Super Bowl Blunders
Super Bowl Blunders By Yong-yi Zhu. SPORTS COLUMNIST. Wasn’t the Super Bowl great? Not only did you have another close game decided by a last-second play, not only did you have the longest play in Super Bowl history, not only did you have the two opposing quarterbacks play their hearts out, but you even got a brief glance at Janet Jackson’s right breast. Super Bowl VII - The ultimate football folly The 1972 Dolphins are the only team ever to end the regular season and playoffs unbeaten and untied. However, their kicker stole the show with one of.
The NFL is filled with amazing stories of success, triumph and, of course, failure. From bad calls, to bad players and everything in between, the league could write itself a compelling movie script everyday of the week. AS we look at the Super Bowl we can’t help look to see what the biggest failures have been. The list is a long one, but we have weeded it down. Here are the top 10 biggest disappointments in Super Bowl history.10. Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction- 2004
photo:NYDaily
- Super Bowl Winners and Results: NO. DATE: SITE: RESULT: I: Jan. 15, 1967: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10: II: Jan. 14, 1968: Orange Bowl.
- Home » NFL » Trump’s big Super Bowl blunder. Trump’s big Super Bowl blunder. Kansas City broke a 50-year drought by pulling off a stunning comeback to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in this year’s Super Bowl.
- Rate The Refs: Super Bowl Blunders - The League at washingtonpost.com The League features Emil Steiner and other National Football League figures in debates on NFL news and issues.
This one was pretty big. With the world watching, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake were putting on a white-hot halftime performance at the Super Bowl in 2004. Im sure the execs were patting each other on their backs with the huge success of the show, when all of a sudden; “it” happened. The “it” being that in one split second, Justin Timberlake rips off a patch of Janet’s clothing, revealing a full frontal view of her breast with a piercing of a sun. Those same execs put a ban on both Timberlake and Jackson and they have never performed at a Super Bowl again.
9. Christina Aguilera Butchers National Anthem-2011
photo:NYDaily
In a case of second-hand embarrassment, the nation watched on in horror as Christina Aguilera stomped, disemboweled and buried our national anthem in front of an audience of 25 million people. While some people vowed to never forgive her for flubbing the Star Spangled Banner, Other people thought it was amazing. Watch the video below and you be the judge.
8. Not Enough Seats at Super Bowl XLV-2011
Photo:Wikipedia
If the National Anthem wasnt bad enough, patrons at the Super Bowl in 2011 were faced with something a little more displeasing. There were not enough seats! Over 1200 people were effected by a section of the stadium not being completed in time and while 850 of the people were given a seat, 400 people were escorted out of the stadium. Don’t feel too bad for them though, they were refunded the face value of the ticket times 3.
7. Madonna and Mia-2012
photo:NYDaily
Huge egos are just a part of the Super Bowl and the halftime show in 2012 featured two of the biggest egos in Hollywood. Madonna and Mia. Halfway through their performance, MIA flipped the bird on to the audience of almost 30 million people. The NFL was not so pleased and sued her for $16 million dollars.
Super Bowl Mistakes
6. Leon Lett and His Terrible Fumble-1992
Photo:xfinity
Leon Lett was a super star for the Dallas Cowboys defense. In a critical play, Lett recovered a fumble and was rumbling down the field for 50 yards to score a touchdown. Well, it would have been a touchdown had Lett not slowed down at the 10 yard line to showboat. Thats when a blazing Don Bebe of the Buffalo Bills knocked the ball from Lett’s hands, sending it out of bounds and resulting in a touchback instead of a touchdown.
5. Barret Robbins Misses The Super Bowl – 2003
A team often gets to the Super Bowl with an outstanding offensive line. One of the pillars of the Oakland Raiders team that went to Super Bowl XXXVII was all-pro Barret Robbins. Unfortunately for him and the Raiders, Robbins had an undiagnosed bi-polar disease and the night before the big game, Robbins had a meltdown of self doubt, fear, loathing and nerves. When the game started, Robbins was nowhere to be found. A substitute center took his place but it wasnt enough to change the day for the Raiders and they lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Later it was revealed that Robbins was in Tijuana getting black out drunk at the bars. His career, his marriage and almost his life ended that weekend.
4. One More Yard – 2000
Photo:NYDaily
Many Super Bowls are just not that entertaining. That was not the case with Super Bowl XXXIV. The Rams and the Titans had a fierce duel that came down to the final seconds as well as the final inches. With 10 seconds on the clock, Wide Receiver Dyson caught a ball on the 4 yard line and looked to be ready to march into the end-zone and send the game into overtime. A defender from the Rams got his right hand on Dyson’s hip, pulling him down and ending the game. One yard short.
3. Eugene Robinson and a Hooker-1999
Photo: NYDaily
It’s the night before the biggest game of your career. You can either study tape, plan and prepare and get a good nights rest or you can drive to the shady part of town and proposition and prostitute and get arrested? Im sure most of us would turn in early, but most of us are not Eugene Robinson. Robinson found himself in a bad spot after soliciting sex for $40 from an undercover female officer. While Robinson did play in the Super Bowl the next day, his unwanted attention took the teams eyes off the prize and they lost to the Denver Broncos.
Biggest Super Bowl Blunders
2.Super Bowl Blackout – 2013
The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers met at Super Bowl XLVII. All was going as planned until the lights went black at the start of the second half. They remained off for almost 35 minutes. Some thought it was network sabotage but the reality was a blown fuse. The 49ers came roaring back and looked poised to win the game but the Ravens held on to win the title despite the delay caused by the blackout.
Super Bowl Halftime Blunders
Wide Right – 1991
Photo:Iamvital
If your name is Scott Norwood, you are still not welcome in the state of New York. The Buffalo Bills made it to the Super Bowl 4 years in a row, a feat that any team can be proud of. But thats still a lot of heartbreak all in a row. In their first Super Bowl, they had a chance to win the game with a field goal. Many feel if they would have made that kick, they would have had the swagger to go on to become one of the storied franchises in all of the NFL. Instead, Scott Norwood shanked his kick wide right, sealing the fate of the team and becoming a known as “wide right”
| Super Bowl Winners and Results | |||
| NO. | DATE | SITE | RESULT |
| I | Jan. 15, 1967 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10 |
| II | Jan. 14, 1968 | Orange Bowl (Miami) | Green Bay 33, Oakland 14 |
| III | Jan. 12, 1969 | Orange Bowl (Miami) | New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7 |
| IV | Jan. 11, 1970 | Tulane Stadium (New Orleans) | Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7 |
| V | Jan. 17, 1971 | Orange Bowl (Miami) | Baltimore 16, Dallas 13 |
| VI | Jan. 16, 1972 | Tulane Stadium (New Orleans) | Dallas 24, Miami 3 |
| VII | Jan. 14, 1973 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Miami 14, Washington 7 |
| VIII | Jan. 13, 1974 | Rice Stadium (Houston) | Miami 24, Minnesota 7 |
| IX | Jan. 12, 1975 | Tulane Stadium (New Orleans) | Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6 |
| X | Jan. 18, 1976 | Orange Bowl (Miami) | Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17 |
| XI | Jan. 9, 1977 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | Oakland 32, Minnesota 14 |
| XII | Jan. 15, 1978 | Superdome (New Orleans) | Dallas 27, Denver 10 |
| XIII | Jan. 21, 1979 | Orange Bowl (Miami) | Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31 |
| XIV | Jan. 20, 1980 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles Rams 19 |
| XV | Jan. 25, 1981 | Superdome (New Orleans) | Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10 |
| XVI | Jan. 24, 1982 | Silverdome (Pontiac, Mich.) | San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21 |
| XVII | Jan. 30, 1983 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | Washington 27, Miami 17 |
| XVIII | Jan. 22, 1984 | Tampa (Fla.) Stadium | Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington 9 |
| XIX | Jan. 20, 1985 | Stanford (Calif.) Stadium | San Francisco 38, Miami 16 |
| XX | Jan. 26, 1986 | Superdome (New Orleans) | Chicago 46, New England 10 |
| XXI | Jan. 25, 1987 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | New York Giants 39, Denver 20 |
| XXII | Jan. 31, 1988 | Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego) | Washington 42, Denver 10 |
| XXIII | Jan. 22, 1989 | Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami) | San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 |
| XXIV | Jan. 28, 1990 | Superdome (New Orleans) | San Francisco 55, Denver 10 |
| XXV | Jan. 27, 1991 | Tampa (Fla.) Stadium | New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19 |
| XXVI | Jan. 26, 1992 | Metrodome (Minneapolis) | Washington 37, Buffalo 24 |
| XXVII | Jan. 31, 1993 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) | Dallas 52, Buffalo 17 |
| XXVIII | Jan. 30, 1994 | Georgia Dome (Atlanta) | Dallas 30, Buffalo 13 |
| XXIX | Jan. 29, 1995 | Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami) | San Francisco 49, San Diego 26 |
| XXX | Jan. 28, 1996 | Sun Devil Stadium (Tempe, Ariz.) | Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17 |
| XXXI | Jan. 26, 1997 | Superdome (New Orleans) | Green Bay 35, New England 21 |
| XXXII | Jan. 25, 1998 | Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego) | Denver 31, Green Bay 24 |
| XXXIII | Jan. 31, 1999 | Pro Player Stadium (Miami) | Denver 34, Atlanta 19 |
| XXXIV | Jan. 30, 2000 | Georgia Dome (Atlanta) | St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16 |
| XXXV | Jan. 28, 2001 | Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) | Baltimore 34, New York Giants 7 |
| XXXVI | Feb. 3, 2002 | Superdome (New Orleans) | New England 20, St. Louis 17 |
| XXXVII | Jan. 26, 2003 | Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego) | Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21 |
| XXXVIII | Feb. 1, 2004 | Reliant Stadium (Houston) | New England 32, Carolina 29 |
| XXXIX | Feb. 6, 2005 | Alltel Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.) | New England 24, Philadelphia 21 |
| XL | Feb. 5, 2006 | Ford Field (Detroit) | Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10 |
| XLI | Feb. 4, 2007 | Dolphin Stadium (Miami) | Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17 |
| XLII | Feb. 3, 2008 | University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) | New York Giants 17, New England 14 |
| XLIII | Feb. 1, 2009 | Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) | Pittsburgh 27, Arizona 23 |
| XLIV | Feb. 7, 2010 | Sun Life Stadium (Miami) | New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17 |
| XLV | Feb. 6, 2011 | Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas) | Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25 |
| XLVI | Feb. 5, 2012 | Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis) | New York Giants 21, New England 17 |
| XLVII | Feb. 3, 2013 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans) | Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31 |
| XLVIII | Feb. 2, 2014 | MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) | Seattle 43, Denver 8 |
| XLIX | Feb. 1, 2015 | University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) | New England 28, Seattle 24 |
| 50 | Feb. 7, 2016 | Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.) | Denver 24, Carolina 10 |
| LI | Feb. 5, 2017 | NRG Stadium (Houston) | New England 34, Atlanta 28 |
| LII | Feb. 4, 2018 | U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) | Philadelphia 41, New England 33 |
| LIII | Feb. 3, 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta) | New England 13, Los Angeles Rams 3 |
| LIV | Feb. 2, 2020 | Hard Rock Stadium (Miami) | Kansas City 31, San Francisco 20 |
| LV | Feb. 7, 2021 | Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) | Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9 |
Super Bowl Blunders
MORE
TOOLS