Scrimmage Marker used in the 1980 Super Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1979
name: label: associated institution
content: Pittsburgh Steelers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black circle with red "X" in center attached to top of the pole. The pole has black nylon fabric in the shape of a pennant attached to the sides. This was used to mark the line of scrimmage by the National Football League officials during the 1980 Super Bowl. The Steelers defeated the Rams by the score of 31–19, becoming the first team to win four Super Bowls in six years, as well as the first to win more than two.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pittsburgh Steelers Football Team (through Daniel M. Rooney)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0131.08
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0131.08
label: accession number
content: 1980.0131
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scrimmage Marker
label: Object Name
content: down marker
label: Object Name
content: scrimmage marker, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9 ft x 18 ft x 3 ft; 2.7432 m x 5.4864 m x .9144 m