Super Bowl XI regular season record before defeating the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs. The Vikings were making their fourth Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11–2–1 regular season record and playoff victories over the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings became the first team to appear in four Super Bowls, a record they held until the Dallas Cowboys advanced to a Super Bowl for the fifth time in Super Bowl XIII. They had not won in their previous three attempts, losing Super Bowl IV to the Kansas City Chiefs in the final Super Bowl
Bill Moseley (bowls) team completed a clean sweep of all events at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. Bill Moseley (bowls) Bill Moseley (born 1945) is a former South African international lawn bowler. Moseley played bowls from the age of eight and reached his first national singles quarter final in 1970 before winning the national fours in 1971. He came to prominence in 1976 when he won the Pairs and Fours Gold Medal at the World Outdoor Championships