Super Bowl XXVI

**Super Bowl XXVI** was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1991 season. The Redskins beat the Bills by a score of 37–24, bringing the number of Super Bowls they won to three. The Bills lost two Super Bowls in a row. The game was played on January 26, 1992, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

## Starting lineups

|Washington|Position|Buffalo||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|**Offense**|||
|Gary Clark|WR|James Lofton‡||
|Ron Middleton|TE|Pete Metzelaars||
|Jim Lachey|LT|Will Wolford||
|Raleigh McKenzie|LG|Jim Ritcher||
|Jeff Bostic|C|Kent Hull||
|Mark Schlereth|RG|Glenn Parker||
|Joe Jacoby|RT|Howard Ballard||
|Don Warren|TE|Keith McKeller||
|Art Monk‡|WR|Andre Reed‡||
|Mark Rypien|QB|Jim Kelly‡||
|Earnest Byner|RB|Thurman Thomas‡||
|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|**Defense**|||
|Charles Mann|LE|Leon Seals||
|Eric Williams|LT|NT|Jeff Wright|
|Tim Johnson|RT|RE|Bruce Smith‡|
|Fred Stokes|RE|LOLB|Cornelius Bennett|
|Wilber Marshall|LLB|LILB|Shane Conlan|
|Kurt Gouveia|MLB|RILB|Carlton Bailey|
|Andre Collins|RLB|ROLB|Darryl Talley|
|Martin Mayhew|LCB|Kirby Jackson||
|Darrell Green‡|RCB|Nate Odomes||
|Danny Copeland|SS|Dwight Drane||
|Brad Edwards|FS|Mark Kelso||

## Game statistics

||Washington Redskins|Buffalo Bills|
| --- | --- | --- |
|First downs|24|25|
|First downs rushing|10|4|
|First downs passing|12|18|
|First downs penalty|2|3|
|Third down efficiency|6/16|7/17|
|Fourth down efficiency|0/2|2/2|
|Net yards rushing|125|43|
|Rushing attempts|40|18|
|Yards per rush|3.1|2.4|
|Passing – Completions/attempts|18/33|29/59|
|Times sacked–total yards|0–0|5–46|
|Interceptions thrown|1|4|
|Net yards passing|292|240|
|Total net yards|417|283|
|Punt returns–total yards|0–0|3–9|
|Kickoff returns–total yards|1–16|4–77|
|Interceptions–total return yards|4–79|1–4|
|Punts–average yardage|4–37.5|6–35.0|
|Fumbles–lost|1–0|6–1|
|Penalties–total yards|5–82|6–50|
|Time of possession|33:43|26:17|
|Turnovers|1|5|

## Infobox (super bowl)

- **type**: sb
- **name**: XXVI
- **visitor**: 1991 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins
- **home**: 1991 Buffalo Bills season, Buffalo Bills
- **visitor abbr**: WAS
- **home abbr**: BUF
- **home coach**: Marv Levy
- **home record**: 13–3
- **home place**: 1
- **visitor coach**: Joe Gibbs
- **visitor record**: 14–2
- **visitor place**: 1
- **visitor conf**: National Football Conference, NFC
- **home conf**: American Football Conference, AFC
- **visitor total**: 37
- **home total**: 24
- **visitor qtr1**: 0
- **visitor qtr2**: 17
- **visitor qtr3**: 14
- **visitor qtr4**: 6
- **home qtr1**: 0
- **home qtr2**: 0
- **home qtr3**: 10
- **home qtr4**: 14
- **stadium**: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- **city**:
Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- **attendance**: 63,130
- **odds**: Redskins by 7
- **mvp**: Mark Rypien, quarterback
- **anthem**: Harry Connick Jr.
- **coin toss**: Chuck Noll
- **referee**: Jerry Markbreit
- **hofers**: **Redskins:** Joe Gibbs (head coach), Emmitt Thomas‡ (assistant coach), Darrell Green, Russ Grimm, Art Monk
**Bills:** Ralph Wilson (owner), Bill Polian (general manager), Marv Levy (head coach), Jim Kelly, James Lofton, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith (defensive end), Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas
<small>‡ elected as a player.</small>
- **halftime**: Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill, and the University of Minnesota Marching Band, Minnesota Marching Band
- **network**: NFL on CBS, CBS
- **announcers**: Pat Summerall, John Madden, Lesley Visser, Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality), Pat O'Brien and Jim Gray (sportscaster), Jim Gray
- **rating**: 40.3
<small>(est. 79.6 million viewers)</small>
- **share**: 61
- **commercial**: $850,000
- **radio**: NFL on Westwood One Sports, CBS Radio
- **radioannouncers**: Jack Buck and Hank Stram
- **last**: XXV
- **next**: XXVII