Super Bowl XXXVII

<h3>Overview</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">The Buccaneers became the first (and, as of Super Bowl XLV, only) team in Super Bowl history to score three defensive touchdowns. The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cowboys%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dallas%20Cowboys%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDallas%20Cowboys%7CCowboys%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Cowboys</a> (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXVII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXVII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXVII%7CXXVII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">XXVII</a>) were the only previous team to score multiple defensive touchdowns.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Johnson finished the game with 18 out of 34 completions for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 interception, along with 10 rushing yards. Pittman was the top rusher of the game with 129 yards. Alstott was the game's second leading rusher with 15 yards and a touchdown, and had 5 receptions for 43 yards. Wide receiver <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Keyshawn%20Johnson%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Keyshawn%20Johnson%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKeyshawn%20Johnson%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" class="new" title="Keyshawn Johnson (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvS2V5c2hhd25fSm9obnNvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Keyshawn Johnson</a> was the Buccaneers' leading receiver with 6 catches for 69 yards. Smith recorded 2 interceptions, 94 return yards, and 2 touchdowns. He also added another 23 yards on a kickoff return.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Gannon finished the game 24 out of 44 for 272 yards and 2 touchdowns, but was intercepted a Super Bowl record 5 times. Garner was their leading rusher, but with only 10 yards, and caught 7 passes for 51 yards. Rice was the Raiders' leading receiver of the game with 5 catches for 77 yards and a touchdown. He became the first player to score touchdowns with two different teams in Super Bowls (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ricky%20Proehl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ricky%20Proehl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRicky%20Proehl%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Ricky_Proehl" title="Ricky Proehl">Ricky Proehl</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Muhsin%20Muhammad%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Muhsin%20Muhammad%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMuhsin%20Muhammad%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Muhsin_Muhammad" title="Muhsin Muhammad">Muhsin Muhammad</a> have since joined him). Wide receiver <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Marcus%20Knight%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Marcus%20Knight%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarcus%20Knight%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" class="new" title="Marcus Knight (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFyY3VzX0tuaWdodD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Marcus Knight</a> returned 8 kickoffs for 143 yards.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jerry%20Rice%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jerry%20Rice%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJerry%20Rice%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Jerry Rice</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bill%20Romanowski%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bill%20Romanowski%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBill%20Romanowski%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Bill_Romanowski" title="Bill Romanowski">Bill Romanowski</a> joined <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gene%20Upshaw%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gene%20Upshaw%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGene%20Upshaw%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Gene Upshaw</a> as the only players to appear in Super Bowls in three different decades. Rice played in Super Bowls <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXIII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXIII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXIII%7CXXIII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">XXIII</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXIV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXIV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXIV%7CXXIV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIV" title="Super Bowl XXIV">XXIV</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXIX%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXIX%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXIX%7CXXIX%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIX" title="Super Bowl XXIX">XXIX</a>. Romanowski played in Super Bowls <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXIII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXIII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXIII%7CXXIII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">XXIII</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXIV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXIV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXIV%7CXXIV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIV" title="Super Bowl XXIV">XXIV</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXXII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXXII%7CXXXII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXII" title="Super Bowl XXXII">XXXII</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XXXIII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXXIII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXXIII%7CXXXIII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIII" title="Super Bowl XXXIII">XXXIII</a>; the Raiders' loss prevented Romanowski from joining <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Charles%20Haley%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Charles%20Haley%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCharles%20Haley%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Charles Haley</a> as the only NFL player to earn 5 Super Bowl rings (Haley was also with the 49ers for Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV, and later earned rings when the Dallas Cowboys won Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII, and XXX). The Raiders became the first team to appear in Super Bowls under four different head coaches. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22John%20Rauch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22John%20Rauch%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJohn%20Rauch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/John_Rauch" title="John Rauch">John Rauch</a> coached them in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20II%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20II%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20II%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">Super Bowl II</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22John%20Madden%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22John%20Madden%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJohn%20Madden%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a> (who himself called Super Bowl XXXVII on ABC), coached them in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XI%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XI%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XI%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XI" title="Super Bowl XI">Super Bowl XI</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tom%20Flores%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tom%20Flores%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTom%20Flores%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Tom Flores</a> coached them in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XV" title="Super Bowl XV">Super Bowl XV</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22XVIII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XVIII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XVIII%7CXVIII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVIII" title="Super Bowl XVIII">XVIII</a>.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The teams combined for the most second half points in a Super Bowl with 46 (28 for Tampa Bay and 18 for Oakland) and the second most total points in a game with 69, tying Dallas and Buffalo who combined for 69 points in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXVII%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XXVII%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XXVII%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII" title="Super Bowl XXVII">Super Bowl XXVII</a>.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The Raiders joined the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Minnesota%20Vikings%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221974%20Minnesota%20Vikings%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1974%20Minnesota%20Vikings%7CMinnesota%20Vikings%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_Vikings" title="1974 Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Washington%20Redskins%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221983%20Washington%20Redskins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1983%20Washington%20Redskins%7CWashington%20Redskins%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-21385880825df0d65bcb352" href="/wiki/1983_Washington_Redskins" title="1983 Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> as the only teams that never gained an extra point after scoring a touchdown.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The Raiders become the first team to appear in Super Bowls in four different decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 00s)
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