Super Stars of the Super Bowl (1986), Part 2

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The seventh installment of the NFL Films Legacy Series is the first NFL Films documentary to focus entirely on the Super Bowl. Intended for release for the Super Bowl's 20th anniversary, this film, narrated mostly by John Facenda, focuses on the stars of the Super Bowl, many of whom were not superstar players.

This second part is split into two segments. The first segment focuses on the key players on the Cowboy and Dolphins Super Bowl winning teams from the 1970's, from Duane Thomas's role in the Cowboys' first Super Bowl win over the Dolphins, to Bob Kuechenberg, who went from minor leaguer to stallworth on the Dolphin OL. His ineffectiveness against Bob Lilly was a major reason for the Dolphins' failure in Super Bowl VI [the final score in which was incorrectly mentioned as 27-3, instead of 24-3], but he more than made up for it with his performance against Alan Page in Super Bowl VIII, which allowed Larry Csonka to run wild on the Vikings. The next to be profiled was Jake Scott, who was the MVP in the Dolphins' 14-7 win over the Redskins in Super Bowl VII to cap off the Dolphins' perfect 1972 season. The focus then shifts back to the Cowboys, as defensive linemen Harvey Martin and future Hall of Famer Randy White became the only duo ever to share a Super Bowl MVP award, a distinction they still share, as they spearheaded a Cowboy defense that forced eight Bronco turnovers in Super Bowl XII.

The second part of this video focuses on the other Super Bowls [except for Super Bowl II], and the roles particular players played in them. First, there was Earl Morrall's role in the Colts' losing Super Bowl III, as he was intercepted three times in the first half, including on the flea flicker on which he simply failed to see a wide open Jimmy Orr [nowhere is it mentioned how he hepled the Colts win Super Bowl V two years later]. Then in Super Bowl IV, while Joe Kapp's gutty leadership led the Vikings there, Len Dawson's execution led them to victory. Then there was the mistake-filled Super Bowl V, in which Cowboy LB Chuck Howley, with two interceptions became the only Super Bowl MVP to play for the losing team. Then there was the biggest gaffe in Super bowl history, Garo Yepremian's attempted "pass" late in Super Bowl VII, which cost the Miami Dolphins the Super Bowl's first shutout. Then the focus shifts to John Madden and the Oakland Raiders, who's dominant victory in Super Bowl XI, led by Fred Biletnikoff's four key receptions, which all led to Raider scores, resulted in the Minnesota Vikings' fourth Super Bowl loss.

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[cjs3872]

I apologize for the excessive static on this particular video.

[miggy25]

@cjs3872 so glad to hear someone mention Dave Dalby, the Raiders great Center of the 70's and 80's. Everyone remembers his predecessor, HOF'er Jim Otto, and everyone remembers the other great O-Linemen from the Raiders of the 70's and early 80's, Art Shell and Gene Upshaw. But nobody remembers how great and key a player Dave Dalby was for those teams. O-Linemen don't get any kind of love from HOF voters. Dalby, Kuchenberg, Kramer, and John Niland from Dallas should be in the Hall

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@plntntvzn

Ray Guy needs to be put in, as well. The fact that Jerry Kramer, Bob Kuechenberg, Jim Marshall, Dave Dalby, Ken Stabler, L.C. Greenwood, Cliff Branch, Drew Pearson, Joe Jacoby, Otis Taylor, and Guy aren't in the Hall of Fame is a crime. Oddly enough four of those players were Raiders, and one thing that may be keeping Greenwood and Kramer out of the Hall of Fame is the fact that so many of their teammates are already enshrined. But why they aren't in the Hall of Fame mystifies me.

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@plntntvzn

Well, the Dolphins were in five Super Bowls between 1971-'84, and there was only one player that was in all of them, and that was Bob Kuechenberg. Kuechenberg is one of the 10 best players not in the Hall of Fame, in my view, and needs to be in, though it will be up to the Veteran's Committee if he's ever to be inducted. The others are Jerry Kramer, Jim Marshall, Dave Dalby, Ken Stabler, L.C. Greenwood, Cliff Branch, Drew Pearson, Joe Jacoby, and Otis Taylor.