Simulated Super Bowl 51 (2016 Playoffs)

 2015

Actual Result: New England Patriots 34 Atlanta Falcons 28, biggest comeback in SB history, 2 titles in 3 years and 5 overall for the Pats.

Simulation: The Denver Broncos are cemented as a dynasty with 3 consecutive SB championships (all over Seattle) but are not in the playoffs this year.  The Patriots and Cowboys have home field throughout the playoffs, its now been 21 years since the 7 time champion Cowboys won their last SB.

NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND

Jan 14, 2017

Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1) at Atlanta Falcons (10-6)

Atl -6.5

Atl 36 Sea 20

FALCONS 23  SEAHAWKS 20 (OT)

Seattle will not head to a 5th consecutive Super Bowl. 12 years ago Atlanta lost SB39, they head to the NFC Championship game next week.

1st: Doug Baldwin 13 yd reception (Wilson Sea 7-0)

        Mohamed Sanu 3 yd reception (Ryan 7-7)

2nd: Doug Baldwin 29 yd reception (Wilson Sea 14-14)

         Jacob Tamme 4 yd reception (Ryan 14-14)

3rd: Steven Hauschka 39 yd FG (Sea 17-14)

         Matt Bryant 40 yd FG (17-17)

4th: Steven Hauschka 30 yd FG (Sea 20-17)

        

        at :00

        Matt Bryant 28 yd FG (20-20)

OT: Matt Bryant 45 yd FG (Atl 23-20)

MVP: Julio Jones 11 catches, 111 yds

AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND

Jan 14, 2017

Houston Texans (9-7) at New England Patriots (14-2)

28 degrees

NE -16

NE 34 Hou 16

PATRIOTS 30  TEXANS 10

The Patriots last won the SB nine years prior - next week, they host the AFC Championship.

1st: Stephen Gostkowski 37 yd FG (NE 3-0)

       Nick Novak 31 yd FG (3-3)

2nd: LeGarrette Blount 5 yd run (NE 10-3)

         Michael Floyd 30 yd reception (Brady 17-3)

         LeGarrette Blount 9 yd run (24-3)

3rd: Stephen Gostkowski 40 yd FG (27-3)

         Stephen Gostkowski 34 yd FG (30-3)

4th: Lamar Miller 3 yd run (30-10)

MVP: Tom Brady 22-30 244 yds TD

AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND

Jan 15, 2017

Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5) at KC Chiefs (12-4)

33 degrees

KC -2.5

Steelers 18 Chiefs 16

CHIEFS 31  STEELERS 21

It's been 21 years since the Chiefs lost SB 30 to Dallas, its their last SB appearance, next week they head to New England to face the Patriots.

1st: Travis Kelce 8 yd reception (Smith KC 7-0
        Carlos Santos 34 yd FG (10-0)

        Alex Smith 6 yd run (17-0)

2nd: Spencer Ware 4 yd run (24-0)

         LeVeon Bell 3 yd run (24-7)

          Spencer Ware 13 yd reception (Smith 31-7)

3rd: Ladarius Green 20 yd reception (Roethlisberger 31-14)

          

4th: Ladarius Green 4 yd reception (Roethlisberger, 31-21)

MVP: Alex Smith 21-29 244 yds 2 TD/1D run

NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND

Jan 15, 2017

Green Bay Packers (10-6) at Dallas Cowboys (13-3)

Dall -5.5

GB 34 Dall 31

COWBOYS 35  PACKERS 28

Dallas has played in more Super Bowls than any other franchise, but none in 21 years - they host the NFC Championship next week.  

1st: Jason Witten 30 yd reception (Prescott Dall 7-0)

       Randall Cobb 14 yd reception (Rodgers 7-7)

2nd: Jason Witten 9 yd reception (Prescott Dall 14-7)

         Ty Montgomery 4 yd reception (Rodgers 14-14)

          Dan Bailey 39 yd FG (Dall 17-14)

3rd: Dan Bailey 48 yd FG (20-14)

         Jordy Nelson 11 yd reception (Rodgers GB 21-20)

4th: Dez Bryant 38 yd reception (2 pt conversion Prescott Dall 28-21)

        Dez Bryant 17 yd reception (Prescott 35-21)

        Jared Cook 17 yd reception (Rodgers 35-28)

MVP: Ezekial Elliott 28 carries 241 yds 

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Jan 22, 2017

Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys

FALCONS 41   COWBOYS 24

12 years after their only conference championship - the Falcons win a second on the road and will head to Super Bowl 51, as they did in the real world.

1st: Matt Bryant 51 yd FG (Atl 3-0)

       Dez Bryant 40 yd reception (Prescott Dall 7-3)

        Vic Beasley 11 yard fumble return (Atl 10-7)

2nd: Ezekial Elliott 28 yd run (Dall 14-10)

         Julio Jones 49 yd reception (Ryan Atl 17-14)

        Matt Bryant 29 yd FG (20-14)

3rd: Taylor Gabriel 19 yd run (27-14)

         Dan Bailey 50 yd FG (27-17)

         Austin Hooper 11 yd reception (Ryan 34-17)

4th: Ezekial Elliott 9 yd reception (Prescott 34-24)

        Julio Jones 17 yd reception (Ryan 41-24)

MVP: Matt Ryan 19-28 299 yds 3 TDs

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Jan 22, 2017

Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots

41 degrees

CHIEFS 16  PATRIOTS 10

The Patriots lose yet another conference championship - the Chiefs played in 3 of the first 6 Super Bowls, didn't make another until SB30 and haven't been back since - but Super Bowl 51 will be Chiefs/Falcons.

1st: James White 8 yd run (NE 7-0)

2nd: Tyreek Hill 66 yd run (7-7)

         Cairo Santos 33 yd FG (KC 10-7)

3rd: Cairo Santos 29 yd FG (13-7)

4th: Stephen Gostkowski 48 yd FG (13-10)

         Cairo Santos 30 yd FG (16-10)

MVP: Derrick Johnson 16 tackles, fumble recovery

SUPER BOWL LI

Feb 5, 2017

Kansas City Chiefs v. Atlanta Falcons

Houston

CHIEFS 27  FALCONS 20

Alex Smith leads the Chiefs to their first SB win in 48 seasons.  

1st: Patrick DiMarco 3 yd reception (Ryan Atl 7-0)

       Tyreek Hill 16 yd reception (7-7)

2nd: Cairo Santos 49 yd FG (KC 10-7)

         Matt Bryant 30 yd FG (10-10)

         Alex Smith 18 yd run (KC 17-10)

3rd: Taylor Gabriel 30 yd reception (Ryan 17-17)

         Cairo Santos 20 yd FG (KC 20-17)

4th: Matt Bryant 30 yd FG (20-20)

        Tyreek Hill 65 yd punt return (KC 27-20)

MVP: Tyreek Hill 2 TDs.

Super Bowl History

SB1: PACKERS 17   BILLS 10                   MVP-J.Taylor             QB-Starr            HC-Lombardi

SB2: RAIDERS 28    COWBOYS 14          MVP-W.Wells             QB-Lamonica    HC-Rauch

SB3: CHIEFS 19       COLTS 16                  MVP-R.Holmes          QB-Dawson       HC-Stram

SB4: COWBOYS 21  CHIEFS 13                MVP: L.Rentzel          QB-Morton       HC-Landry

SB5: VIKINGS 20     BENGALS 10            MVP: A.Page               QB-Cuozzo       HC-Grant

SB6: VIKINGS 27     CHIEFS 16                MVP G.Cuozzo            QB-Cuozzo       HC-Grant

SB7: STEELERS  20   COWBOYS 6          MVP J.Ham                 QB-Bradshaw   HC-Noll

SB8: COWBOYS 33  BENGALS 27 (OT)   MVP: C.Hill                QB-Staubach    HC-Landry

SB9: STEELERS 20  RAMS 10                   MVP: L.McCutcheon  QB-Bradshaw  HC Noll

SB10: STEELERS 18   RAMS 0                  MVP LC Greenwood   QB-Bradshaw  HC Noll

SB11: COWBOYS 33  PATRIOTS 7           MVP H.Martin             QB-Staubach    HC-Landry

SB12: COWBOYS 17  RAIDERS 10           MVP T.Dorsett             QB-Staubach    HC-Landry

SB13: COWBOYS 42   OILERS 21             MVP R.Staubach         QB-Staubach    HC Landry

SB14: STEELERS 24  EAGLES 7               MVP F.Harris              QB-Bradshaw   HC-Noll

SB15: FALCONS 24  RAIDERS 8               MVP:W.Andrews         QB-Bartkowski  HC-Bennett

SB16: 49ERS 39  BENGALS 19                   MVP: J.Montana         QB-Montana     HC-Walsh

SB17: COWBOYS 30  CHARGERS 10      MVP: D.White              QB-White          HC-Landry

SB18: REDSKINS 30  DOLPHINS 29        MVP: J.Washington     QB-Theismann  HC-Gibbs

SB19: 49ERS 24   SEAHAWKS 6                MVP: R.Lott                 QB-Montana      HC-Walsh

SB20: BEARS 51  RAIDERS 13                  MVP: W.Payton            QB-McMahon    HC-Ditka

SB21: GIANTS 19  BRONCOS 6                MVP: J.Morris              QB-Simms          HC-Parcells

SB22: 49ERS 27  BROWNS 9                      MVP: R.Craig               QB-Montana      HC-Walsh

SB23: 49ERS 24   BENGALS 10                  MVP: C.Haley              QB-Montana      HC-Walsh

SB24: 49ERS 34    BILLS 14                        MVP: J.Montana          QB-Montana      HC-Seifert

SB25: BILLS 17  BEARS 14                         MVP: B.Smith              QB-Kelly            HC-Levy

SB26: BILLS 17    REDSKINS 13                MVP: G.Clark              QB-Kelly            HC-Levy

SB27: 49ERS 35   DOLPHINS 23                MVP: R.Watters           QB-Young          HC-Seifert

SB28: OILERS 24   COWBOYS 17             MVP: L.White              QB-Moon           HC-Pardee

SB29: STEELERS 20   COWBOYS 13        MVP: G.Lloyd              QB-O'Donnell   HC-Cowher

SB30: COWBOYS 37   CHIEFS 27             MVP: E.Smith               QB-Aikman       HC-Switzer

SB31: PACKERS 20   BRONCOS 13          MVP: R.White               QB-Favre           HC-Holmgren

SB32: 49ERS 16  PATRIOTS 10                  MVP: D.Stubblefield     QB-Young         HC-Mariucci

SB33: VIKINGS 40   BRONCOS 37         MVP: R.Smith/T.Davis    QB-Cunningham  HC-Green

SB34: RAMS 28   JAGS  14                          MVP: M.Faulk               QB-Warner       HC-Vermeil

SB35: TITANS 14   GIANTS 10                   MVP: E.George              QB-McNair       HC-Fisher

SB36: RAMS 30   STEELERS 24 (OT)       MVP: T.Holt                   QB-Warner       HC-Martz

SB37: RAIDERS 17  BUCS 16                     MVP: J.Rice                    QB-Gannon      HC-Callahan

SB38: PATRIOTS 20  PACKERS 8             MVP: R.Harrison          QB-Brady         HC-Belichick

SB39: STEELERS 17  FALCONS 10          MVP: J.Porter           QB-Roethlisberger HC-Cowher 

SB40: SEAHAWKS 17 STEELERS 16     MVP: S.Alexander         QB-Hasselbeck   HC-Holmgren 

SB41: RAVENS 21   BEARS 10                   MVP: B.Scott                   QB-McNair      HC-Billick

SB42: PATRIOTS 27  PACKERS 20           MVP: T.Brady                QB-Brady          HC-Belichick

SB43: RAVENS 21  CARDINALS 19          MVP: E.Reed                 QB-Flacco          HC-Harbaugh

SB44: RAVENS 24  VIKINGS 17                 MVP: J.Flacco               QB-Flacco          HC-Harbaugh

SB45: STEELERS 19  BEARS 14                MVP: L.Timmons         QB-Roethlisberger HC-Tomlin

SB46: RAVENS 23   SAINTS 17 (OT)         MVP: L.Webb              QB-Flacco          HC-Harbaugh

SB47: SEAHAWKS 31   TEXANS 23          MVP: M.Lynch             QB-Wilson        HC-Carroll

SB48: BRONCOS 19  SEAHAWKS 16 (OT) MVP: P.Manning       QB-Manning    HC-Fox

SB49: BRONCOS 23  SEAHAWKS 20        MVP: V.Miller              QB-Manning    HC-Fox

SB50: BRONCOS 21  SEAHAWKS 17        MVP: C.Harris         QB-Manning    HC-Kubiak

SB51: CHIEFS 27  FALCONS 20                 MVP: T.Hill                 QB-Smith          HC-Reid

ALL SB Team (1-25)

QB-J Montana, R,Staubach 

RB- T.Dorsett, F.Harris, R.Craig 

WR-J. Rice, D. Pearson, L.Swann

TE B.J Dupree

DL: A.Page, LC Greenwood, H.Martin, B.Smith

LB: J.Ham, C.Haley, J.Lambert

DB: R.Lott, M.Blount, Cliff Harris, M.Renfro

ALL SB Team (26-50)

QB: T.Brady, J.Flacco, P.Manning 

RB E.Smith, M.Faulk, M.Lynch 

WR - J.Taylor, T.Holt, Demaryius Thomas 

TE-T.Heap

DL R.White, D.Stubblefield 

LB - G.Lloyd, J.Porter, B.Scott L.Timmons, V.Miller

DB-R.Harrison, E.Reed, L.Webb, C.Harris

ALL SB Team (51-

WR T.Hill

The 20 Best SB Performances

1. SB 17 (Dall)   Danny White 16-22 309 yds 4 TDs

2. SB 20 (Chi)    Walter Payton, 235 yds rushing, 3 TDs

3. SB27 (SF)       Ricky Watters  234 yds rushing 3 TDs

4. SB 47 (Sea)    Marshawn Lynch 4 TDs

5. SB13 (Dall)    Roger Staubach 12-18 280 yards 3 TD

6. SB42  (NE)     Tom Brady 17-23 278 yds 3 TDs.

7. SB 24 (SF)      Joe Montana 17-23 253 yds 2 TD, TD rushing

8. SB 6 (Minn)   Gary Cuozzo 16-25, 228 yds 3 TDs

9. SB 8 (Dall)      Calvin Hill 207 yards from scrimmage, 3 TDs.

10. SB 30 (Dall)    Emmitt Smith 138 yds 3 TDs

11. SB40 (Sea)      Shaun Alexander 151 yds 2 TDs

12. SB14 (Pitt)      Franco Harris 3 TDs

13. SB 18 (Wash)  Joe Washington 3 TDs

14. SB 33 (Minn)  Robert Smith, 3 TDs 

15. SB 33 (Den)    Terrell Davis 3 TDs

16. SB 49 (Den)    Von Miller, TD, 2 sacks

17. SB 19 (SF)       Ronnie Lott, 2 INT, TD

18. SB 43 (Balt)    Ed Reed INT, TD, sack

19. SB 25 (Buff)    Bruce Smith 3 sacks

20. SB 11 (Dall)    Harvey Martin 3 sacks