| Data | |||||
| Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ||||
| City | New Orleans | ||||
| Date | January 12, 1975 | ||||
| Attendance | 80,997 | ||||
| Match | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Most Valuable Player | |||||
| Franco Harris, Pittsburgh | |||||
Super Bowl IX was game that matched two of the NFL's greatest ever defenses -- Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain against the Purple People Eaters of Minnesota -- and two legendary quarterbacks: Terry Bradshaw and Fran Tarkenton, respectively.
The defenses won the first half, whose only score was a safety forced by the Pittsburgh. A 6 yard Franco Harris run made it 9-0 in the third quarter. In the fourth the Vikings rallied to 9-6 with a pair of field goals before Bradshaw hit tight end Larry Brown from 3 yards out to put the game away.