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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Super Bowl XXXVII -- America's game
Super Bowl XXXVII matches Oakland and Tampa Bay on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium, where you will again witness America's devotion to a league and its game, one that played its inaugural championship on a field littered with elephant dung, one whose season peaks at winter's inception.
Translation: The Super Bowl might be the most primal day of the year for men and a literal bonanza for corporate giants, but never question the power of loyalty.
Super Bowl XXXVII matches XXX and XXX on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium, where you will again witness America's devotion to a league and its game, one that played its inaugural championship on a field littered with elephant dung, one whose season peaks at winter's inception.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/superbowl/metro/20030121-9999_mz1x21americ.html   (2854 words)

  
 Super Bowl XVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Bowl XVI was the 16th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL).
In addition to his Super Bowl record 11 receptions, Ross' 104 receiving yards and his 2 touchdown receptions were the most ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl.
This was the first Super Bowl to be broadcast by the tandem of Pat Summerall and John Madden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI   (2338 words)

  
 Super Bowl 16 Football, Wilson NFL XVI Game Footballs.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Super Bowl 16 was the first of five Super Bowls the 49ers have won.
Super Bowl 16 was held at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan on January 24, 1982 between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals.
The SB XVI and SBXIX are not the balls used during Super Bowl XVI and XIX.
www.americansportscollectibles.com /super-bowl-16-football.html   (521 words)

  
 Super Bowl History - home page
It was not until Super Bowl III when Joe Namath guaranteed the AFL's first victory in the game for the underdog New York Jets and delivered 16-7 over the Baltimore Colts that interest in the game began to rise.
The Super Bowl has traditionally been referred to by Roman numerals rather than the year in which it is played to minimize confusion from the fact that the NFL season stretches from one year to the next.
Since Super Bowl V in 1971, the trophy presented to the winning team has been know as the Vince Lombardi Trophy to commemorate the man who coached the Green Bay Packers to the first two championships.
www.super-bowl-history.com /index.htm   (510 words)

  
 The Super Bowl Isn't Place for a Kicker
In the first 15 Super Bowls, kickers were just 32 for 54 (59 percent), including a wretched 3-for-7 afternoon by the Jets' Jim Turner and Baltimore's Lou Michaels in Super Bowl III.
SUPER TRIVIA: Two receivers hold the record with 11 catches in a Super Bowl.
In Super Bowl XXI against the New York Giants, they led 10-7 after one quarter and 10-9 early in the third quarter; in Super Bowl XXII against the Redskins, they led 10-0 after one quarter.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/01/24/SP60208.DTL&type=printable   (736 words)

  
 Superbowl2001: From A to Z
F is for Florida Orchestra: It backed Whitney Houston when she sang (or, more accurately, lip-synched) the national anthem at Super Bowl XXV and received royalties of about $100,000 when it became a popular recording and video.
I is for Ice Bowl: If Bart Starr doesn't sneak 1 yard into the end zone to beat Dallas in 13-below-zero temperature at Green Bay on New York's Eve in 1967, the Packers don't go to Super Bowl II and maybe Vince Lombardi doesn't become a legend.
Super Bowl XXXVIII is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2004, in Houston.
www.sptimes.com /News/012101/SuperBowl2001/From_A_to_Z_.shtml   (978 words)

  
 Super Bowl XVI Highlights/1981 Roster
The new talent helped transform the Niners from a 6-10 team in 1980 into a 13-3 team in 1981, when they compiled the best record in the NFL and earned their first Super Bowl berth.
Super Bowl XVI is memorable for a third-quarter goal-line stand, but the 49ers' defense kept the Bengals out of the end zone at other key times during each quarter:
In the fourth quarter, with the score 23-14 and 5:25 remaining, the Bengals had the ball, but Eric Wright intercepted a Ken Anderson pass and returned it to the Cincinnati 22.
home.earthlink.net /~seifertsite/16.html   (351 words)

  
 49ers Paradise Super Bowl
The 49ers dynasty was the first to win five Super Bowls, and they are in a constant quest to win number six.
The first of back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the 49ers, was also the second time the 49ers faced the Bengals in the Super Bowl.
This Super Bowl would be Joe Montana's final one as he beat yet another legendary quarterback, John Elway, while en route to his third MVP performance.
www.49ersparadise.com /superbowls/sb.shtml   (1039 words)

  
 Super Bowl Champions of the 1980s
The following are the Super Bowl winners, Super Bowl MVP and League MVP for the NFL in the 1980s.
Super Bowls are played the year after the actual season.
Therefore Super Bowl XV was played in 1981, but was for the 1980 season championship.
home.neo.rr.com /thesharktank/nfl.htm   (86 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments
Super Bowl I: The Chiefs trail 14-10 when, on the their first possession of the second half, the Packers blitz QB Len Dawson and he's picked off by Willie Wood, who returns it 50 yards to the 5-yard line.
Super Bowl XIII: John Stallworth takes a short pass from Terry Bradshaw, breaks a tackle, and goes for a 75-yard TD to tie the score 14-14 in the second quarter against the Cowboys.
Super Bowl X: The Cowboys have one play from the 38 to win Super Bowl X, but Roger Staubach's desperation heave is batted by Steelers safety Mike Wagner and intercepted by Glen Edwards.
espn.go.com /page2/s/superbowlmoments100.html   (927 words)

  
 Stubs XI-XX, 1977-1987
The Cowboys evened their Super Bowl record at 2-2 by defeating Denver before a sellout crowd of 75,583, plus 102,010,000 television viewers, the largest audience ever to watch a sporting event.
Ray Wersching's Super Bowl record-tying four field goals and Joe Montana's controlled passing helped lift the San Francisco 49ers to their first NFL championship with a 26-21 victory over Cincinnati.
The previous record for most points in a Super Bowl was 38, shared by San Francisco in XIX and the Los Angeles Raiders in XVIII.
www.superbowlstubs.com /XI_XX.htm   (541 words)

  
 SuperBowl-ads article archive
Viewers consume 13 million pounds of guacamole during the Super Bowl, the second-biggest day for the produce.
Nearly 80 percent of Super Bowl XXX ticket holders were male, with the median age of 41.
Super Bowl XXVIII in Atlanta pumped $166 million into the state's economy.
www.superbowl-ads.com /articles_1999/html_files/some.facts.and.nos.htm   (393 words)

  
 Super Bowl Super Bowl XVI history: 49ers Vs Bengals Superbowl history @ Superbowl-history.com
That the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengal's were in the Super Bowl was quite remarkable in itself.
Cincinnati compiled 356 yards to San Francisco's 275, which marked the first time in Super Bowl history that the team that gained the most yards from scrimmage lost the game.
Ray Wersching's Super Bowl record tying four field goals and Joe Montana's controlled passing helped lift the San Francisco 49ers to their first National Football League (NFL) championship with a 26-21 victory over Cincinnati Bengal's.
www.superbowl-history.com /1982.php   (865 words)

  
 Super Bowl XI (Oakland 32 - 14 Minnesota) :: Historia :: EsMas.com
Super Bowl XI (Oakland 32 - 14 Minnesota) :: Historia :: EsMas.com
Super Bowl XVII (Washington 27 - 17 Miami)
Super Bowl XII (Dallas 27 - 10 Denver)
www.esmas.com /superbowl/historia/336055.html   (414 words)

  
 JACKAL POOL
When Bobby Layne flipped the coin for the start of Super Bowl XVI, it logically followed that the game between the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals would be played along unconventional lines.
Three turnovers cost the Bengals 17 points in a 20-point first half that set a Super Bowl record; the 49ers staged a dramatic goal line stand that might have saved the game, and Ray Wersching kicked a record-tying four field goals.
That the 49ers and Bengals were in the Super Bowl was remarkable in itself.
www.jackalpool.com /sb16.asp   (3171 words)

  
 Privett's Recaps:  Super Bowl XVI
In a battle of teams playing in their first Super Bowl, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 at the Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Detroit to win Super Bowl XVI.
This is the third of three Super Bowls featuring two teams that had never played in one.
Super Bowl I (Packers-Chiefs), of course, qualifies, and the other is Super Bowl III (Colts-Jets).
www.themattrix.com /features/superbowls/recaps/sbxvi.htm   (1103 words)

  
 The Oakland Press: Local News: Planners aim to score with Super Bowl XL
Super Bowl XVI was the first Super Bowl that had a host committee, Steeg said.
When the Super Bowl is played in Detroit, Steeg said it's expected the number of news media covering the game will be up 30 percent to 40 percent from Super Bowl XVI, and there's bound to be grumbling about the weather again.
Sherer said she has high hopes that the weather during the week leading up to Super Bowl XL will be better than it was in Pontiac, but it is something the host committee can't control.
www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/032904/loc_20040329061.shtml   (1454 words)

  
 Detroit Taking Notes For 2006, Getting Ideas For A NFL's Week-Long Party - CBS News
Super Bowl XL's economic impact could approach $375 million.
The first Super Bowl held in a northern city was played while Michigan was in a recession.
That Super Bowl brought $61.8 million to the region, but it endured nasty criticism in the national press.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/01/24/superbowl/main537915.shtml   (491 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Most memorable Super Bowl moments
The Atlanta Falcons free safety was arrested for allegedly soliciting oral sex on the eve of Atlanta's Super Bowl XXXIII loss to the Denver Broncos.
Chicago Bears defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry scored on a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the third quarter of Chicago's rout of New England in Super Bowl XX.
In what many feel is the greatest title game of the post-merger generation, the Bills' Scott Norwood pushed his 47-yard field goal attempt wide right in Super Bowl XXV against the Giants.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1715261&type=page2Story   (923 words)

  
 Super Bowl History - Page 2 - 360 Betting .com
In the third period, running back Marcus Allen, who rushed for a Super Bowl-record 191 yards on 20 carries, increased the Raiders' lead to 35-9 on touchdown runs of five and 74 yards, the latter erasing the Super Bowl record of 58 yards set by Baltimore's Tom Matte in Game III.
The Bears' league-leading defense tied the Super Bowl record for sacks (7) and limited the Patriots to a record-low seven rushing yards.
New England took the quickest lead in Super Bowl history when Tony Franklin kicked a 36-yard field goal with 1:19 elapsed in the first period.
www.360betting.com /forums/showthread.php?p=55   (2550 words)

  
 Super Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Bowl VII with Garo Yepremian's failed field goal attempt is perhaps the most dramatic example of a near shutout.
Also, the Denver Broncos who lost Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants and repeated another loss in Super Bowl XXII to the Washington Redskins.
The most recent is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who won Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks, but then went on to a 5-7-0 midseason on Week 13.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Bowl   (3400 words)

  
 Super Bowl XXIX
It was the 11th consecutive victory in the Super Bowl by NFC teams, by an average margin of 22 points.
Of all 29 Super Bowls, this easily became the least anticipated, the least controversial, the least desired.
Suddenly, San Diego was in the Super Bowl despite leading in its two playoff games for less than six minutes overall.
www.49erswebzone.com /superbowls/xxix.php   (3650 words)

  
 Detroit Lions Site: Super Bowl XL coming to City of Detroit
This will be the second Super Bowl for the Detroit area and the first was Super Bowl XVI, which was held at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Super Bowl XL will be a big coming out party for a new and exciting Detroit.
Joe Montana leads the San Francisco 49ers to a 26-20 victory over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome.
www.detroitlions.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=3444   (335 words)

  
 All-Super Bowl Team
The All-time Super Bowl team is a result of consultation with those who saw all or most of the 34 Roman-numeral games, a consensus of key NFL observers and one man’s opinion.
In Super Bowl VII, climaxing the Dolphins’ perfect 1972 season, he battered the Redskins for 7.5 yards per thrust (112 yards on 15 carries) in a game that, thanks to Garo Yepremian, saw the Redskins alive until the very end.
In Super Bowl XX, in just the first quarter, Dent sacked Patriots QB Tony Eason and caused a fumble that was recovered by the Bears; tackled RB Craig James for a five-yard loss; and caused another fumble recovered by the Bears.
archive.profootballweekly.com /content/archives/features_2000/sb_allteam_011501.asp   (2536 words)

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