Ranking The Super Bowls

[selmaborntidefan]

In chronological order.....not which was best.....just my opinion, although if you have a different opinion, yours is WRONG!!!

THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT
Super Bowl X - Steelers 21 Cowboys 17
Super Bowl XIV - Steelers 31 Rams 19
Super Bowl XVII - Redskins 27 Dolphins 17
Super Bowl XXIII - 49ers 20 Bengals 16
Super Bowl XXV - Giants 20 Bills 19
Super Bowl XXXII - Broncos 31 Packers 24
Super Bowl XLV - Packers 31 Steelers 25
Super Bowl XLIX - Patriots 28 Seahawks 24
Super Bowl LVII - Chiefs 38 Eagles 35

THE VERY GOOD GAMES (Just a cut below the elite)
Super Bowl III - Jets 16 Colts 7
Super Bowl XIII - Steelers 35 Cowboys 31
Super Bowl XXX - Cowboys 27 Steelers 17
Super Bowl XXXIX - Patriots 24 Eagles 21
Super Bowl XLII - Giants 17 Patriots 14
Super Bowl XLIII - Steelers 27 Cardinals 23
Super Bowl XLIV - Saints 31 Colts 17
Super Bowl LIV - Chiefs 31 49ers 20
Super Bowl LVI - Rams 23 Bengals 20


SO-SO - it had important moments that could have made it a really good to great game
Super Bowl XVI - 49ers 26 Bengals 21
Super Bowl XVIII - Raiders 38 Redskins 9
Super Bowl XXXI - Packers 35 Patriots 21
Super Bowl XL - Steelers 21 Seahawks 10
Super Bowl LII - Eagles 41 Patriots 33

OVERRATED - games people think were great but are not
Super Bowl XXXIV - Rams 23 Titans 16
Super Bowl XXXVI - Patriots 20 Rams 17
Super Bowl XXXVIII - Patriots 32 Panthers 29
Super Bowl XLVII - Ravens 34 49ers 31
Super Bowl LI - Patriots 34 Falcons 28
Super Bowl LVIII - Chiefs 25 49ers 22

BLEH! - contests for maybe a quarter or a half that turned into awful games
Super Bowl IX - Steelers 16 Vikings 6
Super Bowl XI - Raiders 32 Vikings 14
Super Bowl XII - Cowboys 27 Broncos 10
Super Bowl XV - Raiders 27 Eagles 10
Super Bowl XIX - 49ers 38 Dolphins 16
Super Bowl XXI - Giants 39 Broncos 20
Super Bowl XXII - Redskins 42 Broncos 10
Super Bowl XXVI - Redskins 37 Bills 24
Super Bowl XXVIII - Cowboys 30 Bills 13
Super Bowl XXXIII - Broncos 34 Falcons 19
Super Bowl XXXVII - Buccaneers 48 Raiders 21
Super Bowl XLI - Colts 29 Bears 17
Super Bowl L - Broncos 24 Panthers 10
Super Bowl LV - Buccaneers 31 Chiefs 9

THIS IS A SUPER BOWL??? - uncompetitive games
All of the first 8 EXCEPT Super Bowl III
Super Bowl XX - Bears 46 Patriots 10
Super Bowl XXIV - 49ers 55 Broncos 10
Super Bowl XXVII - Cowboys 52 Bills 17
Super Bowl XXIX - 49ers 49 Chargers 26
Super Bowl XXXV - Ravens 34 Giants 7
Super Bowl XLVIII - Seahawks 43 Broncos 8
Super Bowl LIII - Patriots 13 Rams 3
Super Bowl LIX - Eagles 40 Chiefs 22


GAMES I CANNOT RATE
Super Bowl XLVI - Giants 21 Patriots 17 (I was very ill that day and only saw the last 8 minutes or so)

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Anyone that likes Super Bowl LI needs to be punched in the throat.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I once had a decent memory for Super Bowls from the Mid 80s to Early 00s and then I really lost track.

My brain kind of stopped working and I lost NFL interest too.

But I knew there would be so much pain in those rankings as a Broncos fan…lol

The win over the Packers was for sure the high point and has the iconic Helicopter Scramble Run by Elway.

I can barely even remember winning the one with Manning. I hated him being QB.

I don’t really have a heartbreaking type game because the Broncos either played decent and won or got absolutely embarrassed from almost the get go.

From your Top Tier the main two games I remember a bit from is the 49ers over the Bengals (That was the Montana Drive right?) and the Giants over the Bills by 1 off the missed FG at the end.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

From your Top Tier the main two games I remember a bit from is the 49ers over the Bengals (That was the Montana Drive right?) and the Giants over the Bills by 1 off the missed FG at the end.

That's correct.

I think a lot of folks might try to put Super Bowl 23 into the Super Bowl 34 (Rams-Titans) category, but I disagree. Prior to Scott Norwood's missed kick (35 years ago today btw), it was the best game I'd seen. NO, there wasn't a lot of scoring, but two main players (one on each team) left the game with broken legs, it was tied, a guy who had just become a father returned the second-ever KICKOFF return for a touchdown, and Joe Montana to Jerry Rice lit up the second half.

Super Bowl 34 was a great fourth quarter but massively overrated. The Rams led, 9-0, at the half and 16-0 when Blaine Bishop went out with that neck injury. ONLY THEN did the game suddenly get good. And people forget a key point...when Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson, he did not "save the game."

He saved overtime.

Not a great game, a great fourth quarter. What's funny is the 1985 Iron Bowl is the same way although not nearly as severe.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Anyone that likes Super Bowl LI needs to be punched in the throat.

But it was also a massively overrated GAME as a whole. You'd think "first overtime in SB history" would be a contest for all-time, but the entire game was basically:
a) 28-3 lead
b) Patriots pecking away at the lead
c) Atlanta playing defense even when their offense was on the field
d) the last two Patriot possessions, one in overtime

There could not have been a single person in this country surprised by how the overtime possession unfolded if they'd watched the last 20 minutes of the game.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

But it was also a massively overrated GAME as a whole. You'd think "first overtime in SB history" would be a contest for all-time, but the entire game was basically:
a) 28-3 lead
b) Patriots pecking away at the lead
c) Atlanta playing defense even when their offense was on the field
d) the last two Patriot possessions, one in overtime

There could not have been a single person in this country surprised by how the overtime possession unfolded if they'd watched the last 20 minutes of the game.

I knew how that one would end just from being a Braves Fan.

The “We’re gonna do a Classic Atlanta Thing Here” vibe was palpable.

I was a torn a bit with feeling bad for you guys but also wrapped up in the crazy comeback… as a neutral fan you want to see it completed.

I really do hope the Falcons can win one eventually just for ya’ll though.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I knew how that one would end just from being a Braves Fan.

The “We’re gonna do a Classic Atlanta Thing Here” vibe was palpable.

I was a torn a bit with feeling bad for you guys but also wrapped up in the crazy comeback… as a neutral fan you want to see it completed.

I really do hope the Falcons can win one eventually just for ya’ll though.

I never once thought the Falcons were going to win that game.
Not even when ahead, 28-3.
My thought was, "If we can score one more TD and go up by 32, I'll feel pretty good about it, especially if we can eat some clock."

But I never once thought the Falcons were going to win the game - and once we blew it on the "all you need is a field goal to put it out of reach" possession, I was shaking my head the rest of the game.

I know there are worse moments for the Falcons that I have missed BUT:

- in their very first appearance in a preseason game against Philly in 1966, the Atlanta kicker MISSED THE BALL (Wade Traynham) on the first ever attempted opening kickoff
- Traynham disputes this, saying it was in the regular season against Philly, he slipped, and made a perfect onsides kick as a result
- that might be true, but he also strained a thigh muscle and missed the rest of the season
- Dave Hampton became the first 1,000 yard rusher in Falcons history, they stopped the game and gave him a trophy, and he was tackled for a 6-yard loss on the next play, ending the year with 995 yards
- the next year, he was THREE YARDS short of 1,000
- in 1977, the Falcons had perhaps the greatest pre-1978 defense in NFL history, giving up only 9.2 ppg (the 1985 Bears gave up 12.4 and the 2000 Ravens gave up 10.3)....and finished 7-7
- in 1978, the Falcons led the Cowboys, 20-13, in their first-ever divisional playoff, knocked Roger Staubach out with a late hit and gave up two TDs to lose to Danny White, 27-20.
- in 1980, Atlanta was the #1 seed in the playoffs and blew 4th quarter leads of 24-10 and 27-17 with 4 minutes left to lose to Dallas, 30-27.
- in 1982, the Falcons made the playoffs and scored 12 points on defense while giving up 30 and losing.
- in 1992, their coach (Jerry Glanville) told them to trade Chris Miller so he could make the backup the starter, and they traded the backup....a guy named Brett Favre
- in 1998, they made the first Super Bowl in franchise history only to have their best DB (and outspoken Christian) get arrested the night before the game for solicitation
- their star QB went to jail for running a dogfighting ring
- the Falcons blew a 17-0 lead in the NFC title game, which had the net effect of misleading some idiots into thinking Colin Kaepernick was actually a decent QB
- the game we're talking about right here
- the Falcons have only made the playoffs ONCE since the Super Bowl collapse and have 8 straight losing seasons, tying their previous longest record of futility (8 straight losing seasons) of 1983-90.

 

[BhamToTexas]

I never once thought the Falcons were going to win that game.
Not even when ahead, 28-3.
My thought was, "If we can score one more TD and go up by 32, I'll feel pretty good about it, especially if we can eat some clock."

But I never once thought the Falcons were going to win the game - and once we blew it on the "all you need is a field goal to put it out of reach" possession, I was shaking my head the rest of the game.

I know there are worse moments for the Falcons that I have missed BUT:

- in their very first appearance in a preseason game against Philly in 1966, the Atlanta kicker MISSED THE BALL (Wade Traynham) on the first ever attempted opening kickoff
- Traynham disputes this, saying it was in the regular season against Philly, he slipped, and made a perfect onsides kick as a result
- that might be true, but he also strained a thigh muscle and missed the rest of the season
- Dave Hampton became the first 1,000 yard rusher in Falcons history, they stopped the game and gave him a trophy, and he was tackled for a 6-yard loss on the next play, ending the year with 995 yards
- the next year, he was THREE YARDS short of 1,000
- in 1977, the Falcons had perhaps the greatest pre-1978 defense in NFL history, giving up only 9.2 ppg (the 1985 Bears gave up 12.4 and the 2000 Ravens gave up 10.3)....and finished 7-7
- in 1978, the Falcons led the Cowboys, 20-13, in their first-ever divisional playoff, knocked Roger Staubach out with a late hit and gave up two TDs to lose to Danny White, 27-20.
- in 1980, Atlanta was the #1 seed in the playoffs and blew 4th quarter leads of 24-10 and 27-17 with 4 minutes left to lose to Dallas, 30-27.
- in 1982, the Falcons made the playoffs and scored 12 points on defense while giving up 30 and losing.
- in 1992, their coach (Jerry Glanville) told them to trade Chris Miller so he could make the backup the starter, and they traded the backup....a guy named Brett Favre
- in 1998, they made the first Super Bowl in franchise history only to have their best DB (and outspoken Christian) get arrested the night before the game for solicitation
- their star QB went to jail for running a dogfighting ring
- the Falcons blew a 17-0 lead in the NFC title game, which had the net effect of misleading some idiots into thinking Colin Kaepernick was actually a decent QB
- the game we're talking about right here
- the Falcons have only made the playoffs ONCE since the Super Bowl collapse and have 8 straight losing seasons, tying their previous longest record of futility (8 straight losing seasons) of 1983-90.

Thanks for the memories...

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I never once thought the Falcons were going to win that game.
Not even when ahead, 28-3.
My thought was, "If we can score one more TD and go up by 32, I'll feel pretty good about it, especially if we can eat some clock."

But I never once thought the Falcons were going to win the game - and once we blew it on the "all you need is a field goal to put it out of reach" possession, I was shaking my head the rest of the game.

I know there are worse moments for the Falcons that I have missed BUT:

- in their very first appearance in a preseason game against Philly in 1966, the Atlanta kicker MISSED THE BALL (Wade Traynham) on the first ever attempted opening kickoff
- Traynham disputes this, saying it was in the regular season against Philly, he slipped, and made a perfect onsides kick as a result
- that might be true, but he also strained a thigh muscle and missed the rest of the season
- Dave Hampton became the first 1,000 yard rusher in Falcons history, they stopped the game and gave him a trophy, and he was tackled for a 6-yard loss on the next play, ending the year with 995 yards
- the next year, he was THREE YARDS short of 1,000
- in 1977, the Falcons had perhaps the greatest pre-1978 defense in NFL history, giving up only 9.2 ppg (the 1985 Bears gave up 12.4 and the 2000 Ravens gave up 10.3)....and finished 7-7
- in 1978, the Falcons led the Cowboys, 20-13, in their first-ever divisional playoff, knocked Roger Staubach out with a late hit and gave up two TDs to lose to Danny White, 27-20.
- in 1980, Atlanta was the #1 seed in the playoffs and blew 4th quarter leads of 24-10 and 27-17 with 4 minutes left to lose to Dallas, 30-27.
- in 1982, the Falcons made the playoffs and scored 12 points on defense while giving up 30 and losing.
- in 1992, their coach (Jerry Glanville) told them to trade Chris Miller so he could make the backup the starter, and they traded the backup....a guy named Brett Favre
- in 1998, they made the first Super Bowl in franchise history only to have their best DB (and outspoken Christian) get arrested the night before the game for solicitation
- their star QB went to jail for running a dogfighting ring
- the Falcons blew a 17-0 lead in the NFC title game, which had the net effect of misleading some idiots into thinking Colin Kaepernick was actually a decent QB
- the game we're talking about right here
- the Falcons have only made the playoffs ONCE since the Super Bowl collapse and have 8 straight losing seasons, tying their previous longest record of futility (8 straight losing seasons) of 1983-90.

That loss to the niners and Kaepernick was the one where the failcons did not seem to understand that the tightend is an eligible receiver.