minimum number of attempts to be recognized. The minimums are shown (in parenthesis). Starting lineups Source: Officials Referee: Tom Bell #7 second Super Bowl (III) Umpire: Lou Palazzi #51 second Super Bowl (IV) Head Linesman: Tony Veteri Sr. #36 second Super Bowl (II) Line Judge: Bruce Alford #24 second Super Bowl (II) Back Judge: Tom Kelleher #25 second Super Bowl (IV) Field Judge: Tony Skover #50 first (and only) Super Bowl Alternate Referee: Fred Silva #81, first Super Bowl, later worked Super Bowl XIV on field Alternate Umpire: Walt Parker #41 second Super Bowl (III), first as an alternate Note: A seven-official system was not used until 1978. Back Judge and Field Judge swapped titles prior to the 1998 NFL season. Super Bowl postgame news As Shula was being carried off the field after the end of the game, a kid who shook his hand stripped off his watch. Shula got down, chased after the kid, and retrieved his watch. Manny Fernandez was a strong contender for MVP. Wrote Nick Buoniconti, "It was the game of his life–in fact, it was the most dominant game by a defensive lineman in the history of the game, and he would never be given much credit for it. They should have given out two game balls and made Manny Fernandez the co-MVP with Jake Scott." Larry Csonka also said he thought Fernandez should have been the MVP. The MVP was selected by Dick Schaap, the editor of SPORT magazine. Schaap admitted later that he had been out late the previous night, struggled to watch the defense-dominated game, and was not aware that Fernandez had 17 tackles. When Garo Yepremian went back to the Dolphins' sideline after his botched field goal attempt, Nick Buoniconti told him that if they lost he would "Hang you up by one of your ties." Yepremian would joke to reporters after the game, "This is the first time the goat of the game is in the winner's locker room." But Yepremian would be so traumatized by his botched attempt that he had to be helped from the post-game party by his brother because of a stress-induced stabbing pain down his right side. Depressed, he spent two weeks in seclusion until he was cheered up by a letter, apparently from Shula, praising him for his contributions to the team and urging him to ignore criticism. Yepremian kept the letter and