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Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1996 season.
XXXI: January 26, 1997 Green Bay Packers N (3, 3–0) 35–21: New England Patriots A (2, 0–2) ... If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers ...
In the 1980s and 1990s, the tables turned for the AFC, as the NFC dominated the Super Bowls of the new decade and most of those in the 1990s. The NFC won 16 of the 20 Super Bowls during these two decades, including 13 straight from Super Bowl XIX to Super Bowl XXXI. The 49ers against the Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. "1996 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1996 season, see Super Bowl XXXI. 1996 National Football League championship game Super Bowl XXX Dallas Cowboys (1) (NFC) (12–4) Pittsburgh Steelers (2) (AFC) (11–5) 27 17 Head coach: Barry ...
Green Bay beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI to win their third Super Bowl and twelfth NFL Championship. [ 2 ] In 2007, the 1996 Packers were ranked as the 16th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network 's documentary series America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions , with team commentary from Brett Favre , Mike Holmgren ...
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.
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.
The team would win the divisional playoff—only the second home playoff game in franchise history—and conference championship by double-digit margins. They lost Super Bowl XXXI to the Green Bay Packers 35–21.