Best Super Bowl - 1st Round: XXI vs. XXVIII, VI vs. XVIII

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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 XXI

January 25, 1987 - Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA

New York Giants 39, Denver Broncos 20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxm8WYeR8Co

Highlights

• Giants "Big Blue Wrecking Crew" defense
• John Elway vs. Lawrence Taylor
• Giants scored 26 unanswered points after falling behind 10-9
• First Super Bowl win for New York
• MVP: QB Phil Simms

 

 

Super Bowl XXVIII

January 30, 1994 - Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

Dallas Cowboys 30, Buffalo Bills 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7EJpm83y8

Highlights

• SB rematch from previous year [first in SB history]
• Cowboys scored 24 unanswered points after trailing 13-6 at halftime
• Fourth consecutive SB appearance and loss for Buffalo
• Fourth Super Bowl win for Dallas
• MVP: RB Emmitt Smith

 

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Super Bowl VI

January 16, 1972 - Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA

Dallas Cowboys 24, Miami Dolphins 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKAkr3ShSM

Highlights

• Temperature at kickoff: 39 degrees F [coldest in SB history]
• Last SB blacked out in local market
• Only SB in history where losing team failed to score TD
• First Super Bowl win for Dallas
• MVP: QB Roger Staubach

 

 

Super Bowl XVIII

January 22, 1984 - Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL

Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington Redskins 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrm4PpOStA

Highlights

• Known as "Black Sunday"
• Second consecutive SB appearance for Redskins [defending champs]
• Third Super Bowl win for Los Angeles [first after moving from Oakland]
• MVP: RB Marcus Allen