Super Bowl VIII (8) Miami VS Minnesota Play by Play

Super Bowl VIII Team Drive Chart

*	Miami won the coin toss and elected to receive.
First Quarter
Miami Dolphins (15:00) Cox kick to MIA 7 Scott return (T. Brown).
MIA 38	1–10	Morris 4 run around right end (Eller).
MIA 42	2–6	Csonka 2 run right (Winston Larsen).
MIA 44	3–4	Griese 13 pass to Mandich (Bryant).
MIN 43	1–10	Morris run off right tackle no gain (Page).
MIN 43	2–10	Csonka 16 run left (Krause).
MIN 27	1–10	Griese 6 pass to Briscoe right flat (J. Wright).
MIN 21	2–4	Csonka 5 run middle (Page).
MIN 16	1–10	Csonka 8 run off right tackle (Eller).
MIN 8	2–2	Morris 3 run left (Siemon).
MIN 5	1–goal	Csonka 5 run right touchdown (9:33). Yepremian kicked extra point.
Miami scoring drive: 62 yards 10 plays 5:27. Miami 7 Minnesota 0
Minnesota Vikings (9:33) Yepremian kick to MIN 1 West 13 return (Bannon).
MIN 14	1–10	Foreman 5 run off left tackle (Den Herder).
MIN 19	2–5	Foreman run left no gain (Fernandez Kolen).
MIN 19	3–5	Tarkenton 4 swing pass to Foreman (Fernandez).
MIN 23	4–1	Eischeid 34 punt Scott 1 return recovered own fumble (Porter).
Miami Dolphins (7:08)
MIA 44	1–10	Morris 5 run left (Krause).
MIA 49	2–5	Griese 8 pass to Mandich right flat (Winston).
MIN 43	1–10	Morris 4 run off right tackle (Siemon Winston).
MIN 39	2–6	Csonka 8 run off right tackle (Marshall).
MIN 31	1–10	Kiick run loss of 3 (Page).
MIN 34	2–13	Csonka 12 run right end (N. Wright Krause).
MIN 22	3–1	Csonka 8 run right (Krause).
MIN 14	1–10	Griese 13 pass to Briscoe (J. Wright).
MIN 1	1–goal	Kiick run off right tackle no gain (Winston).
MIN 1	2–goal	Kiick 1 run middle touchdown (1:22). Yepremian kicked extra point.
Miami scoring drive: 56 yards 10 plays 5:46. Miami 14 Minnesota 0
Minnesota Vikings (1:22) Yepremian kick to MIN 6 West 15 return (Newman). Minnesota penalized 10 for holding (Gilliam).
MIN 11	1–10	Tarkenton 5 pass to Foreman (Kolen Anderson).
MIN 16	2–5	Reed 2 run left (Fernandez).
MIN 18	3–3	Tarkenton 9 pass to Kingsriter (Anderson).
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Miami 14 Minnesota 0
Second Quarter
MIN 27	1–10	Foreman 5 run off right tackle (Matheson).
MIN 32	2–5	Reed 4 run middle (Fernandez).
MIN 36	3–1	Reed run off right tackle no gain (Buoniconti).
MIN 36	4–1	Eischeid 42 punt Scott 7 return (Tingelhoff).
Miami Dolphins (13:03)
MIA 29	1–10	Morris 14 run around right end (J. Wright).
MIA 43	1–10	Csonka 2 run left end (Hilgenberg).
MIA 45	2–8	Griese sacked loss of 10 (Page).
MIA 35	3–18	Griese pass to Briscoe deep incomplete.
MIA 35	4–18	Seiple 38 punt Bryant fair catch.
Minnesota Vikings (11:31)
MIN 27	1–10	Foreman 3 run right end (Anderson Foley).
MIN 30	2–7	Tarkenton sacked loss of 10 (Den Herder).
MIN 20	3–17	Tarkenton pass to Kingsriter incomplete.
MIN 20	4–17	Eischeid 45 punt Scott fair catch.
Miami Dolphins (10:03)
MIA 35	1–10	Csonka 1 run right. Minnesota penalized 15 for unsportsmanlike conduct (Hilgenberg).
MIN 49	1–10	Griese 6 pass to Warfield left flat (Bryant).
MIN 43	2–4	Csonka 3 run off right tackle (Siemon).
MIN 40	3–1	Morris 10 run right (Krause).
MIN 30	1–10	Csonka 9 run right end (Krause Marshall).
MIN 21	2–1	Csonka run left no gain (Siemon).
MIN 21	3–1	Csonka run middle no gain (Eller).
MIN 21	4–1	Yepremian 28–yard field goal (6:02).
Miami scoring drive: 44 yards 7 plays 4:01. Miami 17 Minnesota 0
Minnesota Vikings (6:02) Yepremian kick out of end zone touchback.
MIN 20	1–10	Foreman 2 run right (Swift Buoniconti).
MIN 22	2–8	Tarkenton pass to Foreman middle incomplete.
MIN 22	3–8	Tarkenton 17 pass to Voigt (Kolen).
MIN 39	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Reed left flat incomplete.
MIN 39	2–10	Foreman 1 run right end (Den Herder).
MIN 40	3–9	Tarkenton 14 pass to Voigt middle (Buoniconti).
MIA 46	1–10	Tarkenton 3 pass to Gilliam left flat (Kolen).
MIA 43	2–7	Tarkenton recovered fumbled snap loss of 2. Two–Minute Warning.
MIA 45	3–9	Tarkenton 30 pass to Gilliam deep (Johnson).
MIA 15	1–10	Tarkenton 8 rollout run right (Buoniconti).
MIA 7	2–2	Reed run right loss of 1 (Matheson).
MIA 8	3–3	Reed 2 run middle (Stanfill).
MIA 6	4–1	Reed run off right tackle (Buoniconti) fumbled Scott recovered for Miami at MIA 6.
Miami Dolphins (:30)
MIA 6	1–10	Csonka run middle no gain (Larsen).
MIA 6	2–10	Csonka run middle loss of 1 (Larsen).
END OF SECOND QUARTER: Miami 17 Minnesota 0
Third Quarter
Minnesota Vikings (15:00) Yepremian kick to MIN 1 Gilliam 65 return. Minnesota penalized 10 from spot of foul (MIN 21) for holding. Gilliam credited with 20 return.
MIN 11	1–10	Foreman 2 run right end (Foley).
MIN 13	2–8	Tarkenton pass to Foreman no gain (Kolen).
MIN 13	3–8	Tarkenton sacked loss of 6 (Fernandez).
MIN 7	4–14	Eischeid 48 punt Scott 12 return (Kingsriter).
Miami Dolphins (12:42)
MIN 43	1–10	Morris 1 run left (Siemon).
MIN 42	2–9	Csonka 4 reverse (Siemon).
MIN 38	3–5	Griese 27 pass to Warfield deep left (Bryant).
MIN 11	1–10	Csonka 4 run right tackle (Eller).
MIN 7	2–6	Griese 2 run evading pass rush (Winston).
MIN 5	3–4	Morris run left loss of 8. Minnesota penalized 5 for holding (Hilgenberg). Automatic first down.
MIN 8	1–goal	Csonka 6 run left tackle (Bryant).
MIN 2	2–goal	Csonka 2 run right touchdown (8:44). Yepremian kicked extra point.
Miami scoring drive: 43 yards 8 plays 3:58. Miami 24 Minnesota 0
Minnesota Vikings (8:44) Yepremian kick to MIN 5 Gilliam 21 return (Matheson).
MIN 26	1–10	Tarkenton 5 run evading pass rush (Matheson).
MIN 31	2–5	Tarkenton 10 swing pass to Foreman.
MIN 41	1–10	Reed 6 draw middle (Foley).
MIN 47	2–4	Tarkenton screen to Reed loss of 1 (Foley).
MIN 46	3–5	Reed 1 run left (Matheson).
MIN 47	4–4	Eischeid 42 punt downed at MIA 11.
Miami Dolphins (5:03)
MIA 11	1–10	Morris 3 run right (Eller).
MIA 14	2–7	Csonka 13 run middle (Hilgenberg).
MIA 27	1–10	Csonka run middle loss of 2 (Marshall).
MIA 25	2–12	Csonka 5 run right (Siemon).
MIA 30	3–7	Csonka 3 run right (Larsen).
MIA 33	4–4	Seiple 24 punt downed at MIN 43.
Minnesota Vikings (1:34)
MIN 43	1–10	Tarkenton 8 pass to Foreman middle (Matheson).
MIA 49	2–2	Marinaro 3 run right end (Fernandez).
MIA 46	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Foreman broken up (Buoniconti) incomplete.
MIA 46	2–10	Tarkenton 2 pass to Gilliam (Foley).
END OF THIRD QUARTER: Miami 24 Minnesota 0
Fourth Quarter
MIA 44	3–8	Tarkenton 15 pass to Voigt.
MIA 29	1–10	Tarkenton 9 pass to Gilliam (Foley).
MIA 20	2–1	Tarkenton pass to Lash incomplete.
MIA 20	3–1	Reed 7 run right end (Scott).
MIA 13	1–10	Tarkenton 9 pass to Lash (Johnson).
MIA 4	2–1	Tarkenton 4 keeper right end touchdown (13:25). Cox kicked extra point.
Minnesota scoring drive: 57 yards 10 plays 3:09. Miami 24 Minnesota 7
Miami Dolphins (13:25) Cox onside kick touched by Matheson recovered by T. Brown for Minnesota. Play nullified and Minnesota penalized 5 for offsides (Porter). Cox kick to MIA 18. Scott 16 return (Sutherland).
MIA 34	1–10	Csonka 3 run right tackle (Eller).
MIA 37	2–7	Morris run right end loss of 2 (Winston).
MIA 35	3–9	Griese 5 run evading pass rush (Hilgenberg).
MIA 40	4–4	Seiple 57 punt downed at MIN 3.
Minnesota Vikings (10:47)
MIN 3	1–10	Tarkenton 12 pass to Marinaro (Scott).
MIN 15	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Lash incomplete.
MIN 15	2–10	Reed 9 draw middle (Swift).
MIN 24	3–1	Reed 2 run right tackle (Buoniconti).
MIN 26	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Reed incomplete (Swift).
MIN 26	2–10	Tarkenton 9 pass to B. Brown (Swift).
MIN 35	3–1	B. Brown 2 run left tackle (Stanfill).
MIN 37	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Marinaro incomplete. Play nullified and Miami penalized 4 for pass interference (Foley). Automatic first down.
MIN 41	1–10	Tarkenton 27 swing pass to Marinaro (Scott).
MIA 32	1–10	Tarkenton pass to Lash end zone incomplete.
MIA 32	2–10	Tarkenton pass to Voigt middle incomplete.
MIA 32	3–10	Tarkenton pass to Lash deep intercepted at goal line Johnson 10 return (Gilliam).
Miami Dolphins (6:24)
MIA 10	1–10	Csonka 7 run middle (Marshall).
MIA 17	2–3	Csonka 5 run left tackle (Hilgenberg).
MIA 22	1–10	Kiick 1 run off left tackle (Hilgenberg).
MIA 23	2–9	Csonka 1 run off right tackle (Eller).
MIA 24	3–8	Csonka 2 run middle. Minnesota penalized 15 for personal foul (Page).
MIA 41	1–10	Csonka 4 run middle (Marshall).
MIA 45	2–6	Kiick 5 run right tackle. Personal fouls against Miami (Kuchenberg) and Minnesota (Page) offset.
50	3–1	Minn. penalized 5 for offsides.
MIN 45	1–10	Kiick 1 run left (Larsen).
MIN 44	2–9	Csonka 6 run (Hilgenberg). Two–Minute Warning.
MIN 38	3–3	Csonka 2 run right (Marshall).
MIN 36	4–1	Csonka 2 run middle (Hilgenberg).
MIN 34	1–10	Kiick 5 run right tackle (Eller).
FINAL SCORE: Miami 24 Minnesota 7
FINAL RECORDS: Miami 15–2 Minnesota 14–3

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Score:

Super Bowl VIII

Miami 24
Minnesota 7

Location:
Rice Stadium
Houston, Texas
January 13, 1974
Attendance: 71,882

MVP:
Larry Csonka, Runningback
of the Miami Dolphins

Coaches
MIA Don Shula
MIN Bud Grant

Super Bowl VIII Ring, Miami 24 vs Minnesota 7, Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas, MVP Larry Csonka, Runningback of the Miami Dolphins