1971 NFL Season Highlights & Super Bowl VI Highlights

NFL America's Game Super Bowl 6 Champions 1971 Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys 1971 Super Bowl VI Champions

January 17, 1971: Super Bowl V would be a bittersweet day for Johnny Unitas. The hall of fame quarterback would throw a 75 yard touchdown pass to tight end John Mackey. However, Unitas was knocked out of the game after taking a vicious hit to the ribs from Cowboys linebacker Lee Roy Jordan. Unitas was replaced by Earl Morrall. The Colts would win 16-13 on a Jim O'Brien 32 yard field goal with 5 second remaining. Special thanks to Alex Carter for sending this NFL Films clip narrated by John Facen

🏈On January 17, 1971 Super Bowl V was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, becoming the first Super Bowl game played on artificial turf, on first-generation Poly-Turf. The Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys by the score of 16–13 on a field goal with 5 seconds left in the game. The game was the first Super Bowl played after the completion of the AFL–NFL merger. The game is often referred to as the "Blunder Bowl," "Blooper Bowl," or "Stupor Bowl" due to it being marred with poor

January 17, 1971: Here's a short segment that aired at the beginning of the Super Bowl V highlight video produced by NFL Films. If you're looking for tickets to the game, you better ask Ella Mae Weatherwax at the Orange Bowl will call booth or you're SOL. Special thanks to Neal Wellman for sending this video. | Ghosts of the Orange Bowl