Editing Super Bowl IV

{{short description|Fourth AFL–NFL Championship Game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{redirect|1970 Super Bowl|the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1970 season|Super Bowl V}}
{{Infobox Super Bowl
| type = sb
| name = IV
| image = Super Bowl IV Logo.svg
| visitor = [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]
| visitor_abbr = MIN
| visitor_conf = [[National Football League|NFL]]
| home = [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]
| home_abbr = KC
| home_conf = [[American Football League|AFL]]
| visitor_coach = [[Bud Grant]]
| visitor_record = 12–2
| home_coach = [[Hank Stram]]
| home_record = 11–3
| visitor_total = 7
| home_total = 23
| visitor_qtr1 = 0
| visitor_qtr2 = 0
| visitor_qtr3 = 7
| visitor_qtr4 = 0
| home_qtr1 = 3
| home_qtr2 = 13
| home_qtr3 = 7
| home_qtr4 = 0
| date = {{start-date|January 11, 1970}}
| time = 2:40 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CST]] ([[UTC-6]])
| stadium = [[Tulane Stadium]]
| city = [[New&nbsp;Orleans]],&nbsp;[[Louisiana]]
| attendance = 80,562
| odds = Vikings by 13.5<ref name="violnt">{{Cite news |last=Loomis |first=Tom |date=January 11, 1971 |title=Vikings, Chiefs violent |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NClPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3659%2C3204977 |work=Toledo Blade|via=Google News |location=(Ohio) |page=D1}}</ref>
| MVP = [[Len Dawson]], [[quarterback]]
| anthem = [[Doc Severinsen]] with [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]]
| coin_toss = John McDonough
| referee = [[John McDonough (American football referee)|John McDonough]]
| HOFers = '''Vikings:''' [[Jim Finks]] (general manager), [[Bud Grant]] (head&nbsp;coach), [[Carl Eller]], [[Paul Krause]], [[Alan Page]],<br>[[Mick Tingelhoff]], [[Ron Yary]]<br />'''Chiefs:''' [[Lamar Hunt]] (owner), [[Hank Stram]] (head coach), [[Bobby Bell]], [[Buck Buchanan]], [[Curley Culp]], [[Len Dawson]], [[Willie Lanier]], [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]], [[Jan Stenerud]], [[Emmitt Thomas]]
| halftime = Southern University Band, re-enactment of the<br>[[Battle of New Orleans]]
| network = [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
| announcers = [[Jack Buck]] and [[Pat Summerall]]
| rating = 39.4 (est. 44.3 million viewers)
| share = 69
| commercial = $78,000
| radio = [[NFL on Westwood One Sports|CBS Radio]]
| radioannouncers = Bob Reynolds and Tom Hedrick
| last = III
| next = V
}}
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 50 - Buck Buchanan and Curley Culp.jpg|thumb|190px|[[Buck Buchanan]] (#86) and [[Curley Culp]] (#61) of the Chiefs defense stopping a Vikings' rushing play in Super Bowl IV]]

'''Super Bowl IV''' was an [[American football]] game played on January 11, 1970, at [[Tulane Stadium]] in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]. It was the fourth and final [[Super Bowl|AFL–NFL World Championship Game]] in professional football prior to the [[AFL–NFL merger]] taking effect the following season. The [[American Football League]] (AFL) champion [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] defeated the [[National Football League]] (NFL) champion [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] by the score of&nbsp;23–7.<ref name=lmtsbu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tLxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ATEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4184%2C1811620 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Dawson leads Chiefs to 23-7 Super Bowl upset |date=January 12, 1970 |page=6 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503024544/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tLxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ATEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4184%2C1811620 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=sivwbs>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/19/542176/wham-bam-stram |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=Wham, bam, Stram! |date=January 19, 1970 |page=10 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503024553/https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/01/19/wham-bam-stram |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=dsvreel>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KKhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5453%2C2602717 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Dawson sends Vikings reeling in Super Bowl |date=January 12, 1970 |page=3B |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503024552/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KKhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5453%2C2602717 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mjevwa>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HTkoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7262%2C1426861 |work=Milwaukee Journal |last=Johnson |first=Chuck |title=Super Chiefs beat Vikings in every way |date=January 12, 1970 |page=13, part 2}}</ref> This victory by the AFL squared the Super Bowl series with the NFL at two games apiece as the two leagues merged after the game.<ref name=chfsror>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IkwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7320%2C4309624 |work=Pittsburgh Press |last=Livingston |first=Pat |title=Super Chiefs roar past Vikings |date=January 12, 1970 |page=61}}</ref>

Despite the AFL's [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] winning [[Super Bowl III|the previous season's Super Bowl]], many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs;<ref name=vgbmip>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s7xeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ATEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333%2C1675354 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Viks get big margins in polls |date=January 11, 1970 |page=13}}</ref> the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 13½ point favorites.<ref name=violnt/><ref name=lmtsbu/><ref name=urroll>{{cite news|last=DiNitto|first=Marcus|title=Super Bowl Betting History – Underdogs on Recent Roll|url=http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/nfl/2015-01-25/super-bowl-betting-history-patriots-vs-seahawks-point-spread-line-vegas-odds|magazine=[[Sporting News]]|date=January 25, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204100054/http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/nfl/2015-01-25/super-bowl-betting-history-patriots-vs-seahawks-point-spread-line-vegas-odds|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=vegin>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/superbowl/history/|title=Super Bowl History|publisher=Vegas Insider|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204101556/http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/superbowl/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Minnesota posted a 12–2 record in {{nfly|1969}}, then defeated the [[1969 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 23–20 for the [[1969 NFL playoffs|Western Conference title]],<ref name=sivpgrola>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/05/551877/the-purple-gang-rubs-out-la |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=The Purple Gang rubs out L.A. |date=January 5, 1970 |page=10 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029034437/https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/05/551877/the-purple-gang-rubs-out-la |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Cleveland Browns]] 27–7 in the [[1969 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship Game]].<ref name=sivkpgbrn>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/12/552448/kapping-the-browns |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=Kapping the Browns |date=January 12, 1970 |page=10 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030011403/https://www.si.com/vault/1970/01/12/552448/kapping-the-browns |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chiefs, who previously appeared in [[Super Bowl I|the first Super Bowl]], finished the [[1969 American Football League season|regular season]] at 11–3; they continued with two road wins in the [[1969 American Football League playoffs|AFL playoffs]], dethroning the [[1969 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] 13–6, and then taking down division rival [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] 17–7 in the final [[1969 American Football League Championship Game|AFL title game]].

Under wet conditions, the Chiefs defense dominated Super Bowl IV by limiting the Minnesota offense to only 67 rushing yards, forcing three interceptions, and recovering two fumbles. Kansas City's [[Len Dawson]] became the fourth consecutive winning quarterback to be named [[Super Bowl MVP]]. He completed 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown, with one interception. Dawson also recorded three rushing attempts for 11 yards.

Super Bowl IV is also notable for [[NFL Films]] miking up the Chiefs' [[Hank Stram]] during the game, the first time that a head coach had worn a microphone during a Super Bowl.

==Background==
===Host selection process===
The NFL awarded Super Bowl IV to [[New Orleans]] on March 19, 1969, at the owners' meetings held in [[Palm Springs, California]]. It marked the first of eleven (as of [[2024 NFL season|2024]]) Super Bowls to be held in New Orleans. Two cites were in consideration for the game, [[Miami]] being the other. After two consecutive Super Bowls played at the [[Miami Orange Bowl]] ([[Super Bowl II|II]] and [[Super Bowl III|III]]), owners by a roughly three-quarters vote, opted out of giving Miami the game for a third straight year.<ref name="TMH03-20-1969pg91">{{cite news|title=Miami Loses Super Bowl To New Orleans in 1970|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117729006/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first1=Bill|last1=Braucher|page=91|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 20, 1969|accessdate=February 1, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> Some owners felt that since an [[American Football League|AFL]] town had hosted the game two years in a row, that an [[National Football League|NFL]] town should get another turn to balance out the hosting duties. New Orleans [[List of mayors of New Orleans|mayor]] [[Victor H. Schiro]] was joined by George W. Healy Jr. (editor of the ''[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|Times-Picayune]]'') and [[Al Hirt]]. They highlighted the superior seating capacity (80,982) of [[Tulane Stadium]], as well as the local accommodations. Healy and Miami [[List of mayors of Miami|mayor]] [[Stephen P. Clark]] became locked in a debate during a press conference while the deliberation and voting was going on behind closed doors.<ref name="TPBP03-20-1969pg23">{{cite news|title=New Orleans Wins Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117728747/|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 20, 1969|accessdate=February 1, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>

===Minnesota Vikings===
{{details|1969 Minnesota Vikings season}}

The Minnesota Vikings, led by head coach [[Bud Grant]], entered the game with an NFL best 12–2 regular season record, leading the older league in total points scored (379) and fewest points allowed (133). They had scored 50 or greater points in three different games. They lost their first and last games of the season, but in between had 12 straight victories, the longest single-season winning streak in 35 years.<ref>"Super Bowl IV," ''Super Bowl I-X Collector's Set.'' NFL Productions, LLC, 2003</ref> The Vikings broke the previous record of 11 consecutive wins set by the [[1964 Baltimore Colts season|1964 Colts]]. Their defense, considered the most intimidating in the NFL, was anchored by a defensive line nicknamed the "[[Purple People Eaters]]", consisting of defensive tackles [[Gary Larsen]] and [[Alan Page]], and defensive ends [[Carl Eller]] and [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]]. The secondary was led by [[Bobby Bryant]] (8 interceptions, 97 return yards), [[Earsell Mackbee]] (6 interceptions, 100 return yards), and [[Paul Krause]] (5 interceptions, 82 return yards, 1 touchdown).

On offense, quarterback [[Joe Kapp]] was known for his superb leadership and his running ability, both throwing on the run and running for extra yards. And when Kapp did take off and run, instead of sliding when he was about to be tackled like most quarterbacks, he lowered his shoulder and went right at the tackler. This style of play earned him the nickname "Indestructible". In the NFL Championship Game against the [[1969 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]], he collided with linebacker [[Jim Houston]] while running for a first down, and Houston had to be helped off the field after the play ended. Also, Kapp was known for being an extremely unselfish leader: when he was voted the Vikings Most Valuable Player, he turned the award down and said that every player on the team was equally valuable: "There is no one most valuable Viking. There are 40 most valuable Vikings."<ref name="Joe Kapp, NFL Quarterback">{{cite web | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1025444/index.htm | access-date = April 8, 2002 | title = Joe Kapp, NFL Quarterback | publisher = sportsillustrated.cnn.com | archive-date = February 4, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100204080602/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1025444/index.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Running back [[Dave Osborn]] was the team's top rusher with 643 yards and seven touchdowns. He also caught 22 passes for 236 yards and another touchdown. In the passing game, [[Pro Bowl]] wide receiver [[Gene Washington (American football, born 1944)|Gene Washington]] averaged 21.1 yards per catch by recording 821 yards and nine touchdowns from 39 receptions. Wide receiver [[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]] caught 34 passes for 553 yards and 5 touchdowns. The Vikings' offensive line was anchored by Pro Bowlers [[Grady Alderman]] and [[Mick Tingelhoff]].

By winning the 1969 NFL Championship, the Vikings became the last possessors of the [[Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy]].

===Kansas City Chiefs===
{{details|1969 Kansas City Chiefs season}}
[[File:TenYearAFLPatchPhoto.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Ten-year AFL patch]] worn by the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV]]

Meanwhile, it seemed that the Chiefs, led by head coach [[Hank Stram]], and especially quarterback [[Len Dawson]], were [[jinx]]ed throughout the year. In the second game of the regular season, Dawson suffered a knee injury that kept him from playing the next six games.  Then in the following week, second string quarterback [[Jacky Lee]] went down for the season with a broken ankle in a loss to the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]. However, third string quarterback [[Mike Livingston]] engineered five wins of the next six starts, with Dawson coming off the bench in the second half of the sixth to clinch the win. The Chiefs (11–3) managed to finish in second place behind the [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] (12–1–1) in the AFL's Western Division, after suffering a tough 10–6 loss to Oakland in the final game of the regular season.<ref name=tbrwchf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ClPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2504%2C957717 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Raiders whip Chiefs 10-6, clinch AFL Western title |date=December 14, 1969 |page=E1 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503024610/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ClPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2504%2C957717 |url-status=live }}</ref> After that game, many sports writers and fans heavily criticized the team and Dawson for the poor play calling (Dawson called between 80 and 90 percent of the plays during the season).<ref name=Dawson>Len Dawson, "Super Bowl IV," ''Super Bowl: The Game of Their Lives,'' Danny Peary, editor. Macmillan, 1997. {{ISBN|0-02-860841-0}}</ref>

After a 34–16 road win over the New York Jets on November 16, the Chiefs clinched a playoff spot at 9–1 with four games remaining.<!--after Raiders, other three teams in division had only four wins each--><ref name=redeagcl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OaAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5807%2C5374608 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=Associated Press |last=Bryson |first=Mike |title=Chiefs' Taylor played with pain, but Jets suffered most |date=November 17, 1969 |page=22 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503024613/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OaAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5807%2C5374608 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wanting to set itself up more like the NFL right before the merger, the AFL expanded its [[1969 American Football League playoffs|1969 playoffs]] to four teams, with the second place teams from each division traveling to play the first place teams from the other division (Western champion vs. Eastern runner-up, and vice versa). As a result of the new playoff format, many critics thought the Chiefs entered the playoffs through a "back-door" as the runner-up in the Western division. However, Dawson silenced the critics and led Kansas City to a strong finish with two road wins in the playoffs, defeating the defending champion Jets 13–6, and the Raiders (who had beaten them 41–6 in the [[1968 American Football League playoffs|previous year's postseason]] and won seven of the last eight meetings, including twice in the 1969 season) 17–7 in the AFL Championship Game. This essentially made the Chiefs the first [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] team to play in the Super Bowl. (Dawson said he thought both the Jets and the Raiders could have beaten the Vikings.)<ref name=Dawson/>

Still, many people felt that Dawson's level of play in the AFL was not comparable to the NFL. Dawson himself had spent five seasons in the NFL as a backup before going to the AFL and becoming one of its top quarterbacks. "The AFL saved my career," said Dawson.<ref name=Dawson/> In his 8 AFL seasons, he had thrown more touchdown passes (182) than any other professional football quarterback during that time. But because many still viewed the AFL as being inferior to the NFL, his records were not considered significant. Dawson's first chance to prove himself against an NFL team ended in failure, with his [[1966 Kansas City Chiefs season|Chiefs]] losing 35–10 to the [[1966 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] in [[Super Bowl I]], reinforcing the notion that his success was only due to playing in the "inferior league".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl I - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers - January 15th, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196701150gnb.htm |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>

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Offensively, the Chiefs employed innovative formations and strategies designed by Stram to disrupt the timing and positioning of the defense. Besides Dawson, the Chiefs main offensive weapon was running back [[Mike Garrett]] (1965 [[Heisman Trophy]] winner), who rushed for 732 yards and 6 touchdowns. He also recorded 43 receptions for 432 yards and another 2 touchdowns. Running back [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]] had 612 rushing yards, 266 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns.  Running back [[Warren McVea]] rushed for 500 yards and 7 touchdowns, while adding another 318 yards returning kickoffs. In the passing game, wide receiver [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]] caught 41 passes for 696 yards and 7 touchdowns.  The offensive line was anchored by [[American Football League All-Star games|AFL All-Stars]] [[Ed Budde]] and [[Jim Tyrer]]. According to Len Dawson, placekicker [[Jan Stenerud]] and punter [[Jerrel Wilson]] were the best kickers in football.<ref name=Dawson/>  The offensive line was led by tackle [[Jim Tyrer]], who was selected to his 6th AFL pro bowl.

The Chiefs defense led the AFL in fewest points allowed (177), as all 11 players started all 14 games.  Like the Vikings, the Chiefs also had an outstanding defensive line, which was led by defensive tackles [[Buck Buchanan]] and [[Curley Culp]], and defensive ends [[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]] and [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]]. The Chiefs also had AFL All-Star linebacker [[Willie Lanier]], who recorded 4 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery during the season. The Kansas City secondary was led by defensive backs [[Emmitt Thomas]] (9 interceptions for 146 return yards and a touchdown), [[Jim Kearney (American football)|Jim Kearney]] (5 interceptions for 154 return yards and a touchdown) and [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]] (8 interceptions for 158 return yards). Six members of the Chiefs' defense have been inducted into the Hall of Fame: Culp, Buchanan, Lanier, Thomas, [[Bobby Bell]], and [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]].

Kansas City's defense had shown their talent in the [[1969 American Football League Championship Game|AFL title game]] when they defeated the Raiders.  Raiders quarterback [[Daryle Lamonica]] had completed 13 of 17 passes for 276 yards and a record setting 6 touchdowns in a 56–7 divisional rout of the [[Houston Oilers]] in their previous game, and had shredded the Chiefs with 347 yards and 5 touchdowns in their 41–6 win in the previous season's playoffs.  But in the 1969 AFL Championship Game, the Chiefs defense held him to just 15 of 39 completions and intercepted him 3 times in the fourth quarter.<ref name=sivkpgbrn/>

===Playoffs===
{{Details|1969 NFL playoffs}}
{{Details|1969 American Football League playoffs}}
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 49 - Robert Holmes.jpg|thumb|The visiting Chiefs topped the [[1969 Oakland Raiders season|Raiders]] in the<br />[[1969 American Football League Championship Game|AFL championship game]]<!-- before facing the Vikings in Super Bowl IV-->]]

Kansas City advanced to the Super Bowl with wins over the two previous AFL champions.  First they defeated the [[1969 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] in a defensive struggle 13–6, with Dawson's 61-yard completion to Taylor setting up the game winning score on his 19-yard touchdown pass to [[Gloster Richardson]].  Kansas City held New York to just 234 yards and forced 4 turnovers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round - Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets - December 20th, 1969 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912200nyj.htm |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>
The Chiefs then faced the Raiders, who took a 7–0 lead over them in the first quarter, but that was their only score of the game.  Meanwhile, Dawson's 41-yard completion to [[Frank Pitts]] in the second quarter set up a 1-yard touchdown run by [[Wendell Hayes]].  Then in the third quarter, Emmitt Thomas' clutch interception in the end zone and Dawson's long completion to Taylor sparked a 95-yard drive that ended with a touchdown run by [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]].  Kansas City went into the fourth quarter with a 14–7 lead, and held on for the win by forcing four turnovers (3 interceptions and a turnover on downs) in the final period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Championship - Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - January 4th, 1970 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001040rai.htm |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>

Meanwhile, the ninth-year Vikings recorded their first postseason win in franchise history by defeating the [[1969 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 23–20.  Though the Rams held the lead for most of the time in regulation, Kapp led a touchdown drive to give the team a 21–20 fourth quarter lead.  Eller made a key play to preserve the lead, sacking Rams quarterback (and 1969 [[National Football League Most Valuable Player|NFL MVP]]) [[Roman Gabriel]] in the end zone for a safety and [[Alan Page]] intercepted a pass with thirty seconds remaining.<ref name=sivpgrola/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round - Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings - December 27th, 1969 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912270min.htm |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>

Then Minnesota quickly demolished the [[1969 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] in the [[1969 NFL Championship game|NFL championship game]], jumping to a 24–0 halftime lead and going on to win 27–7.<ref name=sivkpgbrn/> The Vikings offense gained 381 yards without turning the ball over, with Kapp passing for 169 yards and a touchdown, while Osborn rushed for 108 yards and Washington gained 125 yards on just 3 receptions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Championship - Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings - January 4th, 1970 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001040min.htm |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Super Bowl pregame news and notes===
Many sportswriters and fans expected that the Vikings would easily defeat the Chiefs. Although the AFL's [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] won [[Super Bowl III]] at the end of the previous season, many were convinced that it was a fluke. They continued to believe that all of the NFL teams were far and away superior to all of the AFL teams.  And regardless of the differences among the leagues, the Vikings simply appeared to be a superior team.  Minnesota had the NFL's best record and outscored their opponents by 246 points, while Kansas City had not even won their own division. The Chiefs also had played only five games in the regular season against teams who finished with winning records, and eight against teams who finished with losing records, while the Vikings played seven against teams with winning records and seven against teams with losing records. Including playoffs, Minnesota had not lost a game against a winning team.

Super Bowl IV provided another chance to show that Dawson belonged at the same level with all of the great NFL quarterbacks. But five days before the Super Bowl, news leaked that his name had been linked to a [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] federal gambling investigation. Although Dawson was eventually cleared of any charges, the controversy added to the pressure he was already under while preparing for the game, causing him to lose sleep and concentration. "It was, beyond a doubt, the toughest week of my life," said Dawson.<ref name=Strother>Shelby Strother, "Beyond an Unreasonable Doubt," ''The Super Bowl: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of America's Greatest Game''. Simon & Schuster, 1990 ISBN</ref>

Bud Grant became the first Super Bowl coach not to wear a tie. His counterpart, Hank Stram, wore a three-piece suit, with a red vest and a blazer with the Chiefs' helmet logo emblazoned on the breast pocket.

All seats for the game were priced at [[United States dollar|$]]15; the [[Super Bowl III|previous year's]] prices were $12, $8 and $6.<ref name=nowbs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q9oxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C2814960 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=Associated Press |last=Thomas |first=Ben |title=New Orleans will be site of three Super Bowl games |date=January 5, 1970 |page=20}}</ref> The attendance mark of 80,562 is the highest of the first four pre-merger Super Bowl games played.<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Bowl Winners|url=http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/results/superbowl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107102640/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/results/superbowl|archive-date=January 7, 2019|publisher=NFL|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Broadcasting==
===American television===
Super Bowl IV was broadcast in the [[United States]] by [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] with [[Play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]] [[Jack Buck]] (his only Super Bowl on television) and [[color commentator]] [[Pat Summerall]], with [[Frank Gifford]] and [[Jack Whitaker]] reporting from the winning and losing locker rooms, respectively. After the season, Summerall was transferred to work alongside [[Ray Scott (sportscaster)|Ray Scott]], whose broadcast partner [[Paul Christman]] died on March 2, 1970. This was the last Super Bowl that Gifford worked for CBS, as he left following the [[1970 NFL season|1970 season]] to become the play-by-play announcer for [[Monday Night Football]]. Gifford did not work another Super Bowl until [[Super Bowl XIX]], the first Super Bowl to air on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. 

While the game was a sellout, the NFL's unconditional [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] rules prohibited the live telecast from being shown [[WWL-TV|in the New Orleans area]]. 

CBS [[Lost television broadcast|erased]] the videotape a few days after the game, as the network had done following the broadcasts of Super Bowl [[Super Bowl I|I]] and [[Super Bowl II|II]]. Videotape was expensive and television networks did not believe that old games were worth saving. For many years, the only known extant recording of the broadcast was one sourced from the [[CBC Television|CBC]] archives. The network and its [[French language in Canada|French]]-language counterpart [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Télévision de Radio-Canada]] carried the broadcast, and it was saved because of Vikings coach Bud Grant's history in the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] and the close proximity of Minnesota to Canada. CBC transferred the footage to black-and-white film using the [[kinescope]] process soon after the original broadcast, enabling reuse of the videotape. However, a color videotape of the first three quarters and a portion of the fourth quarter, including the pregame show and original commercials, was discovered in 2023 and is publicly available.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMkZKsk0LtI |title=Super Bowl IV - Vikings vs. Chiefs |date=2024-02-09 |last=80s Football Cards |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

44.27 million people in the U.S. watched the game on television, resulting in a rating of 39.4 and a market share of 69.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/18/historical-super-bowl-tv-ratings/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115433/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/18/historical-super-bowl-tv-ratings/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2015|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=January 18, 2009|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

===Hank Stram and NFL Films===
The night before the game, Ed Sabol of [[NFL Films]] met with Hank Stram and convinced him to wear a hidden microphone during the game so that Stram's comments could be recorded for the NFL Films Super Bowl IV film. This was the first time that a head coach had worn a microphone during a Super Bowl, although Stram had done so during the regular season in a home game against the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]. Sabol and Stram agreed that the microphone would be kept secret. Sabol had his top sound man Jack Newman, who had also wired Vince Lombardi in a previous playoff game, conceal the microphone on Stram and monitor the sound throughout. However, some Chiefs players noticed that Stram's demeanor deviated from his normal form during the game, ostensibly because he was aware of the microphone. Linebacker Willie Lanier commented that "Hank seemed somewhat more animated", quarterback Len Dawson "wondered why he was being so joyous and chattering all the time" and halfback Mike Garrett recalled that Stram "was in rare form and pretty glib".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKKVcFvKys4 |title=January 11, 1970 - Hank Stram Wired in Super Bowl IV |date=2017-01-11 |last=Kansas City Chiefs |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18XJ67KCsU |title=Hank Stram Wired Up for Super Bowl IV HD |date=2023-05-27 |last=80s Football Cards |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Stram's awareness of the microphone likely resulted in a direct impact on the game itself. Dawson later recalled that "I thought there was something wrong with Hank" because Stram selected the Chiefs' offensive play calls during the game and communicated them directly to Dawson, while Dawson had routinely called his own plays during the season.<ref name=":0" />

Because of Stram's colorful soundbites throughout the film, it ranks among the most popular and well-known of all official Super Bowl highlight films, despite the fact that the game was a mostly one-sided affair. Notable excerpts include the following:
* To [[Len Dawson]]: "C'mon Lenny! Pump it in there, baby! Just keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys!"
* Observing the confusion in the Vikings' defense: "Kassulke (Vikings strong safety [[Karl Kassulke]]) was running around there like it was a [[Chinese fire drill]]. They didn't know where Mike (Garrett) was. Didn't know where he was! They look like they're flat as hell."
* Before the Chiefs' first touchdown, Stram called the play known as 65 Toss Power Trap. When the Chiefs scored on the play, Stram laughed while yelling to his players on the bench, "Was it there, boys? Was that there, rats? Nice going, baby! Haaa-haaa-haaa-ha-ha-ha! Haaa! The mentor! 65 Toss Power Trap! Yaaa-haaa-haaa-ha-ha! Yaaa-ha-ha! I tell ya that baby was there, yes sir boys! Haa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Wooo!!"
* As the referees were spotting the ball to determine whether the Vikings had gained a first down, Stram yelled to the officials, "Make sure you mark it right! Oh, you lost your place! Measure it, take the chains out there! Oh, they didn't make it! My God, they made that by an inch! He definitely gave them an extra foot. Bad! Very bad!"
* When the officials overruled what looked like a Minnesota fumble, Stram said: "Mr. Official, let me ask you something. How can six of you miss a play like that? Huh? All six of you! When the ball jumped out of there as soon as we made contact?... No. What??"
* After a reverse play in the third quarter that resulted in a first down, Stram said to the officials, "Ya did good, you marked it good. You did a helluva job, nice going!"
* On Otis Taylor's touchdown reception that clinched the game, Stram was heard yelling and laughing.
* In the fourth quarter, Stram congratulated [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]] and [[Willie Lanier]] following interceptions, as well as special teamer and reserve linebacker [[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]].
* When reserve quarterback [[Mike Livingston]] entered the game to relieve Dawson with the game in hand, Stram told Dawson, "Nice going, Leonard. Nice going, baby. Nice going, baby."
* As the clock counted down the final seconds, Stram exclaimed, "How sweet it is!".

==Game summary==
Chiefs head coach [[Hank Stram]], who was also the team's offensive coordinator, devised an effective game plan against the Vikings.<ref name=Strother/> He knew Minnesota's secondary was able to play very far off receivers because Viking defensive ends [[Carl Eller]] and [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]] knocked down short passes or put pressure on the quarterback. Stram decided to double-team Marshall and Eller; most of quarterback [[Len Dawson]]'s completions were short passes, and neither Marshall nor Eller knocked down any passes. Stram also concluded that the Vikings' aggressiveness on defense also made them susceptible to trap plays; [[Mike Garrett]]'s rushing touchdown came on a trap play. On offense, the Vikings' inside running game depended on center [[Mick Tingelhoff]] blocking linebackers. Stram put 285-pound [[Buck Buchanan]] or 295-pound [[Curley Culp]] nose to nose in front of Tingelhoff, who weighed only 235 pounds.  To Minnesota's credit, the NFL used the so-called light "greyhound" centers while the AFL used big centers.  It was a mismatch that disrupted the Vikings' running game; it also kept quarterback [[Joe Kapp]] from moving outside the pocket. Left defensive end [[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]] said of the odd line formation, "...we never played it that much before. Minnesota's recognition was destroyed."<ref name="sivwbs" /> Wrote Dawson, "It was obvious that their offense had never seen a defense like ours."<ref name=Dawson/> Minnesota rushed for only two first downs.

===First quarter===
The Vikings began the game by receiving the opening kickoff and marching from their own 20-yard line to the Kansas City 39-yard line with quarterback [[Joe Kapp]] completing his first two passes for 36 yards. Kapp's next pass was also a completion, but running back [[Bill Brown (American football)|Bill Brown]] was slowed by linebacker [[Bobby Bell]], then brought down by defensive end [[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]] for a 1-yard loss to make it third down, on which Kapp failed to connect with tight end [[John Beasley (football player)|John Beasley]]. Minnesota rushed for only 6 yards on the drive and chose to punt. The Chiefs then drove 42 yards in eight plays.<ref name="Pro Football Reference Super Bowl IV">{{Cite web |title=Pro Football Reference Super Bowl IV|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm|work=Pro Football Reference|access-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref><ref name="USA Today Super Bowl IV Play by Play">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl IV play-by-play|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/super/superbowl-iv-plays.htm|work=USA Today|date=January 11, 2002|access-date=August 25, 2011|archive-date=February 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211184732/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/super/superbowl-iv-plays.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Included was a 20-yard reception by wide receiver [[Frank Pitts]] after Vikings cornerback [[Ed Sharockman]] gambled trying to make an interception.<ref name="Super Chiefs wreck Vikings">{{Cite web |date=2013-12-21 |title=Super Bowl IV: Super Chiefs wreck Vikings, 23-7 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/12/21/super-bowl-iv-super-chiefs-wreck-vikings-23-7/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> Kansas City then scored on placekicker [[Jan Stenerud]]'s Super Bowl record 48-yard field goal. This record stood for 24 years until broken by [[Steve Christie]] in [[Super Bowl XXVIII]]. (According to Dawson, the Vikings were shocked that the Chiefs attempted a 48-yard field goal. Stenerud was among the first soccer-style placekickers in professional football. The others included brothers [[Charlie Gogolak|Charlie]] and [[Pete Gogolak]]. The soccer-style placekickers used the instep of the foot while the conventional professional football placekickers kicked straight on with their toes. "Stenerud was a major factor," Dawson said.)<ref name=Dawson/> Minnesota then managed to reach midfield on their next drive, which was even aided by a [[roughing the kicker]] penalty on Chiefs linebacker [[Bob Stein (American football)|Bob Stein]] during a punt from their own 25-yard line, but could not get in scoring position and were forced to punt again.

On the first play of the Chiefs' ensuing drive, Dawson threw a 20-yard completion to Pitts, followed by a 9-yard pass to wide receiver [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]], to get to midfield before the end of the quarter.

===Second quarter===
Four plays later, on the first play of the second quarter, a pass interference penalty on Sharockman nullified Dawson's third down incompletion and gave Kansas City a new set of downs at the Minnesota 31-yard line. However, on 3rd-and-4 at the 25-yard line, Vikings cornerback [[Earsell Mackbee]] broke up a deep pass intended for Taylor, forcing the Chiefs to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Stenerud, increasing their lead to 6–0.

On the second play of Minnesota's next drive, Chiefs cornerback [[Jim Marsalis]] forced a fumble on wide receiver [[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]], who caught a 16-yard reception, and safety [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]] recovered the ball at the Vikings' 46-yard line. But defensive tackle [[Alan Page]] tackled running back [[Mike Garrett]] for a 1-yard loss, and then safety [[Paul Krause]] intercepted Dawson's pass to Taylor at the 7-yard line on the next play, turning the ball back over to the Vikings.

However, the Vikings also could not take advantage of the turnover. Kapp's two incompletions and a delay of game penalty forced Minnesota to punt from their own 5-yard line. The Chiefs then took over at the Viking 44-yard line after punter/backup quarterback [[Bob Lee (quarterback)|Bob Lee]]'s kick traveled 39 yards. A 19-yard run by Pitts on an end around play fooled the overaggressive, over-pursuing Viking defense to set up Stenerud's 25-yard field goal, increasing Kansas City's lead to 9–0.

On the ensuing kickoff, Vikings safety/kick returner [[Charlie West]] fumbled the ball, and Chiefs center [[Remi Prudhomme]] recovered it at the Minnesota 19-yard line. ("That was a key, key play," said Dawson.)<ref name=Dawson/> Defensive end [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]] sacked Dawson for an 8-yard loss on the first play of the drive; however, a 13-yard run on a draw play by running back [[Wendell Hayes]] and a 10-yard reception by Taylor gave the Chiefs a first down at the Vikings' 4-yard line. Three plays later, Garrett's 5-yard touchdown run on a trap draw play named 65 Toss Power Trap (although the play did not involve a toss), aided by pulling guard [[Mo Moorman]]'s block on Page that cleared a huge hole, gave Kansas City a 16–0 lead.

West returned the ensuing kickoff 27 yards to the 32-yard line. On the first play of the drive, Kapp completed a 27-yard pass to Henderson to advance the ball to the Kansas City 41-yard line. However, on the next three plays, Kapp threw two incompletions and was sacked by Chief defensive tackle [[Buck Buchanan]] for an 8-yard loss. On fourth down, Vikings kicker [[Fred Cox]]'s 56-yard field goal attempt fell way short of the goal posts and was caught and returned to the Chiefs' 24-yard line by kick returner [[Warren McVea]]. Kansas City could not get the ball past midfield, so they punted it back to Minnesota to end the half. For the first half, Minnesota rushed for only 24 yards and failed to convert any of five third downs. On nine first down plays, the Vikings rushed six times and gained only 12 yards.<ref name="Pro Football Reference Super Bowl IV" /><ref name="USA Today Super Bowl IV Play by Play" />

To this point in the combined history of NFL and AFL championship games, including the first three Super Bowls, no team had lost a game when holding a lead of more than 10 points, no matter what time of the game it was. The Chiefs, when they were the [[1962 Dallas Texans season|Dallas Texans]] in their last game before they became the Chiefs, lost a 17–0 lead in the [[1962 AFL Championship Game]], but managed to defeat the [[1962 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]] 20–17 in the second overtime. No team would lose such a lead and also lose the game until [[Super Bowl LI]].
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 50 - Buck Buchanan and Curley Culp (Dave Osborn crop).jpg|thumb|150px|Fullback [[Dave Osborn]] scored Minnesota's only touchdown in Super Bowl IV]]

===Third quarter===
In the third quarter, the Vikings managed to build momentum. After the Chiefs punted on their opening possession, Minnesota drove 69 yards in 10 plays, during which they made their first third down conversion of the game. Kapp completed four consecutive passes for 47 yards, including a 15-yard pass to tight end [[John Beasley (American football)|John Beasley]]. Kapp also rushed for 7 yards. The Vikings' drive ended with fullback [[Dave Osborn]]'s 4-yard touchdown run, reducing their deficit to 16–7. However, the Chiefs responded on their next possession with a six-play, 82-yard drive. Pitts picked up a key first down with a 7-yard left-to-right run on a reverse play. Then right after a 15-yard personal foul penalty against the Vikings, Dawson threw a short pass to Taylor, who caught the ball at the Minnesota 41-yard line, broke tackles by Mackbee and safety [[Karl Kassulke]], took off down the sideline and scored the clinching touchdown on a 46-yard play, making the score 23–7.<ref name="USA Today Super Bowl IV Play by Play" /><ref name="Super Chiefs wreck Vikings" /> The Vikings reached their own 47 on their next possession to end the quarter.

===Fourth quarter===
The Vikings were demoralized after the game-breaking touchdown and the Chiefs' defense continued to shut them down in the fourth quarter, forcing three interceptions on three Minnesota possessions to clinch the 23–7 victory. The defeat was total for the Vikings, as even Kapp had to be helped off the field in the fourth quarter after getting strip-sacked by Chiefs defensive end [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]]. [[Gary Cuozzo]] filled in for Kapp for the rest of the game. Fittingly, the Vikings' final play was an interception Cuozzo threw to cornerback [[Emmitt Thomas]].

Kansas City running back and future University of Southern California Athletic Director Mike Garrett, the 1965 Heisman Trophy recipient, was the top rusher of the game, recording 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown. He also caught two passes for 25 yards and returned a kickoff for 18 yards. Taylor was the Chiefs' leading receiver with six catches for 81 yards and a touchdown. Kapp finished the game with 16 of 25 completions for 183 yards, with two costly interceptions. Henderson was the top receiver of the game with seven catches for 111 yards. The Chiefs defense completely shut down Minnesota's vaunted rushing attack. In the NFL championship game, Osborn had rushed for 108 yards while Kapp rushed for 57. In Super Bowl IV, however, the two rushed for a combined total of 24 yards. In addition, Kansas City's secondary held Minnesota All Pro receiver Gene Washington to one reception for 9 yards.

Referring to the Vikings' three interceptions, three fumbles, and six penalties, Kassulke said, "We made more mental mistakes in one game than we did in one season."<ref name=Strother/> Kapp never played again for the Vikings, as he played out the option of his contract and signed with the [[1970 Boston Patriots season|Boston Patriots]] for the [[1970 NFL season|1970]] season.

Kansas City is, {{as of|2024|lc=on}}, the only team in the Super Bowl era to win the title without allowing as much as 10 points in any postseason game.

=== Box score ===
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==Final statistics==
Sources:''The NFL's Official Encyclopedic History of Professional Football'', (1973), p.&nbsp;144, Macmillan Publishing Co. New York, NY, LCCN 73-3862, [http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbiv NFL.com Super Bowl IV], [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/super/superbowl-iv-plays.htm USA Today Super Bowl IV Play by Play], [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm Pro Football Reference Super Bowl IV], [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/play_finder.cgi?request=1&super_bowl=1&match=summary_all&year_min=1966&year_max=2016&team_id=kan&opp_id=min&quarter=1&quarter=2&quarter=3&quarter=4&quarter=5&tr_gtlt=lt&minutes=15&seconds=00&down=0&down=1&down=2&down=3&down=4&yg_gtlt=gt&is_first_down=-1&field_pos_min_field=team&field_pos_max_field=team&end_field_pos_min_field=team&end_field_pos_max_field=team&type=PASS&type=RUSH&type=PUNT&type=KOFF&type=ONSD&type=FG&type=XP&type=2PCR&type=2PCP&is_complete=-1&is_turnover=-1&turnover_type=interception&turnover_type=fumble&is_scoring=-1&score_type=touchdown&score_type=field_goal&score_type=safety&is_sack=-1&include_kneels=-1&no_play=0&order_by=yards Super Bowl IV Play Finder KC], [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/play_finder.cgi?request=1&super_bowl=1&match=summary_all&year_min=1966&year_max=2016&team_id=min&opp_id=kan&quarter=1&quarter=2&quarter=3&quarter=4&quarter=5&tr_gtlt=lt&minutes=15&seconds=00&down=0&down=1&down=2&down=3&down=4&yg_gtlt=gt&is_first_down=-1&field_pos_min_field=team&field_pos_max_field=team&end_field_pos_min_field=team&end_field_pos_max_field=team&type=PASS&type=RUSH&type=PUNT&type=KOFF&type=ONSD&type=FG&type=XP&type=2PCR&type=2PCP&is_complete=-1&is_turnover=-1&turnover_type=interception&turnover_type=fumble&is_scoring=-1&score_type=touchdown&score_type=field_goal&score_type=safety&is_sack=-1&include_kneels=-1&no_play=0&order_by=yards Super Bowl IV Play Finder Min]

===Statistical comparison===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!
!'''Minnesota<br>Vikings'''
!'''Kansas City<br>Chiefs'''
|-
|First downs||13||18
|-
|First downs rushing||2||8
|-
|First downs passing||10||7
|-
|First downs penalty||1||3
|-
|Third down efficiency||3/9||7/15
|-
|Fourth down efficiency||0/0||0/0
|-
|Net yards rushing||67||151
|-
|Rushing attempts||19||42
|-
|Yards per rush||3.5||3.6
|-
|Passing – Completions/attempts||17/28||12/17
|-
|Times sacked-total yards||3–27||3–20
|-
|Interceptions thrown||3||1
|-
|Net yards passing||172||122
|-
|Total net yards||239||273
|-
|Punt returns-total yards||2–1||1–0
|-
|Kickoff returns-total yards||4–79||2–36
|-
|Interceptions-total return yards||1–0||3–24
|-
|Punts-average yardage||3–37.0||4–48.5
|-
|Fumbles-lost||3–2||0–0
|-
|Penalties-total yards||6–67||4–47
|-
|Time of possession||25:27||34:33
|-
|Turnovers||5||1
|-
|}

===Individual leaders===
{{col-float|width=50%}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Minnesota Vikings|year=1969|border=2}};"|Vikings passing
|-
!
!C/ATT<sup>1</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!INT
!Rating
|-
|[[Joe Kapp]]
|16/25
|183
|0
|2
|52.6
|-
|[[Gary Cuozzo]]
|1/3
|16
|0
|1
|12.5
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Minnesota Vikings|year=1969|border=2}};"|Vikings rushing
|-
!
!Car<sup>2</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!LG<sup>3</sup>
!Yds/Car
|-
|[[Bill Brown (American football)|Bill Brown]]
|6
|26
|0
|10
|4.33
|-
|[[Oscar Reed]]
|4
|17
|0
|15
|4.25
|-
|[[Dave Osborn]]
|7
|15
|1
|4
|2.14
|-
|Joe Kapp
|2
|9
|0
|7
|4.50
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Minnesota Vikings|year=1969|border=2}};"|Vikings receiving
|-
!
!Rec<sup>4</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!LG<sup>3</sup>
!Target<sup>5</sup>
|-
|[[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]]
|7
|111
|0
|28
|10
|-
|Bill Brown
|3
|11
|0
|11
|3
|-
|[[John Beasley (football player)|John Beasley]]
|2
|41
|0
|26
|5
|-
|Oscar Reed
|2
|16
|0
|12
|3
|-
|Dave Osborn
|2
|11
|0
|10
|2
|-
|[[Gene Washington (American football, born 1944)|Gene Washington]]
|1
|9
|0
|9
|4
|-
|[[Bob Grim (American football)|Bob Grim]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|}
{{col-float-break|width=50%}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}};"|Chiefs passing
|-
!
!C/ATT<sup>1</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!INT
!Rating
|-
|[[Len Dawson]]
|12/17
|142
|1
|1
|90.8
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}};"|Chiefs rushing
|-
!
!Car<sup>2</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!LG<sup>3</sup>
!Yds/Car
|-
|[[Mike Garrett]]
|11
|39
|1
|6
|3.55
|-
|[[Frank Pitts]]
|3
|37
|0
|19
|12.33
|-
|[[Wendell Hayes]]
|8
|31
|0
|13
|3.88
|-
|[[Warren McVea]]
|12
|26
|0
|9
|2.17
|-
|Len Dawson
|3
|11
|0
|11
|3.67
|-
|[[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]
|5
|7
|0
|7
|1.40
|-
! colspan="6" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}};"|Chiefs receiving
|-
!
!Rec<sup>4</sup>
!Yds
!TD
!LG<sup>3</sup>
!Target<sup>5</sup>
|-
|[[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]
|6
|81
|1
|46
|8
|-
|Frank Pitts
|3
|33
|0
|20
|3
|-
|Mike Garrett
|2
|25
|0
|17
|3
|-
|Wendell Hayes
|1
|3
|0
|3
|1
|-
|Warren McVea
|0
|0
|0
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<sup>2</sup>Carries
<sup>3</sup>Long gain
<sup>4</sup>Receptions
<sup>5</sup>Times targeted

===Records set===
The following records were set or tied in Super Bowl IV, according to the official NFL.com boxscore<ref name="Boxscore">{{cite web|title=Super Bowl IV box score|url=http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbiv|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=SuperBowl.com|access-date=November 10, 2016|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221092333/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbiv|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ProFootball reference.com game summary.<ref name="Stats" /> Some records have to meet NFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized.<ref name="Factbook">{{cite web|title=Super Bowl Records|url=http://www.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2018/08/09/0ap3000000946101.pdf#page=655|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|work=2018 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book|date=August 9, 2018|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106200439/http://www.nfl.com/static/content/public/photo/2018/08/09/0ap3000000946101.pdf#page=655|url-status=live}}</ref> The minimums are shown (in parentheses).

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Player records established in IV<ref name="Stats">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm |title=Super Bowl IV statistics |publisher=Pro Football reference.com |access-date=November 6, 2016 |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713151632/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Highest passing completion<br /> percentage, career, (40 attempts) || 63.6% (28–44)|| [[Len Dawson]]<br />(Kansas City)
|-
|Most receptions, career || 10 || [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]<br />
|-
|Longest kickoff return || 33 yards || [[Clinton Jones (American football)|Clint Jones]]<br />(Minnesota)
|-
| Most punts, career || 11 || rowspan=3|[[Jerrel Wilson]] <br />(Kansas City)
|-
|Highest punting average, game (4 punts) || 48.5 yards<br />(4–194)
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|Highest punting average, career (10 punts) || 46.5 yards<br />(11–511)
|-
|Longest field goal || 48 yards || [[Jan Stenerud]]<br />(Kansas City)
|}

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{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=3|Team records set<ref name="Stats" />
|-
|Super Bowl win with<br />no home playoff games || 3 games || Chiefs
|-
!colspan=3|Points
|-
|Largest halftime margin || 16 points || Chiefs
|-
!colspan=3|Rushing
|-
|Fewest rushing yards (net) || 67 || Vikings
|- 
!colspan=3|Passing
|-
|Fewest passing attempts || 17 || rowspan=3| Chiefs
|-
|Fewest passes completed || 12
|-
|Fewest yards passing (net) || 122 yards
|-
!colspan=3|First downs
|-
|Fewest first downs || 13 || rowspan=2| Vikings
|- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray"
|Fewest first downs rushing || 2 
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|Most first downs, penalty || 3 || Chiefs
|- 
!colspan=3|Punting
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|Highest average, game (4 punts) || 48.5 yards || Chiefs
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!colspan=3|Penalties
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|Most penalties, game || 6 || rowspan=2| Vikings
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|Most yards penalized, game || 67 yards
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!colspan=3|Team records tied
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|Most Super Bowl appearances || 2 || rowspan=8| Chiefs
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|Most points scored, first half || 16 points
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|Most points, second quarter || 13 points
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|Longest touchdown scoring drive || 82 yards
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|Fewest first downs passing || 7 
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|Fewest (net) yards allowed || 239 yards
|-
|Fewest punt returns, game || 1 
|-style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray"
|Fewest punt return yards gained || 0 yards
|-
|Fewest points, game || 7 points || rowspan=11| Vikings
|-
|Fewest points, first half || 0 points
|-
|Fewest touchdowns, game || 1
|-
|Fewest net yards gained,<br />rushing and passing || 239 yards
|-
|Fewest rushing attempts || 19
|-
|Most passes completed || 17
|-
|Fewest passing touchdowns || 0
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|Most fumbles, game || 3
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|Most fumbles lost, game || 2
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|Most turnovers, game || 5
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|Fewest punts, game || 3
|}

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{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=4|Records, both team totals<ref name="Stats" />
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! !!Total !!Chiefs!!Vikings
|-align=center
|align=left|Fewest points scored, second half  || 14 || 7 || 7
|-
!colspan=4|Net yards, both teams
|-align=center
|align=left|Fewest net yards,<br />rushing and passing || 512 || 273 || 239 
|-
!colspan=4|Passing, both teams
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest passing attempts || 45 || 17 || 28
|-
!colspan=4|First downs, both teams
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest first downs|| 32 || 19 || 13
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest first downs rushing || 11 || 9 || 2  
|-align=center
|align=left| Most first downs, penalty || 4 || 3 || 1
|-
!colspan=4|Kickoff returns, both teams     
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest yards gained || 115 || 36 ||79
|-
!colspan=4|Punt returns, both teams    
|-align=center
|align=left|Fewest punt returns, game || 3 || 1 || 2
|-align=center
|align=left|Fewest yards gained, game || 18 || 0 || 18
|-
!colspan=4|Penalties, both teams
|-align=center
|align=left|Most penalties, game || 10 || 4 || 6
|-align=center
|align=left|Most yards penalized || 114 || 47 || 67
|-
!colspan=4|Records tied, both teams
|-align=center
|align=left| Most points, third quarter || 14 || 7 || 7
|-align=center
|align=left| Most times intercepted || 4 || 1 || 3
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest first downs, passing || 17|| 7 || 10
|-align=center
|align=left| Most interceptions by || 4 || 3 || 1 
|-align=center
|align=left| Most fumbles || 3 ||0 || 3 
|-align=center
|align=left| Most fumbles lost || 2 || 0 || 2
|-align=center
|align=left| Most turnovers || 6 || 1 || 5
|-align=center
|align=left| Fewest punts, game|| 7 || 4 || 3
|}
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==Starting lineups==
{{hilite |Hall of Fame‡|#FFCC00}}

{| class="wikitable"
! width="150px" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Minnesota Vikings|year=1969|border=2}};" | Minnesota !! Position !! width="150px" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Kansas City Chiefs|year=1969|border=2}};" | Kansas City
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | '''Offense'''
|-
| [[Gene Washington (American football, born 1944)|Gene Washington]] || style="text-align:center;" | WR || [[Frank Pitts]]
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| [[Grady Alderman]] || style="text-align:center;" | LT || [[Jim Tyrer]]
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| [[Jim Vellone]] || style="text-align:center;" | LG || [[Ed Budde]]
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| bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Mick Tingelhoff]]‡ || style="text-align:center;" | C || [[E. J. Holub]]
|-
| [[Milt Sunde]] || style="text-align:center;" | RG || [[Mo Moorman]]
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Ron Yary]]‡ || style="text-align:center;" | RT || [[Dave Hill (American football)|Dave Hill]]
|-
| [[John Beasley (American football)|John Beasley]] || style="text-align:center;" | TE || [[Fred Arbanas]]
|-
| [[John Henderson (wide receiver)|John Henderson]] || style="text-align:center;" | WR || [[Otis Taylor (American football)|Otis Taylor]]
|-
| [[Joe Kapp]] || style="text-align:center;" | QB || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Len Dawson]]‡
|-
| [[Dave Osborn]] || style="text-align:center;" | RB || [[Mike Garrett]]
|-
| [[Bill Brown (American football)|Bill Brown]] || style="text-align:center;" | RB || [[Robert Holmes (American football)|Robert Holmes]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | '''Defense'''
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Carl Eller]]‡ || style="text-align:center;" | LE || [[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]]
|-
| [[Gary Larsen]] || style="text-align:center;" | LT || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Curley Culp]]‡ 
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Alan Page]]‡ || style="text-align:center;" | RT || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Buck Buchanan]]‡
|-
| [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]] || style="text-align:center;" | RE || [[Aaron Brown (defensive lineman)|Aaron Brown]]
|-
| [[Roy Winston]] || style="text-align:center;" | LLB || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Bobby Bell]]‡ 
|-
| [[Lonnie Warwick]] || style="text-align:center;" | MLB || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Willie Lanier]]‡ 
|-
| [[Wally Hilgenberg]] || style="text-align:center;" | RLB || [[Jim Lynch]] 
|-
| [[Earsell Mackbee]] || style="text-align:center;" | LCB || [[Jim Marsalis]] 
|-
| [[Ed Sharockman]] || style="text-align:center;" | RCB || bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Emmitt Thomas]]‡ 
|-
| [[Karl Kassulke]] || style="text-align:center;" | LS || [[Jim Kearney (American football)|Jim Kearney]] 
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCC00" | [[Paul Krause]]‡ || style="text-align:center;" | RS || bgcolor="#ffcc00" | [[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]]‡
|}
:{{small|Source:}}<ref name=sbpmup>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BvRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7215%2C3640657 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Super Bowl personnel "match-up" |date=January 11, 1970 |page=4, sports}}</ref><ref name=tolbltv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NClPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2959%2C3219550 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |title=Super Bowl TV rosters |date=January 11, 1970 |page=D4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Super Bowl IV–National Football League Game Summary|url=http://www.nflgsis.com/1969/Post/04/51288/Gamebook.pdf|publisher=National Football League|website=NFLGSIS.com|date=January 11, 1970|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074223/http://www.nflgsis.com/1969/Post/04/51288/Gamebook.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Neft, David S., Cohen, Richard M., and Korch, Rick. The Complete History of Professional Football from 1892 to the Present.</ref>

==Players' shares==
As with the previous three Super Bowls, the players' shares were $15,000 each for the winning team and $7,500 each for the losing team.<ref name=nowbs/><ref name=bsoflim>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q9oxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C2814960 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=Associated Press |last=Grimsley |first=Will |title=Bourbon Street off limits for Vikes, Chiefs |date=January 6, 1970 |page=17}}</ref> This was in addition to the league championship money earned a week earlier, approximately $8,000 each.<ref name=rdglsold>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SdoxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4381%2C5632269 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=Associated Press |last=Hand |first=Jack |title=Minnesota solid Super Bowl favorite |date=January 11, 1970 |page=54}}</ref>

==Officials==
* '''Referee:''' [[John McDonough (American football referee)|John McDonough]] (AFL) #11
* '''Umpire:''' [[Lou Palazzi]] (NFL) #51
* '''Head Linesman:''' Harry Kessel (AFL) #34
* '''Line Judge:''' Bill Schleibaum (NFL) #28
* '''Back Judge:''' [[Tom Kelleher (American football official)|Tom Kelleher]] (NFL) #25
* '''Field Judge:''' Charlie Musser (AFL) #55
This was the first Super Bowl for all six officials, and the only one for McDonough, Kessel and Schleibaum. 

''Note: A seven-official system was not used until {{nfly|1978}}''

==See also==
* [[1969 NFL season]]
* [[1969 NFL playoffs]]
* [[1969 American Football League season]]
* [[1969 American Football League playoffs]]
* [[List of Super Bowl champions]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/history/1970}}
* {{cite book | title=2006 NFL Record and Fact Book | date=July 25, 2006 | publisher=Time Inc. Home Entertainment | isbn=1-933405-32-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/2006nflrecordfac00edit }}
* {{cite book | title=Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League | date=July 25, 2006 | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | isbn=1-933405-32-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/2006nflrecordfac00edit }}
* {{cite book | title=The Official NFL Encyclopedia Pro Football | year=1982 | publisher=NAL Books | isbn=0-453-00431-8}}
* {{cite book | title=The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995 | isbn=0-89204-523-X| publisher=The Sporting News| date=February 1995}}
* https://www.pro-football-reference.com – Large online database of NFL data and statistics
* [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/super/superbowl-plays.htm Super Bowl play-by-plays] from [[USA Today]] (Last accessed September 28, 2005)
* {{YouTube|id=egP-Ujhdo_w|title=Super Bowl IV Recap: Vikings vs. Chiefs (#10)—Top 10 Upsets}} (via the [[National Football League]] (NFL)'s official [[YouTube]] channel)
*[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm Super Bowl IV Box Score] at [[Pro Football Reference]]

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