The First 50 Super Bowls: How Football's Championships Were Won

by Ed Benkin

Overview

The Super Bowl redefined American sports. Over the past half century, the NFL's championship game has grown from humble beginnings to the biggest sporting event of the calendar year--an event that creates legendary stories, from Len Dawson's conversation with the president to Jim O'Brien's game-winning kick and Randy White's post-game duet with Willie Nelson. Covering 50 Super Bowls, from 1966 through 2016, this book gives an insider's view of each game, with recollections from the people who participated, many told for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476630724
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/12/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ed Benkin is a sports broadcaster at KYW Radio and WIP Radio in Philadelphia and has written about sports for numerous publications in the area. He spends much of his time covering the Philadelphia Eagles and the NFL.
Ed Benkin is a sports broadcaster at KYW Radio and WIP Radio in Philadelphia and has written about sports for numerous publications in the area. He spends much of his time covering the Philadelphia Eagles and the NFL.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletevi
Foreword by Mike Curtis
Preface
The First 50 Super Bowls
I—Plenty of Seats Available
II—The Last 30 for the Old Man
III—The Game That Changed the Game
IV—The AFL Gets Even
V—O’Brien Kicks the Cowboys
VI—This Year’s Champions
VII—Perfection
VIII—Miami Mastery
IX—Birth of a Steel Dynasty
X—Swann Soars for the Steelers
XI—The Raiders Reign Supreme
XII—Devastation by Doomsday
XIII—Battle of the Best
XIV—Stallworth Saves the Steelers
XV—Raiders Play the Wild Card
XVI—The 49ers Come Out of the Cold
XVII—Stinging the Killer Bees
XVIII—The Rout of the Redskins
XIX—Joe Cool Beats Dan the Man
XX—The Bears Shuffle to Greatness
XXI—A Giant Performance
XXII—Ambushed
XXIII—A Drive for the Ages
XXIV—Phenomenal 49ers
XXV—A ­Star-Spangled Super Bowl
XXVI—Capital Punishment
XXVII—The New Kids on the Block
XXVIII—Jimmy’s Last Roundup
XXIX—Nobody’s Backup
XXX—A Soap Opera with a Happy Ending
XXXI—The Lombardi Comes Home
XXXII—The Broncos Break Through
XXXIII—Going Out on Top
XXXIV—The Rams by a Yard
XXXV—Purple Reign
XXXVI—The Patriot Way
XXXVII—Gruden Gets the Last Laugh
XXXVIII—Last Team with the Ball Wins
XXXIX—Three Out of Four
XL—Finally One for the Thumb
XLI—Colts Wash Away Bears
XLII—A Giant Upset
XLIII—One for the Other Thumb
XLIV—The Saints and the City
XLV—Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood
XLVI—New York, New York
XLVII—Lights Out Performance
XLVIII—The Seahawks Freeze the Broncos
XLIX—The Butler Did It
50—Defense Wins Championships
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is one case in which you can actually judge a book by its cover. Sports broadcaster Ed Benkin delivers exactly as promised in The First 50 Super Bowls. The author conducted more than 100 interviews with former players and coaches to present readers with an insider perspective on these fifty football games...recommended”—Choice; “an excellent guide to the game”—ARBA.

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