![]() ![]() They scored 31, 30 and 31 in the three prior playoff games.Ī shootout was expected, but the fly in the ointment was cascading injuries on the Chiefs offensive line. The Bucs, quarterbacked by Tom Brady, had started slow but caught fire to end the season. In the three-year history of Patrick Mahomes starting at QB, the Chiefs had failed to crack 20 just twice. Despite facing one of the most difficult schedules in the league, they went 14-1 in games they tried to win and scored just shy of 30 PPG. The 2020 Kansas City Chiefs put together one of the most impressive seasons in recent memory in defense of their Super Bowl title. The 1972 Dolphins popped their bottles on the final day of the season. The offenses barely cracked 600 combined yards as the Giants prevailed in a defensive battle, 17-14. Their last regular season game had featured a 38-35 shootout loss to these same Pats. ![]() How else would they have any prayer of keeping pace? The offense had been clicking too, with 28.2 PPG in the past five, three of those coming against playoff defenses. The Giants did not have an impressive offense, but it seemed likely they would have to put some points on the board through sheer need to pass. ![]() That ranks second only to 2013 Broncos since the merger. Again, league MVP Tom Brady and the high-flying Patriots offense steamrolled the league in their chase for perfection, averaging 36.8 points per game. We covered this in our look at games that went furthest under the total. That era also featured some of the highest-scoring games, as we’ll see later. That doesn’t mean these games had a monopoly on high totals, as numbers in the 50s were the norm during the 1990s. Most people will probably not be surprised to find out each of the five highest Super Bowl totals occurred in the past 15 years.
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