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Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25, February 6, 2011, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas; Aaron Rodgers MVP, Packers' fourth Super Bowl and 13th championship.
Super Bowl XLVI
Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants beat New England Patriots 21-17 on Feb 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis; rematch of XLII; Bradshaw's late TD decided it.
Super Bowl XLVII
Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers 34-31 on Feb 3, 2013 at the Superdome; first Harbaugh-brother coaching matchup, defined by a 34-minute blackout and a goal-line stand.
Super Bowl XLVII halftime show
The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show was Beyoncé's halftime performance at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on February 3, 2013, closing with a surprise Destiny's Child reunion.
Super Bowl XLVIII
Super Bowl XLVIII: February 2, 2014, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos 43-8 for their first title; first outdoor cold-weather Super Bowl, Malcolm Smith MVP, 111.5 million viewers.
Super Bowl XV
Super Bowl XV: NFL championship game, January 25, 1981, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans. Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles 27-10; first wild card team to win the Super Bowl; Jim Plunkett MVP with three touchdown passes.
Super Bowl XVI
Super Bowl XVI: the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 on January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac Silverdome, the first Super Bowl in the North and San Francisco's first NFL title.
Super Bowl XVII
Super Bowl XVII: NFL championship game, January 30, 1983, Rose Bowl, Pasadena. Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins 27-17; John Riggins ran a Super Bowl-record 166 yards, MVP, on a strike-shortened season.
Super Bowl XVIII
Super Bowl XVIII (January 22, 1984, Tampa Stadium): Los Angeles Raiders beat defending champion Washington Redskins 38-9, then the most lopsided Super Bowl; Marcus Allen MVP with 191 yards and a 74-yard TD run; Jack Squirek's interception return; Raiders' third title.
Super Bowl XX
Super Bowl XX (January 26, 1986, Louisiana Superdome): the 15-1 Chicago Bears, behind the 46 defense, crushed the wild-card New England Patriots 46-10, a then-record margin, for Chicago's only Super Bowl title; Richard Dent was MVP.
Super Bowl XXI
Super Bowl XXI: the New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos 39-20 on January 25, 1987 at the Rose Bowl, their first NFL title since 1956, with Phil Simms unanimously MVP after a record 22-of-25, 268-yard, three-touchdown game.
Super Bowl XXII
Super Bowl XXII (January 31, 1988): Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos 42-10 at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, after a record 35-point second quarter; MVP Doug Williams, first Black QB to start and win a Super Bowl.
Super Bowl XXIII
Super Bowl XXIII (January 22, 1989, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami): San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 on Joe Montana's 92-yard drive and John Taylor's 10-yard TD catch with 34 seconds left; Jerry Rice was MVP.
Super Bowl XXIV
Super Bowl XXIV: the January 28, 1990 NFL championship game at the Louisiana Superdome, where Joe Montana's San Francisco 49ers beat John Elway's Denver Broncos 55-10, still the biggest blowout in Super Bowl history.
Super Bowl XXIX
Super Bowl XXIX, January 29, 1995, Miami: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers 49-26 for a record fifth title; Steve Young threw a Super Bowl-record six touchdown passes and won MVP.
Super Bowl XXV
Super Bowl XXV: the January 27, 1991 NFL title game at Tampa Stadium, where the New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19 on Scott Norwood's missed 47-yard field goal; Ottis Anderson was MVP.
Super Bowl XXVI
Super Bowl XXVI: NFL championship game, January 26, 1992, Metrodome, Minneapolis; Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills 37-24; Mark Rypien MVP; Bills' second of four straight Super Bowl losses.
Super Bowl XXVII
Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills 52-17 on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl; Bills' record nine turnovers and Jim Kelly's knee injury decided the game.
Super Bowl XXVIII
Super Bowl XXVIII: January 30, 1994, Georgia Dome, Atlanta. Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills 30-13 in the first Super Bowl rematch; Emmitt Smith MVP; Bills' record fourth straight Super Bowl loss.
Super Bowl XXX
Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17, Jan 28 1996, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe. Larry Brown's two Neil O'Donnell interceptions won MVP; Dallas's third title in four years and last to date.
Super Bowl XXXI
Super Bowl XXXI, January 26, 1997, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans: Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots 35-21 for their first title in 29 years; Favre threw 2 TDs, Desmond Howard's 99-yard kickoff return won MVP.
Super Bowl XXXII
Super Bowl XXXII: NFL championship game, January 25, 1998, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego; Denver Broncos beat defending champion Green Bay Packers 31-24 for their first Super Bowl, Terrell Davis MVP with a record three rushing touchdowns.
Super Bowl XXXIII
Super Bowl XXXIII: January 31, 1999, Pro Player Stadium, Miami. Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 for back-to-back titles; John Elway, in his final game, was MVP with 336 passing yards.
Super Bowl XXXIV
Super Bowl XXXIV, January 30, 2000, Georgia Dome, Atlanta: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16; Kurt Warner MVP with then-record 414 passing yards; Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson one yard short on the final play.
Super Bowl XXXIX
Super Bowl XXXIX: NFL championship game, February 6, 2005, Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville; New England Patriots beat Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 for their third title in four years; Rodney Harrison's late interception clinched it; attendance 78,125.
Super Bowl XXXV
Super Bowl XXXV: Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7 on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, for the Ravens' first title, led by MVP Ray Lewis and a record-setting defense.
Super Bowl XXXVI
Super Bowl XXXVI: NFL championship game, February 3, 2002, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans. New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17 on Adam Vinatieri's 48-yard field goal as time expired; Tom Brady MVP; first Patriots title.
Super Bowl XXXVII
Super Bowl XXXVII: January 26, 2003, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego; Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders 48-21 for their first title, on five interceptions and a record three pick-sixes; Dexter Jackson MVP, Gruden beat his former team.
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII: Patriots beat Panthers 32-29 on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium, Houston; 144.4 million viewers; MTV-produced Janet Jackson halftime show sparked the wardrobe-malfunction FCC case.
Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
Nipplegate: February 1, 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in Houston, where Justin Timberlake tore Janet Jackson's bustier, exposing her breast for nine-sixteenths of a second, prompting a $550,000 FCC fine later vacated in court.