green bay packers was the last team to repeat as super bowl champions.
green bay packers was the last team to repeat as super bowl champions.
who was the last team to repeat as super bowl champions?
green bay packers
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
with their record-setting offense, their 15–1 record, and their having home-field advantage throughout the nfc playoffs, the packers were aiming to repeat as super bowl champions, making history as a coincidence of the packers going to the superbowl the same year after, and become the first team to win back-to-back titles since the patriots in 2003 and 2004. however, the packers instead became the first team to finish as the defending super bowl champions with at least 15 victories and not win a playoff game, as they were beaten in a shocking and devastating upset by the eventual super bowl champion new york giants 37–20 at lambeau field during the first game of the playoffs for the packers. the packers became just the sixth team to win 15 games in the regular season, joining the 1984 49ers, 1985 bears, 1998 vikings, 2004 steelers and the 2007 patriots, who finished the regular season undefeated at 16–0. the packers became the fourth consecutive team with at least fifteen victories to fail to win the super bowl. since the 1999 denver broncos this was one of the biggest defending super bowl champion collapses.
2011 green bay packers season