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| SUPER BOWL SUNDAY | 26 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Feb. 1, 2004 at Houston Carolina 0 10 0 19 — 29 New England 0 14 0 18 — 32 Attendance — 71,525 The Patriots won their second Super Bowl in three seasons aer Adam Vinatieri kicked another field goal in the final seconds to li his team to victory in game oen remembered for the controversial halime show. New England and Carolina went a record 26:55 without any points before Tom Brady hit Deion Branch for a 7-0 lead. The teams then combined for 24 points in the final 3:05 of the half. Aer a scoreless third quarter, they scored a total of 37 points over the final quarter. Jake Delhomme and Muhsin Muhammad connected for the longest pass in Super Bowl history, an 85-yard touchdown that gave the Panthers a brief 22-21 lead with 6:53 le. Mike Vrabel, a linebacker who oen played on offense near the goal line, caught a touchdown pass to put New England back ahead 29-22. Delhomme's 12-yard pass to Ricky Proehl capped an 80-yard drive to tie the game with 1:08 remaining. John Kasay's ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, giving the Patriots the ball on their 40-yard line. Brady, who earned his second MVP award, moved New England to the Carolina 23 in five plays, leaving the outcome up to one of the game's best clutch kickers. SUPER BOWL XXXVIII VINATIERI'S LATE FIELD GOAL LIFTS PATRIOTS AGAIN Jan. 28, 2001 at Tampa, Fla. Baltimore 7 3 14 10 — 34 N.Y. Giants 0 0 7 0 — 7 Attendance — 71,921 The Ravens, led by Ray Lewis and one of the great defenses in NFL history, inter- cepted Kerry Collins four times and held New York to 152 yards. Baltimore's de- fense was so dominant that New York's offense never got inside the Ravens 29. Ron Dixon's 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown kept the Ravens from the first shutout in a Super Bowl. Trent Dilfer's 38-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Stokley and Matt Stover's 47-yard field goal game the Ravens a 10-0 halime lead. Duane Starks returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown, the first of three TDs on three plays late in the third quarter — none on offense. The other two were back-to-back kickoff returns by Dixon and Jermaine Lewis of Baltimore, the first time that's hap- pened in a Super Bowl. Jamal Lewis, who had 29 carries for 102 yards, added a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter and Stover finished the scoring with a 38-yard field goal. The Ravens became the third wild- card team to win the Super Bowl. The victory gave 75-year-old Art Modell his first Super Bowl victory in 40 years as an owner. SUPER BOWL XXXV RAVENS DOMINATE GIANTS FOR 1ST SUPER BOWL Feb. 3, 2002 at New Orleans St. Louis 3 0 0 14 — 17 New England 0 14 3 3 — 20 Attendance — 72,922 See page 18. SUPER BOWL XXXVI BRADY, BELICHICK WIN 1ST SUPER BOWL TITLE Jan. 26, 2003 at San Diego Oakland 3 0 6 12 — 21 Tampa Bay 3 17 14 14 — 48 Attendance — 67,603 See page 11. SUPER BOWL XXXVII BUCS CRUSH RAIDERS FOR 1ST SUPER BOWL TITLE Jan. 31, 1999 at Miami Denver 7 10 0 17 — 34 Atlanta 3 3 0 13 — 19 Attendance — 74,803 Aer going 0-3 in Super Bowls in his first 14 seasons, John Elway won for the second straight year. Elway com- pleted 18 of 29 passes for 336 yards and won his first MVP trophy in five starts, a record for a quarterback. Denver became the first AFC team to win two straight since Pittsburgh in 1979 and 1980. League MVP Terrell Davis, a 2,000-yard rusher during the season, carried 25 times for 102 yards for his seventh con- secutive 100-yard game in the postsea- son, breaking an NFL record set by John Riggins. Darrien Gordon intercepted two passes that set up two scores. Howard Griffith had two 1-yard TD runs and Rod Smith caught five passes for 152 yards and an 80-yard touchdown. The game turned on one of the Falcons' mistakes with five minutes le in the second quarter. Atlanta moved to the Denver 8, but couldn't convert on third- and-goal. Then Morten Andersen, one of only two kickers with more than 400 field goals, missed a 26-yard attempt. On the next play, Smith raced by Ronnie Bradford and Eugene Robinson and caught the ball in stride for an 80-yard score that made it 17-3. SUPER BOWL XXXIII ELWAY, BRONCOS REPEAT AS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS Jan. 30, 2000 at Atlanta St Louis 3 6 7 7 — 23 Tennessee 0 0 6 10 — 16 Attendance — 72,625 Atlanta wasn't the most hospitable site for the big game — an ice storm crippled the city for much of Super Bowl week. Early on, the Rams did their media interviews in a comfortably warm hotel ballroom, while the Titans were stuck wearing winter garb in a tent. Kurt Warner's 73-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce with 1:54 le gave the Rams, as well as longtime coach Dick Vermeil, their first Super Bowl victory. The Rams drove inside the Titans 20 on each of their first six possessions, but only managed three field goals and a touchdown for a 16-0 lead. Tennessee stormed back and tied the score with two touchdowns by Eddie George and a 43-yard field goal by Al Del Greco with 2:12 le. On the game's final play with 6 seconds le, Steve McNair's pass was caught by Kevin Dyson at the Rams 5. He scrambled for the end zone only to be stopped just 1 yard short by Mike Jones as Dyson's outstretched arm held the ball near the goal line. Warner finished off a storybook year in which he went from obscure player to league and Super Bowl MVP. SUPER BOWL XXXIV RAMS HOLD ON FOR 23-16 WIN OVER TITANS RICK BOWMER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis smiles aer defeating the New York Giants 34-7 and being named the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Fla. DOUG MILLS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway falls across the goal line to score during the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami.