NFL Super Bowl 50
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| Super Bowl 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | February 7, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Panthers by 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Clete Blakeman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Coldplay featuring Beyoncé and Bruno Mars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Phil Simms (analyst) Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn (sideline reporters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30- second commercial | US$5 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Super Bowl 50 was an American football game that determined the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers 24–10 to earn their third Super Bowl title. The game was played on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was the second time the Super Bowl was held in the San Francisco Bay area.
Despite gaining just 194 yards and 11 first downs, the Broncos dominated the game, recording 7 sacks and forcing 3 turnovers. Denver Linebacker Von Miller was named Super Bowl MVP, recording 5 solo tackles, 2.5 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles.
The Panthers finished the regular season with a 15–1 record, defeating the Arizona Cardinals 49–15 in the NFC Championship Game and advancing to their second Super Bowl appearance since the founding of the franchise in 1995. The Broncos finished the regular season with a 12–4 record, and denied the New England Patriots a chance to defend their title from Super Bowl XLIX by defeating them 20–18 in the AFC Championship Game, and joined the Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of four teams that have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl.
The game is the 50th edition of the Super Bowl, first played in 1967 in anticipation of the 1970 merger of the American Football League and the NFL; the league emphasized the "golden anniversary" of the game throughout the season with various gold-themed initiatives (including the adoption of gold-tinted logos across all NFL properties), as well as temporarily suspending the tradition of naming each Super Bowl game with Roman numerals (under which the game would have been known as "Super Bowl L"), so that the logo could prominently feature the Arabic numerals of 50. In addition to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the Denver Broncos received a special 18-karat gold-plated "50" trophy.
The Broncos lost Super Bowl XLVIII|their last Super Bowl appearance to the Seattle Seahawks 43–8, while the Panthers made it to the Super Bowl for the first time since losing to the New England Patriots 32–29 in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Host selection process
[edit] Issues with Levi's Stadium
[edit] Teams
[edit] Denver Broncos
- Main article: 2015 Denver Broncos season
[edit] Playoffs
- Main artcle: 2015–16 NFL playoffs
[edit] Pregame notes
[edit] Marketing
[edit] Super Bowl week events
[edit] Philanthropy
[edit] Trophy
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] U.S. television
[edit] Advertising
[edit] International television
[edit] Canada
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Germany
[edit] Radio
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Halftime show
- Main article: Super Bowl 50 halftime show
[edit] Officials
Super Bowl 50 will have nine officials. The numbers in parentheses below indicates their uniform numbers.
- Referee: Clete Blakeman (34)
- Umpire: Jeff Rice (44)
- Head linesman: Wayne Mackie (106)
- Line judge: Rusty Baynes (59)
- Field judge: Boris Cheek (41)
- Side judge: Scott Edwards (3)
- Back judge: Keith Ferguson (61)
- Replay official: Charles Stewart
- Replay assistant: Jimmy Oldham
