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Blackouts, Brady and the Fridge: This history of the Super Bowl in New Orleans
New Orleans will play host to the Super Bowl for the 11th time on February 9, when the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles lock horns at the Superdome.
The Big Easy’s charms make it a perfect destination for sport’s biggest one-off game and New Orleans will join Miami as the city to have hosted the most Super Bowls in the history of the event this year.
The ten Super Bowls played in New Orleans have delivered more than their fair share of drama, incidents and legendary performances, so DAZN News takes a look at each game to be played in the city.
Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs 23-7 Minnesota Vikings, January 11, 1970
The first Super Bowl played in New Orleans and one of three contested at the old Tulane Stadium, this game saw the Chiefs win their first Super Bowl with a comfortable win over the Vikings.
The Chiefs would then go on a 50-year Super Bowl drought, but they return to New Orleans this year having more than made up for this in recent times.
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Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys 24-3 Miami Dolphins, January 16, 1972
This time it was the Cowboys who claimed their first Super Bowl title, as a dominant running game and a crushing defensive performance saw the Dolphins restricted to just three points, still the joint-lowest in the game’s history.
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers 16-6 Minnesota Vikings, January 12, 1975
New Orleans played host to the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty in the final game played at the Tulane Stadium. The game had been originally scheduled to have been played at the new Superdome, but it was not finished on time.
A tense, defensive affair, this one was finely poised at 2-0 to the Steelers at half-time, while the Vikings only points came when they returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.
Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys 27-10 Denver Broncos, January 15, 1978
The first Super Bowl to be played in the Superdome saw another huge defensive display, this time seeing the Cowboys restrict the Broncos to just 35 passing yards and forcing eight turnovers. This remains the only Super Bowl to produce two MVPs, with defensive linemen Harvey Martin and Randy White splitting the vote and sharing the award.
Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders 27-10 Philadelphia Eagles, January 25, 1981
The Raiders claimed a second Super Bowl win thanks to an unlikely hero in linebacker Rod Martin, who hauled in three interceptions to set a record in the big game, after only making two picks in his four seasons as a player before then.
Super Bowl XX: Chicago Bears 46-10 New England Patriots, January 26, 1986
Continuing the theme of big defensive performances in New Orleans Super Bowls, the ’85 Bears went into the game as one of the best units in the sport’s history and did not disappoint as the hapless Patriots were put to the sword.
As well as restricting the Pats to just 123 yards of total offense, the Chicago defense also donated defensive tackle William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry to the offense in the third quarter, when he barged over the goalline to score a 1-yard rushing touchdown in an iconic play.
Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers 55-10 Denver Broncos, January 28, 1990
Four years later the San Francisco 49ers would deliver an even bigger thrashing, with their 55-10 win over the Denver Broncos still the biggest margin of victory in the history of the Super Bowl. MVP Joe Montana led the way, throwing for five touchdown passes as he won his fourth and final Super Bowl ring.
Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers 35-21 New England Patriots, January 26, 1997
Brett Farve won his sole Super Bowl in New Orleans when he outgunned Drew Bledsoe in an entertaining back-and-forth clash which the Packers put out of reach thanks to Desmond Howard’s 99-yard kickoff return in the third quarter.
Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots 20-17 St Louis Rams, February 3, 2002
After New Orleans ushered in the start of the Steelers’ dynasty in the ‘70s, the Patriots claimed their first Super Bowl win under the Brady-Belichick axis in 2002.
The Pats went into the game as big underdogs against a Rams side dubbed ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’ thanks to the thrilling offense led by Kurt Warner, but found themselves 17-3 up early in the fourth quarter.
The Rams would draw level with 90 seconds remaining, but second-year quarterback Brady produced his first iconic Super Bowl turn, leading his side down the field to set up Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning field goal. The Pats were up and running.
Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34-31 San Francisco 49ers, February 3, 2013
The last Super Bowl played in New Orleans has gone down as the ‘Blackout Bowl’, due to a 34-minute power outage in the Superdome shortly after Beyonce’s half-time show.
Sandwiching the powercut was another hugely entertaining game as brothers John and Jim Harbaugh faced off as the Ravens and 49ers head coaches. John’s Ravens took an early lead and were able to see off a late 49ers rally, meaning Baltimore great Ray Lewis was able to retire at the top of the game.
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