Three times a last-second field goal won a Super Bowl, and only in Super Bowl 36 (New England Patriots 20, St. Louis Rams 17) was it actually the final play.
The first two Super Bowls won by the Patriots were won on a last-second field goal, but the game was tied, so the game was not truly decided. Super Bowl XLVI, however, was decided on the final play. Tom Brady threw a 60 yard hail mary pass to the endzone that would have won the Super Bowl, but it came off the reciever's fingertips, sealing the victory for the Giants.
Super Bowl XXXIV was decided on a play known as "One Yard Short", where, in the final seconds, Rams player Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson just one yard short of a game-tying touchdown. Though it would have only tied the game, a two-point conversion would have won (or lost) it for the Titans.
Super Bowl X ended on a throw to the endzone that would have scored the game-tying touchdown, but was intercepted. Like the previous two examples, this *was* the final play. Glen Edwards famously ran downfield with the ball in his hands as time expired, with the possibility that a fumble could be recovered and scored for a touchdown for the other team. Instead, he fell as he was running, ending the game.
Super Bowl XXV's "Wide Right" missed field goal was not a true final play; there were still four seconds left on the clock, meaning that a kneel-down was required. The kneel down wasn't done until after media rushed the field, creating a memorable image of the teams in formation surrounded by a mass of people already on the field.
No Super bowl ever had a team score on the last play of regulation.
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Prior to the NFL having the season opener on Thursday nights, this stat is near impossible for a non-professional researcher to track down. Since the season openers started on Thursday nights in 2002, there has been only one person to technically achieve this feat, Kicker Adam Vinateri of the New England Patriots. He scored the last points in Super Bowl XXXVIII vs the Carolina Panthers and then scored the first points in the 2004 season, kicking a field goal against the Indianapolis Colts. It may be argued that Santonio Holmes also achieved this feat, having scored the last td in the Super Bowl and scoring the first points of the 2009 season. However, the last point scored in Super Bowl XLIII was by kicker Jeff Reed. Based on that distinction, only Adam Vinateri has achieved this feat.
Wide Reciever Mark Seay of the San Diego Chargers, at 11:59 of the third quarter, scored the first 2 point conversion in Super Bowl play versus the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX.
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The Steelers have a +29 point differential throughout the 8 Superbowls they played in.
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