Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. 4Receptions The Broncos defeated the Packers by the score of 31–24. I can tell you first-hand, there was a lot of stuff going on prior to the game. In the secondary, Pro Bowl defensive back LeRoy Butler led the team with 5 interceptions, while also adding 70 tackles. During the 1997 regular season, the Broncos once again had the league's best offense with 5,872 total yards and led the league in total points scored with 472. But head coach Mike Shanahan decided to send him into the game for the 3rd-down play, believing that the Packers would not be fooled by a fake handoff without Davis on the field. All rights reserved. Both Freeman and Favre had outstanding performances for the second Super Bowl game in a row. Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4. Wide receiver Antonio Freeman led the team with 933 yards and 9 touchdowns.
On the first play of the ensuing drive, Packers linebacker Darius Holland committed a 15-yard face-mask penalty while tackling Davis on a 2-yard run, moving the ball to the 32-yard line. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos.
On the first-down play, Favre completed a 4-yard pass to Levens, but he was stopped in-bounds.
Dorsey Levens was the game's leading rusher with 61 rushing yards, and caught 3 passes for 23 yards. The halftime show was titled "Blues Brothers Bash" and featured actors Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, and Jim Belushi as The Blues Brothers.
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Much of the pregame hype surrounded the conflict between Parcells and Patriots owner Robert Kraft. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1997 season, see. : Gil Haskell (Wide Receivers), Jim Lind (Linebackers), Andy Reid (Quarterbacks) and Mike Sherman (Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line), Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +250; O/U: 12.0, Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 6:47AM.
The Patriots limited the Packers to three punts and a missed 47-yard field goal attempt by Jacke. Offensive Coordinator: Sherman Lewis. However, New England took advantage of several key Jacksonville miscues in a game dominated by defense. Part of the team's spotty performance that season might have been that the head coach, Parcells, and the new owner, Kraft, did not get along well. at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sources: NFL.com Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XXXI Play Finder GB, Super Bowl XXXI Play Finder NE, 1Completions/attempts Henderson had 130 rushing yards, caught 27 passes for 203 yards, and returned 2 kickoffs for 38 yards. The incomplete pass stopped the clock, but left the Packers with 3rd-and-6 and now only :37 seconds remaining. Green Bay took possession with good field position at the Broncos' 26-yard line to begin the second half. The Broncos responded with a touchdown of their own. The game was televised in the United States by NBC, with play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg (calling his eighth and final Super Bowl), color commentators Phil Simms and Paul Maguire, and sideline reporter Jim Gray.
He became the sixth player to score touchdowns in three different Super Bowls, joining Lynn Swann, Franco Harris, Thurman Thomas, Jerry Rice, and Emmitt Smith.
Going without NFL football for the first weekend in four months is kind of like the first weekend after you end a two year relationship with your significant other. Denver's offensive line was led by seven-time Pro Bowl left tackle Gary Zimmerman and Pro Bowl center Tom Nalen. Neft, David S., Cohen, Richard M., and Korch, Rick.
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The game was played on January 25, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, the second time that the Super Bowl was held in that city.
He ran for 157 yards, caught two passes for 8 yards, and scored a Super Bowl record three rushing touchdowns.
Elway also led his team to the 1991 AFC Championship Game, but they lost in a defensive struggle to the Buffalo Bills, 10–7.
It was an astonishing price considering the Pats had long been considered a laughing-stock by local and national media as well as opponents, and had one of the worst stadiums in the league (Foxboro Stadium). Sports in New England at that time centered on the beloved, successful, Celtics and Red Sox, and even Bruins, not the NFL team orphaned in remote Foxborough, Massachusetts, thirty miles outside Boston. NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXI to New Orleans during their October 26, 1993 meeting in Chicago. After joining Green Bay before the 1996 season, the team used him as a kick returner. Defensive Coordinator: Fritz Shurmur. Green Bay then made the playoffs in the 1993, 1994, and the 1995 seasons. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.
In all of those losses, the Broncos never had the ability to rush well enough or score enough points to be competitive. Favre attempted the pass to a seemingly wide-open Brooks at Denver's 16-yard line, but Broncos safety Steve Atwater closed in and knocked the pass away at the last second, leaving the Packers just outside of field-goal range and forcing another punt. Only Sky Sports would show it live until Five joined them in 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVII).
Points Against: 282 (17.6/g) 5th of 30. Following the game, NBC aired a special one-hour episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun, which opened live at the game site with Gumbel playing himself before he was "attacked" by show star John Lithgow. From there, tight end Ben Coates' 4-yard touchdown reception gave New England a 14–10 lead. Then on the Patriots' ensuing drive, Packers defensive back Doug Evans intercepted a pass from Bledsoe at the Patriots 28-yard line.
Play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator John Madden, both previously of CBS, called the game. 99.
See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. The is the 1997 Special Commemorative Super Bowl Champions Denver Broncos issue of Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated presents Super Bowl Champions Denver Broncos 1997, Inspire a love of reading with Amazon Book Box for Kids, Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2020. Which, honestly, I felt [was] totally inappropriate. After a 7-yard reception and a 2-yard run by Martin on their first two plays, Bledsoe completed a 44-yard pass to wide receiver Terry Glenn to advance to the Green Bay 4-yard line. Their pass offense, led by Bledsoe and wide receiver Terry Glenn, ranked third in the NFL. While practicing for the show, stuntwoman Laura "Dinky" Patterson, one of a 16-member professional bungee jumping team, jumped from the 100-foot high uppermost terrace level of the Superdome and collided head-first with the concrete floor, causing her death. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC.
On defense, the major acquisition to the team prior to the season was former Chiefs defensive lineman Neil Smith.
With under 4 minutes left in the game, the Jaguars reached the New England 5-yard line, but Patriots defensive back Willie Clay intercepted a pass in the end zone. During the post-game victory celebration, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen held the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the air and said, "This one's for John," referring to the fact that Elway's long quest for a Super Bowl victory was finally complete.
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But Green Bay stormed down the field on their ensuing drive, marching 95 yards in 17 plays and scoring with Favre's 6-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mark Chmura with just 12 seconds left in the half.
Under Shanahan, the San Francisco offense ranked first in the league in total yards gained for all three of his seasons there. This game was later featured on NFL's Greatest Games as This One's for John.
After the interception, the Packers marched 85 yards on four straight pass completions, three of them receptions by Freeman, to tie the game once again 1:28 into the 4th quarter with Freeman's 13-yard touchdown catch. The Super Bowl would be broadcast on ABC 5, also from 1999 until 2006. Bennett rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown. This was the eighth time that New Orleans hosted the game. Tributes to Rozelle were also published in the game program. The pregame show, narrated by actor and comedian Phil Hartman, celebrated the music and history of California. Although the Broncos were unable to get a first down, kicker Jason Elam made a 51-yard field goal, the second longest in Super Bowl history, to increase Denver's lead to 17–7.
Freeman returned the Broncos' kickoff 22 yards to the 30-yard line. 1997 Green Bay Packers Statistics & Players.
On the second play of the Packers' next possession, Denver defensive back Tyrone Braxton intercepted a pass from Favre at Green Bay's 45-yard line.
Broncos go South of the Border. Kraft took control of the team after Parcells was hired, and the two of them had different ideas on how to run the organization.
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Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers (who were defending their Super Bowl XXXI championship) and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1997 season. San Francisco cut their deficit to 7 points with a 3rd-quarter touchdown, but the Packers responded by driving 72 yards to score a touchdown, in which a fumble by Bennett was recovered in the end zone by Freeman. Join our linker program. Thus at halftime, the Broncos held a slim 17–14 lead. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. The team's fortunes changed when Mike Shanahan became head coach of the Broncos in 1995. On the first play after the kickoff, Packer defensive back Tyrone Williams forced and recovered a fumble from Davis.
Linebacker Chris Slade added 7 sacks and 3 forced fumbles. [citation needed] Despite his blurred vision, Davis perfectly executed the play, drawing the Green Bay defense into the middle of the line as Elway rushed to the right and into the end zone completely untouched.
But now I'm at this age. Meanwhile, the Packers were victorious against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21–7, and the San Francisco 49ers, 23–10. Favre led the league with 35 passing touchdowns and completed 304 out of 513 attempts for 3,867 yards, with 16 interceptions, while ranking second on the team in rushing with 187 yards and a touchdown. 5Times targeted, One new record was set and several were tied in Super Bowl XXXII, according to the official NFL.com boxscore,[17] the 2016 NFL Record & Fact Book[18] and the ProFootball reference.com game summary.
But two plays later, Packers defensive back Mike Prior intercepted a long pass that was intended for wide receiver Shawn Jefferson, and returned it 8 yards to the Packers 26-yard line.
† This category includes rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns.
2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league, This page was last edited on 2 November 2020, at 14:42. Are you a Stathead, too? From DC & Neil Gaiman, The Sandman arises only on Audible. Please try again. To Parcells' credit, much of the improvement was the result of the contributions from their draft picks that they made before the season: linebackers Willie McGinest and Chris Slade. After the ensuing kick-off, the Packers forced Denver's offense to punt. Favre completed 14 out of 27 passes for 246 yards and 2 touchdowns, and had 12 rushing yards and another touchdown on 4 carries.
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