Best Super Bowl - 1st Round: XVII vs. XXIX, I vs. XLVIII

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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 XVII

January 30, 1983 - Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA

Washington Redskins 27, Miami Dolphins 17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Hrv5TNb2Y

Highlights

• Ended strike-shortened season
• Fulton Walker 98-yd kickoff return TD
• Redskins scored 17 unanswered points in 2nd half
• First Super Bowl win for Washington
• MVP: RB John Riggins

 

 

Super Bowl XXIX

January 29, 1995 - Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL

San Francisco 49ers 49, San Diego Chargers 26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjY3hWbwioA

Highlights

• 49ers favored by 18.5 points [largest margin in SB history]
• One of least watched SBs in history
• Steve Young: 6 TD passes
• Fifth Super Bowl win for San Francisco
• MVP: QB Steve Young

 

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Super Bowl I

January 15, 1967 - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk1_DlMapLo

Highlights

• Known as AFL-NFL World Championship Game
• Willie Hood: 50-yard INT return TD
• Packers scored 21 unanswered points in 2nd half
• First Super Bowl win for Green Bay
• MVP: QB Bart Starr

 

 

Super Bowl XLVIII

February 2, 2014 - MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu44MxIU_XM

Highlights

• First SB played in outdoor, cold weather stadium
• Broncos #1 offense vs. Seahawks #1 defense
• First play from scrimmage: Seahawks safety [fastest score in SB history]
• First Super Bowl win for Seattle
• MVP: LB Malcolm Smith

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6 tds is cool, but closer game + fuck miami.

 

the other two weren't very close, but I never had to stuffer through watching super bowl 1 so it gets the advantage there.