new england patriots beat the falcons in the super bowl.
new england patriots beat the falcons in the super bowl.
who beat the falcons in the super bowl?
new england patriots
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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the eagles defeated the new england patriots by a score of 41–33 in super bowl lii for their first super bowl victory in franchise history. it was also their fourth nfl championship, and their first league title since 1960. this was the second time the eagles and patriots battled in a super bowl; when they met in super bowl xxxix, the patriots won 24–21. backup quarterback nick foles was named super bowl mvp and became the first backup to receive this award since his opponent, tom brady, did so in super bowl xxxvi 15 years earlier. the eagles defeated both super bowl teams from the previous nfl season (the new england patriots and the atlanta falcons) in the playoffs, the third team to beat both of them this season, after the carolina panthers and miami dolphins. they also defeated both teams who had beaten them in their only two previous super bowl appearances: the oakland raiders in the regular season, who beat them in super bowl xv, and the patriots in the super bowl, who previously beat them in super bowl xxxix.
2017 philadelphia eagles season