falcons lost to denver broncos in super bowl.
falcons lost to denver broncos in super bowl.
who did falcons lose to in super bowl?
denver broncos
the national football league (nfl)'s atlanta falcons won their first division championship in 1980 and were favored against the dallas cowboys in the divisional playoff game. despite trailing 24–10 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the cowboys rallied to out-score the falcons 20–3 in the quarter to defeat the falcons 30–27. in 1998, the falcons advanced to play in the club's first-ever super bowl game after upsetting the heavily favored minnesota vikings in the nfc championship game 30–27; however, the falcons lost to john elway (in his final game) and the denver broncos 34–19 in super bowl xxxiii. in 2010 and 2012 the falcons held the number 1 seed in the nfc playoffs, but were upset by the green bay packers and san francisco 49ers, respectively. the latter occurred in the nfc championship game, where the falcons held a 17–0 lead. in super bowl li, the falcons' second-ever super bowl appearance, atlanta jumped out to a 28–3 lead over tom brady and the new england patriots. however, the falcons suffered by far the greatest collapse in super bowl history (25 points; the previous record was 10) and lost to the patriots 34–28 in the first super bowl game to ever be decided in an overtime period.
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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