Editing Super Bowl XI (section)

===Pregame festivities===
The pregame festivities featured the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] (LAUSD) All-City Band and [[Disc dog|frisbee dog]] [[Ashley Whippet]]. Later, singer [[Vikki Carr]] sang "[[America the Beautiful]]". To date, this is the only game in Super Bowl history that the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|national anthem]] was not sung. This was only the second time in the game's history that "[[America the Beautiful]]" was sung before a game, as [[Charley Pride]] sang the song at [[Super Bowl VIII]] three years prior.

This was the first Super Bowl where the official coin toss was held at midfield three minutes prior to kickoff. Prior to 1976, the official toss was held 30 minutes prior to kickoff, with captains called to midfield three minutes prior to kickoff so the referee could inform fans and media of the results of the toss. [[Jim Tunney (American football)|Jim Tunney]] became the last referee to conduct the Super Bowl coin toss ceremony by himself. [[Super Bowl X|The year before]], former United States Secretary of the Navy [[John Warner]] became the first non-official to toss the coin. [[Super Bowl XII|The next year]], [[Chicago Bears]] great [[Red Grange]] (with Tunney as referee) began the tradition of celebrities or other special guests participating in the coin toss ceremony. This tradition then was slightly altered in [[Super Bowl LIV]] in February 2020, when [[Charles McGee (pilot)|Retired Colonel Charles E. McGee]] let referee [[Bill Vinovich]] toss the coin instead.