the last time someone won the super bowl back to back was 2004.
the last time someone won the super bowl back to back was 2004.
when was the last time someone won the super bowl back to back?
2004
the patriots defeated the tennessee titans in the divisional round 35–14, and the jacksonville jaguars in the afc championship game 24–20, claiming their second consecutive afc title. this was their seventh consecutive afc championship appearance, adding onto their record from the previous year. the win also made tom brady the oldest quarterback (40 years, 163 days) to win a playoff game, surpassing brett favre for the record. it was also the second time they advanced to the super bowl two consecutive seasons since 2004. they faced the philadelphia eagles in a rematch of super bowl xxxix. this also made the patriots the only team in nfl history to appear in ten super bowls, and gave the patriots a chance to repeat as super bowl champions for the second time in franchise history, and for the first time since 2004. in addition, they had the chance to tie the pittsburgh steelers for the record of most super bowl wins by a team in nfl history with 6. however, due to a late strip-sack of brady by brandon graham and a failed hail mary pass, the eagles defeated the patriots in super bowl lii by 41–33, ending the patriots chance at a sixth super bowl title and resulting in their first super bowl loss since 2011. the loss prevented the patriots from repeating their three-in-four super bowl run that they managed from 2001–2004. also with the loss, the patriots tied the nfl record for most super bowl losses with five, and made them the fifth defending super bowl champion to lose the next year's game, after the 1978 dallas cowboys, the 1983 washington redskins, the 1997 green bay packers and the 2014 seattle seahawks.
2017 new england patriots season
this broadcast was the last for nbc as the afc network after 33 years (cbs has held the afc broadcast rights ever since), their last nfl broadcast overall until 2006, when they signed on to televise "sunday night football", and their last super bowl broadcast until 2009 (super bowl xliii). this was also the last time channel 4 in the uk would show the super bowl – and their last nfl coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (super bowl xvii). only sky sports would show it live until five joined them in 2003 (super bowl xxxvii). it also marked the last super bowl until 2007 for ctv in canada after airing the nfl and the event since super bowl xvi; from 1999 to 2006 the super bowl aired on the global television network. ctv had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1982 (super bowl xvi). it was also the final nfl game for gma network in the philippines until the 2006 season; gma had aired nfl football since 1986 and the super bowl since super bowl xxi in 1987. the super bowl would be broadcast on abc 5, also from 1999 until 2006. it was also the final super bowl in which the televisa family of networks aired on its own in mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on canal 5; televisa had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other super bowl in san diego). azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the super bowl from 1999 until 2006, including super bowl xxxvii which would be the next super bowl to be played at qualcomm stadium.
super bowl xxxii