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The game was one of the most watched broadcasts in American television history, with
more than 85 million viewers. The final national Nielsen rating was a 49.1,
a Super Bowl record. The game was televised in the United States by CBS and featured the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator John Madden (the latter making his Super Bowl debut as a broadcaster). The broadcast also featured the introduction of the telestrator to a national audience. The game is, as of January 2006, the highest-rated Super Bowl of all time. |
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Super Bowl XVI |
Super Bowl XVI was an American football game played on January 24, 1982 at the Pontiac
Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) to decide the National
Football League (NFL) champion following the 1981 regular season. The domed
stadium saved the crowd at the game from the very cold and snowy weather, but
the weather did affect traffic and other logistical issues related to the game. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers (16-3) defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals (14-5), 26–21. Although the Bengals gained 356 yards of total offense to the 49ers' 275, San Francisco jumped to a 20-0 lead by halftime and forced 5 turnovers. This marked the first time in Super Bowl history that the team that compiled the most yards lost. 49ers quarterback Joe Montana was named the Super Bowl MVP, completing 14 of 22 passes for 157 yards and one touchdown, while also rushing for 18 yards and a touchdown on the ground. |
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The pregame festivities featured the University of Michigan Band. Singer Diana Ross
sang the national anthem. The coin toss ceremony featured hall of fame quarterback
Bobby Layne. Up with People provided the halftime entertainment featuring a salute to the 1960s and Motown. This was the first Super Bowl to be played in the Midwest. |
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Ray Wersching's Super Bowl record-tying four field goals and Joe Montana's controlled
passing helped lift the San Francisco 49ers to their first NFL championship
with a 26-21 victory over Cincinnati. The 49ers built a game-record 20-0 halftime lead via Montana's 1-yard touchdown run, which capped an 11-play, 68-yard drive; fullback Earl Cooper's 11-yard scoring pass from Montana, which climaxed a Super Bowl record 92-yard drive on 12 plays; and Wersching's 22- and 26-yard field goals. The Bengals rebounded in the second half, closing the gap to 20-14 on quarterback Ken Anderson's 5-yard run and Dan Ross's 4-yard reception from Anderson, who established Super Bowl passing records for completions (25) and completion percentage (73.5 percent on 25 of 34). Wersching added early fourth-period field goals of 40 and 23 yards to increase the 49ers' lead to 26-14. The Bengals managed to score on an Anderson-to-Ross 3-yard pass with only 16 seconds remaining. Ross set a Super Bowl record with 11 receptions for 104 yards. Montana, the game's most valuable player, completed 14 of 22 passes for 157 yards. Cincinnati compiled 356 yards to San Francisco's 275, which marked the first time in Super Bowl history that the team that gained the most yards from scrimmage lost the game. |
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26 Bengals 0 0 7 14 21 |
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Date January 24, 1982 Stadium Pontiac Silverdome City Pontiac, Michigan MVP Joe Montana, Quarterback Favorite 49ers by 1 National anthem Diana Ross Coin toss Bobby Layne Referee Pat Haggerty Halftime show Up with People presents "Salute to the 1960s and Motown" Attendance 81,270 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers Pat Summerall and John Madden Nielsen Ratings 49.1 Market share 73 Cost of 30-second commercial US$324,000 |
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Future Super Bowl Locations |
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Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2008 Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 1, 2009 Super Bowl XLIV, South Florida TBA, 2010 Super Bowl XLV, North Texas TBA, 2011 |
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