The 51 greatest Super Bowl moments of all time (2018)
Channel: COCKTAILS VIDEOS
Date: 2018-01-27

The first 51 Super Bowls have provided so many indelible memories. Here are our 51 favorites:

1. Malcolm Butler's INT: Pivotal. Shocking. Unforgettable. The New England Patriots' undrafted rookie cornerback made the rarest of plays, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat by intercepting Russell Wilson at the goal line with 20 seconds left to preserve a 28-24 win in Super Bowl XLIX. In the process, Butler derailed the Seattle Seahawks' bid to become the league's latest dynasty and launched a lifetime of second guessing for the legions who skewered Seattle coach Pete Carroll for not directing Wilson to hand off to Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch, who'd already scored once this day. Last, yet certainly not least, Butler saved Patriots QB Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick from the narrative that they were "only" 3-3 in Super Bowls at the time. Way to just “do your job," Malcolm Butler!  

2. David Tyree's helmet catch: Most coaches would cringe if their quarterback threw into triple coverage in the middle of the field while scrambling amid a broken play. But that's what New York Giants star Eli Manning did, and Tyree famously managed to pin the pass against his helmet on the other end of the 32-yard hookup with 59 seconds to go. Four plays later, Manning hit Plaxico Burress for the game-winning TD as the Giants shocked the previously undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

3. Wide right: That's where Buffalo Bills kicker Scott Norwood's 47-yard field-goal try (barely) missed with 4 seconds left. The Giants hung on for a 20-19 win in Super Bowl XXV, and the Bills would never get any closer to a title despite reaching Super Sunday three more times.4. Roethlisberger-to-Holmes TD: What was better, Ben Roethlisberger's precision strike to the back corner of the end zone — rifled through three Arizona Cardinals — or Santonio Holmes' ability to snatch it while keeping his toes down as he fell out of bounds with 35 seconds on the clock? Beautifully executed all the way around, and it gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a record sixth Lombardi Trophy as they rallied for a 27-23 victory in Super Bowl XLIII.

5. Montana-to-Taylor TD: The San Francisco 49ers' game-winning march began with QB Joe Montana surveying the stands and asking teammates in the huddle, "Isn't that John Candy?" Joe Cool indeed. Eleven plays and 92 yards later, John Taylor caught the decisive 10-yard pass from Montana with just 34 seconds to go as the Niners overcame the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 in Super Bowl XXIII.

6. Mike Jones' tackle: With the Tennessee Titans 10 yards away from a potential game-tying touchdown with 5 seconds to play in Super Bowl XXXIV, Jones, an unheralded St. Louis Rams linebacker, limited WR Kevin Dyson to a 9-yard gain — just shy of the goal line — on the game's last play.

7. Adam Vinatieri's Super Bowl XXXVI field goal: On the final snap, the Patriots kicker split the uprights from 48 yards — he was celebrating before the ball went through — to kickstart the New England dynasty and complete one of the Super Bowl's biggest upsets as the Pats knocked off the heavily favored Rams 20-17. Vinatieri would drill an only slightly less dramatic field goal in the final seconds two years later to beat the Carolina Panthers