50: Celebrating 50 Years Of Super Bowl History

Part 3: 1990s

1990s

1990

Super Bowl XXIV

Super Bowl XXIV

After a dominant performance that won him a record third Super Bowl MVP, 49ers quarterback Joe Montana was given his own bowl game spinoff, The Joe Montana Bowl Show.

  1. San Francisco49ers
    55
  2. DenverBroncos
    10

Super Bowl XXV

Super Bowl XXV

In a game played during the height of the Gulf War, the crowd at Tampa Stadium was swept up in patriotic fervor when Whitney Houston hung and burned an effigy of Saddam Hussein while singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

  1. BuffaloBills
    19
  2. New YorkGiants
    20

Super Bowl XXVI

Super Bowl XXVI

The Bills lost to the Redskins this time.

  1. WashingtonRedskins
    37
  2. BuffaloBills
    24

Super Bowl XXVII

Super Bowl XXVII

The Bills lost to the Cowboys this time.

  1. BuffaloBills
    17
  2. DallasCowboys
    52
Did You Know

Michael Jackson is the only musician to ever score a perfect Halftime Performer Rating of 143.5.

Super Bowl XXVIII

Super Bowl XXVIII

For the fourth consecutive year, Bills fans angrily muttered to themselves through clenched teeth while shoveling snow out of their driveways the Monday after the Super Bowl.

  1. DallasCowboys
    30
  2. BuffaloBills
    13

Super Bowl XXIX

Super Bowl XXIX

Although the Chargers ultimately came up short against the 49ers, Super Bowl XXIX provided some of the best footage for Junior Seau's memorial tribute.

  1. San DiegoChargers
    26
  2. San Francisco49ers
    49

Super Bowl XXX

Super Bowl XXX

Shades of Super Bowl XXVIII, with a sprinkle of XXIV, and just a touch of XVII.

  1. DallasCowboys
    27
  2. PittsburghSteelers
    17

Super Bowl XXXI

Super Bowl XXXI

The culmination of the 1996 season took place in an era when watching the Patriots lose in the Super Bowl did not bathe one's soul in golden warmth and bliss.

  1. New EnglandPatriots
    21
  2. Green BayPackers
    35

Super Bowl XXXII

Super Bowl XXXII

The Packers' Brett Favre became the first starting quarterback to play the entire Super Bowl in an old pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

  1. Green BayPackers
    24
  2. DenverBroncos
    31
Did You Know

Winning a Super Bowl ring grants players access to the NFL's official MVP Lounge at all major international airports.

Super Bowl XXXIII

Super Bowl XXXIII

The game's second half was delayed while the Broncos were stuck in the locker room listening to a rambling, 45-minute halftime speech from Shannon Sharpe.

  1. DenverBroncos
    34
  2. AtlantaFalcons
    19

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