tom brady won the super bowl between the patriots and eagles.
tom brady won the super bowl between the patriots and eagles.
who won the super bowl between the patriots and eagles?
tom brady
since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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brady and the patriots began their postseason run by hosting the tennessee titans in the of the playoffs. brady completed 35 passes out of 53 attempts for 337 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, and no interceptions in a 35–14 patriots victory. with the win, the patriots advanced to the for the seventh straight year. days after the divisional round, it was revealed that brady had a minor cut on his right hand, which required stitches. despite this injury, brady managed to start the afc championship game, where the patriots hosted the jacksonville jaguars. brady led a fourth quarter comeback to lead the patriots to a 24–20 victory. he finished the game with 26 completions out of 38 attempts for 290 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and no interceptions. the win gave brady and patriots head coach bill belichick their eighth conference title as a quarterback–head coach tandem, and the patriots a berth in super bowl lii, their tenth super bowl appearance as a team, both of which extended nfl records. in super bowl lii at u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis, minnesota, the patriots faced off against the philadelphia eagles and their second-string quarterback nick foles. brady completed 28 passes on 48 attempts for three passing touchdowns, no interceptions, and a super bowl record 505 yards – which also set a new record for the most passing yards by a quarterback in any postseason game in nfl history. with roughly two minutes remaining in the game and the eagles leading 38–33, brady was strip-sacked by brandon graham. the eagles recovered the fumble and cemented their 41–33 win with a field goal, securing their first franchise super bowl victory in a game with most combined total yardage in nfl history. this was the third time overall that brady had lost in a super bowl, becoming the fourth starting quarterback in super bowl history to lose at least three super bowls (jim kelly, fran tarkenton, and john elway). in addition, this was the first time he had lost a super bowl to a team and a quarterback other than the new york giants and eli manning, respectively.
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