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| SUPER BOWL SUNDAY | 28 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Feb. 6, 2011 at Arlington, Texas Pittsburgh 0 10 7 8 — 25 Green Bay 14 7 0 10 — 31 Attendance — 103,219 A week of wintry weather — snow, wind, ice — wouldn't bother the Steel- ers or Packers, who are used to such things at home in February. But this Super Bowl was in Dallas, which was crippled for much of the week preceding the game. MVP Aaron Rodgers threw three touch- down passes and Nick Collins returned an interception for another score, lead- ing the Packers to their fourth Super Bowl title. The Steelers trailed 21-3 before halime. Ben Roethlisberger got them within 28-25 midway through the SUPER BOWL XLV PACKERS EDGE STEELERS 31-25 Feb. 5, 2012 at Indianapolis N.Y. Giants 9 0 6 6 — 21 New England 0 10 7 0 — 17 Attendance — 68,658 Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, com- ing back with a last-minute score for New York's fourth Super Bowl title. It was a rematch of the 2008 game, when Manning led New York past New England to ruin the Patriots' bid for a perfect season. The Patriots began the second half with an eight-play, 79-yard drive, capped by Aaron Hernandez's 12-yard touchdown catch for a 17-9 lead. The Giants' second field goal in the third quarter trimmed the deficit to 17-15. New York got the ball on its 12-yard line with 3:46 to play. On the first play of the possession, Manning launched a perfectly placed 38-yard pass to Mario Manningham deep down the le sideline over double coverage. Manning completed a 16-yard pass to Manningham and a 14-yarder to Hakeem Nicks to put the Giants at the Patriots 18 with 2:00 remaining. Four plays later, Ahmad Bradshaw scored on a 6-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds remain- ing. New England couldn't respond, and Brady's desperation pass into the Gi- ants' end zone fell to the ground on the final play. This was the first Super Bowl with two starting quarterbacks who previously won the game's MVP award. Manning became the first QB to open a Super Bowl with nine consecutive completions. Later, Brady put together a run of 16 completions, breaking another Super Bowl mark. SUPER BOWL XLVI GIANTS SQUEAK PAST PATRIOTS AGAIN, 21-17 Feb. 3, 2013 at New Orleans Baltimore 7 14 7 6 — 34 San Francisco 3 3 17 8 — 31 Attendance — 71,024 See page 9. SUPER BOWL XLVII RAVENS HANG ON IN LIGHTS-OUT SUPER BOWL Feb. 2, 2014 at East Rutherford, N.J. Seattle 8 14 14 7 — 43 Denver 0 0 8 0 — 8 Attendance — 82,529 The Super Bowl finally made the Big Apple. The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title in overpowering fashion, pun- ishing Peyton Manning and the Broncos at the New Jersey Meadowlands. A mere 12 seconds into the game, Seattle led 2-0 with the quickest score in Super Bowl history. On that first play for the Broncos, Manning stepped up toward the line just as center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball. It flew past Manning into the end zone, where Denver's Knowshon Moreno dived on it for a safety. Steven Hauschka added two field goals to make it 8-0 aer one quarter. Manning's third-down pass to Julius Thomas sailed way too high and was intercepted by safety Kam Chancel- lor, giving the Seahawks the ball at the Denver 37. Marshawn Lynch scored seven plays later to make it 15-0. Linebacker Malcolm Smith, the game's MVP, put an end to the Broncos' lon- gest drive of the day (15 plays in 8:29) with a 69-yard interception return for a TD. Percy Harvin returned the opening kickoff of the second half 87 yards for another Seattle TD. The Seahawks led 36-0 before Denver scored on the last play of the third quarter. SUPER BOWL XLVIII SEAHAWKS CRUISE TO CROWN IN BIG APPLE Feb. 1, 2015 at Glendale, Ariz. New England 0 14 0 14 — 28 Seattle 0 14 10 0 — 24 Attendance — 70,288 See page 17. SUPER BOWL XLIX BUTLER CLINCHES IT FOR PATRIOTS, 28-24 Feb. 7, 2010 at Miami New Orleans 0 6 10 15 — 31 Indianapolis 10 0 7 0 — 17 Attendance — 74,059 Tracy Porter's 74-yard interception return with 3:12 remaining capped a fourth-quarter comeback and lied the Saints to their first Super Bowl title. Trailing 10-6, New Orleans opened the second half by recovering an onside kick, which led to a 16-yard touch- down pass from Drew Brees to Pierre Thomas and the Saints' first lead. Indianapolis came back with a 76-yard scoring drive capped by Joseph Ad- dai's 4-yard touchdown run. Garrett Hartley's 47-yard field goal pulled the Saints within 17-16 aer three quar- ters. In the fourth period, Indy's Matt Stover missed a 51-yard field goal attempt. Brees completed all seven pass at- tempts on the ensuing drive, capped by Jeremy Shockey's 2-yard scoring catch with 5:42 remaining. The Saints got the 2-point conversion to take a SUPER BOWL XLIV SAINTS SLIP PAST COLTS 31-17 FOR 1ST SUPER BOWL TITLE fourth quarter with a touchdown pass and a niy 2-point conversion. The Packers answered with a 23-yard field goal by Mason Crosby with 2:07 le, giving Roethlisberger one last chance. Needing to go 87 yards in 1:59 with one timeout le, Roethlisberger couldn't make it across midfield. The NFL also had to deal with not hav- ing seats for fans with tickets to the game in the Cowboys' home stadium. CHRIS O'MEARA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, right, and Clay Matthews celebrate aer the Packers' 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas. Rodgers was named most valuable player of the game. 24-17 lead. The Colts quickly drove to the Saints 31, but on third-and-5, Peyton Man- ning's short pass to the le side intended for Reggie Wayne was inter- cepted by Porter.