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In a strange coincidence, Super Bowl XXVI is currently the only Super Bowl the Redskins
have won in a non-strike season. In both of their previous Super Bowls the
Skins had won up to that point, the NFL went on strike in 1982 and 1987. The pregame show featured local Minnesota youth including the Metropolitan Boys Choir, the Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and local marching bands. Singer Harry Connick, Jr. later sang the national anthem. The coin toss ceremony featured Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Chuck Noll. Noll, former Steelers Hall of Fame head coach who had retired a month earlier after 23 seasons, conducted the coin toss. Noll's Steelers had lost to both of these teams earlier in the season by large margins (52-34 to Buffalo and 41-14 to Washington). |
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Super Bowl XXVI |
Super Bowl XXVI was an American football game played on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert
H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota to decide the National Football
League (NFL) champion following the 1991 regular season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins (17-2) defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills (15-4), 37–24. Washington became the fourth team to win three Super Bowls, joining the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Oakland Raiders, and the San Francisco 49ers. The Bills also became the third team to lose back-to-back Super Bowls, joining Minnesota (Super Bowls VIII and IX) and Denver (Super Bowls XXI and XXII). They would go on to lose 4 straight. The Redskins jumped to a 24–0 lead early in the third quarter, which the Bills could never recover from. Washington quarterback Mark Rypien, who completed 18 of 33 passes for 292 yards and two touchdowns, with 1 interception, was named the first Canadian born player to win the Super Bowl MVP (born in Calgary, raised in Spokane, Washington). Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs became only the third head coach to win three Super Bowls. Washington became the first and still only team to win the Super Bowl with three different starting quarterbacks, following wins by Joe Theismann (Super Bowl XVII) and Doug Williams (Super Bowl XXII). |
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The halftime show was titled "Winter Magic" and featured a celebration to the winter
season and the Winter Olympics. In addition to dancers and performers, former
Olympic champions Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill skated on sheets of ice
that were embedded on the tops of large platforms that were place on the field
for the show. Singer Gloria Estefan performed during the show's finale. To counter with the halftime show, FOX decided to broadcast a special live episode of In Living Color. As a result of that ratings success, Michael Jackson would be tapped to perform at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII, and more big-name talent would come in the following years. |
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Mark Rypien passed for 292 yards and two touchdowns as the Redskins overwhelmed the
Bills to win their third Super Bowl in the past 10 years. Rypien, the game's most valuable player, completed 18 of 33 passes, including a 10-yard scoring strike to Earnest Byner and a 30-yard touchdown to Gary Clark. The latter came late in the third quarter after Buffalo had trimmed a 24-0 deficit to 24-10, and effectively put the game out of reach. Washington went on to lead by as much as 37-10 before the Bills made it close wih a pair of touchdowns in the final six minutes. Though the Redskins struggled early, converting their first three drives inside the Bills' 20-yard line into only three points, they built a 17-0 halftime lead. And they made it 24-0 just 16 seconds into the second half, after Kurt Gouveia intercepted Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly's pass on the first play of the third quarter and returned it 23 yards to the Bills' 2. One play later, Gerald Riggs scored his second touchdown of the game to make it 24-0. Kelly, forced to bring Buffalo from behind, completed 28 of a Super Bowl-record 58 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted four tlmes. Bills running back Thurman Thomas, who had an AFC-high 1,407 yards rushing and an NFL-best 2,038 total yards from scrimmage during the regular season, ran for only 13 yards on 10 carries and was limited to 27 yards on four receptions. Clark had seven catches for 114 yards and Art Monk added seven for 113 for the Redskins, who amassed 417 yards of total offense while limiting the explosive Bills to 283. Washington's Joe Gibbs became only the third head coach to win three Super Bowls. |
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Date January 26, 1992 Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome City Minneapolis, Minnesota MVP Mark Rypien, Quarterback Favorite Redskins by 7 National anthem Harry Connick, Jr. Coin toss Chuck Noll Referee Jerry Markbreit Halftime show Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill Attendance 63,130 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers Pat Summerall and John Madden Nielsen Ratings 40.3 Market share 61 Cost of 30-second commercial US$850,000 |
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