Best Super Bowl - 1st Round: V vs. XL, XLI vs. XXIV

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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 V

January 17, 1971 - Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL

Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13

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

Highlights

• Called the "Blunder Bowl" or "Stupor Bowl"
• First SB after AFL-NFL merger
• First SB played on artificial turf
• 11 combined turnovers
• Controversial officiating
• First Super Bowl win for Baltimore
• MVP: LB Chuck Howley [only SB MVP of losing team]

 

 

Super Bowl XL

February 5, 2006 - Ford Field, Detroit, MI

Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYzXQsoy3og

Highlights

• Antwaan Randle-El 43-yard TD pass to Hines Ward
• Controversial officiating
• Fifth Super Bowl win for Pittsburgh
• MVP: WR Hines Ward

 

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Super Bowl XLI

February 4, 2007 - Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL

Indianapolis Colts 29, Chicago Bears 17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--shZjlQkM

Highlights

• First SB played in rainy conditions
• Tony Dungy & Lovie Smith: first black HCs in SB history
• Opening play: Devin Hester 92-yard kickoff return TD
• Second Super Bowl win for Indianapolis [including Baltimore Colts, SB V]
• MVP: QB Peyton Manning

 

 

Super Bowl XXIV

January 28, 1990 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA

San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2-d3oUdO0Q

Highlights

• Biggest point differential in SB history
• Fourth Super Bowl win for San Francisco
• Second consecutive SB for 49ers [first to do so with 2 HCs]
• MVP: QB Joe Montana

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