Super Bowl Memories
A nice fitting subject as Super Bowl Sunday approaches.
Gosh, where do I begin? The first Super Bowl was played just before I was born (1967 to be exact) at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Back then it was the AFL champion facing the NFL champion. Now the Super Bowl is played for the NFL championship.
There's been quite a lot of memories to share from watching the Super Bowls -- I think the most memorable of them all was the 1977 Super Bowl, which was played at the Rose Bowl, with the Raiders and Vikings playing (one team that later played in Los Angeles, and the other that may play here in LA in a few years, stay tuned). While the fans were enjoying the sunny warm weather here in SoCal, I was some 6,000 miles away in Germany, watching the game on television, and at the same time it was snowing like cats and dogs. Fortunately for me I didn't go to school that day because the conditions were too dangerous to do so.
There's been many others... the 1978 Super Bowl, in which the Cowboys won their 2nd NFL championship in a memorable game against the Denver Broncos (the Cowboys incidently began the 1977 season at 8-0, lost a heartbreaker to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday Night Football, then lost another game to the Pittsburgh Steelers before winning the next four in a row, plus the three post-season wins). Dallas holds the NFL record for appearing in more Super Bowl games than any other team, with eight Super Bowl appearances. Dallas lost twice to Pittsburgh by four points, and to the Baltimore Colts on a last-second field goal in 1972, but won five NFL championships, (1973 vs. Miami, 1978 vs. Denver, 1993 & 94 vs. Buffalo, and 1996 vs. Pittsburgh). I think the crowning moment in Cowboys history was finally... finally beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl. These two teams have met three times in the big show, and that is an NFL record.
Overall... San Francisco and Dallas shares the most Super Bowl wins at 5. Pittsburgh has 4 Super Bowl victories, and the Raiders, Green Bay, and Washington have three NFL championships since Super Bowl play began.
Philadelphia is looking for their first NFL championship in 45 years; and the Patriots is looking for their third Super Bowl win in four years. I will tell you this: this game may be a close one, but I'm going to give it to Philly.
And let us not forget... the wardrobe malfunction from last year's Super Bowl.
Gosh, where do I begin? The first Super Bowl was played just before I was born (1967 to be exact) at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Back then it was the AFL champion facing the NFL champion. Now the Super Bowl is played for the NFL championship.
There's been quite a lot of memories to share from watching the Super Bowls -- I think the most memorable of them all was the 1977 Super Bowl, which was played at the Rose Bowl, with the Raiders and Vikings playing (one team that later played in Los Angeles, and the other that may play here in LA in a few years, stay tuned). While the fans were enjoying the sunny warm weather here in SoCal, I was some 6,000 miles away in Germany, watching the game on television, and at the same time it was snowing like cats and dogs. Fortunately for me I didn't go to school that day because the conditions were too dangerous to do so.
There's been many others... the 1978 Super Bowl, in which the Cowboys won their 2nd NFL championship in a memorable game against the Denver Broncos (the Cowboys incidently began the 1977 season at 8-0, lost a heartbreaker to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday Night Football, then lost another game to the Pittsburgh Steelers before winning the next four in a row, plus the three post-season wins). Dallas holds the NFL record for appearing in more Super Bowl games than any other team, with eight Super Bowl appearances. Dallas lost twice to Pittsburgh by four points, and to the Baltimore Colts on a last-second field goal in 1972, but won five NFL championships, (1973 vs. Miami, 1978 vs. Denver, 1993 & 94 vs. Buffalo, and 1996 vs. Pittsburgh). I think the crowning moment in Cowboys history was finally... finally beating the Steelers in the Super Bowl. These two teams have met three times in the big show, and that is an NFL record.
Overall... San Francisco and Dallas shares the most Super Bowl wins at 5. Pittsburgh has 4 Super Bowl victories, and the Raiders, Green Bay, and Washington have three NFL championships since Super Bowl play began.
Philadelphia is looking for their first NFL championship in 45 years; and the Patriots is looking for their third Super Bowl win in four years. I will tell you this: this game may be a close one, but I'm going to give it to Philly.
And let us not forget... the wardrobe malfunction from last year's Super Bowl.
posted by Robert @ 8:30 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home