head coach bill belichick has played in the most career super bowl games.
head coach bill belichick has played in the most career super bowl games.
who has played in the most career super bowl games?
head coach bill belichick
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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super bowl li had more than 30 records either broken, set, or tied by the time it was done. brady completed 43 of 62 passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception, while also rushing for 15 yards. his completions, attempts, and passing yards were all single-game super bowl records. he also set the career super bowl records for games played (7), completions (207), attempts (309), yards (2,071), and touchdown passes (15). james white caught a super bowl record 14 passes for 110 yards, rushed for 29 yards, and tied a super bowl record with three touchdowns. he also set the record for most points scored with 20. after the game, brady said he felt white deserved the mvp award more than he did. brady planned to give white the vehicle that has traditionally been awarded to super bowl mvps (he'd given the truck he received after super bowl xlix to malcolm butler) but found out after the game that there was no vehicle to give to white because the sponsor had decided to end its practice of donating one. edelman caught five passes for 87 yards and returned three punts for 39 yards. amendola recorded eight receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown. flowers recorded six tackles and 2.5 sacks.
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