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Howard totaled a Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards and 154 kickoff return yards with one touchdown; his 244 all-purpose yards also tied a Super Bowl record. His performance won him the Super Bowl MVP award, making Howard the only player to ever win the award based solely on a special teams performance. His kickoff return touchdown in the Desmond Howard leads the Green Bay Packers to their third Lombardi trophy with 244 return yards and one touchdown against the New England Patriots.Subscribe Desmond Howard was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXI on Jan. 27, 1997. He became the fourth player to win the Heisman and Super Bowl MVP. Howard, whose NFL career spanned 11 seasons (1992-2002), is a Howard cemented his Super Bowl MVP award after the Patriots cut the Packers' lead to 27-21 in the third quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, Howard went a then-S He is one of only four players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett and Marcus Allen are the others. In his 11 NFL seasons, Howard caught 123 passes for 1,597 yards, rushed for 68 yards, returned 244 punts for 2,895 yards, and gained 7,595 yards returning 359 kickoffs. Furthermore, his 99-yard kick return for a touchdown and 90 yards in punt returns both set Super Bowl records. Howard became just the fourth player in history to win both the Heisman Trophy and the Super Bowl MVP and he was the first specialist to win the award. Pay Day with the Raiders . In 1996, Howard earned about $300,000 as a Packer. Desmond Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and Brett Favre passed for 2 touchdowns and ran for a score as the Packers won their first Super Bowl in twenty-nine years. Howard, en route to garnering the MVP trophy, equaled a Super Bowl record with 244 total return yards. There have been 56 Super Bowls played since the game debuted in 1967 but since then only one special teams player has been named MVP of the game and that was Desmond Howard of the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. In that game, Howard broke or tied eight Super Bowl records, including longest kickoff return (99), most punt return yards (90 In the heat of a moment that will forever define Super Bowl XXXI, Desmond Howard couldn't escape the chill of wounded pride. Even as Howard, the Green Bay Packers' nonpareil return man, raced down the Louisiana Superdome field on Sunday with the New England Patriots' kickoff-coverage team in his wake, he carried a Tuna-sized chip on his shoulder. Super Bowl XXXI - Green Bay Packers 35 New England Patriots 21 - MVP Packers KR-PR Desmond Howard - Desmond Howard picked the grandest of stages to carve out his niche in NFL history, totaling more than 250 combined yards on his kickoff and punt returns in a 35-21 win over New England. The key play to his selection as MVP was a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown that dashed hopes of a comeback Drafted fourth overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, Howard spent 11 seasons in the professional ranks. The Super Bowl XXXI Most Valuable Player, Howard led the Green Bay Packers over the New England Patriots after setting Super Bowl records for punt return yards (90) and total return yards (244) in a game. However, Desmond Howard’s career’s most remarkable accolade was winning the Super Bowl MVP, becoming the first and so far only man in history to do so exclusively as a special teams player. Whilst he may be more famous for his time as a Michigan Wolverine and his Heisman winning season, he will forever be written in NFL folklore for his Pro Bowl History; AP MVP; AP AFL Player of the Year; UPI MVP; UPI AFL Player of the Year; PFWA MVP; Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP; Sporting News Player of the Year; Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP) Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) AAFC MVP; Super Bowl MVP; Walter Payton Man of the Year; NFLPA Alan Page Community Award; AP Offensive Player of the Year The longest ever in Super Bowl history 99 yards for Desmond Howard it had been by Fulton Walker you need momentum changes you need momentum plays you need momentum change players and that's what Desmond Howard was right there he is become some weapon the Patriots took it away and the Green Bay Packers took it right back and the Packers have to Desmond Howard earned his place in Super Bowl lore on Jan. 26, 1997, when he returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown (still a Super Bowl record). It was an electrifying play, so deflating to the Patriots that they just couldn’t muster another rally. The Packers went on to win the Super Bowl 35-21 in the New Orleans Superdome. The talented speedster earned high school All-American honors as a tailback at St. Joseph’s in 1987, won the Heisman Trophy as a wide receiver for the University of Michigan in 1991, and collected the Super Bowl MVP award as the return specialist for the Green Bay Packers after the Packers’ 35-21 win over New England in Super Bowl XXXI in The fourth and the most recent Heisman winner to win the Super Bowl MVP is Desmond Howard who won the Heisman as a wide receiver for the Michigan Wolverines in 1991 but made his impact for the Until he joined the Packers in 1996, Desmond Howard was considered one of the biggest draft flops of the 1990s. Taken by the Washington Redskins with the fourth overall pick in the 1992 draft after winning the Heisman Trophy at Michigan, Howard caught 66 passes for just 5 touchdowns in three seasons with Washington. Sports; Desmond Howard's 99-yard kickoff return against the Patriots remains a Super Bowl record. Published: ; Jan. 31, 2009, 10:35 p.m. Green Bay Packers kick returner Desmond Howard holds the Super Bowl MVP trophy Monday, Jan. 27, 1997, in New Orleans. Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown in the Packers 35-21 win
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