Two plays later, Manning completed a 23-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas, but cornerback Byron Maxwell knocked the ball out of his hands and Malcolm Smith recovered it, returning the ball seven yards. A boy in the back of the room piped up, “Coach Kinchen, the Patriots are 12-2. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Cantor, whose goal calls are world-famous, will be honored at the induction ceremony next year. Whoever you sign today is going to have the entire season in the palm of his hand at some point.” Belichick replied matter-of-factly, “Well you know what, you better get ready because it is going to be you.”. Norwood, whose only Division I scholarship offer was Penn State, was the latest former Nittany Lion to earn a Super Bowl ring in the 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers. “I was a little bit irritated,” Kinchen says. [34] The decision to play the game in New Jersey was made even more controversial by the fact that the NFL informed the Miami Dolphins that Sun Life Stadium would never host another Super Bowl until they put a roof over the stadium for fear of rain. The second interception came in the final seconds of the game when Richard Sherman batted the ball into the arms of Malcolm Smith to seal the 23–17 win and send the Seahawks to their second Super Bowl in franchise history. However, any momentum Denver might have gained was quickly snuffed out as Seattle tight end Zach Miller recovered Prater's onside kick attempt on his own 48-yard line. He told Pioli he’d consider it and then hung up the phone, heartbeat racing. He grabbed a football, rolled up his pants and started snapping to his seventh graders. Not during his comeback this year in Denver.
It was an unknown number with a Massachusetts area code. Four-time Super Bowl champ Joe Montana to be featured at NFL On Location’s Legendary Pregame Experiences. He picked up a roll to start off. Chancellor had nine tackles and an interception. [56], Unlike previous Super Bowl games, the league did not organize its NFL Experience fan attraction. With touchdowns scored on offense, defense and special teams, the Seahawks became the first team since the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV to do so.
“I was devastated. “Bill had that half-smirk on his face,” Kinchen said. This is going to be a rifle shot. He looked up in time to see the ball soaring through the uprights, into the net. Jake Delhomme proved to be an effective free agent signing at quarterback, though the team's real strength was in the running game. [97] Queen Latifah, joined by the New Jersey Youth Chorus, sang "America the Beautiful". [35], The NFL announced on December 18, 2013, that in the event of a forecast of heavy snow, the game would be rescheduled for the Saturday before, or for the Monday or Tuesday after. The team took up 150 of the 351 rooms until the night of January 29 before taking up the entire hotel. [52][52][53], The "Super Bowl Kickoff Spectacular" concert was held on January 27 at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, headlined by Daughtry and featuring a fireworks show. He was also a reliable receiver, hauling in 36 passes for 316 yards and two more scores. Other key targets included Doug Baldwin (50 receptions, 775 yards, five touchdowns) and tight end Zach Miller (33 receptions, 387 yards, five touchdowns). Linebacker Bobby Wagner led the team in combined tackles (120), while also racking up five sacks and two interceptions. Defensive end Malik Jackson was also a key component of the defense with 42 tackles and six sacks, helping compensate for the loss of Von Miller, who had five sacks in nine games before suffering a season-ending injury. He’d flown out for tryouts with Dallas, Denver and Pittsburgh the year before, just to be sent home from all three without a job.
“That was it, I can’t deal with this.”. The next day at practice was no better. This is the preposterous story of Brian Kinchen and the snap before the kick. With New York trailing by one in the final seconds, Junkin botched the snap on what would have been a 40-yard game-winning attempt.
The game was nationally broadcast on Westwood One radio, with Kevin Harlan as play-by-play announcer, Boomer Esiason as color analyst, and James Lofton and Mark Malone as sideline reporters.
However, the temperature at kickoff was a mild 49 °F (9 °C), making this only the third-coldest Super Bowl. “I credit it with frying every nerve in my body. The broadcast was carried by sister cable network Fox Deportes as part of a larger package of marquee games simulcast by Fox, and featured commentary and surrounding coverage in that language. Kinchen had already skipped two balls—a punt snap and the extra-point snap. Meanwhile, a Coca-Cola spot with people of diverse cultures singing "America the Beautiful" in various languages ignited controversy, with political commentators such as Glenn Beck, Todd Starnes and Allen West condemning the ad for discouraging assimilation, while others considered it a tribute to the idea of the United States as a multicultural society.[77]. With just over a minute left in the half, Denver faced fourth-and-2.