Top Ten Super Bowls of All Time – Part II

Super Sunday.  The very words conjure up vivid memories that for most football fans will stay with them for as long as the game exists.  From it’s humble beginnings it has grown to be the most viewed television show in America every year.  It has transcended American culture and in the process become an entity unto itself.

How will this year’s game be viewed?  Will it surpass all the previous games to be the greatest one ever?  We’ll find out soon enough.  In an effort to prepare for the greatest “unofficial” American holiday there is, continuing through the end of Super Bowl week I will submit for approval a countdown of the top 10 Super Bowls.

Here’s a review of the countdown so far:

#9    St. Louis Rams 23 – Tennessee Titans 16

#10    New England Patriots 20 – St. Louis Rams 17

Now, let’s continue with the games coming in at #8 and #7 on the list.

#8

Swann Steals the Show

For the first time in history the Super Bowl matched up two previous winners of the Vince Lombardi Trophy.  Both Pittsburgh and Dallas had great players on both sides of the ball and as the Steelers would find out quickly, they would not be able to dominate the Cowboys like they had Minnesota the previous year.  The game went back and forth with both teams making highlight-reel plays, most of which from game MVP Lynn Swann, whose “levitating leap” is one of the games greatest.  In the fourth quarter Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw was knocked out of the game after lofting a pass 64 yards to a streaking Swann for a touchdown.  The score would put the Steelers far enough ahead of “Captain Comeback” Roger Staubach that even a late touchdown by the Cowboys leader would not be enough.  A couple of Hail-Mary passes by Dallas fell incomplete in the final seconds and Pittsburgh repeated as champions.

Pittsburgh Steelers 21 – Dallas Cowboys 17