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The World Bowl, also known as World Bowl 1, was the only American football championship game of the short-lived World Football League. The Birmingham Americans defeated the Florida Blazers 22–21 on Thursday, December 5, 1974 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. George Mira, quarterback for Birmingham was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP). It was televised on TVS Television Network.

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rdfs:label	World Bowl (WFL) (en)
rdfs:comment	The World Bowl, also known as World Bowl 1, was the only American football championship game of the short-lived World Football League. The Birmingham Americans defeated the Florida Blazers 22–21 on Thursday, December 5, 1974 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. George Mira, quarterback for Birmingham was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP). It was televised on TVS Television Network. (en)
name	World Bowl I (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham Americans Birmingham Vulcans George Mira Most Valuable Player NFL Europe Florida Blazers World Bowl XV 1974 World Football League season 1975 World Football League season 1974 in sports in Alabama December 1974 sports events in the United States World Football League Legion Field American football Florida Blazers Jack Gotta Jack Pardee Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) Thanksgiving (United States) Birmingham Americans TVS Television Network Oklahoma Thunder World Bowl '91 World Bowl '92 World Bowl '95 World Football League World Indoor Football League World Bowl Gator Bowl (stadium)
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city	Birmingham, Alabama (en)
date	1974-12-05 (xsd:date)
Home	Birmingham Americans (en)
home coach	Jack Gotta
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stadium	Legion Field
visitor	Florida Blazers (en)
visitor coach	Jack Pardee
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has abstract	The World Bowl, also known as World Bowl 1, was the only American football championship game of the short-lived World Football League. The Birmingham Americans defeated the Florida Blazers 22–21 on Thursday, December 5, 1974 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. George Mira, quarterback for Birmingham was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP). It was televised on TVS Television Network. Original plans for the World Bowl had the 1974 championship scheduled for November 29, the day after Thanksgiving 1974 at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. However, the WFL decided to expand its playoff field from four to six teams, pushing the championship back a week; furthermore, the host Jacksonville Sharks folded during the season, leading to the league moving the game to the home stadium of the higher seeded playoff team (in this case, Birmingham). A cash prize of $10,000 was brought onto Legion Field for the league's season MVP award, which was split between three players. The league presented the players with actual cash ($1 bills stacked on a table) in lieu of the standard practice of a check in order to avoid the scrutiny of a whether a WFL cheque would even clear the bank. However, after the ceremonies, the locker room of the champion Americans was raided and all team assets, including uniforms, were seized to collect on the team's debts. The day before the playoffs began the IRS had put lien on the Birmingham Americans over a $237,000 tax debt. The league negotiated a deal where the IRS allowed Birmingham to play in exchange for a portion of the gate receipts which were used to help pay off the debt. In addition, the Americans and Blazers players had gone unpaid for several weeks and refused to play until they were paid. It took Birmingham's owner Bill Putnam's promise of championship rings if they won and the league dividing the remaining gate receipts 60/40 (based on who won the game) to settle the dispute. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	American football on Thanksgiving Ross Brupbacher San Antonio Wings Professional American football championship games Birmingham Americans Birmingham Vulcans Bob Tatarek Detroit Wheels Memphis Southmen Split season George Mira Bowl game 1974 World Football League season 1974 in sports 1975 World Football League season Lost television broadcast Shreveport Steamer Buddy Brown (offensive guard) Tommy Reamon Warren Capone Florida Blazers Greg Wojcik Jacksonville Express

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