Actual matchup: New Orleans Saints over Indianapolis Colts, 31-17. The original matchup for this Super Bowl was great: Brees' Saints vs. Peyton Manning's Colts. But this matchup would've been even Had Warner been healthy all year, maybe the Rams return to the Super Bowl (as they did the next year) and go up against the great defense of the Ravens. 6. 49ers vs. Bills, 1988-1994. For seven straight years, ESPN personality and Buffalo native Chris Berman predicted a 49ers vs. Bills Super Bowl matchup, and it never happened. The Super Bowl is one of the greatest sporting events in NFL history. It matches the best NFL teams up against one another in a game viewed by millions each year Not good enough to be the greatest Super Bowl matchup that never happened, though. Below are the top 10 dream Super Bowls the world missed out on, based on a variety of factors -- I looked at top Use code BARRY50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus 20% off your next month at Montana, of course, went on to win two more titles, while Marino never made it back to the Super Bowl during his 17-year Hall of Fame career. 8. Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington 9 Miami vs. Chicago, Oakland vs Dallas, Minnesota vs. Denver - just a trio of Super Bowl matchups that may or not have been better games than what we ended up with. ;</p> Super Bowl matchups by year. Super Bowl 1: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10; Super Bowl 2: Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14; Super Bowl 3: New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7 Elliot Harrison looks back at the 10 greatest Super Bowls in NFL history that never happened. NFL Throwback takes a look at the longest play that the Pittsburgh Steelers have had in a "Monday 10. Troy Aikman vs. Jim Kelly, Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII. Jan. 31, 1993: Cowboys 52, Bills 17 Jan. 30, 1994: Cowboys 30, Bills 13 Similar to Starr and Dawson, Aikman and Kelly were two of the Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda. Typically, that's the response you get when you talk about what could've been. But when it comes to these 20 Super Bowl matchups, there's no question they should've happened. With the NFL playoffs well underway and the AFC and NFC Championship Games mere days away, fans are more intrigued than ever to find out which two franchises will battle on the ultimate stage for I know this chart only says “Super Bowl era”, but the only playoff matches the Cardinals had pre-1970 were 2 games against the Eagles and 1 against the Packers. It’s absolutely insane how irrelevant the Cardinals have been outside of 2008 and 2015. I came in here excepting to see like historical Super Bowl match ups that everyone wanted too see but never got the chance too. Instead I got Bucs vs Steelers, Browns vs Vikings and something called the bird bowl featuring two NFC teams. What the fuck man. If the 49ers won the NFC Championship game last year and none of the 4 QBs that played that season were ready for the Super Bowl, we really would've had some 5th string QB signed a week before the Super Bowl startingor Christian McCaffrey as QB. Who would've even been the best available QB in free agency? What are the greatest Super Bowl matchups of all time? Since the first Super Bowl in 1967, teams from the AFC (formerly AFL) and NFC (formerly NFL) have battled it out to see who could take the Vince Lombardi trophy back to their respective cities. The Super Bowl will usually pit the best two So what? What does that mean in a regular season game? In 83 Miami beat the 49ers, one year later they were crushed in the Super Bowl. Washington best the Raiders early in the 83 season, and were dominated in the Super Bowl. Denver beat Washington in 86, and barely lost to NY that same season. Crushed by both teams in the next two Super Bowls. Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda. Typically, that's the response you get when you talk about what could've been. But when it comes to these 20 Super Bowl matchups, there's no question they should've happened. Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda. Typically, that's the response you get when you talk about what could've been. But when it comes to these 20 Super Bowl matchups, there's no question they should've happened. This would have been a weird matchup that almost happened - Carolina vs Jacksonville in Super Bowl XXXI. Mentioning Super Bowl XXXI brings up the obvious one - Denver vs. Green Bay, although they met one year later. One I think would have been interesting would have been for Super Bowl XXIX - Houston vs. Dallas. Had the Chiefs not upset the
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