Actual matchup: Pittsburgh Steelers over Dallas Cowboys, 21-17. The Cowboys and the Raiders were two of the best teams in the NFL in the 1970s. Yet, we never got to watch these storied franchises This dream Super Bowl has nearly happened so many times. In 2010, the year Rodgers led the Packers to the Super Bowl, the Patriots were the Number 1 seed in the AFC but got upset in the playoffs by Mark Sanchez(!) and the Jets. In 2011 Brady got the Patriots to the Super Bowl, but the 15-1 one-seeded Packers got upset by a 9-7 Giants team. 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 NFL Network's Elliot Harrison counts down the Top 10 Dream Super Bowl matchups we never got.Watch full games with NFL Game Pass: We COULD have watched Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady face off in Super Bowl XLVI. But the matchup just wasn't to be. Elliot Harrison lists 10 dream Super Bowls that didn't come to fruition. Super Bowl Top 10 Super Bowls that never were. While there have been many classic Super Bowls, we have been robbed of what could have been some special match-ups once the two-team wildcard era was Yet, we never got to watch these storied franchises collide in the Super Bowl. The Cowboys, America's Team, were seen as the golden boys of the NFL. Meanwhile, the Raiders were an intimidating Here are 10 years where we wanted — AND ALMOST GOT — a dream Super Bowl matchup that was instead taken over by the reality of a crappy game. Wanted: Denver Broncos vs. Minnesota Vikings In 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 Washington got some payback 10 years later, earning a 27-17 victory over the Dolphins at the Rose Bowl in Super Bowl XVII. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys: Super Bowls X, XIII and XXX Miami ended up losing the AFC championship to the Pats, who in turn got annihilated by the Bears 46-10. I can't feel that cheated because Miami had their chance to get back to the Super Bowl, but considering how bad NE was that day, I always wished we'd gotten that rematch. Well, at least we finally got this matchup in a big game with them coaching the AFC and NFC in the 2023 Pro Bowl flag football game and skills competitions. Peyton Manning vs. Aaron Rodgers The Jags vs the Vikings would have been weird, no one going into the season would've thought either Bortles or Keenum would be starting in the super bowl let alone both of them! That and the Vikings record of choking and the Jags D, we would've been the first team to play a home game super bowl and probably lose! What a nightmare. This could be from a single season, or an era of a few years. For example, we never got to see a Brady-Rodgers or Brady-Brees super bowl in the last decade. From a single season, it would have been cool to see Bears-Dolphins in 1985, or Broncos-Vikings in 1998 Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. Site Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2:32PM Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter Here’s another Super Bowl where we’ve got a pretty good uni matchup, but it’s taken down a notch by the weather and location. It was another mostly cloudy and cold (46° at kickoff) day, played on the poured concrete and astroturf of Tulane’s stadium. The result was a less-than-vibrant combination of purple, white and gold. _____ 11 votes, 25 comments. 5.8M subscribers in the nfl community. The place to discuss all NFL related things Brady and Brees are the two most prolific passers in NFL history, and we never got a Super Bowl featuring them against each other. Brady and Brees rank one and two in yards, passing for over 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
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