European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 22 the stars and stripes january 1978 super bowl fever Blase Dallas taking it in stride title game not for cowboys by Don Harrison Dallas a Musi Here tax Sou weekend it but dont be tooled by the Lidback atmosphere around big super bowl fever has its just pvt the patient has had he afflict Jim thrice before and has Lear Ned to Cope with As the Dallas cowboys prepare to like on the Denver Broncos in the National football leagues super bowl Xii to new Orleans this the mood is different than during the annual Drunken Bash that precedes the Texas Longhom Oklahoma sooner for one in that College contest both sides Are represented on Dallas and in the City the super bowl will be played hundreds of Miles away against an figures on Xii nil title contest new Orleans us facts and figures for super bowl Xii at stake National football league Champi Enship for the Vin Lombard participants the american conference Champion Denver Broncos and the National conference Champion Dallas site Louisiana new starting capacity network television nationwide by air Lime 6 program players share to each member of winning to each member of losing approximately million total for personnel of two competing game conditions uniforms Denver will be the Home team and will Wear its Orange jerseys and use the West Dallas will be the visiting team and will Wear its White jerseys and will use the East sudden death if the game is tied at the end of the regulation 60 it will continue in sudden death the team scoring first by Field goal or touch Down will at the end of the regulation playing the referee will immediately loss a Coin at Center Field in acin dance with rules per Taining to the usual pre game the Cap Tain of the visiting team will Call the following a three minute intermission after the end of the regular play will continue by 15 minute periods with a two minute intermission Between each Over time period with no halftime teams will change goals Between each the rules for game timing and team timeouts will be the same As in a regular including the last two minutes of the second and the fourth officials there will be six officials and two alternates appointed by the com missioners official time the scoreboard clock will be trophy winning team receives per manent Possession of the Vince Lombard Bronco mania i continued from a Tiv 111 the same that cowboys team was a disciplined they had their share of disappointments and i knew they would play a great Miami was an Upan coming team but not As Good As they became in the next few the cowboys remained five Point favourites to defeat the opponent far in the but the big reason hat this contest is being taken More in stride is that this is the cowboys fourth super bowl so it is nothing Here in people expect the cowboys to said Exco boy linebacker Chuck they wont set the for its the cowboys have qualified for the playoffs 11 of the last 12 and Treyve already been in three super bowls winning in losing in 1971 and to be the City has officially declared sunday Dallas cowboys and its county commissioners and their Colorado counterparts have wagered five bushels of Texas pecans against 10 bushels of Colorado apples on the unlike Dallas has had no when the cowboys left for new just Over folks showed up at the bar owner Joe Miller concedes its kind of i know a lot of people who Are going to the game but most Are just worried about getting a but when asked where the Cowboy fans hunk of that familiar scene from Many an old in which the cavalry officer tells the we Haven seen an Indian All the grizzled old campaigner spits a Stream of tobacco juice onto an ant Hill and with the withering Glare of experience there out Young a jest Saint see so it is with Cowboy fans for All their no heart trouble Home run King Hank Aaron and his wife Byllye leave an Atlanta Hospital after Aaron was released with Assurance that he has no signs of bean Aaron was admitted week earlier with Chest Lack of Public a local television sur vey lust year showed that during game time 84 percent of those watching to in the area were glued to the Ann head of Dallas largest invitation and party coordinating says the first thing we have to do each year is get the cowboys nobody can schedule a party at the time a game goes one ticket a Busy individual who answers Only to says business was better two years but the going for super bowl tickets has still reached 100 to As an incentive to get his flock to Church for sunday night the pastor of the first Baptist said his staff will videotape the Macpherson quits at Massachusetts to join Browns Cleveland a Dick Macpherson resigned wednesday As coach of the University of Massachusetts football team to become linebacker coach under old Friend Sam now coaching the Cleveland Browns of the National football Jat joins Jim Garrett up Rod a Holdover from the staff of fired Browns coach Forrest on re Ugliano an assistant along with Rutigliano for the Denver Broncos in the was new England coach of the year last fall and is a current nominee for the same during his seven years at Massachi Macpherson learns won four Yankee conference his latest team was 92 during the regular but lost to Lehigh in the league a native of old has been an assistant coach at Illi Cincinnati and As Well As Denver and Rutigliano made the announcement of his new staff member from where he is observing practices for senior along with Browns manager Peter Rutigliano also has asked Dick Mode longtime Browns defensive to to continues at Denver its the game after 8year wait run Las name sundays the City Denver a wait til next they would and it went that Way for 18 years in a suddenly this is next year for Denver and Bronco mania is sweeping the when the Sway backed old Denver Bron cos won a berth in the super professional footballs championship it was As if someone had made a triple Crown contender out of a milk Wagon the teams color is the name of a soft drink called Orange crush was adopted As a Broncos trademark so Orange Orange an Orange Church and an Orange apartment House have sprung up in the Denver and the beverage company is working extra shifts trying to meet demand for the a Parade in downtown Denver at noon last Friday Drew Between and Bronco maniacs to Sec their learn at close Bronco mania will hit a hit a High Point this sunday when the Broncos play the Dallas cowboys in the super bowl at new Orleans Denver television dealers report run Las have doubled fur this Colorado state prison at Canon City has reshuffled sundays movie schedule and dinner hour to accommodate inmates viewing of the Bronco till four airlines have added Denver new Orleans flights for this the excitement is understandable since their beginnings As a the Denver Broncos had hobbled and wobbled about in pro footballs then Al the end of last season along came red an Veteran assistant coach in the National football with Miller As the Broncos whipped defending super bowl Champ Oakland in their first meeting this and by the seasons they had won their Way into this sundays championship game during the regular season some remained immune to the excitement residents of the mile High stadium fur demonstrated Al the mayors Home and demanded he Slop Bronco fans rum parking on their lawns and driveways on game the City built a foot badge across the South Platte River to pro vide added parking space Access for the fans pouring in to each Home after Denver had whipped Oakland in the american conference playoff gov Richard Lamm declared last Friday a state Holiday for Colorado state workers and Denver mayor Bill Mcnichols did the same for City but when taxpayers Learned that the state workers Day off would Cost million in state Lamm was bombarded with he and Mcnichols hastily called off the civil servants on the other there was the lady who sued the local bus company when a com Muter bus failed to show and she missed a the judge awarded her the Cost of the game Bronco mania has a More serious when three customers in a Denver bar turned up the Jukebox during a televised Bronco a fan pulled the plug and in the dispute that he pulled a gun and shot the music one died