Owens shattered his leg and tore a ligament in his right ankle seven weeks before Super Bowl XXXIX. His condition necessitated surgery, and his doctor refused to clear him to play against the Patriots in 2005. Nobody anticipated Owens to appear in the Super Bowl. Several medical experts have even stated that if he plays and gets hit in the leg in the wrong way, it might terminate his career. Owens told ESPN after the game. "No one in this room expected me to play this game." "No one knew but me." He was closest to the Niners in 1997, when they reached the NFC title game and were defeated by the Packers for the third year in a row. Terrell Owens has no Super Bowl rings and has only been in one, with the Eagles in 2004. Owens shattered his leg and tore a ligament in his right ankle seven weeks before Super Bowl XXXIX. His condition necessitated surgery, and his doctor refused to clear him to play against the Patriots in 2005.