extra Points 1 2
Field Goals–Attempts 0–1 3–3
Safeties 0 0
THIRD–DOWN EFFICIENCY 3/9 7/14
FOURTH–DOWN EFFICIENCY 0/0 0/0
TIME OF POSSESSION 25:27 34:33

 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Minnesota No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
B. Brown 6 26 4.3 10 0
Reed 4 17 4.3 15 0
Osborn 7 15 2.1 4t 1
Kapp 2 9 3.5 7 0
Kansas City
Garrett 11 39 3.5 6 1
Pitts 3 37 12.3 19 0
Hayes 8 31 3.9 13 0
McVea 12 26 2.2 9 0
Dawson 3 11 3.7 11 0
Holmes 5 7 1.4 7 0

 

PASSING
Minnesota Att. Comp. Yds. Long TD Int.
Kapp 25 16 183 28 0 2
Cuozzo 3 1 16 16 0 1
Kansas City
Dawson 17 12 142 46t 1 1

 

RECEIVING
Minnesota No. Yds. Long TD
Henderson 7 111 28 0
B. Brown 3 11 11 0
Beasley 2 41 26 0
Reed 2 16 12 0
Osborn 2 11 10 0
Washington 1 9 9 0
Kansas City
Taylor 6 81 46t 1
Pitts 3 33 20 0
Garrett 2 25 17 0
Hayes 1 3 3 0

 

INTERCEPTIONS
Minnesota No. Yds. Long TD
Krause 1 0 0 0
Kansas City
Lanier 1 9 9 0
Robinson 1 9 9 0
Thomas 1 6 6 0

 

PUNTING
Minnesota No. Yds. Avg. TB Long
Lee 3 111 37.0 1 50
Kansas City
Wilson 4 194 48.5 1 59

 

PUNT RETURNS
Minnesota No. FC Yds. Long TD
West 2 0 18 11 0
Kansas City
Garrett 1 0 0 0 0

 

KICKOFF RETURNS
Minnesota No. Yds. Long TD
West 3 46 27 0
Jones 1 33 33 0
Kansas City
Hayes 2 36 18 0

 

FUMBLES
Minnesota No. Own Rec. Opp. Rec.
Kapp 1 0 0
Henderson 1 0 0
West 1 0 0
Vellone 0 1 0
Kansas City
Robinson 0 0 1
Prudhomme 0 0 1

 

KICKING
Minnesota XP–A FG–A FG Made FG Missed
Cox 1–1 0–1 — 56
Kansas City
Stenerud 2–2 3–3 48,32,25 —

 

PLAY–BY–PLAY

Minnesota won the coin toss and elected to receive.

 

FIRST QUARTER

Minnesota (15:00)
Stenerud kick into end zone, touchback.

M 20 1–10 Osborn 2 run left tackle (Thomas).
M 22 2–8 Kapp 10 pass to Osborn left (Lanier).
M 32 1–10 B. Brown 3 run left end (Lynch).
M 35 2–7 Kapp 26 pass to Beasley middle.
KC 39 1–10 Osborn 1 run left tackle (Kearney).
KC 38 2–9 Kapp pass to Brown right flat, loss of 1 (Mays).
KC 39 3–10 Kapp pass to Beasley off his fingertips, incomplete.
KC 39 4–10 Lee 22 punt out of bounds at KC 17.

Kansas City (10:58)

KC 17 1–10 Holmes 3 run left tackle (Hilgenberg).
KC 20 2–7 Dawson 17 pass to Garrett left (Sharockman).
KC 37 1–10 Holmes 3 run left (Page).
KC 40 2–7 Garrett 4 run right (Larsen).
KC 44 3–3 Dawson 20 pass to Pitts left (Hilgenberg).
M 36 1–10 Dawson sacked, loss of 8 (Winston).
M 44 2–18 Garrett 3 draw left tackle (Page).
M 41 3–15 Dawson pass to Garrett left broken up (Page).
M 41 4–15 Stenerud, 48–yard field goal (6:52).

Kansas City scoring drive: 42 yards, 8 plays, 4:06.
Kansas City 3, Minnesota 0

Minnesota (6:52)
Stenerud kick into end zone, touchback.

M 20 1–10 B. Brown 3 run middle (Culp).
M 23 2–7 Kapp sacked, loss of 6 (Mays).
M 17 3–13 B. Brown 10 sweep left (Buchanan).
M 27 4–3 Lee 45 punt, Mitchell no return. Play nullified and Kansas City penalized 15 for roughing the kicker.
M 42 1–10 Kapp 1 pass to B. Brown right (Kearney).
M 43 2–9 Kapp 1 pass to Osborn left (Lynch).
M 44 3–8 Kapp 6 pass to Henderson right (Marsalis).
50 4–2 Lee 50 punt into end zone, touchback.

Kansas City (3:18)

KC 20 1–10 Dawson 20 pass to Pitts middle (Krause).
KC 40 1–10 Dawson 9 pass to Taylor right flat (Krause).
KC 49 2–1 Garrett 3 run left (Larsen).
M 48 1–10 Garrett 5 run right tackle (Warwick).
M 43 2–5 Holmes draw, loss of 5 (Page).

END OF FIRST QUARTER:
Kansas City 3, Minnesota 0

 

SECOND QUARTER

 

M 48 3–10 Dawson pass to Pitts incomplete. Play nullified and Minnesota penalized 17 for pass interference (Sharockman).
M 31 1–10 Dawson 7 pass to Taylor right (Mackbee).
M 24 2–3 Holmes run right, loss of 1 (Winston).
M 25 3–4 Dawson deep pass to Taylor broken up (Mackbee), incomplete.
M 25 4–4 Stenerud, 32–yard field goal (13:20).

Kansas City scoring drive: 55 yards, 8 plays, 4:58.
Kansas City 6, Minnesota 0

Minnesota (13:20)
Stenerud kick to M 13, West 19 return (Daney).

M 32 1–10 Osborn run left, no gain (Culp).
M 32 2–10 Kapp 16 pass to Henderson, fumbled, recovered by Kansas City at M 48, Robinson 2 return.

Kansas City (11:48)

M 46 1–10 Garrett run right tackle, loss of 1 (Page).
M 47 2–11 Dawson deep pass to Taylor intercepted at M 7, Krause no return (Taylor).

Minnesota (11:09)

M 7 1–10 Osborn 3 run right (Buchanan).
M 10 2–7 Kapp deep pass to Washington broken up (Thomas), incomplete.
M 10 3–7 Minnesota penalized 5 for delay of game.
M 5 3–12 Kapp deep pass to Grim incomplete.
M 5 4–12 Lee 39 punt, Garrett no return (Tingelhoff).

Kansas City (10:05)

M 44 1–10 Pitts 19 reverse right (Mackbee).
M 25 1–10 Minnesota penalized 5 for offsides.
M 20 1–5 Dawson keeper middle, no gain (Larsen).
M 20 2–5 Hayes 1 run left (Marshall).
M 19 3–4 Hayes 2 draw left (Hilgenberg).
M 17 4–2 Stenerud, 25–yard field goal (7:52).

Kansas City scoring drive: 27 yards, 4 plays, 2:13.
Kansas City 9, Minnesota 0

Minnesota (7:52)
Stenerud kick to M 11, West no return, fumbled, Prudhomme recovered for Kansas City at M 19.

Kansas City (7:21)

M 19 1–10 Dawson sacked, loss of 8 (Marshall).
M 27 2–18 Hayes 13 draw middle (Winston).
M 14 3–5 Dawson 10 pass to Taylor right (Mackbee).
M 4 1–goal Garrett run left end, loss of 1 (Marshall).
M 5 2–goal Dawson keeper middle, no gain (Dickson).
M 5 3–goal Garrett 5 trap draw over left guard, touchdown (5:34). Stenerud kicked extra point.

Kansas City scoring drive: 19 yards, 6 plays, 1:47.
Kansas City 16, Minnesota 0

Minnesota (5:34)
Stenerud kick to M 5, West 27 return (Prudhomme).

M 32 1–10 Kapp 27 pass to Henderson middle.
KC 41 1–10 Kapp pass to Reed incomplete (Lanier).
KC 41 2–10 Kapp sacked, loss of 8 (Buchanan).
KC 49 3–18 Kapp pass to Henderson broken up (Marsalis), incomplete.
KC 49 4–18 Cox’s 56–yard field-goal attempt was short, fielded at KC 7, McVea 17 return (Tingelhoff).

Kansas City (3:20)

KC 24 1–10 McVea run left, loss of 1 (Warwick, Page).
KC 23 2–11 McVea 2 sweep right (Page). Two–Minute Warning.
KC 25 3–9 McVea 9 sweep right (Eller).
KC 34 1–10 Pitts 11 reverse right (Eller).
KC 45 1–10 Dawson 3 pass to Taylor right (Mackbee).
KC 48 2–7 Hayes 3 run middle (Warwick, Winston).
M 49 3–4 Dawson pass to McVea broken up (Hilgenberg), incomplete.
M 49 4–4 Wilson 34 punt, Grim fair catch. Play nullified and Kansas
City penalized 5 for illegal procedure.
KC 46 4–9 Wilson 44 punt downed at M 10.

Minnesota (:23)

M 10 1–10 Kapp deep pass to Washington incomplete (Thomas).
M 10 2–10 Kapp 2 keeper middle (Buchanan).

END OF SECOND QUARTER:
Kansas City 16, Minnesota 0

 

THIRD QUARTER

Kansas City (15:00)
Cox kick 3 yards into end zone, Hayes 18 return (Harris).

KC 15 1–10 McVea 5 sweep left (Marshall).
KC 20 2–5 Dawson 6 pass to Taylor right (Mackbee).
KC 26 1–10 Garrett 6 run right tackle (Winston).
KC 32 2–4 Hayes run right, loss of 2 (Hilgenberg).
KC 30 3–6 Dawson 8 pass to Garrett left (Sharockman).
KC 38 1–10 Dawson pass to Richardson broken up (Mackbee), incomplete.
KC 38 2–10 Dawson 3 screen pass left to Hayes (Marshall).
KC 41 3–7 Dawson 8 pass to Arbanas. Play nullified and Kansas City penalized 15 from spot of foul (KC 34) for holding.
KC 19 3–29 Garrett 6 sweep left (Warwick).
KC 25 4–23 Wilson 55 punt, West 11 return (Stein).

Minnesota (9:06)

M 31 1–10 B. Brown run left, no gain (Culp).
M 31 2–10 Kapp 15 pass to Beasley left (Kearney).
M 46 1–10 B. Brown 2 run right (Lanier).
M 48 2–8 Kapp 7 run evading pass rush (Bell, Lanier).
KC 45 3–1 Osborn 1 run left tackle (Lanier, Kearney).
KC 44 1–10 B. Brown 8 run left (Bell).
KC 36 2–2 Kapp 11 screen to B. Brown left (Buchanan).
KC 25 1–10 Kapp 9 pass to Henderson right (Marsalis).
KC 16 2–1 Kapp 12 pass to Reed left (Kearney).
KC 4 1–goal Osborn 4 run off right tackle, touchdown (4:32). Cox kicked extra point.

Minnesota scoring drive: 69 yards, 10 plays, 4:34.
Kansas City 16, Minnesota 7

Kansas City (4:32)
Cox kick to KC 2, Hayes 16 return (Hackbart).

KC 18 1–10 Garrett 5 run left (Hilgenberg).
KC 23 2–5 Hayes 6 draw middle (Warwick).
KC 29 1–10 Garrett 4 run right (Hilgenberg).
KC 33 2–6 Dawson 3 pass to Pitts left. Play nullified and Kansas City penalized 5 for illegal procedure.
KC 28 2–11 Hayes 4 draw middle (Warwick).
KC 32 3–7 Pitts 7 reverse right (Mackbee).
KC 39 1–10 Dawson pass to Pitts deep overthrown, incomplete. Play nullified and Minnesota penalized 15 for personal foul.
M 46 1–10 Dawson 46 pass to Taylor right sideline, caught at M 41, broke two tackles, and went down sideline, touchdown (1:22). Stenerud kicked extra point.
Kansas City scoring drive: 82 yards, 6 plays, 3:10.
Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7

Minnesota (1:22)
Stenerud kick to M 4, Jones 33 return (Mitchell).

M 37 1–10 Reed 1 run left tackle (Buchanan).
M 38 2–9 Kapp 9 pass to Henderson (Marsalis).

END OF THIRD QUARTER:
Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7

 

FOURTH QUARTER

 

M 47 1–10 Osborn 4 sweep left (Lanier).
KC 49 2–6 Reed 3 run left (Lanier).
KC 46 3–3 Kapp pass to Beasley intercepted at KC 34, Lanier 9 return (Vellone).

Kansas City (13:48)

KC 43 1–10 Dawson screen to Pitts, loss of 7 (Sharockman).
KC 36 2–17 McVea 4 run left (Warwick).
KC 40 3–13 McVea 1 sweep left (Hilgenberg).
KC 41 4–12 Wilson 59 punt into end zone, touchback.

Minnesota (11:29)

M 20 1–10 Kapp 2 pass to Reed. Play nullified and Minnesota penalized 10 (half the distance) for illegal man downfield.
M 10 1–20 Kapp deep pass to Henderson incomplete.
M 10 2–20 Kapp 28 pass to Henderson right (Marsalis).
M 38 1–10 Kapp pass to Beasley intercepted at KC 40, Robinson 9 return (Grim).

Kansas City (10:22)

KC 49 1–10 McVea run left, loss of 1 (Warwick).
KC 48 2–11 McVea 4 sweep left (Sharockman).
M 48 3–7 McVea run left tackle, no gain (Hilgenberg).
M 48 4–7 Wilson 36 punt, West 7 return (Belser).

Minnesota (7:52)

M 19 1–10 Kapp 9 pass to Washington left (Thomas).
M 28 2–1 Reed sweep left, loss of 2 (A. Brown).
M 26 3–3 Kapp 4 pass to Reed right (Bell).
M 30 1–10 Kapp sacked, loss of 13 (A. Brown), fumbled, Vellone recovered for Minnesota at M 17. Kapp injured.
M 17 2–23 Reed 15 run right (Thomas).
M 32 3–8 Cuozzo 16 pass to Henderson middle (Kearney).
M 48 1–10 Cuozzo pass to Washington overthrown, incomplete.
M 48 2–10 Cuozzo pass to Henderson intercepted at KC 28, Thomas 6 return (B. Brown).

Kansas City (4:00)

KC 34 1–10 Dawson 11 run around left end (Hilgenberg).
KC 45 1–10 McVea run left tackle, loss of 1 (Warwick).
KC 44 2–11 McVea run right, no gain (Winston). Two–Minute Warning.
KC 44 3–11 Dawson sacked, loss of 4 (Eller). Minnesota penalized 15 for personal foul.
M 45 1–10 McVea 4 run around left end (Marshall).
M 41 2–6 Hayes 4 run left tackle (Warwick).
M 37 3–2 Holmes 7 run right tackle (Warwick).

 

FINAL SCORE:
Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7

 

FINAL RECORDS:
Kansas City 14–3, Minnesota 14–3
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