Best Super Bowl - 1st Round: XVI vs. XXXIII, VIII vs. XV

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Throughout this offseason, I'll be putting up polls to let TGP determine the greatest Super Bowl of all time. With 48 of them in the books, I've set up a bracket so that 16 get a "bye week," and the rest compete in single-elimination votes. There will be no seeding round or preliminary round of any kind. This is the offseason and we want to chew as much time as possible. Also, we get to reflect on every Super Bowl from 1967 to 2014.

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Super Bowl XVI

January 24, 1982 - Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI

San Francisco 49ers 26, Cincinnati Bengals 21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMz9-dtngnU

Highlights

• First SB in cold-weather city
• Both teams made first SB appearance
• 49ers had 20-0 halftime lead
• First Super Bowl win for San Francisco
• MVP: QB Joe Montana

 

 

Super Bowl XXXIII

January 31, 1999 - Pro Player Stadium, Miami, FL

Denver Broncos 34, Atlanta Falcons 19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMdBvCPle8o

Highlights

• QB Elway plays against former coach Dan Reeves
• Second Super Bowl win for Denver
• Second consecutive SB win for Denver
• MVP: QB John Elway

 

------------------------------------------------Matchup #2------------------------------------------------

 

Super Bowl VIII

January 13, 1974 - Rice Stadium, Houston TX

Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4YyYQgAJQ

Highlights

• First SB played in non-NFL stadium
• Dolphins' 3rd consecutive SB appearance
• Second Super Bowl win for Miami
• Second consecutive SB win for Miami
• MVP: RB Larry Csonka

 

 

Super Bowl XV

January 25, 1981 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA

Oakland Raiders 27, Philadelphia Eagles 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZJtNhW4Jk

Highlights

• Raiders LB Rod Martin: 3 INTs
• Second Super Bowl win for Oakland
• Raiders became first wild card team to win SB
• MVP: QB Jim Plunkett

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Close vote in matchup #2. I voted (painful as it was) for Raiders/Eagles, just for the Al Davis/Pete Rozelle tension.

Edited February 8, 2014 by SteVo