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The greatest Super Bowls in NFL history: Our definitive top five
With Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots set for Sunday, February 8, DAZN News thought it would only be right to dial back the clock and rank the five best Super Bowls of all time.
To this day, these five Super Bowls are still a touchdown in our books.
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5. Super Bowl LVIII (2024): Chiefs repeat in overtime thriller
In the first Super Bowl held in Las Vegas, Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker sent the game into overtime with a 29-yard field goal late in regulation.
The San Francisco 49ers then struck first in OT with a field goal of their own.
With the championship on the line, Patrick Mahomes stepped up and faced the pressure head-on, turning in one spectacular play after another.
There was his 8-yard scramble on a 4th & 1, and 19-yard rush on a 3rd & 1 possession later.
It all helped set up a short touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman Jr., which sealed the Chiefs’ 25-22 win and their second straight Super Bowl victory.
4. Super Bowl XLIX (2015): Goal-line INT dooms Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks had the New England Patriots right where they wanted them with Super Bowl XLIX in the balance.
Having built a six-play, 79-yard drive, Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, and the Seahawks had set up a 2nd & Goal from New England’s 1-yard line, trailing 28-24 with 26 seconds left.
Considering the force Lynch had been that game, with 102 rushing yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, everyone expected Wilson to hand off the ball to “Beast Mode.”
However, in one of the strangest, head-scratching calls in NFL history, then-Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll went with a pass play to receiver Ricardo Lockette.
Wilson took the ball out of the shotgun and fired a short pass intended for Lockette, but it was intercepted at the goal line by Malcolm Butler, sealing the Patriots’ 28-24 win.
Announcer Cris Collinsworth summed it up best: "I can't believe the call. You have Marshawn Lynch. You have a guy who's been borderline unstoppable. ... If I lose this Super Bowl because Marshawn Lynch can't get into the end zone, so be it. So be it. I can't believe the call."
Neither can we ... 11 years later.
There was agony on the Seahawks’ side and pure jubilation on the Patriots', who celebrated one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history by Butler, an undrafted rookie free agent cornerback.
3. Super Bowl LI (2017): Brady leads historic Super Bowl comeback
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Call it Patriots heroics or a Falcons collapse, Super Bowl LI is forever defined by New England overturning a 28-3 deficit
Of all of Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowl victories, Super Bowl LI was the most improbable. It had Brady and the Patriots rallying from a 25-point third-quarter deficit to force the first overtime in Super Bowl history and, amazingly, defeat the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, to cap the largest rally in history.
When Julian Edelman somehow caught a pass that ricocheted off Falcons cornerback Robert Alford, it felt like the Patriots’ comeback was written in the stars.
The eye-popping catch helped the Patriots extend their 10-play, 91-yard scoring drive, punctuated by running back James White’s touchdown. It sent the game into overtime, where White would score another TD for the New England win.
Brady was named MVP for completing 43-of-62 passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns.
2. Super Bowl XXXIV (2000): A photo finish straight out of Hollywood
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It remains one of the most indelible images in Super Bowl history - wide receiver Kevin Dyson’s outstretched arm just one yard shy of a touchdown.
It took place on the final play of the game with the St. Louis Rams holding onto a 23-16 lead over the Tennessee Titans with six seconds left.
Titans quarterback Steve McNair took the ball out of the shotgun, dropped back, and lasered a pass to Dyson, who was wrapped up by Rams linebacker Mike Jones, keeping the wide receiver out of the end zone by that one measly yard.
The dramatic finish sealed the Rams’ Cinderella story as Kurt Warner, a former grocery bagger, was named Super Bowl MVP.
1. Super Bowl XLII (2008): Helmet catch ends Brady’s perfect-season
Super Bowl XLII pitted Eli Manning and the underdog New York Giants against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, who were looking to complete their undefeated season.
The Giants had hung tough all game long, but still faced a 3rd & 5 from their own 44-yard line, while trailing 14-10 with 1:15 left.
In that moment, the pocket collapsed on Manning, who somehow managed to wriggle free from three different sack attempts and fire a pass down the field to wideout David Tyree.
The wide receiver leapt up and incredibly hauled in the pass by pressing the football against his helmet as he fell to the ground, keeping the reception intact in what became known as the "Helmet Catch".
The incredible play kept the Giants’ drive alive for Manning to later find Plaxico Burress on a pump-fake corner TD pass.
The Giants’ defense then forced Brady into three incomplete passes, while sacking him once to cement the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. Manning earned every bit of his Super Bowl MVP.
