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Topic: Super Bowl XXI


In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  ESPN.com - Greatest Super Bowl moments
Super Bowl XVII: With the Dolphins leading the Redskins 17-13 in the third quarter, Miami LB Kim Bokamper deflects a Joe Theismann pass and is about to corral the ball for a possible TD.
Super Bowl XXVI: Michael Jackson took the Super Bowl halftime show to a new level with his pyrotechnic extravaganza, including his memorable entrance: standing perfectly in the middle of the field after the smoke cleared, wearing sunglasses and pseudo-military gear.
Super Bowl XIII: Dallas' 38-year-old backup tight end Jackie Smith, wide open in the middle of the end zone, drops a certain TD pass during the third quarter of the Cowboys' 35-31 loss to the Steelers.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1714359&type=page2Story   (949 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments
Super Bowl XXXI: The Packers' Reggie White takes the Super Bowl trophy and runs the length off the field toward the Green Bay fans in the end zone and is mobbed by a throng of photographers as he holds the trophy aloft.
Super Bowl V: The Colts take a 7-6 lead over the Cowboys when Johnny Unitas' pass is tipped by receiver Eddie Hinton, off cornerback Mel Renfro and into the hands of TE John Mackey, who goes 75 yards for the TD.
Super Bowl XIV: The Steelers' Lynn Swann outleaps two Rams' defenders for a 47-yard TD pass and a 17-13 lead in the third quarter.
espn.go.com /page2/s/superbowlmoments75.html   (963 words)

  
 Super Bowl 21 Football, Wilson Official NFL XXI Game Footballs.
Super Bowl 21 was held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California on January 25, 1987 between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos.
We have Super Bowl footballs from Super Bowl XX to the present.
The SB XVI and SBXIX are not the balls used during Super Bowl XVI and XIX.
www.americansportscollectibles.com /super-bowl-21-football.html   (440 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Bruins
This is the ninth Super Bowl held in New Orleans.
New England is 0-2 in the Super Bowl.
The NFC is 8-1 in Super Bowls held in domed stadiums.
www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/superbowl/quiz.htm   (431 words)

  
 Super Bowl recaps - Page 2 of 2
It was the third Super Bowl win of the decade for the 49ers, who outgained the Bengals 454-229 but still needed clutch plays down the stretch from Montana, Super Bowl MVP Jerry Rice, RB Roger Craig and Taylor to pull it out.
Super Bowl MVP Aikman completed 22-of-30 passes for 273 yards and was not intercepted.
The Cowboys won their third Super Bowl championship in four years, defeating the Steelers in Tempe, Ariz. This is a Super Bowl that will be remembered more for two devastating interceptions thrown by Steeler QB Neil O’Donnell than for any spectacular plays by Cowboy players.
archive.profootballweekly.com /content/archives2001/features_2001/superbowl2_012802.asp   (3095 words)

  
 SI.com - Sports Illustrated's Super Bowl Archive
Super Bowl quarterbacks are expected to conduct themselves with a certain swagger, a kind of arrogance.
The Super Bowl also justified the Giants' ecisions on draft day last April, when they shocked the NFL by fortifying an already powerful defense with six high defensive picks.
On Monday, six days before the Super Bowl, the Giants players were a bit stunned by the intensity and duration of a practice that ended with half a dozen 80-yard sprints.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/features/superbowl/archives/21   (2989 words)

  
 Super Bowl XXII
There was Joe Namath's prickly prediction-come-true in Super Bowl III, Terry Bradshaw's four touchdown passes in Super Bowl XIII, Jim Plunkett's storybook comeback in Super Bowl XV and Phil Simms' near-perfect marksmanship in Super Bowl XXI.
After the game, after he had completed 18 of 29 attempts and had set a Super Bowl record for passing yards (340) and had tied another for touchdown passes (four), Williams was on top of the sports world, smiling broadly.
His 204 rushing yards broke the Super Bowl record of 191 set by Marcus Allen in 1984 and were 78 yards more than he had gained during the regular season.
www.supernfl.com /SuperBowl/sb22.html   (3932 words)

  
 Super Bowl Coaches
Don Shula, who has more Super Bowl appearances that only head coach with six, was the losing coach in III when his Colts were upset by the New York Jets.
The most successful Super Bowl coach in history is Chuck Noll, who is in fact in a club by himself among Super Bowl coaches with four titles earned at the helm of the Steelers in the 1970s.
There are seven coaches who were successful in their only Super Bowl appearance, including John Madden and his Raiders in Super Bowl XL in 1977 and 15 Super Bowl coaches who were on the losing end in their only trip to the big game, a list that for another few days includes Cowher.
www.docsports.com /super-bowl-coaches.html   (781 words)

  
 New York Giants Silver Super Bowl Collection Coins from The Highland Mint
Each coin has a similar design of the current flip coins that includes dueling helmets, ribbons with team names and Super Bowl Commemoration on the front and the reverse of the coin features the Super Bowl Logo for that year as well as the date that the game was played.
Super Bowl XXI: This coin features the NFL Shield as a replacement of the Lombardi Trophy and includes the score of the game on the front of the coin.
Super Bowl XXV: This Coin features the NFL Shield as a replacement of the Lombardi Trophy and includes the score of the game on the front of the coin.
www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,HLM-NYGSB3SSETK.html   (404 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   (734 words)

  
 MiamiHerald.com | 01/15/2007 | Memorable Moments | Super Bowl XXI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Through the years, Super Bowl MVPs Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, John Elway and Tom Brady have been featured in the spots.
Several industry analysts reasoned image-conscious Disney stopped the campaign in response to the 2004 controversy centering on Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston.
Disney officials disputed claims that the Super Bowl had become too ''mature'' for its target audience, saying the ''What's next?'' campaign did not mesh with its marketing efforts that year.
www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/sports/football/16462550.htm   (210 words)

  
 Super Bowl XXIV
It was, ultimately, the greatest mismatch in Super Bowl history, but it also was a stage on which the 49ers could demonstrate how stunning they truly were.
It also was their fourth Super Bowl title in nine years, and only the Steelers had won that many.
And every beating was worse than the one before: a 27-10 loss to Dallas in Super Bowl XII, a 39-20 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXI, a 42-10 loss to Washington in Super Bowl XXII and, finally, this 45-point trouncing.
www.supernfl.com /SuperBowl/sb24.html   (3717 words)

  
 NFL Football Super Bowl XXI (21) New York VS Denver Game Recap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Super Bowl XXI (21) New York VS Denver Recap
Super Bowl XXI New York 39, Denver 20 Recap
John Elway who was 13 of 20 for 187 yards in the first half, and the Broncos, held a 10-9 lead at intermission, the narrowest halftime margin in Super Bowl history.
www.sportspool.com /football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXI.php   (373 words)

  
 SuperBowl-ads article archive
It was the lowest-rated Super Bowl broadcast since 1990, when San Francisco clobbered the Broncos, 55-10.
Super Bowl broadcasts dominate the 10 most-watched television programs in history.
Super Bowl XX Jan. 26, 1986 NBC 127.0 6.
www.superbowl-ads.com /articles_2000/html_files/Commercial.Buyers.Put.It.html   (634 words)

  
 Super Bowl Super Bowl XXI history: Giants Vs Broncos Superbowl history @ Superbowl-history.com
Denver Broncos' Rich Karlis opened the scoring with a Super Bowl record tying 48 yard field goal.
Simms set Super Bowl records for most consecutive completions (10) and highest completion percentage (88 percent on 22 completions in 25 attempts).
New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms was named the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) completing 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns.
www.superbowl-history.com /1987.php   (495 words)

  
 WireImage: Listings
Broncos QB John Elway (7) in action during Super Bowl XXI between the Denver Broncos and New...
Broncos' John Elway (7) is sacked by Giants' George Martin during Super Bowl XXI between the...
Denver Broncos linebacker (57) Tom Jackson at Super Bowl XXI The Broncos suffered a 39-20...
www.wireimage.com /GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls=2=18=917=46496&nbc1=1   (706 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - The List: Best Super Bowl performances
It's Super Bowl week, which means it's time to recall the top 10 performances in the history of the big game.
A rookie who ran for only 126 yards on 29 carries during the regular season, Smith set a Super Bowl record that still stands by rushing for 204 yards on 22 carries in the Redskins' 42-10 rout of the Broncos.
Warner's 414 yards passing set a Super Bowl record, and it was entirely necessary as the Rams barely squeezed past the Titans 23-16.
espn.go.com /page2/s/list/superbowl/performances.html   (1304 words)

  
 SI.com - Sports Illustrated's Super Bowl Archive
In a record-setting deluge the 49ers swamped Denver 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV
SUPER BOWL XI The Raiders Were All Suped Up And the Vikings were all but wiped out in the Super Bowl, as Oakland ran and passed pretty much as it pleased in setting a record for total offense.
In the Super Bowl the ingenious boss of the Kansas City Chiefs aimed a devastating machine in Minnesota, and Engineer Len Dawson used it to outhit, outmaneuver and eventually destroy the Vikings
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/features/superbowl/archives   (962 words)

  
 Super Bowl -- MiamiHerald.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
And with the NFL came the Super Bowl.
It is a known fact that the Super Bowl is a major target for terrorism.
One of the lasting images of an unspectacular Super Bowl XL was of Seattle coach Mike Holmgren berating an official as he headed to the locker room for halftime.
www.philly.com /mld/miamiherald/sports/special_packages/super_bowl   (472 words)

  
 Elway erases past Super Bowl failures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A few minutes later, Elway stood on the victory platform and, for the first time in four Super Bowl appearances, held the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft.
In the days leading up to Super Bowl XXXII, everyone associated with the Denver organization -- coaches, players, owner, trainers, fans -- stated emphatically that the Broncos were dedicating their efforts to win the title for Elway, who had suffered three embarrassing Super Bowl losses.
There have been a lot of things that go along with losing three Super Bowls and playing for 14 years and being labeled as a guy who has never been on a winning Super Bowl team.
www.jsonline.com /packer/sbxxxii/rev/elway12798.stm   (883 words)

  
 profootballdvd.com
In 2001, the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI in the biggest Super Bowl upset in more than thirty years.
When the 2003 season began with their prized free-agent acquisition of the summer injured for the year, the release of their defensive captain and a humbling 31-0 loss to division rival Buffalo Bills, no one believed a second championship was possible.
Despite five opening-day starters on injured reserve, the 2003 Patriots not only battled back to respectability but all the way to champions of the greatest Super Bowl ever.
www.warnervideo.com /profootballdvd/video.ind.superbowl38.html   (258 words)

  
 AskMen.com - NFL field goals
Rich Karlis might be remembered as the last barefooted kicker in the NFL, but he’s also remembered for his sweet-and-sour performance in Super Bowl XXI while he was with the Denver Broncos.
His clutch kicking in 3 Super Bowls was not mentioned, along with the previously posted snow bowl kick against the Raiders........where have you been and how did you miss Vinatieri.
One of which should have been in your top three (the vinatieri kick in the snow vs. the raiders sending the pats to their first super bowl title) the author clearly looked up some stupid nfl reference and made an ignorant list.
www.askmen.com /sports/fitness_top_ten_60/89_fitness_list.html   (1005 words)

  
 Super Bowl XLI -- Kentucky.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Super Bowl Extravaganza is not limited to a 3-hour contest.
For South Florida, hosting a Super Bowl provides a lasting benefit: places where kids can be kids.
Tickets to Super Bowl XLI in Miami will be expensive on the resale market, about $2,700 each for upper end zone seats.
www.ohio.com /mld/kentucky/sports/special_packages/super_bowl   (468 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Stars usually provide lasting media memories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Super Bowl XL blog: A closer look at the top news coming out of Detroit
This army of print and electronic journalists will have their rehearsed questions and their tape recorders and, of course, their gee-whiz approach to the madness of Super Bowl week.
The history of the 39 previous Super Bowls is filled with memorable quotes from media stars.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/super/2006-01-29-forbes-on-football_x.htm   (867 words)

  
 Favre delivers the goods in Super Bowl XXI
 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- When Brett Favre took the Green Bay Packers to their Super Bowl championship on Sunday, it was a victory for every country kid in cutoffs and T-shirt who ever threw a rock in a pond and dreamed about being an NFL quarterback.
It continued with the death of his best friend in a van-train accident in which his brother was implicated, and the involvement of his sister in a drive-by shooting.
 And it ended in the glare of the Super Bowl, with Favre doing pretty much what he wanted against New England.
www.canoe.ca /SuperBowl1997/jan26_fav.html   (634 words)

  
 American Memorabilia | Football Memorabilia | New York Memorabilia and Souvenirs
Every New York Giants fan will be delighted to have or receive as a souvenir, this visual memory of the Giants first Super Bowl appearance and outstanding victory at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 25, 1987, in Super Bowl XXI.
This Super Bowl victory was especially gratifying because it gave the NFC Champion New York Giants their first NFL title since 1956.
This title win captured the Super Bowl Trophy for their owner, the late Wellington Mara, Coach Bill Parcells, Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor and the great Giants team of 1986-1987, in their first Super Bowl.
www.memorabiliaamerica.com   (935 words)

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