58 Super Bowl games down, and a lot more to go.
NFL fans have been blessed with so many epic Super Bowl games throughout the 21st century. But which big game was the best? Without further ado, we present to you our rankings of the first 58 Super Bowls, from worst to first.
58. Super Bowl 29
The dynasty San Francisco 49ers were an 18.5-point favorite against the San Diego Chargers. Led by Steve Young’s six TD passes, the Niners blew out the Bolts 49 to 26.
57. Super Bowl 27
The Bills never stood a chance in this one. Thurman Thomas’ touchdown opened the scoring in the first quarter, but the Bills were outscored 52-10 the rest of the way by the Cowboys.
56. Super Bowl 24
Click on ‘Follow Us’ and get notified of the most viral NFL stories via Google! Follow Us
Joe Montana vs. John Elway was lopsided. Montana led San Fran to a 55-10 blowout victory over the helpless Broncos to win their fourth Lombardi Trophy.
55. Super Bowl 53
At 13 to 3, it was the lowest scoring Super Bowl in history. If you liked punts or the Patriots, or just hate the Rams, then this was for you!
54. Super Bowl 48
The best defense in the league vs. the highest-scoring offense of all time led too… a 43 to 8 blowout victory for the Seahawks. We all expected a much better game, to say the least…
53. Super Bowl 22
Elway’s Broncos were no match for Joe Gibbs’ Washington dynasty. Doug Williams had a career-defining game, tossing four touchdowns in Washington’s 42 to 10 blowout victory.
52. Super Bowl 55
Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes for the last time, only this time it was for all the marbles. The Chiefs’ injury-riddled o-line had zero answers for a resilient Tampa Bay pass rush,
The Bucs won 31 to 9 on their own turf.
51. Super Bowl 37
A year after leaving Oakland, Jon Gruden and the Bucs met the Raiders in Super Bowl 37. The Bucs’ star-studded defense overwhelmed MVP Rich Gannon and the Raiders’ offensive machine, winning 48-21,
50. Super Bowl 20
The 1985 Bears had the greatest defense in NFL history. They cemented that title by bullying the Patriots. New England turned the ball over six times during a 46-to-10 Chicago victory.
49. Super Bowl 28
Emmitt Smith’s two rushing touchdowns, coupled with the Cowboys’ suffocating defense, led Dallas to a 30-13 win over Buffalo.
48. Super Bowl 21
Elway hung in there for a while. But Phil Simms’ marvelous three-TD performance guided the Giants to an easy 39-20 victory for the franchise’s first Super Bowl.
47. Super Bowl 18
Three turnovers doomed Washington, and Marcus Allen’s 191 yard-two TD performance guided the Los Angeles Raiders to a 38-9 victory.
46. Super Bowl 35
Ray Lewis and the Ravens defense forced five Giants turnovers. Kerry Collins was sacked four times. It all added up to a 34-7 blowout win for the Ravens.
45. Super Bowl 15
The Eagles couldn’t get anything going. The offense mustered just 10 points. Jim Plunkett had a field day with three passing touchdowns, leading Oakland to a 27-10 win.
44. Super Bowl 6
The Cowboys held Miami to 185 yards of offense while forcing three takeaways. The legend of Roger Staubach was cemented after tossing two touchdowns in a 24 to 3 victory.
43. Super Bowl 12
Another way-too-easy victory for America’s team on the big stage. Broncos QB Craig Morton threw four picks. Denver turned it over a whopping eight times in a 27-10 Dallas victory.
42. Super Bowl 33
As expected, the Falcons weren’t much of a match for the star-studded Broncos. Elway’s 336-yard, one-TD performance led Denver to a 34-19 win in what was his final NFL game.
41. Super Bowl 19
Dan Marino won the MVP award after becoming the first QB to hit 5,000 passing yards in a season. But the dream campaign ended in a thud.
Marino was picked off twice, and Joe Cool torched the Miami secondary for 331 yards in a 38-16 blowout win.
40. Super Bowl 8
Minnesota’s stars chose a bad time for an off game.
Dolphins QB Bob Griese only had to complete six of SEVEN pass attempts for 73 yards. Larry Csonka carried the offense with 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns. That, along with a pair of Minnesota turnovers, led to an easy 24-7 win for Miami.
39. Super Bowl 11
The game was essentially over by halftime thanks to a 16-point outburst by the Raiders in the second quarter.
Ken Stabler’s 180 passing yards and Clarence Davis’ 137 rushing yards pummeled Minnesota’s defense, en route to a 32-14 Oakland win.
38. Super Bowl 2
The Pack entered the game as a 14-point favorite over the AFL Champion Raiders. The Cheesheads racked up 160 rushing yards – led by Ben Wilson’s 62 – and the defense forced three turnovers in a 33-14 victory to complete the repeat.
37. Super Bowl 4
The Vikings were favored by double-digit points. Didn’t matter.
Minnesota turned the ball over five times. Len Dawson’s fourth quarter TD strike to Otis Taylor iced the game as Kansas City cruised to a 23-7 victory.
36. Super Bowl 26
After a scoreless first quarter, Washington put up 17 second quarter points. And they never looked back.
Washington picked off Jim Kelly four times. Mark Rypien’s 292-yard, 2-TD performance clinched the former Redskins their third Super Bowl, officially making them a dynasty under Joe Gibbs.
35. Super Bowl 17
It was at least a game for three quarters. Miami took a 17-10 lead into halftime, but they never scored again. Washington cut the lead to four in the third. Touchdowns from John Riggins and Charlie Brown helped them come back to take the Lombardi Trophy away from Miami with a 27-17 win.
34. Super Bowl 50
Cam Newton was sacked six times, Peyton Manning five times. Denver turned it over twice. Carolina four times. And only FOUR third down conversions between the two teams.
It was a tight defensive affair until Von Miller strip-sacked Cam Newton in Carolina territory with four minutes left, leading to CJ Anderson’s game-sealing score. And hey, it was awesome to see Peyton Manning go out on top with his second championship ring.
33. Super Bowl 9
The scoring opened when Fran Tarkenton conceited safety. Frano Harris scored the first TD in the third to give PIT a 9-0 lead.
Minny got their only points when Terry Brown recovered a block punt in the end zone. Terry Bradshaw and the offense put the game away, though, with a surgical clock-melting drive that culminated with a touchdown pass to Larry Brown. Pittsburgh won 16-6, for their first of four Super Bowls in the Steel Curtain era.
32. Super Bowl 1
I mean, yeah. It was a monumental American sports moment. The first ever Super Bowl. What else can we tell ya?
The game itself was a yawn-fest, though. Vince Lombardi’s Packers showed Kansas City that the NFL reigned supremacy over the AFL, dominating the Chiefs 35 to 10.
31. Super Bowl 30
This marked the third-ever Super Bowl meeting between the Cowboys and Steelers. This time, Dallas prevailed.
Neil O’Donnell’s final game as a Steeler was ugly: Three interceptions and four sacks. Dallas needed just 254 yards of offense to win 27-17, officially clinching their dynasty status.
30. Super Bowl 31
Drew Bledsoe’s four picks proved costly, and unlikely Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard put New England to bed with an electrifying 99-yard kick return touchdown in the third quarter.
29. Super Bowl 41
The rainy and muddy conditions of Miami made for a sloppy game, with eight total turnovers.
Peyton Manning’s 247 yards and one TD were enough. The defense and Adam Vinatieri took care of the rest in a 29-17 victory. And with that, Manning finally had his first Super Bowl ring.
28. Super Bowl 40
This game is mostly remembered for its horrific officiating, in which every call benefited the Steelers and robbed the Seahawks.
But it WAS a close game until Antwaan Randle El threw a touchdown pass to Hines Ward on a trick play. And seeing Jerome Bettis retire a champion in his hometown of Detroit was kinda cool…
27. Super Bowl 14
Vince Ferragamo’s costly fourth quarter interception with less than six minutes to go doomed the underdog Rams. Terry Bradshaw went to work again, and Franco Harris’ one-yard rushing touchdown clinched the game. Pittsburgh held on for a 31-19 win.
26. Super Bowl 39
The game was tied 14 apiece entering the fourth.
Corey Dillon’s two-yard rushing touchdown early in the fourth and a subsequent Adam Vinatieri field goal put the Pats up by 10. The Eagles then performed some brain-numbing clock management until finally scoring a TD with 1:48 left.
Donovan McNabb’s third pick of the game – this one courtesy of Rodney Harrison – clinched the Patriots their third Super Bowl.
25. Super Bowl 16
Late fourth quarter field goals from Ray Wersching put San Fran up by 12 over Cincinnati.
Dan Ross caught a late touchdown with 16 seconds left, but the 49ers recovered the onside kick to shut the door and win their first title in franchise history. The legend of Joe Montana had officially begun.
24. Super Bowl 10
Trailing 10-7 in the fourth quarter, the Steelers reeled off 14 unanswered points, with a safety, two field goals and a 64-yard TD from Terry Bradshaw to Lynn Swann. Percy Howard’s late 64-yard score gave Dallas some life.
But Glen Edwards picked off Staubach’s final heave to the end zone to help Pittsburgh hold on and avoid a historic collapse.
23. Super Bowl 45
Two historic franchises met at Jerry’s World for Super Bowl 45. Aaron Rodgers had a day for the ages, tossing 24 completions for 304 yards and three TD’s against the NFL’s top defense.
Ben Roethlisberger nearly rallied PITT back from an 18-point deficit, but the Packers’ D forced a late turnover on downs to win the game by a final score of 31-25.
22. Super Bowl 7
Miami survived Garo Yepremian’s unforgettable “Garo’s gaffe” to hold off Washington for a 14-7 win. The victory clinched the perfect season for Miami at 17-and-0…a feat that no other NFL team has ever accomplished.
21. Super Bowl 54
3rd-and-15. That’s all you need to know.
Once Patrick Mahomes hit Tyreek Hill on a 44-yard bomb, the comeback was set in stone. The Chiefs rallied for 21 unanswered points from there to stun the 49ers, 31-20.
20. Super Bowl 46
Eli Manning did it again.
His highlight reel throw to Mario Manningham along the sidelines would set up Ahmad Bradshaw’s game-winning TD. The Giants D knocked away a last-second Tom Brady Hail Mary pass to end the game.
19. Super Bowl 56
Cooper Kupp put a cherry on top of his historic season by catching the game-winning touchdown from Matthew Stafford with 1:25 remaining. Aaron Donald and the ferocious pass rush forced a Joe Burrow incompletion on 4th-and-1 to supply the Rams with their first championship since 1999—at their home venue in SoFi Stadium, too!
18. Super Bowl 44
Sean Payton’s gutsy onside kick call. Jeremy Shockey’s go-ahead TD pass from Drew Brees and Tracy Porter’s pick-six off Peyton Manning. It all added up to a 31-17 win for the feel-good Saints, who brought the good folks of New Orleans their first Super Bowl.
17. Super Bowl 5
Backup Earl Morrall had to fill in for an injured Johnny Unitas, who left the game in the second quarter with a rib injury.
Jim O’Brien booted the game-winning field goal with five seconds left, lifting the Colts to a 16-13 victory over the Cowboys.
16. Super Bowl 23
Joe Montana capped off the epic 11-play, 92-yard drive by throwing the game-winning touchdown to John Taylor with 34 seconds left. The 49ers defense held down the fort for a 20-16 victory.
15. Super Bowl 3
New York Jets QB Joe Namath guaranteed that his team would beat the powerhouse Colts. And Gang Green did just that, holding them to seven points in a 16-7 upset win.
14. Super Bowl 36
New England’s dynasty got started when Tom Brady drove Adam Vinatieri into field goal range for the game-winning kick. The Pats upset the heavily-favored St. Louis Rams to win their first of what would be six Super Bowls in the Brady- Belichick era.
13. Super Bowl 47
Brothers Jim and John Harbaugh squared off in Super Bowl 47.
Baltimore held off a fierce 49ers’ second-half rally thanks to a late goal line stand. The Ravens prevailed 34-31, and Ray Lewis retired as a two-time Super Bowl champion.
12. Super Bowl 25
“Wide Right” officially kick-started three decades of painful misery for the Bills, who’d go on to lose the following three Super Bowl. The stingy and resilient Giants held on for a tight 20-19 win.
11. Super Bowl 57
What more can be said about this game that hasn’t already been said?
73 combined points. Nearly 800 total yards of offense. And it came down to the final play — albeit in controversial fashion.
Playing on one ankle, Patrick Mahomes pieced together a surgical drive for the ages against Philadelphia’s prolific front seven. JuJu Smith-Schuster drew a questionable holding call from James Bradberry to set up Harrison Butker’s last-second game-winning field goal.
Mahomes and Jalen Hurts put together an Oscar-worthy show that night. It’s just too bad it ended on a controversial penalty.
10. Super Bowl 34 (One-yard short Rams win)
One. Yard. Short. Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson ONE YARD SHORT of the end zone, preventing the game-tying TD that would’ve forced OT.
9. Super Bowl 51
Brady rallied the Patriots from a 25-point second half deficit to force OT. From there, James White’s two-yard rushing TD in overtime completed the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.
8. Super Bowl 13
An epic shootout between Staubach and Bradshaw, who combined for seven TD passes.
Trailing by 18 in the fourth, the Cowboys rallied for 14 unanswered points. But Pittsburgh recovered the late onside kick to escape with a championship by a HAIR
7. Super Bowl 58
Following the same blueprint as last year’s Super Bowl, the first half was a yawnfest before both teams broke it open over the final 30 mins
Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy traded masterful drive for masterful drive, but both defenses stood tall in the red zone and forced the opposition to settle on field goals instead.
Jake Moody and Harrison Butker exchanged late field goals to force overtime.
Moody kicked a short field goal on the 49ers’ opening possession of OT. Mahomes responded by putting on the Superman Cape — crafting another signature Mahomes drive that culminated with a game-winning three-yard strike to Mecole Hardman.
6. Super Bowl 38
It was 14-10 for the Pats over Carolina entering the fourth. Then, the fireworks went off. Five touchdowns were scored in the final frame to set up another epic finish.
Following Jake Delhomme’s game-tying strike to Ricky Proehl, Brady moved New England into field goal range and set up Vinatieri’s game-winning 41 yarder. Both QBs threw for over 300 yards in this all-time classic.
5. Super Bowl 32
Terrell Davis’ 157 yards and three touchdowns helped the Broncos upset Favre and the defending champion Packers. Finally, Elway was a world champion after three brutal Super Bowl losses.
4. Super Bowl 49
Tom Brady vs. the Legion of Boom ended in epic fashion, as Malcolm Butler picking off Russell Wilson at the goal line for one of the most iconic plays in Super Bowl history.
3. Super Bowl 52
One Punt all game. 74 points. A SB-record 1,151 yards.
In the end, Tom Brady’s 503 yards and three touchdowns weren’t enough. Nick Foles and the famous “Philly Special” led the Eagles to a 41-33 upset victory, ending the franchise’s painful championship drought.
2. Super Bowl 42
David Tyree’s helmet catch, plus Plaxico Burress’ game-winning touchdown in the final minute helped the underdog Giants end the Patriots’ bid for a perfect 19-and-0 season.
1. Super Bowl 43
A safety and two Larry Fitzgerald fourth quarter touchdowns put Arizona up 23-20. But Ben Roethlisberger’s perfect throw to Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone broke the hearts of Arizona.
Pittsburgh’s D held on to bring the city its sixth Super Bowl, capping off the best Super Bowl ever!
