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Last Year in Super Bowl XL, Pittsburgh survived a mid-season injury to Roethlisberger and seemed to come together after a disappointing
performance in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football. After
being overwhelmed by Peyton Manning and the Colts, the Steelers began clicking
on all cylinders and marched into the playoffs on a four-game win streak. After
disposing of division rival Cincinnati in the first round, Bill Cowher’s
resilient squad avenged the earlier loss to the Colts in an NFL classic. With
the dramatic upset, Roethlisberger became the first quarterback to ever start in
the AFC Championship Game in each of his first two seasons in the NFL. The Miami
(OH) product seemingly made every big throw in the Steelers' romp over Denver to
secure their berth in Super Bowl XL. Seattle was equally impressive in its march
to the franchise’s first Super Bowl. Yet, despite winning 13 of their last 14
games, the NFC’s top seed arrives in Detroit as an underdog to the sixth-seeded
Steelers. Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and NFL MVP Shaun Alexander are
just fine with that role, though. After Alexander was knocked out of the
divisional playoff game against Washington, Hasselbeck put the Seahawks on his
shoulders and ignited a 20-10 victory over the Redskins. Alexander returned in
time to lead a 34-14 rout of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game.
With two teams from opposite sides of the NFL spectrum, Super Bowl XL promises
to be one to remember. The Steelers have been Super Bowling six times; The
Seahawks never. Last year was a pretty good Super Bowl with the Steelers winning by 11 points
Super Bowl History
The birth of the NFL's biggest game of the year was when the AFL and NFL agreed
to play a championship game after the 1966 season. The game was originally just
called the AFL/NFL Championship game, it was soon nicknamed the Super Bowl.
According to one story, a team owner who thought the formal title was too bland,
came up with the new name while watching his grandson play with a super ball,
which seems to be somewhat outlandish. The truth seems to be that some
sportswriter invented the nickname and it stuck with the news media and
eventually the NFL. Since the NFL/AFL merger, the Super Bowl has been the
NFL Championship Game, played between the NFC and AFC champions, who come out
from a round of playoffs (tournament format). The Super Bowl is sometimes the
culmination of a great NFL season but other times, especially when the two final
teams are mismatched, the game is a blow out and more of a media extravaganza
then a sports spectacle.
The average margin of victory has been 14 points or so, well above the average
for a regular season NFL game, and there have been a lot of romps, some of the
most memorable were the 49ers with Joe Montana destroying the Broncos in the
late 80's.
The NFC and AFC conference championship games have at times been more
interesting to watch. However there have been a few gems, such as the 2002,
2000, 1982 games to name a few. The game's commercials, pageantry,
and media attention has made it a great American pastime, more so then even
Baseball's World Series to many. After two weeks of extravagant media attention,
it draws millions of television viewers, many of whom wouldn't think of watching
any other football game, and the number of Super Bowl parties such as the Maxim
magazine party, Playboy party and Taste of the NFL official party also add a
party atmosphere to the event. The Super Bowl is the ratings leader year
after year among all televised sports events and, on the list of the fifty
top-rated TV broadcasts, the game appears twenty times. The first Super
Bowl however, between the NFL's Green Bay Packers and the Underdog AFL's Kansas
City Chiefs, wasn't so eagerly anticipated. The main question seemed to be how
large Green Bay's margin of victory would be. Tickets cost only $12, and the
game still wasn't a sellout, today tickets range from $2000 up to in some cases
$6000! The Packers won that game, 35-10, and they also won Super Bowl II,
33-14 over the Oakland Raiders. But when Joe Namath guaranteed victory for the
AFL's underdog New York Jets in Super Bowl III and then delivered a 16-7 win
over the Baltimore Colts, interest rose, especially with the impending merger of
the two leagues.
Kansas City's win in Super Bowl IV evened the series between the AFL and NFL.
After the merger, the AFC won nine of the next eleven. That record was skewed
somewhat, though, by the fact that former NFL teams accounted for five of the
victories. Since Super Bowl XVI, after the 1981 season, the NFC had won fifteen
of sixteen games, thirteen in a row, before the Denver Broncos beat the Green
Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. The next year Denver won Super Bowl
XXXIII, with John Elway beating an under matched Atlanta Falcons team who had
beaten the favored Minnesota Vikings led by Randall Cunningham in the NFC
Championship game. The following year was one of the best Super Bowl's in
the last few years, the heavily favored St. Louis Rams with their "greatest show
on turf" offense featuring Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner and company faced off
against the miracle and gritty Tennessee Titans led by tough nosed quarterback
Steve Mcnair and rough and tumble speedster running back Eddie George. The
Titans had gotten to the game by beating the Buffalo Bills with the Music City
miracle, a kick return in waning seconds of that game where a questionable
lateral pass by full back Frank Wycheck, a crazy play.
Well, The Titans luck ran out against the Rams but they actually came inches
away from tying the game in the waning seconds when receiver Kevin Dyson got
tackled with little time remaining at the goal line about a foot away from the
end zone.
In 2001, the Ravens with their defensive juggernaut won handily against the
Giants, but in 2002 another great game and story unfolded. Tom Brady, the
bright eyed and young quarterback for the New England Patriots led his team to
victory against the heavily favored Rams on a last second kick by clutch field
goal kicker Adam Vinatieri. A kick that would send the Patriots into a dynasty
and etch them as one of the best franchises of the 2000's. In 2003, defense
prevailed again as the Buccaneers led by Warren Sapp and a little known QB,
Trent Dilfer destroyed the Rich Gannon led Oakland Raiders. In 2004 New England
held on to beat the upstart Carolina Panthers and high flying receiver, Steve
Smith. The game looks pretty close on paper, 32-29, but it was actually a
meaningless touchdown by Carolina that made it look close then it really was. In
2005, the Philadelphia Eagles got their first shot at a Super Bowl since 1981
facing a veteran Tom Brady and New England. The Eagles would fall short just
like the Panthers however and play catch up most of the game, scoring another
meaningless touchdown and running out of time in the 4th quarter with no time
outs and a tired and weary quarterback in one Donovan Mcnabb. The story of the
game however was taken away from the Patriots as the Eagles flamboyant (to put
it nicely) wide receiver, Terrell Owens showed heart and courage playing hurt
and racking up 130+ receiving yards against the Pats. Who knows what the future
will tell in the next few years as the Super Bowl heads to Detroit and possibly
New York, but it is still and probably will be America's favorite "Big game" for
years to come.
Super Bowl Results
Game Date Result
XXXIX Feb. 6, 2005 New England 24, Philadelphia 21
XXXVIII Feb. 1, 2004 New England 32, Carolina 29
XXXVII Jan. 26, 2003 Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21
XXXVI Feb. 3, 2002 New England 20, St. Louis 17
XXXV Jan. 28, 2001 Baltimore 34, N. Y. Giants 7
XXXIV Jan. 30, 2000 St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16
XXXIII Jan. 31, 1999 Denver 34, Atlanta 19
XXXII Jan. 25, 1998 Denver 31, Green Bay 24
XXXI Jan. 26, 1997 Green Bay 35, New England 21
XXX Jan. 28, 1996 Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17
XXIX Jan. 29, 1995 San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
XXVIII Jan. 30, 1994 Dallas 30, Buffalo 13
XXVII Jan. 31, 1993 Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
XXVI Jan. 26, 1992 Washington 37, Buffalo 24
XXV Jan. 27, 1991 N. Y. Giants 20, Buffalo 19
XXIV Jan. 28, 1990 San Francisco 55, Denver 10
XXIII Jan. 22, 1989 San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16
XXII Jan. 31, 1988 Washington 42, Denver 10
XXI Jan. 25, 1987 N. Y. Giants 39, Denver 20
XX Jan. 26, 1986 Chicago 46, New England 10
XIX Jan. 20, 1985 San Francisco 38, Miami 16
XVIII Jan. 22, 1984 L. A. Raiders 38, Washington 9
XVII Jan. 30, 1983 Washington 27, Miami 17
XVI Jan. 24, 1982 San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21
XV Jan. 25, 1981 Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10
XIV Jan. 20, 1980 Pittsburgh 31, L. A. Rams 19
XIII Jan. 21, 1979 Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
XII Jan. 15, 1978 Dallas 27, Denver 10
XI Jan. 9, 1977 Oakland 32, Minnesota 14
X Jan. 18, 1976 Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17
IX Jan. 12, 1975 Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6
VIII Jan. 13, 1974 Miami 24, Minnesota 7
VII Jan. 14, 1973 Miami 14, Washington 7
VI Jan. 16, 1972 Dallas 24, Miami 3
V Jan. 17, 1971 Baltimore 16, Dallas 13
IV Jan. 11, 1970 Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7
III Jan. 12, 1969 N. Y. Jets 16, Baltimore 7
II Jan. 14, 1968 Green Bay 33, Oakland 14
Superbowl I Jan. 15, 1967 Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10
MVP awards by Super Bowl
XXXIX Feb. 6, 2005 Deion Branch
XXXVIII Feb. 1, 2004 Tom Brady
XXXVII Jan. 26, 2003 Dexter Jackson
XXXVI Feb. 3, 2002 Tom Brady
XXXV Jan. 28, 2001 Ray Lewis
XXXIV Jan. 30, 2000 Kurt Warner
XXXIII Jan. 31, 1999 John Elway
XXXII Jan. 25, 1998 Terrell Davis
XXXI Jan. 26, 1997 Desmond Howard
XXX Jan. 28, 1996 Larry Brown
XXIX Jan. 29, 1995 Steve Young
XXVIII Jan. 30, 1994 Emmitt Smith
XXVII Jan. 31, 1993 Troy Aikman
XXVI Jan. 26, 1992 Mark Rypien
XXV Jan. 27, 1991 Ottis Anderson
XXIV Jan. 28, 1990 Joe Montana
XXIII Jan. 22, 1989 Jerry Rice
XXII Jan. 31, 1988 Doug Williams
XXI Jan. 25, 1987 Phil Simms
XX Jan. 26, 1986 Richard Dent
XIX Jan. 20, 1985 Joe Montana
XVIII Jan. 22, 1984 Marcus Allen
XVII Jan. 30, 1983 John Riggins
XVI Jan. 24, 1982 Joe Montana
XV Jan. 25, 1981 Jim Plunkett
XIV Jan. 20, 1980 Terry Bradshaw
XIII Jan. 21, 1979 Terry Bradshaw
XII Jan. 15, 1978 Randy White, Harvey Martin
XI Jan. 9, 1977 Fred Biletnikoff
X Jan. 18, 1976 Lynn Swann
IX Jan. 12, 1975 Franco Harris
VIII Jan. 13, 1974 Larry Csonka
VII Jan. 14, 1973 Jake Scott
VI Jan. 16, 1972 Roger Staubach
V Jan. 17, 1971 Chuck Howley
IV Jan. 11, 1970 Len Dawson
III Jan. 12, 1969 Joe Namath
II Jan. 14, 1968 Bart Starr
I Jan. 15, 1967 Bart Starr
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