Last Updated 9:16 a.m. ET. NEW ORLEANS Super Bowl XLVII's dramatic second half was made more so by a power blackout, which halted play and left millions of TV viewers in the dark.. The biggest pro Mercedes-Benz Superdome following Super Bowl XLVII. This was the 49ers' second Super Bowl played at the Superdome—the first being Super Bowl XXIV when they beat the Denver Broncos 55–10. The 49ers, Broncos and New England Patriots are the only teams so far to play two or more Super Bowls at the Superdome. The 49ers also joined the Broncos The blackout, it turned out, became more of a footnote than a spark to what would have been the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. "It just took us longer to lose," moaned San Francisco In honor of Super Tuesday the NFL presents Super Bowl XLVII, The Harbaugh Bowl!00:00 - Start9:54 Flacco 13-yard TD Pass to A. Boldin32:12 L. James Fumble39:3 Super Bowl XLVII was a thriller between the 49ers and Ravens, but it will forever be remembered for the power outage inside the Superdome. that the blackout was caused by a malfunctioning The irony was that Super Bowl XLVII forever will be remembered for a period of darkness. Minutes after Jones gave the Ravens a 28-6 lead on the second-half kickoff, the lights went out in the When the audio of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens suddenly cut out early in the third quarter on Feb. 3, 2013, the millions watching the CBS broadcast might Ray Lewis still searching for cause of SB XLVII blackout (3:56) Ray Lewis sits down to discuss the power outage during Super Bowl XLVII, the last game of his NFL career. Usually a more regular Super Bowl host city, New Orleans has had to wait 12 years to put the 'Blackout Bowl' right - and the host committee and local power company are taking no chances. The Superdome in New Orleans was rocking after the Baltimore Ravens had just scored the longest touchdown in Super Bowl history. But just moments after Jacoby Jones had lit up Super Bowl 47, the As New Orleans prepares for Super Bowl LIX, we revisit one of its most infamous moments—the 34-minute blackout during Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. 02/07/2025. It’s always the blackout.” Before kickoff, Super Bowl XLVII was billed as the Harbaugh Bowl, a sibling showdown between brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, head coaches of the 49ers and Ravens The blackout that delayed Super Bowl XLVII for more than 30 minutes was determined to be caused by a faulty electrical device. That explanation, however, doesn't convince Ray Lewis. Super Bowl XLVII was a thriller between the 49ers and Ravens, but it will forever be remembered for the power outage inside the Superdome. that the blackout was caused by a malfunctioning New Orleans may be tempting fate. Super Bowl 59 will be the first held in the city since 2013, when a power outage delayed the game for 34 minutes – the first and only time the nation's biggest The blackout at Super Bowl XLVII caused a major momentum shift in the 49'ers favor Credit: Getty. There will be backups on top of backups on top of backups if so much as a single light goes out. Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34-31 San Francisco 49ers, February 3, 2013. The last Super Bowl played in New Orleans has gone down as the ‘Blackout Bowl’, due to a 34-minute power outage in the Superdome shortly after Beyonce’s half-time show. A scoreboard sign displays a message regarding an electrical blackout in Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on A half-hour outage during Super Bowl XLVII was the result of an electrical relay with incorrect settings, says the device’s manufacturer. Shortly after the outage, power company Entegy reported John and Jim Harbaugh head-to-head meetings. While Super Bowl 47 had the brightest lights of any head-to-head Harbaugh games, there's actually been another prior instance of John and Jim's NFL
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