Highest Scoring Super Bowl Games of All Time
By Michael Luciano
With two offensive geniuses in San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid set to do battle at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, these teams have a real shot at making championship history in terms of offensive output. With a potential high-scoring showdown looming, let's look back at some of the Super Bowl's with the most points scored throughout history.
7. Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31
Joe Flacco's Ravens got off to a fast start, and withstood Colin Kaepernick's comeback bid to win Super Bowl XLVII, giving the franchise its second Lombardi Trophy in less than 20 years of existence. With 65 combined points, both quarterbacks were in a groove in New Orleans, but Baltimore's defense held on to preserve the win. Flacco threw for 287 yards and a trio of touchdown passes.
6. Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 55, Denver 10
John Elway had a reputation as a QB who couldn't win the big game, and being on the wrong end of the most lopsided blowout in Super Bowl history won't help erase that narrative. Joe Montana and the 49ers could not be stopped, as he threw five touchdowns, three of which went to Jerry Rice, while Elway completed just 10 passes. This is probably a day Broncos head coach Dan Reeves wants to scrub from his memory.
5. Super Bowl XIII: Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
You never knew what Terry Bradshaw would give you on a game to game basis, but he was nothing short of amazing in Pittsburgh's fourth Super Bowl win in six years. Bradshaw threw four touchdowns and passed for over 300 yards, out-dueling Roger Staubach and cementing the '79 Steelers as one of the greatest teams in the history of the league, in one of the greatest games the sport ever saw.
4. Super Bowl XXXVII: Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21
Jon Gruden, who was traded from the Raiders in 2001, helped Tampa Bay pick off Rich Gannon five times in the Super Bowl, as Oakland head coach Bill Callahan didn't change any of the language on offense and Gruden knew the whole playbook. A dominant defensive performance led by Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, and John Lynch gave Tampa Bay its only championship in franchise history. Quarterback Brad Johnson led the charge offensively, throwing for two TDs and 215 passing yards.
3. Super Bowl XXVII: Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
The Dallas Cowboys were simply unstoppable during Super Bowl XXVII, putting up 52 points against the Bills' defense. Jim Kelly and Frank Reich barely had time to throw with Charles Haley constantly in the backfield, and they weren't successful when they did, throwing four picks. Emmitt Smith had 100 yards and Troy Aikman had four touchdown passes in a beatdown that gave Jimmy Johnson his first Super Bowl ring.
2. Super Bowl LII: Philadelphia 41, New England 33
Tom Brady's 505 passing yards weren't enough to nab a Lombardi away from Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles, who pulled off one of the greatest upsets in football history. An immobile backup quarterback used perfect downfield passing and a little bit of trickery to take down a dynasty at the height of its power. Eagles fans are a jaded bunch, but the memory of Foles on the receiving end of "Philly Special" will live forever in the City of Brotherly Love.
1. Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
The Chargers might have been led by the late great Junior Seau, but a team with Stan Humphries at QB was expected to get slaughtered by Steve Young and the 49ers. Spoiler alert: they were. Young threw six touchdowns in a legendary performance that gave a stacked 49ers team another Lombardi trophy. Young and George Seifert got their first rings, while Seau and the Chargers haven't made it back since.