Super Bowl history has brought many fantastic performances and the history book gets a new chapter every year. Many significant records are surpassed each year but some of them may never be broken.
As we are heading to the Super Bowl LVI, let’s take a look at five unreal records that will probably stay untouched for a long time, some of them maybe even forever.
5. Rod Martin’s three interceptions
There have been many upsets in Super Bowl history and if you are wondering how an underdog defeated the favorite, you should always check the interception stats. These individual plays can turn the game upside down and be the key reason for unexpected outcomes.
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Team Sacks – Four players tied for three sacks
Interceptions – Rod Martin (3 interceptions in 1981 vs. PHI)
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Rod Martin was the key player for the Oakland Raiders in the 27-10 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at the Super Bowl XV. Martin had three interceptions on Eagles quarterback Ron Jarowski passes, which is a record that hasn’t been matched ever since.
Despite his historic performance, Martin was not named the MVP, instead, that award went in the hands of quarterback Jim Plunkett.
4. John Riggins’ 38 carries
Running back John Riggins was the key player in Washington’s 27-17 win over the Miami Dolphins at the Super Bowl XVII in 1983 which earned him the MVP award.
Riggins set a couple of records during his historic performance but one of those still stays untouched until today. Riggins’ 38 carries is something that no other player has even come close to in the past 39 years.
Riggins also had the key play of the night. With Washington being 4 points down late in the second half, facing a fourth-and-1 on Miami’s 42-yard-line, Riggins broke Miami cornerback Don McNeal’s tackle and raced down the far sideline for the game-winning score.
He finished the game with 166 yards and one touchdown.
3. Tom Brady’s 21 touchdown passes
Recently Tom Brady announced his retirement at the age of 44 and he is leaving the game as the greatest player ever. Anytime anybody will talk about NFL records, they will have to mention Brady’s name for a long, long time.
One of those records that will probably never be broken is his 21 touchdown passes in his nine Super Bowl appearances. The next on the list is Joe Montana with 12 touchdown passes and no active player has more than four.
Brady won seven of those nine Super Bowls, six with the New England Patriots and the last one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was named Super Bowl MVP five times.
2. Washington’s 35-point quarter
The Super Bowl XXII back in 1988 didn’t start well for Washington who found themselves down by 10 points in the opening quarter. What was about to follow was far above what anyone could even imagine.
After Doug Williams was taken out to receive a medical examination on potential injury, the quarterback returned to the field to lead Washington to a 35-point quarter.
Williams went on to throw five touchdown passes in the period and Washington racked up 356 yards on offense. Washington took a 35-10 lead at halftime and won by 42-10 in the end.
1. San Francisco’s longest Super Bowl winning streak
During the 1980s and 1990s, the San Francisco 49ers went to five Super Bowls and won every single one of them. The Niners didn’t lose any championship game they participated in until Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 when they lost to the Baltimore Ravens.
7 – Tom Brady
6 – New England Patriots
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5 – Dallas Cowboys
5 – San Francisco 49ersA reminder that @TomBrady has more Super Bowl wins than any NFL franchise. pic.twitter.com/Uqc6y4UhnG
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It is quite unimaginable today for a team to make it to five Super Bowls in just over a decade and even more, to win them all. The competition nowadays is much bigger and upsets are more likely to happen, so we’ll wait a long time for some team to break the Niners’ record…if it ever happens.
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