Super Bowl VIII to Dwight Stephenson, who like Langer is a member of the Hall of Fame. Source: "Note: A seven-official system was not used until the 1978 season." Leo Miles was the first African-American to officiate in a Super Bowl. Super Bowl VIII Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1973 season. The Dolphins defeated the Vikings by the score of 24–7 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl, the first team to
Super Bowl XL ad). Agency BBDO was the biggest single producer of commercials, creating 19. ABC also aired several 60-second commercials for some of its shows, including "Lost", "Desperate Housewives", and "Grey's Anatomy". Notably, this was the first Super Bowl during which commercials, in addition to the game itself, were broadcast in HDTV. During typical HDTV broadcasts at the time, commercials themselves were broadcast in standard definition. Google Video and America Online each catalogued ads for later viewing. The "USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter" and ADBOWL, which both measure viewer online reaction to all Super Bowl ads, found the Bud Light "Magic