(Left: Terry Bradshaw was the MVP of Super Bowl XIII and Super Bowl XIV.)
The '74-'75 repeat teams and the '78-'79 repeat teams are a lot alike, so I am going to pair them up together.
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6
Franco Harris was the Super Bowl MVP with 34 carries for 158 yards and one touchdown. The Vikings were really not much of a challenge for the Steel Curtain. Minnesota did not score until the fourth quarter.
The score became 9-6 when the Vikings blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown. However, the Steelers responded with a Terry Bradshaw touchdown pass.
Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17
At the end of the first half, Pittsburgh was losing 10-7. However, with two field goals by Roy Gerela and a safety by Reggie Harrison in the fourth quarter, the Steelers were winning 15-10.
Then Terry Bradshaw threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann.
Swann caught four receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown.
The Steelers missed the Super Bowl the next two years; however, they were back in Super XIII.
Super XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31
Terry Bradshaw got his first of two Super Bowl MVPs by throwing four touchdowns, completing 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards and only throwing one interception.
By halftime, Pittsburgh was winning 21-14. They never looked back from there.
Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Los Angeles Rams 19
The Rams were no challenge for the defending Super Bowl champions. Terry Bradshaw won the MVP award again by throwing two touchdowns, completing 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and throwing three interceptions.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 7-3 Rams. By the end of the second quarters, the score was 13-10 Rams. By the end of the third quarter the score was 19-17 Rams.
Then the fourth quarter came along, and the Steelers ran away with it by scoring two touchdowns and shutting out the Rams.
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