The wildest Super Bowl numbers are still New England’s 28-3 comeback against Atlanta in Super Bowl LI and Tom Brady’s 505 passing yards in a loss a year later. Sixty Super Bowls have been played, the last one on February 8, 2026, and Super Bowl LXI is set for February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Here are the numbers from those 60 games that still look wrong when you read them, from the box scores and the league’s own records.
The comeback and the yardage nobody has matched
Atlanta led New England 28-3 with 8:31 left in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI, on February 5, 2017, in Houston. The Patriots scored 25 straight points to tie it with 57 seconds left, and James White ran in from two yards out in overtime to win it 34-28. White finished with 14 catches and three touchdowns.
No winner since has trailed by more than 10 points at any stage, in any Super Bowl from LII to LX. Kansas City came back from 10 down three times in that stretch, in Super Bowls LIV, LVII and LVIII.
A year later Brady threw for 505 yards against Philadelphia and lost 41-33. NFL.com recorded it as the Super Bowl record at the time, breaking his own 466 from the Atlanta game, and the two teams combined for 1,151 yards, which NFL.com reported as the most in any NFL game to that point. The most passing yards in any Super Bowl since is 333, by Patrick Mahomes against San Francisco in Super Bowl LVIII.
Individual games that still look like typos
- Rich Gannon, Super Bowl XXXVII: five interceptions for Oakland against Tampa Bay, and three of them were returned for touchdowns, two by Dwight Smith and one by Derrick Brooks. Tampa Bay won 48-21.
- Willie Parker, Super Bowl XL: a 75-yard touchdown run for Pittsburgh against Seattle. No Super Bowl run from XLI to LX went longer than 52 yards.
- James White, Super Bowl LI: 14 catches, the most by any player in the Super Bowls from XXXV to LX. The next best is Demaryius Thomas with 13 for Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII.
- Terrell Davis, Super Bowl XXXII: 157 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries in Denver’s 31-24 win over Green Bay. Jalen Hurts ran for three touchdowns in Super Bowl LVII and still lost 38-35 to Kansas City.
Back-to-back champions
Nine times a team has won two Super Bowls in a row, and eight franchises have done it. Nobody has won three straight: Kansas City went for it in Super Bowl LIX and lost 40-22 to Philadelphia.
| Team | Super Bowls | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | I, II | 1966, 1967 |
| Miami Dolphins | VII, VIII | 1972, 1973 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | IX, X | 1974, 1975 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | XIII, XIV | 1978, 1979 |
| San Francisco 49ers | XXIII, XXIV | 1988, 1989 |
| Dallas Cowboys | XXVII, XXVIII | 1992, 1993 |
| Denver Broncos | XXXII, XXXIII | 1997, 1998 |
| New England Patriots | XXXVIII, XXXIX | 2003, 2004 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | LVII, LVIII | 2022, 2023 |
Winners, losers and blowouts
Pittsburgh and New England have six Super Bowl wins each, the most of any team. New England has also lost six, more than anyone, the latest a 29-13 defeat to Seattle in Super Bowl LX. Buffalo lost four in a row from Super Bowl XXV to XXVIII, and Minnesota is 0-4.
The biggest margin is San Francisco’s 55-10 win over Denver in Super Bowl XXIV. The closest is the New York Giants’ 20-19 win over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXV. Super Bowl XXIX, San Francisco 49 and San Diego 26, has the most combined points at 75, and Super Bowl LIII, New England 13 and the Los Angeles Rams 3, has the fewest at 16.
Tampa Bay won Super Bowl LV 31-9 over Kansas City at Raymond James Stadium, its own home field.
The MVP numbers
Brady won five Super Bowl MVP awards, in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI and LV. Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes have three each. The last one went to Seattle running back Kenneth Walker III, with 135 yards on 27 carries in Super Bowl LX.
One MVP has come from the losing team. Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley won it in Super Bowl V with two interceptions and a fumble recovery, and Baltimore won the game 16-13.
Super Bowl betting trends
ESPN has a posted line for 12 of the 14 Super Bowls from XLVII to LX; it has none for LVIII or LIX. In those 12, the underdog won outright seven times: Baltimore, Seattle, New England, Denver, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Kansas City.
The winner covered in 11 of the 12. The exception was Super Bowl LVI, when the Los Angeles Rams were 4.5-point favorites and beat Cincinnati 23-20. Seattle was a 4.5-point favorite in Super Bowl LX and won by 16.
| Super Bowl | Line | Result |
|---|---|---|
| XLVII | SF -5 | Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31 |
| XLVIII | DEN -1 | Seattle 43, Denver 8 |
| XLIX | SEA -2 | New England 28, Seattle 24 |
| L | CAR -3.5 | Denver 24, Carolina 10 |
| LI | NE -3 | New England 34, Atlanta 28 (OT) |
| LII | NE -4.5 | Philadelphia 41, New England 33 |
| LIII | NE -2 | New England 13, LA Rams 3 |
| LIV | KC -1.5 | Kansas City 31, San Francisco 20 |
| LV | KC -3 | Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9 |
| LVI | LAR -4.5 | LA Rams 23, Cincinnati 20 |
| LVII | PHI -1 | Kansas City 38, Philadelphia 35 |
| LX | SEA -4.5 | Seattle 29, New England 13 |
Twelve games is a small sample, and a trend is not a reason to bet. For current Super Bowl LXI prices, see our Super Bowl odds and predictions, compare the top NFL sportsbooks, and follow the season game by game with our NFL predictions.