Top 25 Super Bowl moments
To commemorate the Super Bowl’s return to Tampa Bay next February, we chose 25 nominees for the most memorable moment in the championship game’s history.
But which is the MOST memorable? That’s up to you.
Go to superbowlvote.tampabay.com to view audio slideshows of each play, narrated for the Times by legendary NFL announcer Pat Summerall. Then rank the plays in your order of preference.
We’ll reveal the results throughout the season, starting Sept. 7 and culminating with your pick for the best play ever on Super Bowl weekend.
How did you rank the plays, and why? We'd like to hear from you.
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Man, this is a tough one. Let's see. I am a Buc fan. Reading a Tampa newspaper blog on the best super bowl. I don't know. I guess I'll go with S.B. XXXVII. Wow, what do you know? What a coincident! That was the S.B. that Bucs won.
Posted by: Ray | July 11, 2008 at 01:04 PM
There is an error on a couple of the choices. You guys forgot to put the asterisk next to the Cheaters, excuse me, Patriots, Super Bowl choices.
Posted by: DR | July 11, 2008 at 02:29 PM
The only perfect season ever is the NFL and the SPT picks Garo's errant pass as the highlight of the game....amazing!
Posted by: Native | July 11, 2008 at 05:27 PM
I picked Super Bowl XLll--I think the Manning to Tyree pass was one of the best plays I had ever seen and I have seen every Super Bowl--I wanted to pick Doug Williams performance but the Eli Manning play was the best for me--I also seen the 1958 championship game that Pat Summerall was in--I was on my way back from GA to Akron, OH (where I was going to school on the GI bill) that I stopped and rented a motel just to see the game--My wife has never let me forget it.
Jesse Campbell
Largo, FL
Posted by: Jesse Campbell | July 13, 2008 at 12:01 PM
I picked Derrick Brooks as number one, but a lot of those moments aren't really great as far as I'm concerned which made ranking the rest VERY difficult. I'm a biased fan so when a team I root against wins the Super Bowl I can't be positive about it. The David Tyree catch, Scott Norwood's miss, Lynn Swann's ballet dancing and Randle El's Stealers makes me physically ill to think about because in each case the wrong teams won the game.
Posted by: misterlb16 | July 13, 2008 at 01:23 PM
i love aylissa genirrily
Posted by: peter | July 13, 2008 at 03:09 PM
My favorite SUPER BOWL XVII 1983 REDSKINS 27 AND THE DOLPHINS 17, #44 THE DIESEL AND THE HOGS !!!!
Posted by: Beverly | July 13, 2008 at 03:56 PM
As much of a Bucs fan as I am, it still has to be acknowledged: no single play comes close to being as great as Lynn Swann's catch, not Elway's spin, not Riggin's rumble, nothing else is in that category.
Posted by: Mike | July 13, 2008 at 07:32 PM
Last years game was the #1 game because there was 20 giants fans in the room with one Patriot and Pete unfortunately had to agree that that scramble and catch was UNBELIVEABLE, the for sure David and Goliath of Super Bowls, coming from folks that hav seen them all. Pete's aching heart and that is tough for a Bostonian to say, hey but he still has 5 with the Pat's and 2 with the Sox's.
Posted by: Mark and Pete | July 13, 2008 at 08:59 PM
And just wear is XLI? Yeah, this came out in a Tampa paper, but NOT everyone are Bus fans! Be ready for the COLTS here in Tampa!
Posted by: Coltfaninflorida | July 14, 2008 at 01:02 AM
WOW, 5 Superbowl wins for the Steelers and THOSE were the highlights you picked? Someone doesn't like Pittsburgh. Of course there aren't many good picks to choose from making the Tampa Superbowl the hands down favorite to win this meaningless survey. Even as a Pittsburgh fan, who wants low lights? The Crybabbies dropped pass doesn't make me feel good. Why not pick on Thurman Thomas for not showing up to 4 consecutive Superbowls his team made it to?
Posted by: Joe | July 14, 2008 at 08:40 AM
The Steeler's are hands down winners.If it wasn't for Neil Odumble's payoff int's in'96 we would have 6 rings.And the Cowboy's would have gone down.IF IF IF Steeler's all the way
Posted by: Allen | July 14, 2008 at 11:40 PM
What happened to all of the cowboys wins? This poll is biased. All three N.Y. wins were included, and one Cowboys win only mentioned the Lett mistake.
Posted by: chris | July 16, 2008 at 11:11 PM
The ranking is for "memorable" not necessarily "best" plays but it's tough when some of the choices seem to be a series or a performance as opposed to a specific play - like Brady's cool and Doug's 2nd quarter. I voted for Doug #1 anyway because that was the most inspirational game ever.
Posted by: Cass | July 20, 2008 at 09:29 PM
fix the audio, i want to hear summerall!!!
Posted by: jack | July 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM
oooppps,my bad, maybe i should fix my headphones!!! it is kind'a a lame list, but it'd be hard to please anybody anyway,besides most superbowls have been blowouts anyway, but the titans play should be in this! how did that get missed??
Posted by: ninebeersjack | July 24, 2008 at 12:16 AM
duuhh try looking 1st dumba--- my bad
Posted by: ninebeersjack | July 24, 2008 at 12:19 AM
The best play ever was the Immaculate Reception, hands down. Nothing to compare to that. It still gives me goosebumps to envision it in my minds eye. So I didn't vote at all.Thanks judy
Posted by: | July 29, 2008 at 09:52 PM
Um, Judy, the Immaculate Reception wasn't in the Super Bowl. Fail.
Posted by: Ed | September 29, 2008 at 06:14 AM
Um, Judy, the Immaculate Reception wasn't in the Super Bowl. Fail.
Posted by: Ed | September 29, 2008 at 06:15 AM