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(Green Bay) Longest reception: 81 yards (TD) Antonio Freeman (Green Bay) Longest scoring play: 99 yards kickoff return: Desmond Howard (Green Bay) Longest kickoff return: 99 yards Highest kickoff return average, career (4 returns) 38.5 yards (4–154) Most punt return yards gained, game: 90 yards Records Tied Most combined yardage † gained ...
The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL. The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (VI, VII, and VIII) – winning the last two.
Longest Super Bowl, elapsed time between kickoff and end of game, 4 hours, 14 minutes (includes 34 minute power outage in the 3rd quarter) Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco (XLVII) [7] Longest Super Bowl, amount of playing time, 74 minutes, 57 seconds (overtime game) Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers (LVIII)
21. Super Bowl XLV (2011) Green Bay Packers def. Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25. The never-quit attitude of the Steelers made this a great game after the Packers were dominating 21-10 at halftime.
The highest-scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXIX on January 29, 1995, in which the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers defeated the AFC champion San Diego Chargers 49–26 for a combined 75 points. This Super Bowl win was the only win for Steve Young in his career as a starter, although he won two as a backup as well.
The Packers have an exceptionally loyal fan base. Regardless of team performance, every game played in Green Bay—preseason, regular season, and playoffs—has been sold out since 1960. [205] Despite the Packers having by far the smallest local TV market, the team consistently ranks as one of the most popular in the NFL. [206]
The National Football League playoffs for the 1996 season began on December 28, 1996. The postseason tournament concluded with the Green Bay Packers defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI, 35–21, on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion and defending Super Bowl XXXI champion Green Bay Packers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1997 season. The Broncos defeated the Packers by ...