It has been over 50 years, however time hasn’t diminished the shine of the Dallas Cowboys’ biggest second. Like a number of different groups, the Cowboys’ first Tremendous Bowl win stays the best victory in franchise historical past, though Dallas has loved many different memorable wins within the many years since.
The Cowboys’ victory on an unseasonably chilly New Orleans afternoon in January 1972 is simply one of many video games included in our following record detailing every NFL’s group’s biggest win. We have additionally included every group’s runner-up biggest victory.
Biggest win: 1947 NFL Championship: Cardinals 28, Eagles 21
Runner-up: 2008 NFC Championship: Cardinals 32, Eagles 25
Mockingly, the Cardinals’ two biggest victories got here in opposition to the identical opponent. Within the ’47 title recreation, the Cardinals’ Elmer Angsman, who was born the 12 months the Cardinals received their first title (in 1925), ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns to guide the Cardinals to their second title.
Whereas their offense ran the ball at will, the Cardinals’ protection held Eagles Corridor of Fame halfback Steve Van Buren to only 26 yards speeding on 18 carries. Van Buren would then lead Philadelphia to back-to-back championships, whereas the Cardinals proceed to attend for his or her subsequent NFL title.
Biggest win: 1998 NFC Championship: Falcons 30, Vikings 27 (OT)
Runner-up: 2016 NFC Championship: Falcons 44, Packers 21
In some of the stunning upsets in NFL postseason historical past, Atlanta’s “Soiled Birds” overcame a 13-point deficit to stun the Vikings, who went 15-1 in the course of the common season.
Trailing 27-20, the Falcons caught a break when Vikings kicker Gary Anderson, who didn’t miss a discipline aim in the course of the common season, missed a 38-yard try with 2:07 left. Atlanta capitalized on Anderson’s miss, as Chris Chandler hit Terance Mathis for the game-tying landing with 57 seconds left in regulation. The groups exchanged punts in additional time earlier than two Chandler completions to tight finish O.J. Santiago and two runs by Jamal Anderson arrange Morton Andersen’s game-winning, 38-yard kick.
Biggest win: 1992 AFC wild card: Payments 41, Oilers 38 (OT)
Runner-up: 1964 AFL Championship: Payments 20, Chargers 7
Three of Buffalo’s 4 consecutive AFC title wins from 1990-93 included victories over Corridor of Fame quarterbacks John Elway, Dan Marino and Joe Montana. However it was the Payments’ unbelievable wild-card comeback win over the Oilers that stands because the Payments’ biggest win.
Trailing 35-3 initially of the second half, 4 landing passes from backup quarterback Frank Reich gave the Payments a fourth-quarter lead. After the Oilers pressured additional time, an interception by Nate Odomes arrange Steve Christie’s game-winning, 32-yard discipline aim. The win helped the Payments advance to their third of 4 consecutive Tremendous Bowls.
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Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XXXV: Ravens 34, Giants 7
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XLVII: Ravens 34, 49ers 31
Tremendous Bowl XXXV was vindication for the 2000 Ravens’ protection, who solidified their place as an all-time nice unit after holding the Giants to only 152 complete yards. New York’s offense, two weeks after scoring 41 factors in opposition to the Vikings, didn’t rating a landing in opposition to the Ravens and recreation MVP Ray Lewis. Conversely, the Ravens scored touchdowns on offense, protection and particular groups. Duane Starks’ 49-yard choose gave Baltimore a 17-0 lead. Jermaine Lewis’ kickoff return for a landing moments later sealed the win.
Biggest win: 2015 NFC Championship: Panthers 49, Cardinals 15
Runner-up: 2003 NFC Championship: Panthers 14, Eagles 3
After a 15-1 common season, the Panthers dethroned the defending NFC champion Seahawks within the divisional spherical, 31-24. Within the NFC title recreation, the Panthers dominated a gifted Cardinals group, led by league MVP Cam Newton’s 4 touchdowns and 382 all-purpose yards. Linebacker Luke Kuechly returned one of many Panthers’ 4 interceptions of Carson Palmer for a rating, because the ’15 Panthers punched the franchise’s second ticket to the Tremendous Bowl.
Biggest win: 2021 AFC Championship: Bengals 27, Chiefs 24 (OT)
Runner-up: 1981 AFC Championship: Bengals 27, Chargers 7
Indubitably, the Bengals’ getting back from 18 factors all the way down to stun the defending champs of their home is the very best win in franchise historical past. Joe Burrow, who was masterful in the course of the Bengals’ comeback, joined Tom Brady as the one two quarterbacks to defeat Patrick Mahomes in a playoff recreation.
Burrow had loads of assist from his protection, which sacked Mahomes 4 occasions and intercepted him twice. Security Vonn Bell’s choose of Mahomes in additional time arrange Evan McPherson’s game-winning discipline aim, sending the Bengals to their first Tremendous Bowl in 33 years.
Biggest win: 1964 NFL Championship: Browns 27, Colts 0
Runner-up: 1950 NFL Championship: Browns 30, Rams 28
The Browns ended their eight-year championship drought with a dominant win over Johnny Unitas and the Colts.
Whereas Jim Brown was his normal dominant self (gaining 114 yards on 27 carries), the Browns’ offense obtained a monster effort from Gary Collins, who caught 5 passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, Cleveland picked off Unitas twice whereas holding him to below 100 yards passing. The championship was the primary for then-rookie receiver Paul Warfield, who later received two Tremendous Bowls as a member of the Dolphins.
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XX: Bears 46, Patriots 10
Runner-up: 1940 NFL Championship: Bears 73, Washington 0
This was one simple; no recreation in Bears historical past (not even the largest blowout in championship recreation historical past) compares to Chicago’s first — and final — Tremendous Bowl win.
Probably the most celebrated groups in NFL historical past, the ’85 Bears capped off their 18-1 season (together with playoffs) with the most important margin of victory in Tremendous Bowl historical past at the moment. The Bears’ “46” protection, led by recreation MVP Richard Dent, suffocated the Patriots’ offense, forcing six turnovers and holding New England to 123 complete yards. The Bears’ protection additionally scored twice whereas making an emphatic case as the best protection in NFL historical past. Walter Payton, who turned the NFL’s profession speeding champion one 12 months earlier, was lastly topped as a world champion after an 11-year wait.
Dallas Cowboys
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl VI: Cowboys 24, Dolphins 3
Runner-up: 1992 NFC Championship: Cowboys 30, 49ers 20
Whereas they have been often called “America’s Staff” since 1979, the Cowboys have been beforehand labeled as “subsequent 12 months’s champions” after developing quick in a number of championship video games that included a three-point loss in Tremendous Bowl V. The 1971 Cowboys lastly broke by; they went 10-0 with Roger Staubach beginning below middle, capped off with a dominant Tremendous Bowl win over Don Shula’s Dolphins.
Staubach received Tremendous Bowl MVP honors, whereas his speeding assault — led by Duane Thomas and Walt Garrison — ran for over 3 times as many yards because the Dolphins’ backs Jim Kiick and Larry Csonka. Dallas’ “Doomsday” protection, led by linebacker Chuck Howley, defensive sort out Bob Lilly and defensive backs Mel Renfro, Herb Adderley and Cliff Harris, turned the primary unit to not enable a landing within the Tremendous Bowl.
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XXXII: Broncos 31, Packers 24
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl 50: Broncos 24, Panthers 10
Denver’s first Tremendous Bowl win was historic. The Broncos’ dethroning of the Packers was on the time the second-greatest upset in Tremendous Bowl historical past. It additionally ended the NFC’s 13-game profitable streak over the AFC in Tremendous Bowl competitors.
John Elway, after three prior Tremendous Bowl losses, was hoisted on his teammates’ shoulders after profitable his first ring. The MVP award went to Terrell Davis, who rushed for 157 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries regardless of lacking a lot of the second quarter with a migraine headache. Denver’s protection pressured two turnovers off of league MVP Brett Favre. They sealed the win on a fourth-down cease with 32 seconds left.
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Biggest win: 1957 NFL Championship: Lions 59, Browns 14
Runner-up: 1991 NFC divisional spherical: Lions 38, Cowboys 6
The skilled Browns have been no match for the Lions, who by no means took their foot off of the gasoline pedal in a 45-point win. Detroit obtained an epic efficiency from quarterback Tobin Rote, who threw for 280 yards and 4 touchdowns. Rote had two 100-yard receivers in Steve Junker and Jim Doran, who caught a mixed eight passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Detroit’s cagey protection recorded 5 interceptions whereas holding Jim Brown to 69 yards speeding.
Inexperienced Bay Packers
Biggest win: 1967 NFL Championship: Packers 21, Cowboys 17
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl I: Packers 35, Chiefs 10
A partisan Packers crowd inside Lambeau Discipline braved the -23 windchill to see if their group may win a fifth NFL championship in a seven-year span whereas getting again to the Tremendous Bowl. The Cowboys did not make it simple, nonetheless, taking a 17-14 lead within the fourth quarter on Lance Rentzel’s 50-yard landing go from halfback Dan Reeves.
Undaunted, Barr Starr and the Packers drove into Cowboys’ territory earlier than going through third and aim from the one-yard line with simply seconds left. After utilizing their last timeout, legendary Packers coach Vince Lombardi determined to threat having the clock run out on his group by calling a working play. Starr, who was supposed to present the ball to Chuck Mercein, determined to maintain the ball whereas working behind Corridor of Fame lineman Jerry Kramer. The rating gave Inexperienced Bay a 21-17 victory en path to a 33-14 win over the Raiders in Tremendous Bowl II. It could be the Packers’ last championship throughout their decade of dominance.
Biggest win: 2019 wild card: Texans 22, Payments 19 (OT)
Runner-up: 2011 wild card: Texans 31, Bengals 10
The franchise’s first playoff win is trumped solely by the Texans’ most up-to-date postseason win. Whereas the Texans’ protection was buoyed by J.J. Watt’s return from harm, Buffalo nonetheless managed to leap out to an early 16-0 lead. Houston responded with 19 unanswered factors that included two touchdowns from Deshaun Watson. Undaunted, Payments quarterback Josh Allen drove Buffalo into field-goal vary, as Stephen Hauschka pressured additional time with a 47-yard discipline aim. The groups exchanged punts in additional time earlier than Watson’s 34-yard completion to Taiwan Jones arrange Ka’imi Fairbairn’s game-winning, 28-yard discipline aim.
Indianapolis Colts
Biggest win: 1958 NFL Championship: Colts 23, Giants 17 (OT)
Runner-up: 2006 AFC Championship: Colts 38, Patriots 34
The Colts made historical past by profitable the NFL’s first-ever additional time recreation. After Giants halfback Frank Gifford began the fourth quarter with a go-ahead landing, Johnny Unitas’ slew of completions to Raymond Berry arrange Steve Myhra’s game-tying discipline aim. In additional time, Alan Ameche’s one-yard rating sealed the Colts’ first world championship.
Unitas threw for 349 yards, with Berry catching 12 passes for 178 yards and a landing. Corridor of Fame halfback Lenny Moore contributed to the trigger with 101 yards on six receptions.
The sport, performed in entrance of a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium, considerably contributed to the NFL’s rising recognition heading into the Nineteen Sixties.
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl LIV: Chiefs 31, 49ers 20
Runner up: Tremendous Bowl IV: Chiefs 23, Vikings 7
The Chiefs’ win over the 49ers was historic on a number of ranges. It was the Chiefs’ first Tremendous Bowl win in 50 years, a win that punched Andy Reid’s future Corridor of Fame ticket whereas additionally solidifying Patrick Mahomes‘ standing as an NFL famous person. The win additionally marked the third consecutive playoff recreation the place Kansas Metropolis overcame a double-digit deficit to win, an NFL report. Mahomes turned the primary participant to win league and Tremendous Bowl MVP honors earlier than his twenty fifth birthday.
Los Angeles Chargers
Biggest win: 1981 divisional spherical: Chargers 41, Dolphins 38 (OT)
Runner-up: 1963 AFL Championship: Chargers 51, Patriots 10
The ’81 Chargers are getting one other shout-out. Every week earlier than freezing in Cincinnati, the “Tremendous” Chargers streaked to a 24-0 lead over the Dolphins within the Orange Bowl. Miami, on the energy of a superbly executed “hook and ladder” simply earlier than halftime, tied the rating initially of the second half.
That is when the sport actually began. Like two heavyweight boxers, the Dolphins and Chargers exchanged haymakers for the remainder of regulation. After Dan Fouts’ 25-yard go to Kellen Winslow gave the Chargers a 31-24 lead, Don Strock’s third landing of the evening — a 50-yard go to Bruce Hardy — tied the rating as soon as once more. Miami took its first lead moments afterward Tony Nathan’s 12-yard run. The Chargers then rallied to power additional time on Fouts’ nine-yard landing go for James Brooks — a go that was truly supposed for Winslow.
In additional time, the Chargers missed a discipline aim earlier than blocking Miami’s 35-yard try moments later. Fouts then took issues into his personal palms; his 39-yard completion to Charlie Joiner arrange Rolf Benirschke’s game-winning 29-yard discipline aim. The “Epic in Miami” lasted 73 minutes and 52 seconds. The sport’s enduring image is Winslow, bodily drained after catching 13 passes for 166 yards, leaving the sector below the help of teammates.
“An amazing recreation,” Dolphins Corridor of Fame coach Don Shula stated. “Perhaps the best ever.”
Los Angeles Rams
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XXXIV: Rams 23, Titans 16
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl LVI: Rams 23, Bengals 20
It wasn’t their biggest offensive output, however the Rams’ “Biggest Present on Turf” made performs when it mattered. After the gritty Titans rallied from 16 factors all the way down to tie the rating, Kurt Warner’s 73-yard go to Isaac Bruce gave the Rams the lead with 1:54 left.
Undeterred, Steve McNair handed and ran his method to the Rams’ 10-yard line. One the sport’s last play, Rams linebacker Mike Jones, who initially ran out to cowl tight finish Frank Wycheck, turned his head on the final second as McNair fired a completion to Kevin Dyson. Jones managed to sort out Dyson one yard in need of the tip zone, because the Rams prevailed in one of many biggest Tremendous Bowls ever. The league’s MVP that season, Warner received Tremendous Bowl MVP after throwing for a then-record 414 yards and two touchdowns.
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Biggest win: 1996 AFC divisional spherical: Jaguars 30, Broncos 27
Runner-up: 1999 AFC divisional spherical: Jaguars 62, Dolphins 7
The Jaguars’ three biggest wins have come within the divisional spherical, with the primary one taking the highest spot. A second-year franchise, the ’96 Jaguars crept into the playoffs earlier than gorgeous the Payments within the wild-card spherical. Every week later, the Jaguars have been even greater underdogs in Denver in opposition to the 13-3, top-seeded Broncos. The Jaguars rapidly fell behind 12-0 earlier than taking a 13-12 halftime lead. Jacksonville’s lead swelled to eight factors following Mark Brunell’s 31-yard go to Keenan McCardell initially of the second half.
Denver rallied with a Terrell Davis landing run, however Jimmy Smith’s diving 16-yard landing catch proved to be the game-winning rating. Brunell out-dueled John Elway, whereas Jaguars working again Natrone Means had almost 50 extra speeding yards than Davis, a future league and Tremendous Bowl MVP.
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Miami Dolphins
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl VII: Dolphins 14, Washington 7
Runner-up: 1971 AFC divisional spherical: Dolphins 27, Chiefs 24 (OT)
Miami’s first-ever playoff win was one for the ages (it is the longest recreation in professional soccer historical past), however the Dolphins’ first Tremendous Bowl win a 12 months later capped off the primary — and solely — good season in NFL historical past.
With 2:38 left, the Dolphins have been a 42-yard discipline aim away from finishing a 17-0 season with a 17-0 victory within the Tremendous Bowl. Garo Yepremian’s kick, nonetheless, was blocked, denying the Dolphins a becoming last rating. Issues solely acquired worse for Miami when Mike Bass scored Washington’s solely landing of the sport when he caught Yepremian’s go try after recovering the ball. Miami’s protection didn’t enable the sport to get any nearer, nonetheless, as Invoice Stanfill sacked Washington quarterback Billy Kilmer on the sport’s last play.
The sport showcased the ’72 Dolphins’ gritty but efficient profitable system. Miami’s bruising speeding assault, led by fullback Larry Csonka, rumbled for 184 yards on 37 carries. Paul Warfield, Howard Twilley and Jim Mandich every made well timed catches, whereas Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese accomplished all however three of his 11 go makes an attempt. Defensively, Miami’s “No Title” protection shut out Washington’s offense. Manny Fernandez tallied six tackles and a sack, whereas security Jake Scott’s two interceptions received him MVP honors.
Minnesota Vikings
Biggest win: 1969 NFL Championship: Vikings 27, Browns 7
Runner-up: 2017 NFC divisional spherical: Vikings 29, Saints 24
The Vikings’ first and solely NFL title was the ultimate one awarded earlier than the AFL-NFL merger. Joe Kapp, a former Canadian Soccer League star who signed with Minnesota two years earlier, ran for a rating earlier than hitting Gene Washington for a 75-yard landing. Dave Osborn’s 20-yard landing run gave Minnesota an insurmountable 24-0 halftime lead.
The Vikings’ “Purple Individuals Eaters” protection, led by Alan Web page and Paul Krause, pressured three turnovers whereas holding the Browns to 268 complete yards.
New England Patriots
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl LI: Patriots 34, Falcons 28 (OT)
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XXXVI: Patriots 20, Rams 17
Each these wins have been historic, however most Patriots followers would level to their group’s additional time Tremendous Bowl win because the franchise’s finest victory. Trailing 28-3, New England scored 31 unanswered factors that included 19 fourth-quarter factors to power additional time. Within the first possession of additional time, Tom Brady accomplished passes of 14, 18, and 15 yards to arrange James White’s game-winning landing.
The fifth Tremendous Bowl win in franchise historical past, Brady made historical past by profitable his fourth Tremendous Bowl MVP award. And whereas Brady was deserving of the MVP, Dont’a Hightower’s pressured fumble of Matt Ryan halfway by the fourth quarter (the Patriots trailed 28-12 on the time) modified the complexion of the sport. Julian Edelman’s outstanding catch with 2:28 left enabled the Patriots to tie the sport and power additional time.
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New Orleans Saints
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XLIV: Saints 31, Colts 17
Runner-up: 2009 NFC Championship: Saints 31, Vikings 28 (OT)
It wasn’t fairly as thrilling as their NFC title recreation win over Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson and the Vikings, however the Saints’ first Tremendous Bowl win did embrace some drama. Trailing 10-6 at halftime, Sean Payton began the second half with the earliest onside kick try in Tremendous Bowl historical past. The Saints recovered and took their first lead six performs later.
The Saints led 24-17 with 3:24 left when cornerback Tracy Porter’s 74-yard pick-six off Peyton Manning sealed the win for the Saints. Drew Brees was named MVP after finishing 32 of 39 makes an attempt for 288 yards and two second-half landing passes. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma helped the Saints maintain the Colts to only 17 factors by recording 5 tackles and deflecting a key third-down go that led to a missed discipline aim initially of the fourth quarter.
New York Giants
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XLII: Giants 17, Patriots 14
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XXI: Giants 39, Broncos 20
New York’s first Tremendous Bowl win will at all times be cherished by Giants followers, however their group’s historic upset win over the Patriots takes high billing. The primary NFC group to win the Tremendous Bowl after profitable three street playoff video games, the Giants shocked the heavily-favored Patriots whereas denying them the prospect at turning into the NFL’s first 19-0 group.
Trailing 14-10 late within the recreation, Eli Manning’s iconic completion to David Tyree arrange Manning’s game-winning go to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left. The Giants then sacked Tom Brady for a fifth time earlier than forcing consecutive incomplete passes supposed for Randy Moss. The Giants’ defensive mastery was led by Justin Tuck, who tallied two sacks, six tackles, two tackles for loss and a pressured fumble. Corridor of Fame go rusher Michael Strahan recorded a sack of Brady in what was his last NFL recreation.
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl III: Jets 16, Colts 7
Runner-up: 1968 AFC Championship: Jets 27, Raiders 23
With respect to Rex Ryan and his group’s 2010 playoff win over the Patriots, the 2 largest wins in Jets historical past belong to the franchise’s solely championship group. Trailing late within the ’68 AFL title recreation, Joe Namath’s six-yard landing go to Don Maynard clinched New York’s first league title.
An 18-point underdog in Tremendous Bowl III, the Jets’ protection pressured 5 turnovers that included three interceptions of NFL MVP Earl Morrall. Namath, who famously assured victory the week of the sport, performed mistake-free ball whereas shortening his drop again to offset the Colts’ formidable go rush. With Baltimore’s protection targeted on stopping Maynard, the Jets obtained stellar performances from working again Matt Snell (30 carries, 121 yards, one landing) and receiver George Sauer (eight catches, 133 yards).
Las Vegas Raiders
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XI: Raiders 32, Vikings 14
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XVIII: Raiders 38, Washington 9
All three of the Raiders’ Tremendous Bowl wins carries some significance. The Raiders turned the primary wild-card group to win the Tremendous Bowl after defeating the Eagles in Tremendous Bowl XV. Their 38-9 win over Washington three years later was the most important margin of victory in Tremendous Bowl historical past. It additionally got here after Al Davis efficiently moved the group from Oakland to Los Angeles in opposition to commissioner Pete Rozelle’s needs.
The Raiders’ first Tremendous Bowl win, nonetheless, stays the franchise’s signature victory. After shedding in seven championship video games between 1967-75, John Madden’s group lastly broke by in 1976. They went 13-1 within the common season earlier than defeating arch-rival Pittsburgh within the AFC Championship Sport. In Tremendous Bowl XI, the Raiders steamrolled the Vikings’ protection to the tune of 429 complete yards and 266 yards on the bottom. Fred Biletnikoff earned MVP honors after catching three passes that arrange Raider touchdowns. “Previous Man” Willie Brown’s 75-yard choose capped off the Raiders’ dominant victory.
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Philadelphia Eagles
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl LII: Eagles 41, Patriots 33
Runner-up: 1960 NFL Championship: Eagles 17, Packers 13
Led by recreation MVP Nick Foles, the Eagles received their first Tremendous Bowl whereas depriving the Patriots’ franchise of profitable back-to-back titles for a second time. Foles threw three touchdowns and was the recipient of a landing go on a trick play appropriately laced the “Philly Particular.”
Led by Foles’ 373 passing yards, the Eagles’ offense piled up 538 complete yards in opposition to Invoice Belichick’s protection. Mockingly, the Patriots truly gained extra yards than the Eagles, as Tom Brady threw for a Tremendous Bowl-record 505 yards within the defeat.
San Francisco 49ers
Biggest win: 1981 NFC Championship: 49ers 28, Cowboys 27
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XXIII: 49ers 20, Bengals 16
Trailing by six factors, the 49ers wanted to journey 89 yards in lower than 5 minutes in opposition to Dallas’ “Doomsday” protection. As a substitute of searching for the large play, the 49ers relied on a number of sweeping runs by Lenvil Elliott, two clutch catches by Freddie Solomon and a 14-yard run by Solomon on a reverse. Dealing with a 3rd down on the Cowboys’ six-yard line, Joe Montana rolled proper, averted the Cowboys’ go rush and threw the ball to a spot in the long run zone the place he hoped receiver Dwight Clark can be. Clark, who was predictably in the correct spot, jumped within the air and snared in Montana’s go.
The 49ers’ protection nonetheless needed to cease the Cowboys’ offense, who acquired the ball again at their 25-yard line with two timeouts and 51 seconds left. The group acquired tense after Danny White hit Drew Pearson for 31 yards on the Cowboys’ first play. However on the following play, White misplaced the ball after getting hit by Lawrence Pillers. The ball was scooped up by Jim Stuckey, who in his arms held the 49ers’ first Tremendous Bowl ticket.
“You simply beat America’s Staff,” Cowboys defensive finish Ed “Too Tall’ Jones informed Montana, as recalled by Clark twenty years later. “Nicely,” Montana replied, “you’ll be able to sit at dwelling with the remainder of America and watch the Tremendous Bowl.”
Seattle Seahawks
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XLVIII: Seahawks 43, Broncos 8
Runner-up: 2014 NFC Championship: Seahawks 28, Packers 22 (OT)
In one of many Tremendous Bowl’s extra stunning outcomes, Seattle’s “Legion of Growth” protection overwhelmed Peyton Manning and the Broncos’ high-octane passing assault. The Seahawks’ protection truly out-scored the Broncos’ offense; they recorded a security on the sport’s first play earlier than recreation MVP Malcolm Smith’s 69-yard pick-six gave Seattle a 22-0 halftime lead.
The second half began with Percy Harvin’s 87-yard kickoff return for a rating. It ended with Russell Wilson’s second landing go of the half, a 10-yard strike to Doug Baldwin. All informed, Seattle’s protection pressured 4 turnovers whereas permitting simply 27 yards on the bottom. In addition they held the Broncos to 30 fewer factors than their regular-season common.
Biggest win: 1974 AFC Championship: Steelers 24, Raiders 13
Runner-up: 1972 AFC divisional spherical: Steelers 13, Raiders 7
Franco Harris, the proprietor of maybe the best play in soccer historical past, stated himself that Pittsburgh’s 1974 AFC Championship Sport win over the Raiders was crucial recreation for the ’70s Steelers.
“It made us understand that we’re a very good soccer group,” Harris as soon as stated, “and proper now we’re in all probability the very best. And that basically set the tone of what was to come back for the remainder of the last decade.”
Two years after his “Immaculate Reception” gave the Steelers their first-ever playoff win, Harris and his teammates defeated the Raiders once more to clinch their first Tremendous Bowl berth. Trailing 10-3 initially of the fourth quarter, the Steelers outscored the Raiders 21-3 in the course of the recreation’s last stanza. Lynn Swann’s six-yard landing catch was sandwiched between two landing runs by Harris, whose 21-yard burst put the sport away.
Harris and teammate Rocky Bleier mixed to run for 223 of Pittsburgh’s 224 yards. Conversely, the Raiders’ formidable speeding assault was no match for the “Metal Curtain” protection, which held Oakland to only 29 yards on 21 carries. The Steelers additionally intercepted Ken Stabler 3 times, with Jack Ham coming down with two of these picks. Pittsburgh would then defeat the Vikings to win their first of 4 Tremendous Bowls over a six-year span.
Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl LV: Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 9
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XXXVII: Buccaneers 48, Raiders 21
The historic significance of the Buccaneers’ newer championship offers it the sting over the franchise’s first Tremendous Bowl win. The 2020 Buccaneers turned the sixth wild-card group to win the Tremendous Bowl. In addition they turned the fifth group to dethrone a reigning champion within the Tremendous Bowl.
In Tremendous Bowl LV, Tampa Bay dominated a Kansas Metropolis group that received 24 of its earlier 25 video games with Patrick Mahomes below middle. Tampa Bay’s protection, led by linebacker Devin White (12 tackles, one interception), security Antoine Winfield Jr. (six tackles, one interception) and defensive linemen Ndamukong Suh (1.5 sacks) and Shaquil Barrett (one sack, 4 quarterback hits), stored the Chiefs out of the tip zone. Tampa Bay dominated on third down, because the Chiefs transformed on simply three of their 13 third-down conditions.
Tampa Bay’s dominant defensive effort was accomplished by their offense. Tom Brady received a report fifth Tremendous Bowl MVP after throwing two touchdowns to Rob Gronkowski and a 3rd to Antonio Brown. Working backs Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones II gained a mixed 196 all-purpose yards and a landing on 32 touches.
Tennessee Titans
Biggest win: 1999 AFC Championship: Titans 33, Jaguars 14
Runner-up: 1999 AFC wild card: Titans 22, Payments 16
With respect to the 2019 Titans, the ’99 group’s postseason wins resulted within the franchise’s first and solely Tremendous Bowl look. Every week after Kevin Dyson’s “Music Metropolis Miracle” gave the Titans their first postseason win, Tennessee upset Peyton Manning and the Colts within the divisional spherical. Within the AFC Championship Sport, the Titans confronted a Jaguars group that was 0-2 that season in opposition to Tennessee and 15-0 in opposition to the remainder of the NFL.
Trailing 14-10 at halftime, Tennessee took the lead for good on Steve McNair’s one-yard landing run lower than six minutes into the third quarter. After the Titans’ protection recorded a security of quarterback Mark Brunell, Derrick Mason’s 80-yard kickoff return for a rating moments later gave the Titans an insurmountable 12-point lead.
McNair, who sealed the win with a one-yard scoring run with 6:59 left, mixed with Eddie George to hurry for 177 yards on 34 carries. Tennessee’s ball-hawking protection pressured six Jaguars turnovers whereas holding Brunell to only 19 of 38 passing.
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Biggest win: Tremendous Bowl XXII: Washington 42, Broncos 10
Runner-up: Tremendous Bowl XVII: Washington 27, Dolphins 17
Washington’s second Tremendous Bowl win was one for the report books. Washington quarterback Doug Williams turned the primary Black beginning quarterback to win a Tremendous Bowl. Williams received recreation MVP honors after throwing for 340 yards (a Tremendous Bowl report on the time) and 4 touchdowns.
Trailing 10-0 after the primary quarter, Washington scored 35 factors within the second quarter, an NFL playoff report. Two of Williams’ landing passes went to Ricky Sanders, whose 193 receiving yards are presently the second-highest complete in Tremendous Bowl historical past. Washington working again Timmy Smith’s 58-yard landing run was additionally a part of Washington’s second-quarter scoring spree. Smith’s 204 yards stays the single-game Tremendous Bowl speeding report.
Washington’s protection made John Elway’s second Tremendous Bowl expertise one to overlook. Elway threw three interceptions — two to cornerback Barry Wilburn — and was sacked 5 occasions. He accomplished simply 37% of his passes after beginning the sport with a 56-yard landing go to Ricky Nattiel.