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History of the Super Bowl:
Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
January 15, 1967 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA
Bart
Starr and the Green Bay
Packers won by a score of 35 to 10.
Bart
Starr was named MVP
Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers vs. Oakland Raiders
January 14, 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
Bart
Starr and the Green Bay
Packers won their second Super Bowl in a row and became instant NFL
legends.
Bart
Starr was again named
MVP
Super Bowl III: New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts
January 12, 1969 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
This
is probably the most
famous Super Bowl of all time. Quarterback Johnny Unitas and the
Baltimore
Colts were the heavy favorites; however Joe Namath, the quarterback of
the New
York Jets had guaranteed that the Jets would win the game. The Jets
made good
on their guarantee and won the game by a score of 16 to 7.
Joe
Namath was named MVP and
became an instant celebrity.
1969 Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Minnesota Vikings
January 11, 1970 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA
The
Chiefs beat the Vikings
by a score of 23 to 7
Kansas
City Chiefs Len
Dawson was named MVP
Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts vs. Dallas Cowboys
January 17, 1971 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
The
Baltimore Colts won in
the last 5 seconds of the game when Colts kicker Jim O’Brian
made
a 32 yard field goal to win by a
score of 16 to 13.
This is
one of the few championship games where the MVP award was given to a
player on
the losing team. Defensive player Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys
made 2
interceptions during the game and was named MVP.
Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins
January 16, 1972 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA
Quarterback
Roger Staubach
and the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins by a score of 24 to
3. This
was the first time in Super Bowl history that the losing team failed to
score a
touchdown.
Roger
Staubach was awarded
the MVP.
Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins
January 14, 1973 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA
The
Miami Dolphins defeated
the Washington Redskins by a score of 14 to 7. This was a perfect way
to wind
up their season. The Miami Dolphins became the first team in NFL
history to
have a perfect 17-0 season and then go on to win the Super Bowl. Jake
Scott of
the Miami Dolphins was named MVP.
Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins vs. Minnesota Vikings.
January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston, TX
The
Miami Dolphins defeated
the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 24 to 7 giving the Miami Dolphins
back to
back Super Bowl Victories.
Larry
Csonka of the Miami
Dolphins was named MVP
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings
January 12, 1975 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA
The
Pittsburgh Steelers
defeated the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 16 to 6.
Running
Back Franco Harris
of the Pittsburgh Steelers was named MVP
Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
January 18, 1976 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
The
Pittsburgh Steelers
defeated the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 21 to 7 giving the Pittsburgh
Steelers back to back Super Bowl wins.
Wide
receiver Lynn Swann of
the Pittsburgh Steelers was named MVP.
Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings
January 9, 1977 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Quarterback
Ken “The Snake”
Stabler and the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32 to 14.
Wide
Receiver Fred
Biletnikoff of the Oakland Raiders was named MVP
Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos
January 15, 1978 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
The
Dallas Cowboys defense
secured a 27 to 10 victory by forcing
eight turnovers in the game.
This
was the first time in
Super Bowl history that two players were named MVP: Dallas Cowboys
defensive
players Randy White and Harvey Martin.
Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
Quarterback
Terry Bradshaw
and the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35 to 31. This
was the
first time that a team won 3 Super Bowl Games.
Terry
Bradshaw was named MVP
Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams
01980-01-20 January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Terry
Bradshaw and the
Pittsburgh Steelers won their fourth Super Bowl victory and their
second back
to back Super Bowl victory by beating the Rams 31 to 19.
Terry
Bradshaw was again
named MVP
Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles
January 25, 1981 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
Quarterback
Jim Plunkett and
the Oakland Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27 to 10 and
became the
first team in the history of the NFL to win the Super Bowl as a wild
card team.
Jim
Plunkett was named MVP
Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, MI
This
is the game that
started the San Francisco 49ers
dynasty. Quarterback Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers defeated the
Bengals by a score of
26 to 21.
Joe
Montana was named MVP
Super Bowl XVII: Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins
January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Quarterback
Joe Theisman and
Running Back John Riggins led the Washington Redskins to a 27 to 17
victory
over the Miami Dolphins.
John
Riggins was named MVP
Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders vs. Washington Redskins
January 22, 1984 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, FL
Jim
Plunkett along with
Marcus Allen and the Washington Redskins offense defeated the Redskins
with the final score 38 to 9.
Marcus
Allen was named MVP
Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers
vs. Miami Dolphins
January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium at
Stanford
University in Palo Alto, CA
Quarterback
Joe Montana, Running
back Roger Craig and rest of the San Francisco 49ers notched up another
Super Bowl
victory by
defeating Dan Marino and the Dolphins 38 to 16.
Joe
Montana was again named
MVP
Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots
January 26, 1986 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
This
was probably the most
famous Bears team of all time. Quarterback Jim McMahon along with
Richard Dent,
William “The Refrigerator” Perry and the rest of
the
Chicago Bears defeated the
Patriots by a score of 46 to 10. The Bears defense had 7 sacks and held
the
Patriots to 7 yards rushing.
Richard
Dent was named MVP.
Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos
January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
The
New York Giants came
away with a 39 to 20 victory over the Denver Broncos.
Quarterback
Phil Simms of
the New York Giants was named MVP
Super Bowl XXII: Washington Redskins vs. Denver Broncos
January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium
in San
Diego, CA
The
Washington Redskins came
back from a 10 point deficit to defeat the Denver Broncos 42 to 10.
Washington
Redskins
Quarterback Doug Williams was named MVP
Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
January 22, 1989 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, FL
The San Francisco 49ers came away with a
close victory over
the
Broncos when Joe Montana connected with John Taylor for a touchdown
pass late
in the game.
Wide
Receiver Jerry Rice of
the San
Francisco
49ers set a Super Bowl record by receiving for 215 yards. He was also named MVP
of the game.
Super Bowl XXXIV: San Francisco 49ers
vs. Denver Broncos
January 28, 1990 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
This
was the fourth Super
Bowl victory for the San Francisco
49ers. They defeated the Denver Broncos 55 to 10 and became the second
team in
NFL history to win four Super Bowl titles. The Pittsburgh Steelers were
the
only other team up until this point to have four Super Bowl wins.
Joe
Montana was named MVP
for the third time.
Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills
January 27, 1991 at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, FL
The
Giants defeated the
Broncos by a 1 point margin. The final score was 20 to 19 in favor of New York.
Running
Back Otis Anderson
of the NY Giants was named MVP
Super Bowl XXVI: Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills
January 26, 1992 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis MN
Quarterback
Mark Rypian and
the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 37 to 24. This
victory
handed head coach Joe Gibbs his third Super Bowl championship.
Mark
Rypian was named MVP
Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills
January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Quarterback
Troy Aikman and
the Dallas Cowboys handed the Buffalo Bills their third straight Super
Bowl
loss. The final score was 52 to 17 in favor of Dallas.
Troy
Aikman was named MVP
Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills
January 31, 1993 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA
The
Dallas Cowboys win back
to back Super Bowl games by defeating the Buffalo Bills 30 to 13 in a repeat of Super Bowl
XXVII.
Running
Back Emmitt Smith of
the Dallas Cowboys was named MVP
Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers
vs. San
Diego
Chargers
January 29, 1995 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, FL
Quarterback
Steve Young led
the 49ers to a 49 to 26 victory over the Chargers. This made the San Francisco 49ers the first team in
NFL history to
win five Super
Bowl Championship games.
Steve
Young threw a record
six touchdowns and was named MVP
Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
January 28, 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ
Led
by Quarterback Troy
Aikman, the Dallas Cowboys secured a 27 to 10 victory over the
Pittsburgh Steelers.
Larry
Brown of the Dallas Cowboys
was named MVP
Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots
January 26, 1997 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
Brett
Favre and Desmond
Howard along with Reggie White and the rest of the Green Bay Packers
secured their
first Super Bowl victory in 29 years by defeating the New England
Patriots by a
score of 35 to 21.
Desmond
Howard of the Green
Bay Packers was named MVP
Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers
January 25, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA
In
their fifth Super Bowl
appearance the Denver Broncos finally came away with a victory by
defeating the
Green Bay Packers by a score of 31 to 24.
Running
Back Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos
was named MVP
Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons
January 31, 1999 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, FL
John
Elway and the Denver
Broncos secured back to back Super Bowl victories by defeating the
Atlanta
Falcons 34 to 19.
John
Elway was named MVP in
his final NFL game.
Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans
January 30, 2000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA
The St.
Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans 23 to 16
Quarterback
Kurt Warner of
the St. Louis Rams was named MVP
Super
Bowl XXXV: Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants
January 28, 2001 at Raymond James Stadium
in Tampa, FL
The
Baltimore Ravens set
a
Super Bowl record by scoring three touchdowns in a 36 second period.
They
defeated the Giants 34 to 7
Ray
Lewis of Baltimore was named MVP
Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots vs. St. Louis Rams
February 3, 2002 at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA
New England won its first Super Bowl by defeating St. Louis 20 to 17. Adam Vinatieri kicked a game
winning field
goal in the last seconds of the game.
Quarterback
Tom Brady of New
England was named
MVP
Super Bowl XXXVII: Tampa Bay
Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders
January 26, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA
The Tampa Bay defense intercepted five passes from
Raiders
quarterback Rich Gannon which led the Buccaneers to a 48 to 21 victory
over the
Raiders.
Safety
Dexter Jackson of Tampa Bay was named MVP
Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots vs. Carolina Panthers
February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas
New
England Patriots kicker
Adam Vinatieri kicked a game winning field goal with only 4 seconds
left in the
game to give the Patriots their second Super Bowl victory. The final
score was
32 to 29.
Tom
Brady of New
England was again
named MVP
Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles
February 6, 2005 at ALTELL Stadium in Jacksonville, FL
The
New England Patriots won
their third Super Bowl by defeating the Eagles 24 to 21.
Wide
Receiver Deion Branch
of the Patriots was named MVP
Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks
February 5, 2006 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
The
Pittsburgh Steelers
became the third team along with the 49ers and Cowboys to win five
Super Bowl
games. With outstanding plays by Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward and Willie
Parker, they
defeated the Seahawks 21 to 10.
Hines
Ward was named MVP
Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears
February 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida
Quarterback
Peyton Manning
and the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears by a score of 29
to 17.
Peyton
Manning was named MVP
Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
February 3, 2008 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
The
New England Patriots
were favored to win this game by 12 points. However, Tom Coughlin and
his team
showed up ready to play and determined to win. In what was one of the
greatest
Super Bowl games of all time, the New York Giants upset the New England
Patriots
17 to 14.
Quarterback
Eli Manning of
the New York Giants was named MVP
Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals
February 1, 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida
Quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger
along with Santonio Holmes and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers
defeated the
Arizona Cardinals 27 to 23.
Santonio
Holmes was named MVP
Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts
February 7, 2010 at Land Shark
Stadium in Miami, FL
Drew
Brees and the New Orleans Saints defeated Peyton Manning and the
Indianapolis Colts 31 to 17. After being down by a score of
10 to 0, the Saints opened the second half with an onside kick. (This
was the first time in Super Bowl history that a team kicked an onside
kick to start the second half.) The Saints then drove the ball down the
field and scored a touchdown. The Colts would score one more touchdown
in the game, but they were unable to stop the Saints momentum. Peyton
Manning of the Colts threw an interception late in the fourth quarter.
This sealed the deal for the Saints and gave them the victory.
Drew
Brees was named MVP
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