|
COPYRIGHT 2005 Century Publishing
MANY HAVE TRIED, ALL HAVE failed. Now it is New England's turn.
The Patriots hardly are the first team in position to capture three straight Super Bowl titles. Since the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first AFL-NFL championship game in 1967, six franchises have won two consecutive titles, with the Pittsburgh Steelers doing it twice. None reached the Super Bowl with a third crown on the line.
Can the Pats do it? And what happened to the other clubs who failed?
First, some history. Actually, a lot of history:
* Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10 in 1967 and the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in 1968.
* The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins 14-7 in 1973, the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in 1974.
* Pittsburgh downed Minnesota 16-6 in 1975, the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in 1976.
* The Steelers also took Dallas 35-31 in 1979, then beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in 1980.
* The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 in 1989 and routed the Denver Broncos 55-10 in 1990.
* Dallas took Buffalo 52-17 in 1993 and again beat the Bills, 30-13, in 1994.
* Denver upset Green Bay 31-24 in 1998 and beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in 1999.
* New England outlasted the Carolina Panthers 32-29 and the Philadelphia Eagles 24,21.
Here's a look at the teams that failed in their Threepeat bids:
GREEN BAY
The Packers were approaching the end of their dominance of the NFL when the Super Bowl was created. They'd won the NFL...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|
Bookmark this article
Print this article
Link to this article
Email this article
Digg It!
Add to del.icio.us
RSS
