If data are certainly meant to be damaged, nobody apparently informed the groups and gamers who’ve performed in a few of the current Tremendous Bowls. As we prepare for Tremendous Bowl LX, quite a few the Tremendous Bowl’s oldest data stay untouched regardless of a few of being set earlier than the creation of the fifirst Nintendo.
Former Raiders linebacker Rod Martin has held the file for interceptions in a Tremendous Bowl (three) for 45 years. Nobody has come inside 40 yards of Timmy Smith’s Tremendous Bowl single-game speeding file within the 38 years since he rumbled for 204 in Washington’s blowout win over the Broncos. A 12 months after Smith’s record-setting day, Jerry Rice racked up 215 receiving yards within the San Francisco come-from-behind win over the Cincinnati Bengals, a Tremendous Bowl file that also stands to today.
A type of data has an honest shot a getting damaged when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks sq. off. This is a rundown of that and a number of other different data which may fall in the course of the Tremendous Bowl’s sixtieth version.
Most Tremendous Bowl wins: 6
The Patriots are only one win away from having the file for many Tremendous Bowl wins all to themselves.
Every of New England’s Tremendous Bowl wins have come beneath the possession of Robert Kraft, a former Patriots season-ticket holder who bought the franchise in 1994. It did not take lengthy for the franchise to have success beneath Kraft; the Patriots reached the Tremendous Bowl in 1996 (shedding to the Inexperienced Bay Packers) and gained their first Tremendous Bowl title in 2001 after upsetting the closely favored Rams.
Patriots Tremendous Bowl outcomes
XX (1986) | L, 46-10 | DE Richard Dent (Chicago) | |
XXXI (1997) | Patriots | L, 35-21 | KR/PR Desmond Howard (Inexperienced Bay) |
XXXVI (2002) | Rams | W, 20-17 | QB Tom Bady (New England) |
XXXVIII (2004) | W, 32-29 | QB Tom Brady (New England) | |
XXIX (2005) | W, 24-21 | WR Deion Department (New England) | |
XLII (2008) | L, 17-14 | QB Eli Manning (New York) | |
XLVI (2012) | Giants | L, 21-17 | QB Eli Manning (New York) |
XLIX (2015) | Seahawks | W, 24-14 | QB Tom Brady (New England) |
LI (2017) | W, 34-28 (OT) | QB Tom Brady (New England) | |
LIII (2018) | Eagles | L, 41-33 | QB Nick Foles (Philadelphia) |
LIII (2019) | Rams | W, 13-3 | WR Julian Edelman (New England) |
LX (2026) | Seahawks | ??? | ??? |
The Patriots’ 12 Tremendous Bowl appearances are already a Tremendous Bowl file. No different NFL franchise has greater than eight journeys to the large sport.
Youngest QB to win the Tremendous Bowl: 23 years, 340 days
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye can break Roethlisberger’s file 20 years after Large Ben gained the Tremendous Bowl on the finish of the second season with the Steelers. At 23 years and 162 days previous, Maye will change into the second-youngest quarterback to begin in a Tremendous Bowl.
Corridor of Famer Dan Marino was 23 years and 127 days previous when he and the Dolphins confronted the 49ers in Tremendous Bowl XIX. Whereas the sport wasn’t shut (the 49ers pulled away within the second quarter en path to a 38-16 win), the sport was nonetheless a showcase of two of the best quarterbacks of all time in Marino and Joe Montana.
Marino’s 318 yards that day tied Terry Bradshaw’s single-game Tremendous Bowl file for passing video games. Montana, nonetheless, broke that file by throwing for 333 yards and three touchdowns. He additionally ran for 59 yards (a then Tremendous Bowl file for a quarterback) and added a landing on the bottom.
Longest discipline objective: 57 yards
Given the accuracy of as we speak’s kickers from lengthy vary, it is just a little stunning that there hasn’t been an extended made discipline objective within the Tremendous Bowl. That might change this 12 months given the 2 kickers who might be participating within the sport.
Patriots rookie kicker Andres Borregales had a season-high 59-yard discipline objective in the course of the common season and made every of his 4 discipline objective makes an attempt from at the very least 50 yards out. Seattle kicker Jason Myers‘ season-high 57-yard discipline objective this season matches the Tremendous Bowl’s single-game file when it comes to distance. He booted a 59-yarder in 2024 made a career-long 61-yard discipline objective try again in 2021.
Myers made all 9 of his kicks (together with all three of his discipline objective tries) in Seattle’s first two playoff wins. Borregales made every of his six point-after makes an attempt and 4 of his six discipline objective makes an attempt throughout New England’s first three playoff video games.
Most receiving yards: 215
- File-holder: Jerry Rice, 49ers (Tremendous Bowl XXIII)
Rice set his still-standing file only one 12 months after Washington receiver Ricky Sanders recorded a then-Tremendous Bowl file 193 yards in a blowout win over the Broncos. Rice’s record-setting efficiency helped the 49ers rally to defeat the Bengals in one of many biggest Tremendous Bowls ever performed.
There are a number of notable gamers on this Tremendous Bowl who might break Rice’s file, most notably Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, whose dominance this season has conjured up recollections of Rice.
Whereas he is by no means eclipsed 180 receiving yards in an NFL sport, Smith-Njigba had a whopping 347 receiving yards in faculty throughout Ohio State’s comeback win over Utah within the 2022 Rose Bowl. Smith-Njigba, who caught 15 passes and three touchdowns in Ohio State’s 48-45 win, set an all-time FBS bowl sport file for receiving yards.
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Most catches: 14
Whereas it was ultimately tied 4 instances, nobody broke former Bengals tight finish Dan Ross’ single-game Tremendous Bowl file for receptions (he caught 11 passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns in Tremendous Bowl XVI) till former Broncos wideout Demaryius Thomas pulled down 13 passes throughout Denver’s Tremendous Bowl loss to Seattle in 2014. White broke Thomas’ file three years later whereas additionally scoring the primary extra time landing in Tremendous Bowl historical past because the Patriots overcame a 28-3 deficit.
Smith-Njigba has an opportunity to interrupt this file, too. Mockingly, his profession single-game receptions mark within the NFL was set towards the Patriots. He caught 12 of 16 targets for 117 yards throughout Seattle’s 23-20 extra time win over New England in Week 2 of the 2024 season.
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Most return yards: 244
- File-holder: Desmond Howard, Packers (Tremendous Bowl XXXI)
Like Howard did for the Packers practically 30 years in the past, Rashid Shaheed’s particular groups prowess this season has performed a key position within the Seahawks’ Tremendous Bowl run. Shaheed, who began the season in New Orleans earlier than being dealt earlier than the deadline, earned his second profession Professional Bowl nod this 12 months after returning a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns. He returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a landing throughout Seattle’s eventual rout of San Francisco within the NFC divisional spherical.
In Tremendous Bowl XXXI, then-Patriots coach Invoice Parcells determined to kick to Howard late within the third quarter regardless of Howard’s success as much as that time within the sport. Howard made him pay by returning a kickoff 99 yards that proved to be the sport’s closing rating. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see if present Patriots coach Mike Vrabel takes the same method concerning Shaheed.
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Highest completion share: 88%
- File-holder: Phil Simms, Tremendous Bowl XXI
Simms was merely on fireplace in main the Giants to their first Tremendous Bowl win. He was truly an ideal 10 of 10 within the second half because the Giants turned a 10-9 halftime deficit right into a 39-20 win over the Broncos. Simms completed the sport with 268 yards and three touchdowns on 22 of 25 passing.
Whereas Simms is not apprehensive about his file falling, there’s an opportunity that both Maye or Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold might break it on this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl. Maye accomplished a league-high 72% of his passes in the course of the common season and had two video games the place he accomplished over 90% of his throws. It ought to be famous, nonetheless, that each of these performances got here towards two of the NFL’s worst groups within the Jets and Titans.
Darnold accomplished at the very least 82.4% of his throws in three video games this season, together with finishing a season-high 87.5% of his passes in a win over Washington. Like Maye, although, Darnold’s most effective video games this season from a completion share standpoint got here towards a number of of the league’s worst groups.
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Most mixed punts: 22
- File-holder: Giants/Ravens, Tremendous Bowl XXXV
I am certain that nobody is hoping that this file comes near being damaged on this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl, that’s until you are a fan of defensive rock fights.
Whereas each groups possess prime 5 scoring offenses, they’ve have two of the league’s finest defenses. Seattle and New England completed first and fourth within the NFL in the course of the common season in fewest factors allowed, respectively.
As John Madden used to say, an important protection often beats an important offense. If that involves fruition on Sunday, it might result in a low-scoring, defensive affair that would embrace a slew of punts by each groups.
