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1970 - Kansas City vs. MinnesotaLen Dawson, under tremendous pres-

sure because his name has been linked in a nationwide gambling investigation, directed the underdog Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League to a 2307 vic-tory over the Minnesota Vikings in the last Super Bowl game between champions of separate leagues. Playing their final game as representatives of the AFL, the Chiefs bottled up Minnesota’s vaunted running game and controlled the football before a sellout crowd of more than 81,000.

This was the last pure Super Bowl because the leagues merge officially Feb. 1 and future contests will be between the champions of different conferences of the combined national football league.

The bitter rivalry between the two clubs, fighting for $15,000 winning shares and $7,500 losing shares, flared briefly in the final minutes when fists flew in an exchange near the Vikings’ bench.

As the game ended, Coach Hank Stram was carried off the field. The Chiefs pounded each other on the back in a vic-

tory celebration, reminiscent of the New York Jets after their startling 16-7 upset of Baltimore last year.

1984 – Washington vs. Los AngelesThe Redskins have this thing about

names. They stick one on just about every one of their units.

There are the Hogs – offensive linemen who blow open the holes for Riggins and protect Theismann. Tight end Rick Walker is also a Hog and Riggins is an honorary member.

There are the Smurfs – wide receivers, also known as the Fun Bunch when they congregate in the end zone following a touchdown catch and do a collective High Five hand slap.

There is the Pearl Harbor Crew, an initially derisive nickname give to the Redskins’ secondary after it was victimized by an inordinate number of bombs early in the season.

There is the Wrecking Crew – lineback-ers and the “situation” players who shuttle in and out. And there is the Silent Force,

defensive linemen, the unit with the least know nickname.

The Raiders have no such contrived nick-names. “All they do is motivate the other teams,” says starting tackle Bruce Davis. “I’d just as soon not have one.”

1990 – San Francisco vs. DenverJoe Montana and the San Francisco

49ers proved Sunday that they have just one competitor – history.

In the most dominant performance ever at a Super Bowl, the 49ers routed the Denver Broncos 55-10 to become the first repeat NFL champion in a decade and tie the Pittsburgh Steelers as a pinnacle of Super Bowl perfection with four wins in four tries.

Montana had five touchdown passes, three to Jerry Rice, breaking a Super Bowl record the TD passes on a day on which he also set a record with 13 straight comple-tions. He also set five Super Bowl career records. In four Super Bowls he has thrown 11 touchdowns and no interceptions.

For Denver quarterback John Elway, it

was a day of futility, ending with his third Super Bowl defeat.

1997 – New England vs. Green BayA giant sand sculpture of Vince Lom-

bardi lost its head Thursday, leaving Mike Holmgren’s head towering alone in a mall. “Lombardi’s era is over,” said Vera Sanders of DePere.

The 60-ton “Titletown Tribute” was inside the Bay Park Square Mall and the collapse of Lombardi’s head drew attention to the Packers. “It’s time for Holmgren to get his credits,” Sanders said. “That is the way it is supposed to be.”

Holmgren has coached the Packers to the title game for the first time since Lombardi led Green Bay to wins in the first two Super Bowls in 1 967 and 68. Until the sand bust came tumbling down, he and Holmgren shared equal billing alongside the top of a replica of a Packers helmet. Lombardi and his ever-familiar gap-tooth grin now peers out at gawkers near the bot-tom of the display.