This was the first SuperBowl hosted in the Miami area in 10 years, and the first in Miami not held at the Orange Bowl.
This was the second meeting between the two teams in the SuperBowl, their first meeting being seven years earlier.
They had made the playoffs in the three seasons between SuperBowlXIX and SuperBowlXXIII, but were eliminated each time in the first round, primarily because of the poor performances by their offensive stars in those games; quarterback Joe Montana, receiver and running back Roger Craig all failed to produce a single touchdown.
The 49ers, who also won SuperBowlsXVI and XIX, are the first NFC team to win three SuperBowls.
SuperBowlXXIII began with hopes that it would not be another in a recent string of one-sided yawners dominated by the National Football Conference.
Of course, as Montana huddled the 49ers near their own 8-yard line with 190 seconds left in the game, the last thing on his mind was the welfare of the SuperBowl.
The 49ers, who also won SuperBowlsXVI and XIX, became the first NFC team to win three SuperBowls.
Pittsburgh, with four SuperBowl titles (IX, X, XIII, and XIV), and the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, with three (XI, XV, and XVIII), lead AFC franchises.
At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in SuperBowl history the game was tied at intermission.
The NFLSuperBowl is considered as the pinnacle of the professional football league.
The NFLSuperBowl, in brief, is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) in the United States that is played by the teams from the American Football Conference, as well as the teams from the National Football Conference.
However, SuperBowlXIV (which involved then Los Angeles Rams) was played in the Rose Bowl in near Pasadena; and SuperBowlXIX (which involved the San Francisco 49ers) was played at the Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto.
SuperBowlXXXI: The Packers' Reggie White takes the SuperBowl 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.
SuperBowlV: 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.
SuperBowlXII: Dallas' Butch Johnson, who had broken his right thumb earlier, dives through the air at the goal line to grab Roger Staubach's pass for a 45-yard TD and a 20-3 third-quarter lead over the Broncos.
SuperBowlXVII: 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.
SuperBowlXXVI: Michael Jackson took the SuperBowlhalftime 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.
SuperBowlXIII: 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.
MEMORABLE SUPERBOWL MOMENTS AT In SuperBowlXXIII, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana leads a 92 yard fourth quarter drive, as the 49ers score the game-winning touchdown with 34 seconds left and defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s after playing at the Orange Bowl for several decades, Dolphins owner Joe Robbie began lobbying for a new stadium for his team.
Last Year in SuperBowlXL, Pittsburgh survived a mid-season injury to Roethlisberger and seemed to come together after a disappointing performance in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football.
The SuperBowl is sometimes the culmination of a great NFL season but other times, especially when the two final teams are mismatched, the game is a blow out and more of a media extravaganza then a sports spectacle.
The SuperBowl is the ratings leader year after year among all televised sports events and, on the list of the fifty top-rated TV broadcasts, the game appears twenty times.
As the SuperBowl is poised to return to sunny South Florida for the ninth time in 2007, the game and the festivities surrounding it will reflect its storied past in the locale but also show America how the area has grown since its last SuperBowl in 1999.
Or SuperBowlXXIII, in which San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana connected with John Taylor for the winning, come-from-behind, last-minute touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The most watched SuperBowl was 1998's SuperBowlXXXII between the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers which received a 44.5 rating and 67 share, attracting 90 million viewers.
In the second-highest-scoring SuperBowl to date, the 49ers overcame a 10-7 deficit with 21 unanswered points in the second quarter and coasted to a 38-16 win over Miami.
It was the third SuperBowl win of the decade for the 49ers, who outgained the Bengals 454-229 but still needed clutch plays down the stretch from Montana, SuperBowlMVPJerry Rice, RB Roger Craig and Taylor to pull it out.
The Cowboys won their third SuperBowl championship in four years, defeating the Steelers in Tempe, Ariz. This is a SuperBowl that will be remembered more for two devastating interceptions thrown by Steeler QB Neil ODonnell than for any spectacular plays by Cowboy players.
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Although Jacksonville has never hosted a SuperBowl the fan support that the city demonstrates for their Jaguars is amongst the top in the NFL.
SuperBowlXXXIX will be the first SuperBowl hosted here but definitely not the last.
SuperBowlXLII will be played in a new stadium that is currently under construction in Glendale, Ariz. The site of the 2008 SuperBowl was decided at the owners' meetings in Chicago on Oct. 29-30.
In the first 15 SuperBowls, 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 SuperBowlIII.
SUPER TRIVIA: Two receivers hold the record with 11 catches in a SuperBowl.
In SuperBowlXXI against the New York Giants, they led 10-7 after one quarter and 10-9 early in the third quarter; in SuperBowlXXII against the Redskins, they led 10-0 after one quarter.
But if the drive and the strike to Taylor are the height of SuperBowl glory, then that seized-up feeling in Montana's chest and the wayward ball he sent frantically out of bounds might be the essence of the game.
"The SuperBowl is the seventh game of the World Series, the NCAA championship basketball game, the Stanley Cup, the NBA Finals and a heavyweight title bout all rolled into one," says Lynn Swann, a former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and four-time SuperBowl winner.
We remember the heroes from the past 39 SuperBowls, but we often forget the men whose dreams were vanquished by their greatness.
The All-time SuperBowl 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 mans opinion.
In SuperBowlVII, 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 SuperBowlXX, 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.
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NFC champion San Francisco captured its third SuperBowl of the 1980s by defeating AFC champion Cincinnati 20-16.
Pittsburgh, with four SuperBowl titles (IX, X, XIII, and XIV), and the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, with three (XI, XV, and XVIII), lead AFC franchises.
At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in SuperBowl history the game was tied at intermission.
The 49ers, who also won SuperBowlsXVI and XIX, are the first NFC team to win three SuperBowls.
At halftime, the score was 3-3, the first time in SuperBowl history the game was tied at halftime.
With his team trailing 16-13 late in SuperBowlXXIII and the ball 92 yards from the goal line, Joe Montana turned to tackle Harris Barton in the 49ers’ huddle.
Against a secondary that featured three Pro Bowlers, Branch was at his best on the first possession of the second half, catching four passes for 71 yards on a nine-play, 69-yard drive.
He had 10 receptions for 143 yards in SuperBowlXXXVIII against Carolina.
The attempts were the second most in SuperBowl history, and McNabb tied San Francisco's Joe Montana (SuperBowlXXIII) for the third-most yardage.