The #2 seed has also done well in the Super Bowl, with the AFC's #2 seed winning six Super Bowls since 1975, and the NFC's #2 seed winning four Super Bowls. Funnily enough, the #4 seed has managed to win the Super Bowl seven times since 1975, with AFC teams accounting for four of these wins. #3, #5 and #6 seeds have all won the Super Bowl twice Super Bowl championships Game Date/ Season Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance Referee Ref. I [sb 1]January 15, 1967 (1966 AFL/1966 NFL) : Green Bay Packers n (1, 1–0) Montana was named Super Bowl MVP, setting five Super Bowl records in the win while also becoming the third player to win the Super MVP and AP MVP in the same season. Super Bowl 26: Redskins vs Bills The NFL expanded the playoffs to 12 teams in 1990, and Washington and the Bills were the first teams to both make the Super Bowl as the No. 1 seed The Rams lost Super Bowl XIV 31-19 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1979 as the No. 3 seed. On the other side of the ball we have a No. 1 seed. Since 1990, including the Niners, 33 top-seeded teams The last time the Eagles were the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs, after the 2017 season, they advanced to Super Bowl 52. There they beat the AFC No. 1-seeded Patriots 41-33. 1997 Denver Broncos, No. 4 seed: 31-24 over Packers in Super Bowl 32 2000 Baltimore Ravens, No. 4 seed: 34-7 over Giants in Super Bowl 35 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, No. 6 seed: 21-10 over Seahawks The Packers would reel off four straight wins to win the Super Bowl, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 21-16, the Atlanta Falcons 48-21, the Chicago Bears 21-14 and the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. There is no doubt that the top seeds have a massive advantage, and there is a reason why only two #6 seeds have won the Super Bowl over the past three • Since 2000, only two No. 1 seeds have won the Super Bowl -- the 2009 Saints and the 2003 Patriots. In that same span, four No. 2 seeds, one No. 3 seed, two No. 4 seeds, one No. 5 seed and two No. 6 seeds have won the Super Bowl. • In the first 12 years of the “home-field era” (post-1974), 10 No. 1 seeds won the Super Bowl. View a comprehensive list of every single NFL Super Bowl champion from 1967 to present on ESPN. Includes the finals opponent, site of the game and the final result. Super Bowl champions by year. 1967 Super Bowl (1): Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10 1968 Super Bowl (2): Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14 1969 Super Bowl (3): New York Jets 16 Well, last year, neither #1 seed made it to the Super Bowl-- it was the Bengals, seeded #4, who beat the #1 and #2 AFC seeds. The Rams were also the #4 seed in the NFC who defeated the #2 seed to play the SB in their home stadium. Your chances of winning improve drastically once you get to the big game. last super bowl winners by playoff seeding . Sun, Feb 11, 2024 . 49ers. 22 jalen hurts career stats in the super bowl. 5 . most rushing yards in a season What quarterback has the most Super Bowl titles? Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowl titles are the most of any quarterback and player in NFL history. NFL Playoffs results from the last 10 years. 2024. Super Bowl LVIII: Chiefs (25) vs. 49ers (22) NFC Championship: 49ers (34) vs. Lions (31) AFC Championship: Chiefs (17) vs. Ravens (10) 2023. Super Winner Pts Loser Pts MVP Stadium City State; Feb 11, 2024: LVIII (58) Kansas City Chiefs: 25: San Francisco 49ers: 22: You are here: PFR Home Page > Super Bowl No. 3 seed: Third-best record among division winners; No. 4 seed: Fourth-best record among division winners; No. 5 seed: Best record among wild-card teams; Super Bowl LIX: Feb. 9; About three-quarters (32 of 42) of teams that made the Super Bowl got a bye (first or second seed) from 1999 to 2019 made the Super Bowl. This included 52% of teams that were the one seed and 24% Now they would become the only franchise in the modern playoff era to win a Super Bowl as the No. 6 seed and lose a Super Bowl to a 6-seed. The Packers built leads of 14-0 in the second quarter and 21-10 in the third, then held on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round 21-16, sealing the victory by intercepting Michael Vick in USA Today predicted winners for all 272 regular season games and playoffs prior to the How the Bills got to the Super Bowl: Buffalo defeated the No. 7 seed Denver Broncos and No. 3 Pittsburgh It's also interesting to compare how these teams did in the playoffs. Of the top 10 20th century teams (I'll cheat a little by dipping into part of the cap era) in differential, 6 won the Super Bowl, 2 made the Super Bowl, and the other two were ranked 9th and 10th. Of the top 10 21st century teams in point differential, zero won the Super Bowl. That peculiar seed matchup marked the first Super Bowl in the modern seeding era where neither a No. 1 nor a No. 2 seed was in the game. Of course, it was a short-lived trend in that the 2023 matchup pitted No. 1 seeds against one another.
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