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This is a list of Super Bowl records. The list of records is separated by individual players and teams. Players and teams, along with their records, are noted with the Super Bowl game played. All records can be referenced at the National Football League (NFL)'s official website, NFL.com.

Individual player records

A complete list of Super Bowl records can be found in the 2023 Official NFL Record & Fact Book beginning at page 659. Records can also be found at Pro-Football-Reference.com.

Service

Scoring

  • Most points scored, career, 48
  • Most points scored, single game, 20
  • Longest scoring play, 108 yard kickoff return

Touchdowns

00 In this category R = rushing touchdown (TD); P = pass reception TD; KR = kickoff return TD

  • Most touchdowns, career, 8
  • Most touchdowns, QB-Receiver Tandem, career, 5
  • Most touchdowns, single game, 3 (accomplished seven times by six players)
  • Most touchdowns, single quarter, 2
  • Most touchdowns, plays of 50-or-more yards, game, 2
  • Touchdowns scored for two different teams, 4 players
  • Longest play, 108 yards

Passing

  • Highest passer rating, career, (40 attempts), 127.83
  • Highest passer rating, game, 150.92
  • Lowest passer rating to win game, 22.6
  • Most touchdown passes, career, 21
  • Most touchdown passes, half, 4
  • Doug Williams, first half – Washington vs. Denver, XXII
  • Steve Young, first half – San Francisco vs. San Diego, XXIX
  • Most touchdown passes, quarter, 4 (second)
  • Most touchdown passes, game, 6
  • Lowest percentage, passes had intercepted, career, (40 attempts), 0.00%
  • Most attempts, career, 421
  • Most attempts, game, 62
  • Fewest attempts by winning QB, game, 7
  • Bob Griese – Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII
  • Most completions, career, 277
  • Most completions to start a game, 9
  • Most consecutive completions, game, 16
  • Most completions, game, 43
  • Most completions, both quarterbacks, 63
  • Fewest completions by winning QB, game, 6
  • Bob Griese – Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII
  • Highest completion percentage, career, (40 attempts), 70%
  • Highest completion percentage, game, (20 attempts), 88%
  • Phil Simms – New York Giants vs. Denver, XXI (22-25)
  • Highest completion percentage, both teams, 75% (84–63)
  • Most passing yards, career, 3,039
  • Most passing yards, game, 505
  • Most passing yards, quarter, 228 (second)
  • Longest pass, 85 yards (TD)
  • Fewest passing yards by a Super Bowl MVP, 119
  • Highest average gain, career (40 attempts), 11.10 yards
  • Highest average gain, game (20 attempts), 14.71 yards
  • Most attempts, without interception, game, 48
  • Most interceptions thrown, career, 8
  • Most interceptions thrown, game, 5

Rushing

  • Most attempts, career, 101
  • Most attempts, game, 38
  • Most rushing yards, career, 354
  • Most rushing yards, game, 204
  • Timmy Smith – Washington vs. Denver, XXII
  • Longest run from scrimmage, 75 yards (TD)
  • Most rushing touchdowns, career, 5
  • Most rushing touchdowns, game, 3
  • Highest average gain, career (20 attempts), 9.6 yards
  • Highest average gain, game (10 attempts), 10.5 yards
  • Tom Matte – Baltimore Colts vs. New York Jets, III (11–116)
  • Longest Touchdown Run, Quarterback, 15 yards
  • Most rushing yards, game, Quarterback, 70 yards
  • Most rushing yards, game, Wide Receiver, 53 yards

Receiving

  • Most receptions, career, 33
  • Most receptions, game, 14
  • Most receiving yards, career, 589
  • Most receiving yards, game, 215
  • Jerry Rice – San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, XXIII
  • Most receiving yards, game, tight end, 133
  • Most receiving yards, game, running back, 110
  • Longest reception, 85 yards (TD)
  • Highest average gain, career (8 receptions), 24.4 yards
  • Highest average gain, game (3 receptions), 40.33 yards
  • Most receiving touchdowns, career, 8
  • Most receiving touchdowns, game, 3
  • Most receiving touchdowns, game, Quarterback, 1

Combined yardage

This category includes rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns.

  • Most Attempts, career, 108
  • Most Attempts, game, 39
  • Most yards gained, career, 604
  • Most yards gained, game, 290

Fumbles

  • Most fumbles, career, 5
  • Most fumbles, game, 3
  • Roger Staubach – Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, X
  • Jim Kelly – Buffalo vs. Washington, XXVI
  • Frank Reich – Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVII
  • Most fumbles recovered, career, 2
  • Jake Scott, Miami, 3 games (1 own, 1 opponent)
  • Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, 3 games (2 own)
  • Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, 4 games (2 own)
  • Roger Staubach, Dallas, 4 games (2 own)
  • Bobby Walden, Pittsburgh, 2 games (2 own)
  • John Fitzgerald, Dallas, 4 games (2 own)
  • Randy Hughes, Dallas, 3 games (2 opponent)
  • Butch Johnson, Dallas, 2 games (2 own)
  • Mike Singletary, Chicago, 1 game (2 opponent)
  • John Elway, Denver, 5 games (2 own)
  • Jimmie Jones, Dallas, 2 games (2 opponent)
  • Kenneth Davis, Buffalo, 4 games (2 own)
  • Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams – Arizona, 3 games (2 own)
  • Danny Trevathan, Denver, 2 games (1 own, 1 opponent)
  • Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City, 3 games (2 own)
  • Most fumbles recovered, game, 2
  • Most fumble return yards, game, 64 yards
  • Leon Lett – Dallas vs. Buffalo, XXVII
  • Longest fumble return, 64 yards
  • Leon Lett – Dallas vs. Buffalo, XXVII
  • Most fumble returns for touchdowns, game, 1

Defense

  • Most interceptions, career, 3
  • Most interceptions, game, 3
  • Rod Martin – Oakland vs. Philadelphia, XV
  • Most interception yards gained, career, 108
  • Most interception yards gained, game, 108
  • Darrien Gordon – Denver vs. Atlanta, XXXIII
  • Longest interception return, 100 yards, TD
  • Most interceptions returned for a touchdown, game, 2
  • Most solo tackles plus assists, game, 18 (11 tackles, 7 assists)
(Sacks an official statistic since XVII by the NFL, sacks for all games shown by Pro Football Reference.com)
  • Most sacks, game, 4
  • Most safeties, game, 1
Defensive, tackle in end zone
Special teams
Blocked punts
  • Reggie Harrison – Pittsburgh vs. Dallas, X
Punter ran out of end zone

Special teams

Kickoff returns

  • Longest kickoff return, 108 yards, TD
  • Most kickoff returns, career, 10
  • Ken Bell – Denver 3 games XXI, XXII, XXIV
  • Most kickoff returns, game, 8
  • Most kickoff return yards, career, 283
  • Fulton Walker – Miami 2 games XVII, XIX
  • Most kickoff return yards, game, 244
  • Andre Coleman – San Diego vs. San Francisco, XXIX
  • Highest kickoff return average, career (4 returns), 42.0 yards
  • Tim Dwight, Atlanta, 1 game (5–210) XXXIII
  • Highest kickoff return average, game (3 returns), 47.5 yards
  • Fulton Walker, Miami vs. Washington, (4–190) XVII
  • Opening kickoff returned for touchdown, 1 time
  • Most kickoff returns for touchdowns, game, 1

Kickoffs

  • Most kickoffs for touchback, 6

Punting

Players team listed first

  • Longest punt, 65 yards
  • Most punts inside 10 yard line, game, 3
  • Most punts, game, 11
  • Most punts, career, 17
  • Highest punting average, career (10 punts), 46.5 yards
  • Highest punting average, game (4 punts), 50.2 yards

Punt returns

  • Most punt returns, career, 8
  • Most punt returns, game, 6
  • Mike Nelms – Washington vs. Miami, XVII
  • Desmond Howard – Green Bay vs. New England, XXXI
  • Most fair catches, game, 4
  • Most punt return yards gained, career, 94
  • Most punt return yards gained, game, 90
  • Longest punt return, 65 yards
  • Highest average, punt return yardage, career (4 returns), 15.7 yards
  • John Taylor, 3 games (6–94) San Francisco XXIII, XXIV, XXIX
  • Highest average, punt return yardage, game (3 returns), 18.7 yards
  • John Taylor, San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, (3–56) XXIII
  • Most punt returns for touchdowns, game, 0
  • none

Field goals

  • Most field goals attempted, career, 10
  • Most field goals attempted, game, 5
  • Jim Turner – New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts, III
  • Efren Herrera – Dallas vs. Denver, XII
  • Most field goals, career, 7
  • Game winning field goals
  • Most field goals, game, 4
  • Don Chandler – Green Bay vs. Oakland, II
  • Ray Wersching – San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, XVI
  • Most 40-plus yard field goals, game, 3
  • Garrett Hartley – New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis XLIV
  • Longest field goal, 54 yards
  • Steve Christie – Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVIII
  • Shortest field goal, 9 yards
  • Jim Turner – New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts III
  • Mike Clark – Dallas vs. Miami VI

Note: The goal posts were moved to the back of the end zone in 1974. As such, this record cannot be broken. Standard field goal protocol does not currently allow a kick 17 yards or shorter.

Points after touchdown

  • Most (one point) PATs, career, 13
  • Most (one point) extra points, game, 7
  • Mike Cofer – San Francisco vs. Denver, (8 attempts) XXIV
  • Lin Elliot – Dallas vs. Buffalo, (7 attempts) XXVII
  • Doug Brien – San Francisco vs. San Diego, (7 attempts) XXIX
  • Most 2 point conversions, game, 1

Team records

All records can be referenced at NFL.com.

  • Most Super Bowl appearances, 11
  • Most consecutive Super Bowl appearances, 4
  • Most Super Bowl victories, 6
  • Most consecutive Super Bowl victories, 2 (occurred 8 times)
  • Most Super Bowl losses, 5
  • Most consecutive Super Bowl losses, 4
  • Super Bowl win with no home playoff games
  • Most Super Bowl wins without a loss, 2
  • Longest Super Bowl win streak, 5 games
  • Most Super Bowl appearances without a win, 4
  • Most common matchup, 3

Scoring

Points

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most points, game, 55
  • San Francisco vs. Denver, XXIV
  • Most consecutive points, game, 44
  • Most points by a losing team, game, 35
  • Fewest points, game, 3
  • Fewest points by winning team, game, 13
  • Largest margin of victory, 45 points
  • San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver, (55–10) XXIV
  • Smallest margin of victory, 1 point
  • Most points scored, first half of play, 35
  • Washington vs. Denver, XXII
  • Most points, second half of play, 30
  • New York Giants vs. Denver, XXI
  • Most points scored in any quarter of play, 35
  • Washington vs. Denver, (second quarter), XXII
  • Most points, first quarter, 14 (by 7 teams)
  • Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII
  • Oakland vs. Philadelphia, XV
  • Dallas vs. Buffalo, XXVII
  • San Francisco vs. San Diego, XXIX
  • New England vs. Green Bay, XXXI
  • Chicago vs. Indianapolis, XLI
  • Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh, XLV
  • Most points, second quarter, 35
  • Washington vs. Denver, XXII
  • Most points, third quarter, 21
  • Most points, fourth quarter, 21
  • Most points, overtime, 6
  • Largest lead, end of first quarter, 14 points
  • Largest halftime margin, 25 points
  • Washington vs. Denver, (35–10), XXII
  • Largest halftime lead with a shutout, 22 points
  • Largest lead, end of 3rd quarter, 41 points
  • Largest comeback, 25 points
  • Largest 4th quarter comeback, 19 points
  • Largest halftime comeback, 18 points
  • Fewest points, first half, 0 (13 times)
  • Fewest points, second half, 0 (8 times)
  • Kansas City vs. Green Bay, I
  • Dallas vs. Baltimore Colts, V
  • Miami 4 times – vs. Dallas, VI, vs. Washington, VII, vs. Washington, XVII, vs. San Francisco, XIX Super Bowl VII was the only time that a team failed to score in the second half and won.
  • Denver vs. Washington, XXII
  • Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVIII
Both teams
  • Most points, game, 75
  • San Francisco (49) vs. San Diego (26), XXIX
  • Fewest points, game, 16
  • Most points, first half, 45
  • Washington (35) vs. Denver (10), XXII
  • Most points, second half, 46
  • Fewest points, first half, 2
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (0), IX
  • Fewest points, second half, 7
  • Miami Dolphins (0) vs. Washington (7), VII
  • Washington (7) vs. Denver (0), XXII
  • Most points, first quarter, 24
  • Green Bay (10) vs. New England (14), XXXI
  • Most points, second quarter, 35
  • Washington (35) vs. Denver (0), XXII
  • Most points, third quarter, 24
  • Most points, fourth quarter, 37
  • Most points, overtime, 6
  • Most lead changes, game, 7
  • Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles Rams, XIV
  • Most lead changes in the fourth quarter, 3
  • Both teams scoring over 30 points, 4

Touchdowns

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most touchdowns, game, 8
  • San Francisco vs. Denver, XXIV
  • Most touchdowns, losing team, game, 4
  • Fewest touchdowns, winning team, game, 1
  • Fewest touchdowns, game, 0
  • Longest touchdown scoring drive, 96 yards
Both teams
  • Most touchdowns, game, 10
  • San Francisco (7) vs. San Diego (3), XXIX
  • Fewest touchdowns, game, 1

Points after touchdown

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most (one point) PATs, game, 7
  • San Francisco vs. Denver, (8 attempts) XXIV
  • Dallas vs. Buffalo, (7 attempts) XXVII
  • San Francisco vs. San Diego, (7 attempts) XXIX
Most two point conversions, game, 2
  • Most missed PATs, game, 3
Both teams
  • Most (one point) PATs, game, 9
  • Pittsburgh (5) vs. Dallas (4), XIII
  • Dallas (7) vs. Buffalo (2) (XXVII)
  • Fewest (one point) PATs, game, 1
  • Most two point conversions, game, 2
  • Most total PATs, game, 10
  • San Diego (2 2 pt, 1 k) vs. San Francisco (7 k), XXIX
  • Most missed PATs, game, 4

Field goals

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most field goals attempted, game, 5
  • New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts, III
  • Dallas vs. Denver, XII
  • Most field goals, game, 4
  • Green Bay vs. Oakland, II
  • San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, XVI
  • Most fake field goals attempted, game, 1
Both teams
  • Most field goals attempted, game, 7
  • Fewest field goals attempted, game, 1
  • Most field goals, game, 5
  • Most field goals without miss, game, 5
  • Fewest field goals, game, 0
  • Miami vs. Washington, VII
  • Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota, IX

Safeties

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most safeties, game, 1

Offense

Net yards gained

Combined rushing and passing

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most net yards, rushing and passing, game, 613
  • Fewest net yards, rushing and passing, game, 119
  • Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, IX
  • Fewest Total Yards, Winning Team, game, 194
  • Most offensive plays, game, 93
  • Most consecutive drives ending with a punt, game, 8
Both teams
  • Most net yards, rushing and passing, game, 1,151
  • Fewest net yards, rushing and passing, game, 396

Rushing

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most rushing attempts, game, 57
  • Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota, IX
  • Fewest rushing attempts, winning team, game, 13
  • Fewest rushing attempts, game, 9
  • Miami vs. San Francisco, XIX
  • Most yards rushing, game, 280
  • Washington vs. Denver, XXII
  • Fewest rushing yards, winning team, game, 29
  • Fewest yards rushing, game, 7
  • Highest average gain per rush attempt, game, 7.00 yards
  • Los Angeles Raiders vs. Washington, (33–231), XVIII
  • Washington vs. Denver, (40–280), XXII
  • Lowest average gain per rush attempt, game, 0.64 yards
  • Most rushing touchdowns, game, 4
  • Fewest rushing touchdowns, game, 0 (39 teams)
  • 2 times – Minnesota, Denver, Green Bay, New York Giants, Philadelphia, Cincinnati
  • 3 times – Oakland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams
  • 4 times – New England
Kansas City vs. Green Bay, I • Oakland vs. Green Bay, II • Dallas vs. Baltimore Colts V
• Miami vs. Dallas VI • Washington vs. Miami VII • Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, IX
• Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, X • Pittsburgh vs. Dallas, X • Minnesota vs. Oakland, XI
• Dallas vs. Steelers, XIII • Oakland vs. Philadelphia, XV • Philadelphia vs. Oakland, XV
• Miami vs. Washington, XVII • Miami vs. San Francisco, XIX New England vs. Chicago, XX
• Denver vs. Washington XXII • Cincinnati vs. San Francisco, XXIII • San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, XXIII
• Green Bay vs. Denver, XXXII • Atlanta vs. Denver, XXXIII St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee, XXXIV
New York Giants vs. Baltimore Ravens, XXXV New England vs. St. Louis Rams, XXXVI Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, XXXVII
Philadelphia vs. New England, XXXIX Seattle vs. Pittsburgh, XL • Chicago vs. Indianapolis, XLI
New York Giants vs. New England, XLII • Arizona vs. Pittsburgh, XLIII • New Orleans vs. Indianapolis, XLIV
Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh, XLV New England vs. New York Giants, XLVI Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco, XLVII
Denver vs. Seattle, XLVIII New England vs. Seattle, XLIX Los Angeles Rams vs. New England, LIII
Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay, LV Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati, LVI • Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Rams, LVI
Both teams
  • Most rushing attempts, game, 81
  • Washington (52) vs. Miami (29), XVII
  • Fewest rushing attempts, game, 36
  • Most yards rushing, game, 377
  • Washington (280) vs. Denver (97), XXII
  • Fewest yards rushing, game, 91
  • Arizona (33) vs. Pittsburgh (58), XLIII
  • Most rushing touchdowns, game, 4
  • Fewest rushing touchdowns, game, 0

Passing

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most passing attempts, game, 63
  • Fewest passing attempts, game, 7
  • Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII
  • Most passes completed, game, 43
  • Fewest passes completed, game, 4
  • Miami vs. Washington, XVII
  • Highest completion percentage, game (20 attempts), 88.0%
  • New York Giants vs. Denver, (25–22), XXI
  • Lowest completion percentage, game (20 attempts), 32.0%
  • Denver vs. Dallas, (25–8), XII
  • Most yards passing, game, 500
  • Fewest yards passing, game, 35
  • Denver vs. Dallas, XII
  • Highest average yards gained per pass attempt, game, 14.7 yards
  • Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles Rams (309–21), XIV
  • Lowest average yards gained per pass attempt, game, 1.4 yards
  • Denver vs. Dallas (35–25), XII
  • Most times intercepted, game, 5
  • Most times sacked, game, 7
  • Fewest times sacked, game, 0 (14 teams)
  • 2 times – Denver, Philadelphia
  • 3 times – Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
• Baltimore Colts vs. New York Jets, III • Baltimore Colts vs. Dallas, V • Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, IX
• Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles Rams, XIV • Philadelphia vs. Oakland, XV • Washington vs. Buffalo, XXVI
• Denver vs. Green Bay, XXXII • Denver vs. Atlanta, XXXIII Tampa Bay vs. Oakland, XXXVII
New England vs. Carolina, XXXVIII • Indianapolis vs. New Orleans, XLIV Seattle vs. Denver, XLVIII
Philadelphia vs. New England, LII Kansas City vs. Philadelphia, LVII
  • Most passing touchdowns, game, 6
  • San Francisco vs. San Diego, XXIX
  • Fewest passing touchdowns, game, 0 (24 teams)
  • 2 times – Miami, Washington, Buffalo
  • 3 times – Minnesota
  • 4 times – Denver
• New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts, III • Baltimore Colts vs. New York Jets, III • Minnesota vs. Kansas City IV
• Miami vs. Dallas VI • Washington vs. Miami VII • Minnesota vs. Miami, VIII
• Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII • Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, IX • Denver vs. Dallas, XII
• Washington vs. Los Angeles Raiders, XVIII Chicago vs. New England, XX • Cincinnati vs. San Francisco, XXIII
• Denver vs. San Francisco, XXIV Buffalo vs. New York Giants, XXV • Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVIII
• Dallas vs. Buffalo, XXVIII • Denver vs. Green Bay, XXXII Tennessee vs. St. Louis Rams, XXXIV
New York Giants vs. Baltimore Ravens, XXXV Carolina vs. Denver, 50 Denver vs. Carolina, 50
New England vs. Los Angeles Rams, LIII Los Angeles Rams vs. New England, LIII Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay, LV
  • Most players, 100-or-more receiving yards, game, 3
  • New England vs. Philadelphia, LII (Danny Amendola 152, Chris Hogan 128, Rob Gronkowski 116)
Both teams
  • Most passes attempted, game, 93
  • Fewest passes attempted, game, 35
  • Miami (7) vs. Minnesota (28), VIII
  • Most passes completed, game, 63
  • New Orleans (32) vs. Indianapolis (31), XLIV
  • Fewest passes completed, game, 19
  • Miami (4) vs. Washington (15), XVII
  • Highest completion percentage, game, 75.0%
  • New Orleans (82.1%) vs. Indianapolis (68.9%), XLIV
  • Most yards passing, game, 874
  • Fewest yards passing, game, 156
  • Miami (69) vs. Washington (87), VII
  • Most times sacked, game, 12
  • Fewest times sacked, game, 1
  • Most passing touchdowns, game, 7
  • Fewest passing touchdowns, game, 0

First downs

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most first downs, game, 37
  • Fewest first downs, game, 9
  • Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, IX
  • Miami vs. Washington, XVII
  • Most first downs rushing, game, 16
  • San Francisco vs. Miami, XIX
  • Fewest first downs, rushing, game, 1
  • Most first downs, passing, game, 26
  • Fewest first downs, passing, game, 1
  • Denver vs. Dallas, XII
  • Most first downs, penalty, game, 6
  • Most fourth down conversions, game, 2
Both teams
  • Most first downs, game, 54
  • Fewest first downs, game, 24
  • Most first downs, rushing, game, 21
  • Washington (14) vs. Miami (7), XVII
  • Fewest first downs, rushing, game, 6
  • Arizona (2) vs. Pittsburgh (4), XLIII
  • Most first downs, passing, game, 42
  • Fewest first downs, passing, game, 9
  • Denver (1) vs. Dallas (8), XII
  • Most first downs, penalty, game, 9
  • Fewest first downs, penalty, game, 0
  • Lowest 3rd down conversion rate, game, 13.8%

Defense

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most Interceptions by, game, 5
  • Most yards gained by interception return, game, 172
  • Most touchdowns scored by interception return, game, 3
  • Most sacks, game, 7
  • Fewest yards allowed, 119
  • Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota, IX
  • Most yards allowed, 613
  • Most yards allowed in a win, 613

Both teams

  • Most Interceptions by, game, 6
  • Fewest Interceptions by, game, 0
  • Fewest yards allowed, 396
  • Most yards allowed, 1151
  • Most yards gained by interception return, game, 184
  • Most sacks by, game, 12
  • Fewest sacks by, game, 1

Fumbles

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most fumbles, game, 8
  • Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVII
  • Most fumbles lost, game, 5
  • Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVII
  • Most fumbles recovered, game, 8
  • Dallas vs. Denver, XII (4 own, 4 opponent)

Both teams

  • Most fumbles, both teams, game, 12
  • Buffalo (8) vs. Dallas (4), XXVII
  • Fewest fumbles, both teams, game, 0
  • Most fumbles lost, both teams, game, 7
  • Buffalo (5) vs. Dallas (2), XXVII
  • Fewest fumbles lost, both teams, game, 0 (19 times)
  • 2 times – Green Bay, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Tampa Bay
  • 3 times – New York Giants, Kansas City
  • 4 times – Pittsburgh, New England, Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams
Green Bay vs. Kansas City, I • Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, X • Los Angeles Rams vs. Pittsburgh, XIV
• Denver vs. New York Giants, XXI • Denver vs. Washington, XXII Buffalo vs. New York Giants, XXV
• San Diego vs. San Francisco, XXIX • Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, XXX • Green Bay vs. New England, XXXI
St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee, XXXIV • Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, XXXVII Pittsburgh vs. Seattle, XL
• New Orleans vs. Indianapolis, XLIV New York Giants vs. New England, XLVI New England vs. Seattle XLIX
New England vs. Los Angeles Rams LIII Kansas City vs. San Francisco, LIV Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay, LV
Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Rams, LVI

Turnovers

Turnovers are defined as the number of times losing the ball on interceptions and fumbles.

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most turnovers, game, 9
  • Buffalo vs. Dallas, XXVII
  • Fewest turnovers, game, 0 (23 teams)
  • 2 times – Oakland, San Francisco
  • 3 times – Green Bay, New York Giants
• Green Bay vs. Oakland, II • Miami vs. Minnesota, VIII • Pittsburgh vs. Dallas, X
• Oakland vs. Minnesota, XI • Oakland vs. Philadelphia XV • New York Giants vs. Denver, XXI
• San Francisco vs. Denver, XXIV Buffalo vs. New York Giants, XXV New York Giants vs. Buffalo, XXV
• San Francisco vs. San Diego, XXIX • Dallas vs. Pittsburgh, XXX • Green Bay vs. New England, XXXI
St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee, XXXIV Tennessee vs. St. Louis Rams, XXXIV Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants, XXXV
New England vs. St. Louis Rams, XXXVI • New Orleans vs. Indianapolis, XLIV Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh, XLV
New York Giants vs. New England, XLVI Seattle vs. Denver, XLVIII Tampa Bay vs. Kansas City , LV
Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Rams, LVI Kansas City vs. Philadelphia, LVII

Both teams

  • Most turnovers, game, 11
  • Baltimore Colts (7) vs. Dallas (4), V
  • Buffalo (9) vs. Dallas (2), XXVII
  • Fewest turnovers, game, 0

Kickoff returns

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most kickoff returns, game, 9
  • Fewest kickoff returns, game, 0
  • Most yards gained, game, 244
  • San Diego vs. San Francisco, XXIX
  • Fewest yards gained, game, 0
  • Highest average gain, game (3 returns), 44.0 yards
  • Cincinnati vs. San Francisco, XXIII (3–132)
  • Most touchdowns, game, 1

Both teams

  • Most kickoff returns, game, 13
  • Fewest kickoff returns, game, 1
  • Most yards gained, game, 312
  • Fewest yards gained, game, 11
  • Most touchdowns, game, 2

Punting

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most punts, game, 11
  • Fewest punts, game, 0
  • Highest average, game (4 punts), 50.17 yards
  • Lowest average, game (4 punts), 31.00 yards
  • Most punts inside the 10 yard line, 3

Both teams

  • Most punts, game, 21
  • Fewest punts, game, 1

Punt returns

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most punt returns, game, 6
  • Washington vs. Miami, XVII
  • Green Bay vs. New England, XXXI
  • Fewest punt returns, game, 0
• Minnesota vs. Miami, VIII Buffalo vs. New York Giants, XXV • Washington vs. Buffalo, XXVI
• Denver vs. Green Bay, XXXII • Green Bay vs. Denver, XXXII • Atlanta vs. Denver, XXXIII
• Denver vs. Atlanta, XXXIII New England vs. New York Giants, XLVI Seattle vs. Denver, XLVIII
Philadelphia vs. New England, LII New England vs. Philadelphia, LII Kansas City vs. San Francisco, LIV
Tampa Bay vs. Kansas City, LV
  • Most yards gained, game, 90
  • Green Bay vs. New England, XXXI
  • Fewest yards gained, game, –1
  • Highest average return yardage, game (3 returns), 18.7 yards
  • San Francisco vs. Cincinnati, (3–56), XXIII

Both teams

  • Most punt returns, game, 10
  • Green Bay (6) vs. New England (4), XXXI
  • Fewest punt returns, game, 0
  • Most yards gained, game, 120
  • Green Bay (90) vs. New England (30), XXXI
  • Fewest yards gained, game, 0

Penalties

Single team

Record holder team listed first.

  • Most penalties, game, 12
  • Fewest penalties, game, 0
  • Miami vs. Dallas, VI
  • Pittsburgh vs. Dallas, X
  • Denver vs. San Francisco, XXIV
  • Atlanta vs. Denver, XXXIII
  • Most yards penalized, game, 133 yards
  • Dallas vs. Baltimore Colts, V
  • Fewest yards penalized, game, 0
  • Miami vs. Dallas, VI
  • Pittsburgh vs. Dallas, X
  • Denver vs. San Francisco, XXIV
  • Atlanta vs. Denver, XXXIII

Both teams

  • Most penalties, game, 20
  • Fewest penalties, game, 2
  • Pittsburgh (0) vs. Dallas (2), X
  • Most yards penalized, game, 164 yards
  • Dallas (133) vs. Baltimore Colts (31), V
  • Fewest yards penalized, game, 15 yards
  • Miami (0) vs. Dallas (15), VI

Time

  • Fastest score from start of game, (12 seconds)
  • Least Playing Time In The Lead by winning team, (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
  • Most Playing Time In The Lead by losing team, (41 minutes, 18 seconds)
  • Most Playing Time In The Lead, (59 minutes, 48 seconds)
  • Longest time before first score, team, (57 minutes, 53 seconds)
  • Longest time before either team scores, (26 minutes, 55 seconds)
  • Time of Possession, (40 minutes, 33 seconds)
  • Longest drive, (9 minutes, 59 seconds)
  • Longest Super Bowl, elapsed time between kickoff and end of game, 4 hours, 14 minutes (includes 34 minute power outage in the 3rd quarter)
  • Longest Super Bowl, amount of playing time, 63 minutes, 58 seconds (overtime game)
  • Longest drought without repeat World Champions
  • 19 years (the 2004 New England Patriots remain the last repeat World Champions)

Coaching

  • Most games as head coach, 9
  • Most Super Bowl wins as head coach, 6
  • Most appearances as a coach, 12
  • Most Super Bowl losses, 4
  • Won as a Player and a Coach
  • Played and Coached for the same team in a Super Bowl
  • Most teams as head coach, 2
  • Youngest to win, 36 years, 20 days
  • Oldest to win, 68 years, 127 days
  • Most seasons between appearances, 19
  • Most Super Bowl wins with a different starting quarterback, 3
  • Teams winning with 3 different head coaches

Popularity

  • Most-Watched Television Broadcast, 114.5 million viewers
  • XLIX Seattle vs. New England- Highest rated broadcast of all time.
  • Highest stadium audience attendance, 103,985
  • XIV Los Angeles Rams vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Lowest stadium audience attendance, 24,835
  • Lowest stadium audience attendance, attendance not restricted, 61,946
  • I Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs (only Super Bowl not to sell out)

Non-occurrences

In the history of the Super Bowl, the following firsts have yet to occur:

  • Snow - Super Bowl XLI was the first to feature rain, but snow has yet to fall during a Super Bowl, mainly because the league has purposely placed the game in venues where snow is rare. Only once, Super Bowl XLVIII, has the league awarded the Super Bowl to an outdoor venue where snow is a common occurrence in late January and early February, and that particular game was warmer than usual for that time of year.
  • An all-wild card matchup (teams who failed to win their divisions) – Eleven wild card teams have won conference titles since the AFL–NFL merger, but never two in the same season. The closest the NFL has come to having an all-wild card Super Bowl occurred during the 2010–11 NFL playoffs when the New York Jets, a wild card team, reached the AFC Championship Game where they played the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers beat the Jets 24–19. In the subsequent Super Bowl, the Steelers faced another wild card team, the Green Bay Packers, who beat them 31–25.
  • A punt return for touchdown - Many kickoffs have been returned for touchdowns, and three blocked punts have been returned for a touchdown.
  • A shutout – Every Super Bowl participant to date has scored. In seven cases, the offenses have failed to score a touchdown. In four of those cases, the special teams scored the only touchdown:
Super Bowl VI: The Miami Dolphins finished with 3 points, tied for the fewest points by a single team in a Super Bowl to date (and making them one of three teams to date to fail to score a touchdown).
Super Bowl VII: The Washington Redskins, after blocking a field goal attempt, returned a fumble on an attempted pass by the Miami Dolphins kicker, Garo Yepremian, for a touchdown and converted the extra point with 2:07 remaining in the game.
Super Bowl IX: The Minnesota Vikings recovered a blocked punt in the end zone but did not convert the extra point with 10:33 left in the game.
Super Bowl XXIII: The Cincinnati Bengals scored on a 93-yard kickoff return with extra point in the third quarter and kicked 3 field goals throughout the game.
Super Bowl XXXV: The New York Giants scored on a 97-yard kickoff return and converted the extra point in the third quarter.
Super Bowl LIII: The Los Angeles Rams scored only three points on a field goal versus the New England Patriots (tying the Miami Dolphins’ record for fewest points in a game originally set in Super Bowl VI).
Super Bowl LV: The Kansas City Chiefs scored three field goals but no touchdowns.
  • Two teams from the same metropolitan area - Two cities currently have two franchises: New York hosts both the Giants and the Jets, and Los Angeles hosts both the Chargers and the Rams. In addition, the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Commanders share a common metropolitan area, although they are based in different cities. All of the teams mentioned above except for the Chargers have won a Super Bowl, but never against their neighbor.
Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears represents the geographically closest teams, separated by only 164 miles (264 km).
One game involved teams from the same state: Super Bowl XXIX involved the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. Super Bowl XXV involved the Buffalo Bills of New York and the New York Giants, who also historically and nominally represented the state but were by this point based in New Jersey.
  • An appearance by every team – Four teams have yet to reach their first Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars. The Lions and Browns both won NFL championships in the pre-Super Bowl era, most recently in 1957 and 1964, respectively. The Jaguars and Texans are post-merger expansion teams that began play in 1995 and 2002, respectively.
  • Every team winning – 12 teams have yet to win their first Super Bowl: the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, and Tennessee Titans, along with the four that have not appeared in a Super Bowl. The Chargers, the Titans (known as the Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1996), and the Bills all won American Football League (AFL) championships in the pre-Super Bowl era. The Cardinals, Browns and the Lions have won NFL championships in the pre-Super Bowl era. The Vikings won the 1969 NFL Championship Game, the last NFL Championship Game before the AFL–NFL merger, but lost Super Bowl IV to the AFL champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. Since the merger, the Vikings have appeared in the Super Bowl three more times (Super Bowl VIII, Super Bowl IX, and most recently in Super Bowl XI) but lost all three of them. Thus the Jaguars, Texans, Bengals, Falcons, and Panthers have yet to win their first league championship.
  • Every team losing – The Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the four teams that have never reached a Super Bowl have yet to lose a Super Bowl.
  • No touchdowns scored – In every Super Bowl to date, there has been at least one touchdown scored (Fewest combined – 1, in Super Bowl LIII).
  • A three-peat. Two teams (the New England Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys) won three Super Bowl titles in four years and the Pittsburgh Steelers won 4 Super Bowl titles in 6 years, which included back to back championships twice. The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls from 1971–1973, winning the final two, making them the team having come closest to a three-peat. New England did the same from 2016-2018, winning the first and the last Super Bowls of three appearances. The Green Bay Packers were the 1965 NFL Champions and won the first two Super Bowls following their victories in the 1966 and 1967 NFL Championship Games. The Buffalo Bills appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls, but lost every time. The closest a two-time defending champ came to making it back to the Super Bowl for a 3rd straight title shot were the 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1990 San Francisco 49ers and 1994 Dallas Cowboys, who all lost in the conference championship games.
  • Fair catch kick – A fair catch kick has never been attempted in the Super Bowl. The only scenario in which a fair catch kick was seriously considered was at the end of regulation in Super Bowl LI, when New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick considered a 75-yard fair catch kick attempt. Belichick decided against it, however, since the kick would not have had a realistic chance of success and could have been returned by the Atlanta Falcons for a game-winning touchdown.
  • A head coach leading two different teams to Super Bowl victories. Five Super Bowl-winning coaches also coached another team but lost: Don Shula, Bill Parcells, Mike Holmgren, Dick Vermeil and Andy Reid.
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