Super Bowl 40 years of mistakes
Every football fan has their favorite Super Bowl memories, usually their favorite team doing one of two things: make several dramatic plays the game to decide or to see the dream of a League of extinction after many bad plays. This happens every year. Conference League teams make mistakes, making their Super Bowl losers. Sometimes, however, players make mistakes are remembered more than the game itself and find their way into Super Bowl lore. This is a place in sports history no player ever wants to find it. Through 40 years of Super Bowl there were mistakes, errors and bizarre events that are re-hash at least once during the two weeks longer than the coverage of sports media. As a football fan, you never want to see the career of a player down right before your eyes, we would have preferred to see the opposite. But the Super Bowl has the ability not only to solidify a hero in the fabric of sports history, but also the loser. The Infamous errors Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31The re-match of Super Bowl X was a great match between two of the leagues most historic and beloved teams. However, the game is often remembered for his dropped touchdown Dallas tight end Jackie Smith goes to the end of the game, with the extra point would have tied the game. Instead, Dallas had to settle for a field goal and eventually lost the game by four points. Although Smith had a long and distinguished career in the NFL and has been included in the Hall of Fame, the biggest mistake of his career is one of the most infamous moments in the history of the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19 Wide-right, it is unfortunate that this sums up one of the most dramatic Super Bowls ever played. With Buffalo leading 19-17 halfway through the fourth quarter, Giants kicker Matt Bahr gave New York a 20-19 lead. Buffalo then mounted a record grand final and set the aspiring game winning field goal by Scott Norwood. Unfortunately, for the bills, and Norwood, his 47-yard attempt sailed right with just seconds remaining. The Bills went on to lose the next three Super Bowl, and Norwood was soon out of the championship. Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas 52, Buffalo 17 in football may result in a revenue loss, but nine turnovers in the Super Bowl will no doubt lead to defeat. Just ask a fan of the Buffalo Bills. In their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance, the Bills turned the ball over nine times that led to 35 points in Dallas '52. Super Bowl XXX: Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17 Pittsburgh head coach Bill Cowher's first Super Bowl appearance could have better result if not the game of his quarterback, Neil O'Donnell, who threw two interceptions that led to 14 points for Dallas Cowboys (both for game MVP Larry Brown). O'Donnell's interceptions are remembered not for the drama they produced, but for the stupidity in which they were thrown, and in particular his second interception. With Dallas leading 20-17 at the end of the fourth quarter, O'Donnell dropped back and threw a pass directly to Dallas' Larry Brown. A receiver in Pittsburgh was not ten yards in the game. Brown returned the interception to Pittsburgh's six yard line and Dallas scored the next play to put the game away.The Unlikely BlundersSuper Bowl VII: Miami 14, Washington 7 The Dolphins finished the 1972 season with a perfect record of 17 - 0, but their last victory was a moment not quite perfect. Washington scored their only touchdown of Super Bowl VII on a botched field goal attempt in Miami with just 2:04 left in the game. The snap was fumbled and Dolphin kicker Garo Yepremian picked up the ball and tried to throw down a passing camp, but apparently Garo had never thrown a football game before or do not have the thumb on the hand launch. Garo went back to pass and was chosen the air by Mike Bass and Washington returned it 49 yards for the score. Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas 52, Buffalo 17This game had it all when it comes to mistakes and blunders. Buffalo committed nine turnovers that led to 35 points for Dallas, but the Cowboys should have scored 42. With a lead of 35 points in the fourth quarter, Dallas defensive lineman Leon Lett recovered a Buffalo fumble and began to sound his way to a 64-yard touchdown return. But before crossing the goal line, Letter slowed to gloat and Showboat. Just as Lett was going to score, Buffalo wide receiver Don Bebee caught up to Lett and knocked the ball out of hand. The ball rolled out of the end zone for a touchback. Most BizarreSuper Bowl XX: Chicago 46, New England 10 The Bears proved to be one of the best teams in NFL history, with their performance during the 1985 regular season and covered everything with a dominant victory in the Super Bowl in the New England Patriots . However, with the game under control in Chicago, head coach Mike Ditka to give elected William "Refrigerator" Perry a chance to score a touchdown, leaving Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton without a score in what would be the only Super Bowl appearance of his career. Ditka and Perry both said they did not realize that Payton had not scored in the game, and regret not giving him this opportunity. Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver 34, Atlanta 19Denver was the defending Super Bowl champions and Atlanta had just upset the favored Minnesota Vikings NFC. Brought to the attention of the media shifted from the kickoff of the offensive and defensive strategies in a very strange argument. Atlanta safety Eugene Robinson was arrested the night before the game to solicit an undercover Miami Police Officer for oral sex. Ironically, Robinson was known throughout the NFL as a 'good boy', and was honored the night before the Super Bowl with the Bart Starr Award for being of 'high moral'. Robinson continued to give up a 80-yard touchdown pass from John Elway to Rod Smith as the Broncos routed the Falcons. Super Bowl XXXVII: Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21Instead to play the biggest game of his life, Oakland center Barrett Robbins was in a padded cell suicide watch. Two days before Super Bowl XXXVII, Robbins apparently woke up in the middle of the night, was a manic-depressive, and he believed that Raider and his team had won the game. He went into a dive bar in Tijuana, Mexico, where two Oakland fans spotted him crying as he chugged shots of tequila. He spent the rest of the weekend in the psychiatric ward, while his teammates from the Bucs blew.
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