What's the greatest Super Bowl of all time? That's what I've endeavored to answer here, with the help of former Dallas Cowboys personnel guru and NFL
com analyst Gil Brandt. You'll see his recollections in some of the game descriptions
As for the other analysis, well that's mine. I took this list seriously, but not so seriously that I can't take some guff
Hit me up @HarrisonNFL if you think I missed the mark on one -- or many -- of these Super Bowls
RANK 52 SBXXIV -- 49ers 55, Broncos 10 Gil Brandt's take: "The 55-10 game in New Orleans might have been the worst
The Broncos just didn't match up with the 49ers. They couldn't stop them." Uh, ditto
If the Pleiadians or some other alien race finds our planet in 200 years and discovers NFL Films, let's hope this isn't the one film canister they discover
Super Bowl XXIV was brutal from start to finish. Really, it was never a game. It was 27-3 at halftime
Get excited. RANK 51 SBXLVIII -- Seahawks 43, Broncos 8 Gil Brandt's take: "I was not expecting that kind of dominance by the Seahawks
That said, based on the display of strength I saw, I do think that Seattle team could match up well against almost any past Super Bowl winner in history, including the 1977 Cowboys
" You got an ominous feeling the moment you saw the shotgun snap whiz past Peyton Manning and into the end zone that it wasn't going to be the Broncos' day
To be perfectly frank, it wasn't the Super Bowl's day, either. The Seahawks' 43-8 pasting of Denver was even more of a blowout than the score indicates
To say the Broncos were out of sync is like saying Pete Carroll would get a wee bit buzzed when Marshawn Lynch ran through three guys
or when Kam Chancellor stopped three guys. Any drama in this game was stepped on and sprinted past the moment Percy Harvin took the second-half kickoff to the house
Suddenly, a 22-nuthin' nail-biter was 29-zip. Your serve, Peyton! RANK 50 SBIV -- Chiefs 24, Vikings 7 Gil Brandt's take: "That wasn't a very good game
It was played in old Tulane Stadium. It was not an exciting game and the Chiefs killed them
Everyone remembers that Kansas City's head coach, Hank Stram, was mic'd the whole time
" Keep "matriculating the ball down the field, boys," Stram would say for the NFL Films crew
Now that's some football talk right there. RANK 49 SBXI -- Raiders 32, Vikings 14 Gil Brandt didn't really like this game, and nor do I
It was the Vikings' last stand, and it was ugly. They were really never in the game
The final tally was 32-14, but it really wasn't that close. Hall of Fame wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff was named game MVP, but really, the Raiders' ground attack dominated the Vikings' famous front four
266 rushing yards is no joke. This Super Bowl is also famous for the NFL Films sound, "Old man Willie!" The Hall of Famer took one to the house, 75 yards for the 36-year-old Raiders corner
RANK 48 SBXXIX -- 49ers 49, Chargers 26 This Super Bowl felt like the Who's-gonna-be-the-sacrificial-lamb-to-the-winner-of-the-Cowboys-49ers-NFC-Championship-Game Bowl
It was. Gil Brandt's take: "That Chargers club got off to a slow start and really shouldn't have even been there
" No, they shouldn't have. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young and offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan went over all 300 plays beforehand and knew they were ready
Young's line: 24-36 for 325 yards and six touchdowns. That would indicate he was probably ready to play
RANK 47 SBVIII -- Dolphins 24, Vikings 7 Miami ran Larry Csonka counter to the flow of traffic, making the impact of the knifing Alan Page -- the Minnesota Vikings' Hall of Fame defensive tackle -- almost negligible
Csonka ran for 145 yards, and quarterback Bob Griese threw seven passes all game
This was pretty much awful. For you lovers of fun facts out there: Super Bowl VIII was played at Rice Stadium
You know, the Rice Owls, a Division I powerhouse. Who would've thought? RANK 46 SBIX -- Steelers 16, Vikings 6 The Steelers' momentous franchise victory -- their first NFL championship in 40 years as an organization -- came at the expense of fans
What a snoozer, made up for by the fact there was no offense. And when I mean no offense, I mean no offense
The Vikings' 10,000 lakes offense* -- the precursor to the West Coast offense -- racked up 119 yards
Franco Harris rushed for 158 by himself. Uh, no offense intended, Vikings fans
* The Vikings offense wasn't really called that. I needed something for this lousy game, and that's all I had
RANK 45 SBXLI -- Colts 29, Bears 17 Awful conditions in a game that featured Rex Grossman at quarterback
Peyton Manning shot a commercial with a colleague of mine after this Super Bowl and told him the Colts "could've scored 70 that game
" I believe it. The Bears' Cover 2 scheme left Reggie Wayne open by about a dozen yards on his 53-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter
RANK 44 SBXXXV -- Ravens 34, Giants 7 Perhaps my least favorite Super Bowl, made worse by Steven Tyler doing a halftime show with Britney Spears
This game was saved, at least from an entertainment standpoint, when three touchdowns were scored on three straight plays: The Baltimore Ravens scored a touchdown, the New York Giants' Ron Dixon brought the kickoff all the way back, and then Ravens kick returner Jermaine Lewis answered
RANK 43 SBXII -- Cowboys 27, Broncos 10 Dallas' second Super Bowl win was an unexciting game, with the Cowboy defense dominating throughout
Gil Brandt recalled safety Randy Hughes' performance, and laments that a player with such potential had his career ruined by shoulder injuries
Hughes and the secondary played well, but co-MVPs Harvey Martin and Randy White were downright suffocating for the Denver Broncos quarterbacks, who combined to go 8-25 for 61 yards and four interceptions
RANK 42 SBXXXVII -- Buccaneers 48, Raiders 21 After much reflection on this game, I came up with this: Rich Gannon played poorly, the Tampa 2 did not
This Super Bowl made football America aware of Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin
RANK 41 SBXL -- Steelers 21, Seahawks 10 For a relatively close game, this one was not liked, on any level, by anyone I've spoken with
This Super Bowl featured a horrific uni matchup, bad calls by the refs and a storyline that centered on Jerome Bettis finishing his career in his hometown of Detroit
Yippee. RANK 40 SBXXVI -- Redskins 37, Bills 24 Other than Thurman Thomas misplacing his helmet prior to the game, causing him to miss the start, this Super Bowl was devoid of excitement
The 37-24 loss was the first of three consecutive awful losses for Marv Levy's Buffalo Bills, and perhaps the only time anyone thought the Washington Redskins' Mark Rypien might be the best quarterback in the NFL
Come on, somebody did. RANK 39 SBI -- Packers 35, Chiefs 10 Gil Brandt's take: "The Packer receivers, Boyd Dowler and Max McGee, were in the old locker rooms there at the L
A. Coliseum before the game. McGee says to Dowler, 'Hey, you can't come out of the game
I can't play today. I was out all night and got in at 7 a.m.' Well, of course Dowler gets knocked out and McGee comes in and catches that slant for a big touchdown
" McGee would go on to catch seven passes for 138 yards, and added a score. Brandt: "We lost in the championship to the Packers that year because a lineman we traded for, Jim Boeke, jumped offsides when we had first-and-goal from the 2
Don Meredith ended up having to try to pass to get the touchdown and threw the interception to Tom Brown
" RANK 38 SBXXVII -- Cowboys 52, Bills 17 Leon Lett's non-touchdown fumble return has been a teaching video for literally a million junior high football players, courtesy of former Buffalo Bills wideout Don Beebe
Who sprints that hard to stop a 52-17 game from being 59-17? Beebe did. RANK 37 SBXV -- Raiders 27, Eagles 10 Oakland Raiders linebacker Rod Martin intercepted the ball three times
It's hard to win when the other team's linebacker gets three picks. This 27-10 ballgame was mostly a snoozer, although Philadelphia was in the game up until the Raiders dominated the fourth quarter
RANK 36 SBXXXIII -- Broncos 34, Falcons 19 Gil Brandt's take: "The Vikings might have been the best team that year but, you know, they missed the field goal
[Gary] Anderson missed it. But it was more than just that kick. Remember, Atlanta's Chuck Smith came around the end and forced the fumble
That led to a touchdown (right before halftime.) Minnesota didn't need to be throwing in that situation
" The Vikings had a 20-7 lead with just over a minute left in the first half, and the ball at their own 18-yard line
Brandt has a point. "In the Super Bowl, I remember the kid (Darrien Gordon) they got from San Diego got a big interception in that game, a really important play
He was a first-round draft pick of the Chargers." RANK 35 SBXXII -- Redskins 42, Broncos 10 While the media circus centered around quarterback Doug Williams being African-American, perhaps some reporter should've noticed his quick release and 80 yards worth of arm strength
A record 35-point second quarter served notice in the Washington Redskins' 42-10 beatdown of the Denver Broncos
RANK 34 SBXVIII -- Raiders 38, Redskins 9 Gil Brandt's take: "There's always a few plays that alter the outcome
If you go back and look at games where a team gets a quick touchdown right before halftime, that team usually wins
Joe Theismann threw that little pass out in the flat, and No. 58 (Jack Squirek of the Los Angeles Raiders) intercepted and scored
That was a big factor in the game." People forget that the 1983 Washington Redskins were considered almost unbeatable
Their turnover differential that season was an absolutely mind-boggling plus-46. Still, I would say a 38-9 loss constitutes a beating
RANK 33 SBVI -- Cowboys 24, Dolphins 3 Gil Brandt's take: "They were a good football team because of their defense
However, in the Super Bowl we were able to get Nick Buoniconti blocked. Hell, we ran for 250 yards on them
Then, Larry Csonka fumbles the ball away. He hadn't fumbled in 300 some odd touches that year before the Super Bowl
and then there was the big sack. "That was our best Cowboy team. We just had a reunion
You look at our running backs in that Super Bowl: Duane Thomas, Calvin Hill, Walt Garrison, Dan Reeves
Who had four running backs like that? Our whole roster was like that. We had Mel Renfro and Herb Adderley at corner (both are in the Hall of Fame
) We also picked up Forrest Gregg and Lance Alworth (two more Hall of Famers) during that season!" RANK 32 SBII -- Packers 33, Raiders 14 The Packers dominated the Raiders in Vince Lombardi's last game as Green Bay's head coach and most famous citizen
Brandt remembers the subtleties of how the Packers advanced to the Super Bowl
Gil Brandt's take: "We lost in the (NFL) championship in Green Bay, the Ice Bowl, at the end of the game
Their fullback, Chuck Mercein, made a couple of big plays on the game's last drive
then Bart Starr scored the winning touchdown on the sneak. "Well, earlier that year we had lost a running back to injury, and so had Green Bay, so we both needed someone
I called Chuck, and he told me that the Packers had already called him, and he felt they had a good shot of making the Super Bowl, so he was going to sign with them
He made the plays down the stretch to beat us." RANK 31 SB50 -- Broncos 24, Panthers 10 While Super Bowl 50 was the golden anniversary of pro football's biggest game, it was far from a shining reflection of the NFL's best product
The promise of a defensive slugfest in the first half morphed into are-the-Panthers-ever-going-to-mount-a-serious-drive in the second
. Cam Newton's questionable effort in the late stages was followed by his much-maligned postgame demeanor
Juxtaposed with all of this was one of the all-time great quarterbacks walking off into the pizza sunset, Lombardi Trophy in hand
RANK 30 SBXIX -- 49ers 38, Dolphins 16 The greatest offensive season in NFL history, namely Dan Marino's 5,084-yard campaign, came to a resounding halt against the 49ers' quartet of Pro Bowlers in the secondary
For one season, Eric Wright, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Hicks and Carlton Williamson were as elite as any back four in NFL history
Their play, along with Joe Montana going 24-35 for 331 yards and three touchdowns, won the day
RANK 29 SBV -- Colts 16, Cowboys 13 Gil Brandt's take: "The Cowboys lost 16-13 to the Colts on Jim O'Brien's field goal
We were a better football team, talent-wise. We had come so close the previous years, losing back-to-back championship games to the Packers, then in '68 in Cleveland and to the Browns again in '69
So, now we lost on a 32-yard field goal by O'Brien after he had missed an extra point earlier in the same game! "Duane Thomas fumbled at their 1-yard line
I still remember Jack Fette's big fat butt running over and giving the ball to the Colts
Our center, Dave Manders, got up from the pile and handed him the football. He still pointed the other way and gave them possession! And then there was the tipped pass off their receiver Eddie Hinton's hands
It bounced right to John Mackey, and they got a touchdown!" RANK 28 SBVII -- Dolphins 14, Redskins 7 The Miami Dolphins complete the 17-0 season with a 14-7 win
It would have been 17-0 if Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian made a late field goal, rather than serving a volleyball up after catching his own blocked kick
The Redskins' Mike Bass plucked it out of the air and scored the Redskins' only touchdown
Oh well, undefeated is undefeated. RANK 27 SBXX -- Bears 46, Patriots 10 A blowout, yes, but a demolition made fun by, well, the most fun team in league history
I asked Gil Brandt if the Chicago Bears defense was the most dominating he's seen in his six decades in the NFL
Gil Brandt's take: "The Bears beat us 44-0 that year at Texas Stadium." Point made
RANK 26 SBXXI -- Giants 39, Broncos 20 Gil Brandt's take: "Tom Landry and I thought Bill Parcells had an excellent defense
We played them early in the year, in the opener, and beat them for a touchdown on a screen pass down the sideline
We won that game, and that was one of only two losses the Giants had that year
In the Super Bowl -- even though they were a defensive team -- offensively, Phil Simms (22-25, 268 yards and three touchdowns) really played over his head
That was the difference." Simms' performance might have indeed been the difference, but defensive coordinator Bill Belichick ran a unit that would not let John Elway off the hook
RANK 25 SBXXVIII -- Cowboys 30, Bills 13 This Super Bowl rematch from the prior season wasn't as bad a game as everyone remembers
In fact, Buffalo led 13-6 at halftime. But talent decided the day in the second half, as well as some costly Bills turnovers
The Cowboys shut out the Bills 24-0 in the second half to win their second straight Super Bowl under Jimmy Johnson
RANK 24 SBXXXI -- Packers 35, Patriots 21 The better team won, on the strength of special teams
Desmond Howard's kick return put the game away in theory; Reggie White and the defense ensured it
White wrapped up the Patriots' Drew Bledsoe three times while the Brett Favre-led offense did enough to keep control of the game, and ultimately prevail, 35-21
RANK 23 SBXXXIX -- Patriots 24, Eagles 21 Donovan McNabb's puking habits became all the rage in the media after Terrell Owens let the world in on his interpretation of why Philadelphia failed late: McNabb's conditioning could use the NordicTrac
Watch this game again, if you happened to DVR it back in February of 2005. The Eagles looked awfully lethargic getting in and out of the huddle, despite trailing 24-14 with five minutes left
RANK 22 SBXVII -- Redskins 27, Dolphins 17 If there is a Super Bowl that no one remembers, it's Super Bowl XVII
The Dolphins quite possibly had the worst starters in Super Bowl history at the skill positions, with quarterback David Woodley hitting the immortal Jimmy Cefalo for a touchdown early
Still, this game wasn't decided until the Diesel (John Riggins) got going in the fourth quarter
RANK 21 SBXXX -- Cowboys 27, Steelers 17 Neil O'Donnell to Larry Brown. That's all this Super Bowl will be remembered for
Pittsburgh laid some wood in the second half but was let down by two bad throws, or bad routes, depending on your perspective, of course
Either way, Dallas won its fifth Lombardi Trophy with the 27-17 victory. The franchise has only won three playoff games since
RANK 20 SBXLVI -- Giants 21, Patriots 17 Standing on the catwalk of Lucas Oil Stadium, at about the 35-yard line of the Giants, I had a perfect view of Eli Manning's 38-yard completion to Mario Manningham to set up Ahmad Bradshaw's go-ahead touchdown run
er, fall. Bradshaw tried to stop himself from scoring and fall on the one-foot line, so as not to give the Patriots any time to mount a comeback
It didn't matter. New England's last-gasp drive didn't get far. Meanwhile, the lasting memory of this game was Manning's picture-perfect throw, dropped perfectly over Manningham's shoulder nearly 40 yards downfield
It was a gutsy call on first down -- and the play that won a second ring for Tom Coughlin's Giants
RANK 19 SBXLV -- Packers 31, Steelers 25 Put the seat debacle aside for a moment
The Packers- Steelers Super Bowl in Dallas turned out to be a competitive game
Aaron Rodgers capped off a tremendous postseason with an incredible performance in the biggest game of his career to that point
That said, it was a defensive play that underlined the Packers' win: Clay Matthews' jarring hit on Rashard Mendenhall, which caused the Steelers tailback to cough up the football and led to the decisive touchdown
RANK 18 SBXLIV -- Saints 31, Colts 17 Another very underrated Super Bowl
Don't let the final score (31-17) fool you; this was a close contest that might have swung on Sean Payton's gamble to onside kick to start the second half
Tracy Porter's late pick exemplified true mastery of the cornerback position, jumping the route to Reggie Wayne and, ultimately, giving a beleaguered city its first Lombardi Trophy
RANK 17 SBXVI -- 49ers 26, Bengals 21 Gil Brandt's take: "We had a guy we drafted in the ninth round, Mike Wilson out of Washington State, who made a big catch for San Francisco on the sideline in the second half
Otherwise, their offense couldn't squeeze a drop the whole second half. "We were disappointed to not be there, of course
The final drive of the (NFC) Championship Game, they beat us utilizing their backs, Ricky Patton and (Lenvil) Elliott
Bill Walsh was smart. He saw us playing with five defensive backs and ran the ball
It was the right thing to do. Then you saw the play Eric Wright made on Drew Pearson, pulling him down from behind
or he was gone. But they won the game, and then the Super Bowl." A solid if not incredible game, Super Bowl XVI kicked off the 49ers' dynasty
RANK 16 SBXLVII -- Ravens 34, 49ers 31 Well, if two hot quarterbacks with polar-opposite styles, a 34-minute power outage and nearly a 22-point, second-half comeback don't interest you, maybe a faceoff of two head coaches who just happen to be brothers and a fourth-and-goal stop essentially settling the game will
Super Bowl XLVII makes it into the top 15 by virtue of having one of the most exciting second halves ever
The final stretch was spectacular, and it included a little controversy on that late four-down stop
(Was Michael Crabtree interfered with, or was it a good no-call?) At the end of the day, the Ravens' win might not be up there with Super Bowl X, but it's not far behind, while being one of the better Super Sundays of relatively recent vintage
RANK 15 SBX -- Steelers 21, Cowboys 17 Gil Brandt's take: "Mark Washington had good coverage on the (Lynn) Swann plays
But really, the amazing thing about that game was the fact that only one player on both teams ever played for another team
One guy! It was Preston Pearson, who we picked up before the season. So out of 86 players on the field, or whatever, one had not been with that team his whole career
And here's the thing about that: the team Preston played for was Pittsburgh, the team we were playing
Can you imagine that happening today?" Super Bowl X was perhaps the first fiercely contested Super Sunday, with Art Rooney getting his second Lombardi Trophy in two seasons after 40 with nary a championship
RANK 14 SBXXXII -- Broncos 31, Packers 24 Who could forget John Elway getting hammered -- upended -- in mid-air? This Super Bowl will always be remembered for Elway's heart, and for him finally winning the big one
But there were so many big plays. Watching Steve Atwater lay out the Packers' Robert Brooks and teammate Randy Hilliard -- and himself -- on one pass over the middle in the fourth quarter was football in the 1990s
Not anymore. RANK 13 SBXXXVI -- Patriots 20, Rams 17 "Spygate" has marred what was an exciting contest
New England halted the unstoppable -- a.k.a., "The Greatest Show on Turf" -- in perhaps the greatest team victory in Super Bowl history
St. Louis could not get its offense going in the first half but put together impressive drives in the second half to tie the game at 17
That's when Bill Belichick decided to trust first-year starter Tom Brady with 1:21 left on the clock
The future Hall of Famer moved the team 53 yards in eight plays to set up Adam Vinatieri's game-winning field goal in the 20-17 win
RANK 12 SBXLIII -- Steelers 27, Cardinals 23 Another fantastic Super Bowl of relatively recent vintage
The Santonio Holmes catch in the corner of the end zone to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals is burned in the mind's eye of anyone who recalls this game
What a performance by the Cardinals. What if Kurt Warner had more time at the end, a la Staubach in Super Bowl XIII? Look out
RANK 11 SBXXXIV -- Rams 23, Titans 16 I ran into Eddie George, an old colleague of mine from our time at Fox, at Super Bowl XLVI
A lot of people were asking him his thoughts on Super Bowl XLVI, but it was hard to forget his goal-line surge in Super Bowl XXXIV, one of the key plays in the Titans' comeback from a 16-point deficit
Steve McNair was a beast late in the game, rolling out and just not letting the Rams bring him down
Kordell Stewart used to say McNair was "country strong." No joke. It's sad to think one of the starting quarterbacks in such a great Super Bowl is gone
RANK 10 SBXXXVIII -- Patriots 32, Panthers 29 Gil Brandt's take: "The Patriots- Panthers Super Bowl had a slow first half and a great second half
Neither team could get going in the first half. But in the second, each team exchanged touchdowns and put up a lot of points
And, of course, then the Panthers kicked off and it went out of bounds . that was a huge play
" I can still see Jake Delhomme rolling to his left and uncorking a long touchdown pass -- pure streetballin'
An exquisitely entertaining game. RANK 9 SBXIV -- Steelers 31, Rams 19 Gil Brandt's take: "The Super Bowl after we played them in XIII was one of the better games
They played it in Pasadena, and the Rams were able to get a halfback option pass from Lawrence McCutcheon for a touchdown on Pittsburgh
We thought we were in good position that year to play them. We had a good team .
but of course, we were beaten on the Billy Waddy catch in the playoff versus the Rams
Aaron Kyle, who I drafted to play corner for us in '76, had him covered, but just didn't have any ball skills
He'd be right there tracking . tracking . but then as Waddy was coming down with the football, Kyle was jumping up
" (Gil shook his head, putting his hand over his eyes. Something tells me that one still hurts
) If there's a forgotten great Super Bowl, this is it. RANK 8 SBLII -- Eagles 41, Patriots 33 How will Super Bowl LII be remembered? As the Nick Foles fairy tale? Tom Brady's 500-yard bad dream? The Super Bowl that reads as if it is saying you are a loser with added emphasis? Eagles- Patriots is a tough one to rank
It was an exciting game, certainly one of the most entertaining ever. Yet, as my esteemed editor noted, there wasn't too much premier defense to go with the league's premier teams
Other than Brandon Graham's clutch strip-sack, defense was hardly at a premium
It was as if both teams were replicating the Falcons' second-half defensive act from the prior year's Super Bowl
So where does it stand? Perhaps Super Bowl LII should be viewed through the lens of entertainment
Frankly, that is ultimately what professional sports are all about. That's why this game lands in epic territory
Philadelphia winning its first championship since pulling it off at Franklin Field in 1960 was a nice bonus, too
Oh, and we forgot the Philly Special. RANK 7 SBXXIII -- 49ers 20, Bengals 16 Gil Brandt's take: "The second of the Bengals- 49ers Super Bowls was one of the best games
Of course there was the Montana play, but Tim Krumrie broke his leg, which changed the game
It was close throughout." Krumrie's injury allowed San Francisco to run the ball, but overall, defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau's unit kept the 49ers at bay most of the day
until it really mattered. John Taylor caught the game-winner, and a piece of NFL history
RANK 6 SBIII -- Jets 16, Colts 7 Gil Brandt's take: " Super Bowl III has to be one of the best because of what it meant
It changed the perception about the American Football League and the merger. That game was about the impact it had
" This game, in my mind, put NFL Films on the official map. RANK 5 SBXXV -- Giants 20, Bills 19 Gil Brandt's take: "The Giants winning on the 'Wide Right' field goal
They basically played a 2-5 (defense) so as to try to stop the Buffalo offense. You know, the Giants played them earlier in the season and stifled Buffalo's offense
now, that was a really good game, too. Jim Kelly got hurt, and (Frank) Reich had to come in
" Re-watching the broadcast of Super Bowl XXV, I can back up what Gil was saying
Here the Giants were, playing two down linemen with five linebackers moving around
Man, Bill Belichick was ahead of the game as a defensive coordinator. RANK 4 SBLI -- Patriots 34, Falcons 28 Undoubtedly, there will be many people who disagree with this ranking
The Patriots crawling back from a 28-3 deficit, first slowly, then at a frenetic pace, puts this Super Bowl near the top
The question is whether it was as high in quality as the other games in this echelon -- like Super Bowl XLIX or Super Bowl XXV -- from start to finish
And legacy-wise, can it compete with Super III? With respect to Gil's opinion, I still feel that XLIX was a better game from start to finish, while XLII (first 16-0 team loses) and XIII (battle between the 1970s' two premiere teams) were equally entertaining games and carry more historical weight
Gil Brandt's take: "I think this one has to go at the top of the charts. We'd never had overtime before
Between that and the epic comeback, my feeling is, LI was the best I ever watched -- and the most exciting
" RANK 3 SBXLIX -- Patriots 28, Seahawks 24 This presented what might become the rarest of things in the salary-cap era: a title bout between the certifiable two best teams
Was it the greatest ever? Time will tell, but as of right now, it slots here. Aspects will be long remembered, like Jermaine Kearse's circus catch and the How do you not give it to Beast Mode? goal-to-go sequence at the end
Let's take a historical view of Malcolm Butler's interception to seal the win. Below, the most-clutch defensive plays in Super Bowl history: 5) Tracy Porter robs Peyton Manning, Super Bowl XLIV
4) Jack Squirek's pick-six, Super Bowl XVIII. 3) Mike Jones' tackle of Kevin Dyson, Super Bowl XXXIV
2) James Harrison's 100-yard interception return, Super Bowl XLIII. 1) Butler's interception
His instant read-and-react to Ricardo Lockette's underneath route, coupled with his catch, won the third-greatest Super Bowl in history
Enough said. RANK 2 SBXLII -- Giants 17, Patriots 14 "So many small plays in a game can change a game," Gil Brandt says
"What if they had called in-the-grasp on Eli (Manning)? What if (David) Tyree doesn't trap the ball against his helmet? What if Asante Samuel doesn't worry about getting his feet down and catches the (interception)?" I would only add that New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo showed us all how rotating a good front four could win a game
RANK 1 SBXIII -- Steelers 35, Cowboys 31 The great ones never lose, they just run out of time
That's what happened to Roger Staubach in Super Bowl XIII, who overcame the most famous drop -- Jackie Smith's in the end zone -- in NFL history
This 35-31 contest had so many moments . a strip-sack for a touchdown, Terry Bradshaw's MVP performance, the Smith drop, a big pass-interference call on the Cowboys' Benny Barnes, and a special-teams fumble that turned the game around
Gil Brandt's take: " Super Bowl XIII, in my mind, was one of the most memorable Super Bowls
Those were two great football teams. We (the Dallas Cowboys) made mistakes. We had Randy White on the return team with a cast on, and then he fumbled the kickoff
which really hurt us. Even though we lost, I would say Super Bowl XIII was among the greatest Super Bowls
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