Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI, Desmond Howard, KR/PR Desmond Howard, the first and only special teams player to win Super Bowl MVP, established a then-record for longest return, returning a second-half kickoff for a 99-yard score. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots by the score of 21-10. Howard's return gave the Packers great field position for their final touchdown, which came on a 1-yard plunge by running back John Kuhn with just over a minute left in the third quarter. It was his second trip to the podium this year after winning the award in February for his role in the Orlando Predators' victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL Europe Championship Game. The only other special teams player to win the honor is Eric Dickerson, who captured it in 1990 while playing for the Los Angeles Rams. Dickerson is one of three players who have won the award twice (the others are Brian Mitchell and Jerome Bettis). There have been nine different players who have been nominated for the award since its inception in 1979. Howard is the only player to win more than once. His coach, Mike Sherman, has been nominated four times without success.