Overview of Overtime in the Super Bowl. Of the 58 Super Bowls that have been played, only two of them have gone to overtime. However, both have occurred in the past seven years. Super Bowl LI Sometimes 60 minutes simply isn't enough in the Super Bowl. Well, only twice. The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers needed overtime on Sunday to determine the champion of Super Bowl LVIII. It was only the second time in the Super Bowl's 58-year history that the game went to overtime. In what is widely regarded as the most thrilling Super Bowl ever, Atlanta led 28-3 in the third quarter until Tom Brady and his teammates rallied and forced overtime, with the result level at 28-28. The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons became the first two teams to enter overtime in a Super Bowl game. The Patriots won the coin toss, and they elected to receive the football. Two Super Bowls have gone to overtime: Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LVIII. The Patriots beat the Falcons in Super Bowl LI and the Chiefs beat the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Super Bowl Overtime Rules. Super Bowl overtime rules are the same as NFL playoff overtime rules: Both teams have the opportunity to possess the football. If the game is tied What are the Super Bowl overtime rules. The overtime rules in the Super Bowl are not different from the rules in the regular season. Both franchises have the chance to possess the football. The Prior to Sunday, only one Super Bowl had gone to overtime: the New England Patriots' 34-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI. Better known as the 28-3 game. COMEBACK COMPLETE. In the first 56 Super Bowls, though, only one went into overtime, when the New England Patriots rallied from behind to win 34-28 over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI. When was the first and only Super Bowl that went overtime? Who played in it, and what was the eventual outcome? Super Bowl 51: The only overtime game in history. Five years ago, the Patriots and Falcons met in Super Bowl 51. Yep. It’s that Super Bowl. The one known simply by a score: 28-3. The odds of any Super Bowl going to overtime are slim. If overtime happens, it wouldn’t be a first for a Super Bowl. It would be a second. Of the first 56 Super Bowls , only one went into overtime, the New England Patriots’ 34-28 comeback victory The Chiefs became the first team to win an overtime Super Bowl under the NFL's new rules that guarantee both teams a possession. Super Bowl 58 was nearly the first to go to double overtime. The Chiefs could make history with a victory in Super Bowl LIX. as the Texans outlasted the two-time champion Houston Oilers 20-17 in a double-overtime game on Dec. 23, 1962. Until the 1971 Tommy Brooker's 25-yard field goal after 17:54 of overtime lifted the Texans over the Oilers in the longest game in history (to that point). Dallas built a 17-0 halftime lead behind Abner Haynes The Chiefs became the first team to win an overtime Super Bowl under the NFL's new rules that guarantee both teams a possession. Super Bowl 58 was nearly the first to go to double overtime. The longest game in NFL history featured 13 future Hall of Fame players, two future Hall of Fame head coaches, starting quarterbacks who would finish their careers with a combined three Super Bowl Sean McManus is ready for double OT at Super Bowl. At Super Bowl LI, the New England Patriots took the Atlanta Falcons to the overtime. In this 2017 Super Bowl, the Patriots scored 19 in the I won’t lie, I was honestly pulling for the Commanders and the Bills to both come up victorious on Championship Sunday yesterday. I get jazzed by the possibility of history being made, and the fact that the Bills are one of the few NFL franchises without a Super Bowl title made them am emotional choice for me. The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs are tied 16-16 in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVIII.. If overtime happens, it wouldn't be a first for a Super Bowl. At 76 minutes and 42 seconds, the game is the 4th-longest in NFL history and was the sixth double overtime game in history, the first since the 2003 NFC Divisional playoff game between the St. Louis Rams and the Carolina Panthers, which coincidentally also featured John Fox. [30] 65 Toss Power Trap. During Super Bowl IV, NFL Films put a microphone on Kansas City coach Hank Stram, which turned out to be a brilliant move. Pacing, strutting and cajoling on the sidelines, the loquacious Stram was the perfect narrator as the Chiefs scored a big upset against the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings.
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