Super Bowl XIX Open

This was the opening theme for ABC's telecast of Super Bowl XIX between the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. This was ABC's first-ever Super Bowl telecast.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• NFL
• football
• Miami Dolphins
• San Francisco 49ers
• Frank Gifford
• 1984
• Stanford Stadium
• California

[cbaldwinjr]

No one seems to have Super Bowl XXII posted...and that's still my favorite Super Bowl open. That seminal MNF theme with those Bronco and Redskin helmets. It felt larger than life to me.

[Sportbuff99TV]

@cbaldwinjr It's in the queue and, in fact, I'll be posting it within the next couple of weeks. It's third in line behind some '93 halftime highlights and Super Bowl XXI's open and closes. Keep checking back!

[BerkeleyBuilt]

CGI 30 years ago.

[carlinrulez666]

@radiodj1520

First Super Bowl on ABC.

[salamander337]

I never realize that the 49ers had home field advantage in this superbowl, literally. 2015 will be another SB in SF new stadium in santa clara.

[joerules829]

The last college stadium to host a Super Bowl was Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona back in 1996.

[av6162]

The lower CG of the open had the location as Stanford, California when in fact Stanford stadium is located in Palo Alto, California on the campus of Stanford University. Nice to see the old Stanford stadium in its glory back in the day.

[MavsFan1982]

@Trainking922 yeppers, and this was the Stanford Stadium BEFORE they overhauled it too.

[radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of ABC Sports' Super Bowl 19 Video Open From Sunday Night, January 20, 1985.

[Trainking922]

@tbone24100 Never forget the Rose Bowl! That place held a lot of Super Bowls around the time this one was held.