NEW ORLEANS – Seven years after Doug Pederson and Nick Foles delivered Philadelphia its first Tremendous Bowl title, Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts did it once more with a 40-22 win over Kansas Metropolis in Tremendous Bowl 59.
Profitable a number of titles in that quick a time interval is much from uncommon within the NFL, with the league usually dominated by transcendent coach-quarterback combos.
Doing so with completely different folks in these key positions is extraordinarily uncommon. Solely two different groups have ever received a number of Tremendous Bowls in a span of eight seasons with a distinct coach and completely different quarterback in each wins.
The Raiders broke by with their first title within the 1976 season when coach John Madden and quarterback Ken Stabler led Oakland to a 13-1 document and a Tremendous Bowl win over Minnesota. The Raiders did it once more 4 years later when Tom Flores and Jim Plunkett led them previous the Eagles in Tremendous Bowl 15.
The 49ers did it in addition to their dynasty prolonged gone Invoice Walsh’s retirement. Walsh and Joe Montana collaborated on three championships from the 1981-88 seasons earlier than Walsh stepped down. George Seifert then received the Tremendous Bowl in his first season in 1989 with Montana and once more in 1994 with Steve Younger at quarterback.
The Raiders had 11 gamers seem in each Tremendous Bowl wins, whereas the 49ers had six, together with Corridor of Famer Jerry Rice and 4 different gamers who began on offense in each Tremendous Bowl 23 and 29.
The Eagles had a much bigger roster turnover with solely proper deal with Lane Johnson, defensive finish Brandon Graham, kicker Jake Elliott and lengthy snapper Jake Lovato showing in each wins.
The principle fixed between Philadelphia’s two titles was basic supervisor Howie Roseman, who has now constructed two championship groups.
Again to high school
The Tremendous Bowl featured firsts for school soccer powerhouses Alabama and Texas.
Eagles receiver DeVonta Smith’s 46-yard landing catch have been the primary factors scored within the Tremendous Bowl by a participant who completed his faculty profession at Alabama. NFL scoring guidelines give credit score for factors to the participant who catches a landing — not who throws it — so Bart Starr and Stabler’s TD passes didn’t rely.
Gamers who completed their faculty careers at 144 different faculties had scored within the Tremendous Bowl earlier than 12-time AP faculty soccer champion Alabama cracked the checklist.
The win additionally put Smith in an unique membership of gamers with a Heisman Trophy and championships in faculty and the NFL. Solely 4 different gamers have executed that: Tony Dorsett, Marcus Allen, Charles Woodson and Reggie Bush.
Texas had beforehand had two kickers rating in a Tremendous Bowl with Justin Tucker getting 10 factors in Tremendous Bowl 47 for Baltimore and Raul Allegre getting seven for the Giants in Tremendous Bowl 21.
However Xavier Worthy’s two TD catches within the second half for Kansas Metropolis have been the primary touchdowns scored by a participant who completed faculty at Texas, the fifth winningest program in faculty soccer historical past.
One different faculty obtained on the Tremendous Bowl scoreboard for the primary time with Justin Watson’s 2-point conversion catch the primary factors scored by a participant from Penn. It marked simply the second time a participant from the Ivy League scored within the Tremendous Bowl with Harvard grad Kyle Juszczyk catching a TD go for the 49ers in Tremendous Bowl 54.
Payback
Hurts drew even with Mahomes in head-to-head Tremendous Bowl matchups.
This sport was the fourth rematch between quarterbacks in a Tremendous Bowl with Mahomes and the Chiefs having received in Tremendous Bowl 57. Hurts is the one one to get revenge with the opposite three all ending in sweeps: Eli Manning over Tom Brady, Troy Aikman over Jim Kelly, and Terry Bradshaw over Roger Staubach.
Hurts additionally grew to become the fourth participant who misplaced his first Tremendous Bowl as a beginning QB to go on to win one as a starter, becoming a member of Corridor of Famers Len Dawson, Bob Griese and John Elway.
Grounded
In what was billed because the season of the working again, it was the quarterbacks who led each groups in dashing.
Hurts ran for 72 yards to guide all ball carriers within the sport and break his personal document of 70 for many ever by a quarterback. The one different quarterback who led the Tremendous Bowl in yards dashing was San Francisco’s Steve Younger with 49 yards in Tremendous Bowl 29 towards San Diego.
Mahomes led the Chiefs with 25 yards dashing, marking the primary time that the main rusher for each groups was a quarterback.
Kansas Metropolis obtained solely 24 yards dashing from its working backs for the fourth lowest complete ever.
Even Eagles star Saquon Barkley struggled to get going with simply 57 yards on 25 carries together with his 2.28 yards per carry the worst for any participant with not less than 20 makes an attempt in a Tremendous Bowl.
That does not take away from what Barkley completed this season together with his 2,504 yards dashing within the common season and playoffs breaking the document of two,476 set by Terrell Davis in 1998.
Barkley completed the postseason with 499 yards dashing, trailing solely John Riggins (610 in 1982) and Davis (581 in 1997) for essentially the most in a single postseason.
NFC Beast
Philadelphia’s second Tremendous Bowl win made the NFC East the one division the place each group has received not less than two Tremendous Bowl titles.
In actual fact, no different division has all 4 groups profitable even one Tremendous Bowl.
With the 5 titles by Dallas, 4 for the New York Giants and three for Washington, the 4 groups have mixed for 14 Tremendous Bowl wins — 4 greater than some other division.
Subsequent up on the checklist based mostly on the present affiliations is the AFC West with 10 titles and the AFC East with 9. The NFC West and AFC North every have eight, adopted by the NFC North (5), NFC South (three) and AFC South (two).
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