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Super Bowl XLVI was the sixth Super Bowl in which the two teams had competed in a previous Super Bowl matchup, as the Giants and Patriots had previously met in Super Bowl XLII. [16] Both head coaches ( Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick ) and both starting quarterbacks ( Eli Manning and Tom Brady ) returned from Super Bowl XLII.
The Packers entered the Super Bowl never having trailed by more than 7 points at any point during the season—a feat that had never been accomplished during a complete season in the Super Bowl era. The last team to complete a season with this distinction was the Detroit Lions in 1962. [25] In the Super Bowl game itself, the Packers never trailed.
Super Bowl III in January 1969 was the first such game that carried the "Super Bowl" moniker in official marketing; the names "Super Bowl I" and "Super Bowl II" were retroactively applied to the first two games. [4] A total of 20 franchises, including teams that have relocated to another city or changed their name, have won the Super Bowl. [5]
The 2011 NFL season was the 92nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 46th of the Super Bowl era. It began on Thursday, September 8, 2011, with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field and ended with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on February 5, 2012, at Lucas Oil Stadium ...
Beyoncé is no stranger to breaking the internet, making her the perfect subject for Verizon’s internet-breaking-themed Super Bowl ad. The superstar appeared in a commercial shortly after the ...
By the time the first Super Bowl was played, the term "bowl" for any major American football game was well established. [5] The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game, Super Bowl I. For four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL successfully fended off several rival leagues.
The Vikings won the 1969 NFL Championship Game, the last NFL Championship Game before the AFL–NFL merger, but lost Super Bowl IV to the AFL champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. Since the merger, the Vikings have appeared in the Super Bowl three more times ( Super Bowl VIII , Super Bowl IX , and most recently in Super Bowl XI ) but lost all ...
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