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Super Bowl 59 ended with the Philadelphia Eagles winning by a score of 40-22 over the Kansas City Chiefs. The dominant victory resulted in Philadelphia getting redemption from their championship loss two years prior, and it prevented Kansas City from becoming the first Super Bowl three-peater.
But while the 40 points the Eagles put up are impressive, as are the 22 points they limited the Chiefs’ high-powered offense to, the final score doesn’t even tell the whole story.
This was undoubtedly one of the most dominant Super Bowl performances ever, as most of the Chiefs’ points didn’t come until garbage time. So, where does the Eagles’ performance over the Chiefs rank among the most dominant Super Bowls ever? We will answer that below.
While final score/point differential is a big factor in these rankings, it isn’t the only thing that we took into account.
Get used to seeing the Denver Broncos on this list. Unfortunately, they have an affinity for not showing up to play in the Super Bowl. John Elway is one of the best NFL players ever, and he eventually rode into the sunset of retirement after back-to-back championship wins. But he and his team struggled mightily in the big game in the ’80s (when the quarterback didn’t have a lot of help around him and willed his team to the championship game).
One such example was Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers were quarterbacked by Joe Montana, who, like Elway is one of the greatest players in league history. Unlike Elway, Montana particularly thrived in the Super Bowl in the ’80s, as he went 4-0 in the game. The 45-point differential in Super Bowl XXIV is the highest ever by nine whole points.
The year prior, it took a fourth-quarter Super Bowl comeback for the 49ers to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. That wasn’t the case this season, as the 49ers dominated from the get-go.
Montana threw a then-Super Bowl record five touchdown passes. Three of those went to Jerry Rice. The quarterback/receiver duo both rank in the top three of our best players in Super Bowl history list largely because of this game.
All in all, San Francisco scored a record eight touchdowns en route to the most points ever in a championship game. The 49ers had 28 first downs to the Broncos 12, and the net yardage discrepancy was 461-167. The 49ers doubled the Broncos in time of possession, and they even forced Denver to turn the ball over four times.
The ’70s and ’80s weren’t the only time the Broncos struggled in the Super Bowl. They were blown out in 2014 during Super Bowl XLVIII as well. This was a dominant game by the Seattle Seahawks, and fans basically knew it was over after the first play from scrimmage.
That play saw center Manny Ramirez snap...
