The 5 greatest moments in super bowl history

The 5 Greatest Moments in Super Bowl History The Super Bowl has a long history of incredible plays, stunning upsets, and dramatic moments, but which ones out of all of them are the greatest? We here at William Henry gifts for men have put together a list of the 5 greatest moments in the history of football’s championship game.

1. Vince Lombardi Gets Carried Off the Field – Super Bowl II, 1968 The Super Bowl wasn’t even called the Super Bowl until its third year, but that hasn’t stopped the first two AFL vs. NFL World Championship Games from being retroactively named Super Bowls I and II, nor has it stopped the iconic coach Vince Lombardi from becoming the game’s first icon. Lombardi is still widely regarded as the example of excellence in coaching, and this culminated with his team winning both of the first two Super Bowls. Super Bowl II was the end of Lombardi’s career with the Packers, and there could be no more of a fitting conclusion to his reign than when his players hoisted him up on their shoulders and carried him off the field at game’s end. To this day, the Super Bowl trophy is still named after Lombardi – as it should be.

2. Joe Namath Promises Victory over the Colts – Super Bowl III, 1969 Not many people expected the New York Jets to beat the Baltimore Colts in their 1969 meeting at Super Bowl III (the first one to officially be named “Super Bowl”). So, when “Broadway” Joe Namath responded to Colts fans’ taunts during a TV interview by promising them that his team was going to win, it seemed like a serious case of bravado that injected a new sense of drama into the game. Sure enough, Namath and Co. pulled off a stunning 16-7 victory against Baltimore, after which we remember the iconic shot of Namath holding up his “we’re number 1” finger as he ran into the tunnel and into the champion’s locker room.

3. The Dolphins Go 17-and-0 – Super Bowl VII, 1973 The 1972 was only the Miami Dolphin’s seventh season in existence, and only their third season as an NFL team, but that didn’t stop coach Don Shula’s team from doing something no other team has done before or since – going an entire year without a single loss. In addition to their 140 season, the Dolphins swept through all their postseason matches to beat the Washington Redskins at Super Bowl VIII, 14-7. Once the game was over, Shula’s Dolphins stood as the only team to have a perfect 17-0 record for a season.

4. Doug Williams Steps Up for the Redskins – Super Bowl XXII, 1988 Doug Williams wasn’t supposed to play in the Super Bowl. The former Buccaneers QB had left the NFL after a dispute with his coach, opting to play for the short-lived USFL instead. After his brief time away, Redskins coach Joe Gibbs managed to sign him back up for the NFL – as a second stringer. However, when the Redskins primary QB went down with an injury midway through the season, Williams stepped in and took the team all the way to a victory at the Super

Bowl. Williams ended up throwing for 228 yards and four touchdowns in the second quarter alone, and was named MVP. On top of all that, he was the first black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl.

5. Montana and Taylor – Super Bowl XXIII, 1989 There have been many amazing last-minute plays made at the Super Bowl, but none of them are as impressive as Joe Montana’s pass to wide receiver John Taylor in the last 39 seconds of Super Bowl XXIII. The 49ers had spent most of the game playing catch-up to their opponents, The Bengals, and had scored only one previous touchdown.

With the score at 16-13, the Niners got control of the ball at their own 8 yard line as the game wound to a close, only to power down the field with a series of plays that took them all the way to the other end of the field in less than 3 minutes. Montana’s pass to Taylor, who broke free to dash deep into the end zone, was the culmination of this amazing last-ditch effort, and put the 49ers over the top for a score of 20-16. The play still stands as the latest game-winning TD in the history of the Super Bowl.

Of course, there are many great Super Bowl moments other than these. If we’ve missed something obvious, it’s only because there are so many moments to choose from. Here’s to many more great Super Bowl moments in the future.

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