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The Super Bowl is obviously the biggest game of the NFL season, so it makes sense that a number of the championship games throughout the league’s history have been iconic. Teams and players are going to do whatever it takes to get a win. This has led to some big Super Bowl moments and a number of players who had iconic careers in the big game.
The Super Bowl is more than just individual players and moments, though. The entire game has to be incredible for it to live up to the expectations of fans. Some games have exceeded expectations, and those classics will be remembered forever. Most recently, Super Bowl LVIII delivered an absolute classic, as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime. The Chiefs again have a chance to create greatness, as they are going for the first Super Bowl three-peat ever in their Super Bowl 59 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. In this article, we are ranking the 20 best Super Bowls in the history of the NFL, as there are plenty of thrillers that came down to the wire and finished as all-time classics.
While this game has the largest margin of victory of any game on this list, it was still a classic, and you have to take into account how the New Orleans Saints ended up with a lead. The Saints trailed by a point going into the fourth quarter, and they had already made a gutsy call when they attempted (and converted) an onside kick right after halftime.
Drew Brees helped the Saints take a lead late. But Peyton Manning was the king of the comeback, and no one thought the lead was safe. Manning started to effectively drive down the field, but surprisingly, he threw a pick-six to Tracy Porter, which was the nail in the coffin.
The first Super Bowl that happened post-merger, this game came down to the wire. The Dallas Cowboys’ Craig Morton was picked off by Mike Curtis. That allowed the Baltimore Colts to get into field goal territory and set up a tie-breaking and game-winning kick by Jim O’Brien.
Matthew Stafford had a stacked roster in his first season with the Rams, but the Bengals were going to give Los Angeles a run for their money in Super Bowl LVI. Stafford and Cooper Kupp had great chemistry all season, and that was evident with their 79-yard game-winning drive that ended with a Kupp touchdown. Los Angeles still had to get a stop, though, and Aaron Donald ended Cincinnati’s championship dreams.
The first three quarters of Super Bowl XXXVIII weren’t super thrilling, but the game remained tight. There were a number of big plays in the fourth quarter, though, and the two teams combined for 37 points in...
