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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/Statalyzer on 2024-02-04 05:03:32.

I’ll throw in a bunch of stuff I either just recently noticed or have known for a while and like to bring up whenever I get the excuse. Feel free to add your own.

  • No AFL/AFC team has ever scored more than 38 points in the Super Bowl - Oakland beat the LA Raiders 38-9, and KC beat Philly last year 38-35. NFC teams have scored 39+ points on 9 separate occasions, with only San Francisco doing it twice, meaning that fully half the NFC has done it at some point (the others are Dallas, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia, New York - so that includes the entire NFC East).
  • However, only AFC teams have ever made it to 4 Super Bowls in a 6-year span - Buffalo, Pittsburgh, New England, and Kansas City, and only current AFC East teams have ever made it to 3 straight Super Bowls - New England, Buffalo, and Miami.
  • All three times that a Super Bowl team has failed to score even a single TD, it’s also involved the AFC East. Miami lost 24-3 to Dallas, New England beat the LA Rams 13-3, and New England beat Kansas City 31-9.
  • But at least those offenses put up a FG. The following offenses were shut out completely: Washington lost to Miami 14-7 scoring only on a a fumble return, Minnesota lost to Pittsburgh 16-6 scoring only on a blocked punt recovery, and the NY Giants lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34-7 scoring only on a kickoff return.
  • The game with the most non-offensive points was Tampa Bay’s 48-21 win over Oakland, as the victors tallied 3 interception return TDs while also surrendering a blocked punt return TD.
  • On the subject of blocked punts - those and safeties have been the only Super Bowl punt-related scores. No Super Bowl has ever had an unblocked punt taken to the house for a TD by the punt returner.
  • New England in their 34-28 win is the only team to win the Super Bowl without scoring a single 1XP during the game. They missed the kick after their 1st TD, went for 2 after the next pair of TDs, and their final TD was an overtime walk-off so there was no extra point.
  • San Francisco in their 26-21 win over Cincinnati (2xTD, 4xFG vs 3xTD) is the only team to win the Super Bowl while scoring fewer touchdowns than the opposition.
  • There are two players in NFL history with a Super Bowl touchdown as their lone career reception in the regular season and playoffs combined: Philadelphia QB Nick Foles, who naturally normally didn’t go out on pass routes but caught one on a trick play in their 41-33 win over New England, and Dallas WR Percy Howard, who was the #4 WR on the depth chart back when teams normally only had 2 on the field at a time, so he only played special teams, late in desperation plays, or if someone was injured, and caught a late one in their 21-17 loss to Pittsburgh.
  • Dallas has had 7 different individuals win Super Bowls, including the only cornerback and the only defensive tackle. They won 5 rings and had a different MVP each time, including one where two players were named co-MVP (the only time that’s happened). Plus they once had the MVP despite losing the game (also the only times that’s happened). Pittsburgh is second with 5 individuals (6 rings, only one individual won twice). Nobody else has more than 3.
  • From the 1998-1999 season to the present, Dexter Jackson (Tampa Bay safety) is the only Super Bowl MVP not to be either a quarterback, wide receiver, or linebacker.
  • Joe Gibbs has made it to the Super Bowl with 3 different starting QBs - no other coach has done this (and he won one with all 3).
  • Peyton Manning has made it to the Super Bowl with 4 different head coaches - no other QB has done this (and I think no other player at any position, but data on this was hard to find).
  • Gale Gilbert (backup QB for Buffalo and San Diego) is the only player to make it to 5 straight Super Bowls, though he was on the losing squad each time.