page_title: Super Bowl LI
section_title: Halftime show
hierarchical_section_title: Super Bowl LI / Entertainment / Halftime show
caption_attribution_description: English: Lady Gaga performs "Born This Way" during the Super Bowl LI halftime show.
context_page_description: Super Bowl LI was an American football game played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on February 5, 2017, to determine the champion of the National Football League for the 2016 season. The American Football Conference champion New England Patriots, after trailing by as many as 25 points during the third quarter, defeated the National Football Conference champion Atlanta Falcons, 34–28 in overtime. As such, the game is often known as "28–3" after the Falcons' blown lead. The Patriots' 25-point comeback is the largest in Super Bowl history, and Super Bowl LI was the first to be decided in overtime.
  The Patriots' victory was their fifth, and moved them into a three-way tie with the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers for second place on the all-time Super Bowl wins list, and at that time, trailing only the Pittsburgh Steelers who have six victories. New England, after finishing the regular season with a league-best 14–2 record, advanced to their record-setting ninth Super Bowl appearance, their second in three years, and their seventh under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.
context_section_description: On September 29, 2016, Lady Gaga, who had performed the national anthem the previous year at Super Bowl 50, confirmed that she would be performing at the Super Bowl LI halftime show on her Instagram account with the message: "It's not an illusion. The rumors are true. This year the SUPER BOWL goes GAGA!" Fox Sports president and executive producer of the show, John Entz, confirmed Gaga's involvement adding "[She] is one of the most electric performers of our generation, and we couldn't be happier with the choice to have her headline the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show... It is going to be an incredible night."
  Lady Gaga opened the halftime show with a combination of "God Bless America" and "This Land Is Your Land". Her performance also included some of her biggest hit songs, such as "Poker Face", "Born This Way", "Million Reasons", and "Bad Romance" and was accompanied by a swarm of 300 LED-equipped Intel drones forming an American flag in the sky in a pre-recorded segment.
  Mohamed Sanu stated the long length of the halftime show played a part in Atlanta ultimately losing the game. Teams on average are off the field for fifteen minutes during halftime, but Super Bowl halftimes are considerably longer. Unlike the Falcons it appears Bill Belichick actually incorporated the length of the show into the team's practices. Sanu's argument was discounted by the fact that Atlanta marched the ball downfield and scored a touchdown right out of halftime.
caption: Lady Gaga performing "Born This Way" during the halftime show
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