SUPER BOWL VI QUOTE OF THE DAY:  
A REPEAT THAT BEARS REPEATING

"If it's the ultimate game, how come they're playing it again next year?"

-Cowboys RB Duane Thomas, Super Bowl VI. One of the NFL's all-time great malcontents. This stands out as probably the greatest Super Bowl quote of all-time, certainly the most existential, as it questions the very nature of the game itself.

FROM WIKIPEDIA . .

Super Bowl VI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1971 season. The Cowboys defeated the Dolphins by the score of 24–3, to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second time the Super Bowl was played in that city.

 

The Cowboys dominated Super Bowl VI, setting Super Bowl records for the most rushing yards (252), the most first downs (23), and the least points allowed (3). They remain the only team ever to prevent their opponent from scoring a touchdown in the Super Bowl. The game was close in the first half, with the Cowboys only leading 10-3 at halftime. But Dallas opened the third quarter with a 71-yard, 8-play touchdown drive, and then Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley's 41-interception return in the fourth quarter set up another score.

This would be the last Super Bowl to be blacked out in the TV market in which the game was played. Under the NFL's unconditional blackout rules at the time, the Super Bowl could not be broadcast locally even if the local team did not advance to the Super Bowl, and it was a sellout. The following year, the league changed their rules to allow games to be broadcast in the local market if sold out 72 hours in advance.  

MY THOUGHTS

An interesting pattern developed in the early Super Bowl era.  A team loses one year, only to prevail a season or two later.  For example:

• Chiefs lose Super Bowl I decisively and win Super Bowl IV.  
• Colts lose Super Bowl III and win Super Bowl V over the Cowboys.
• Cowboys lose Super Bowl V, but win Super Bowl VI over the Dolphins.
• Dolphins lose Super Bowl VI and go on to win Super Bowl VII with their undefeated 1972 team the very next year.