The Super Bowl is this Sunday between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots . As is the case every year , no Harlan Fisk Stone will go unturned when examine this football match - up and predicting which team is likely to come out on top . The Super Bowl is not only the big sporting issue of the year , it is also the largest media and television event – guide more than 100 million witness and journalists from all over the globe . And as we get ready for what could be a classical showdown between two very good teams , we thought we ’d look at ten Super Bowl records that are so telling they are likely never to be broken . ( give the winner of the New England Patriots over the past 15 years , it should come as no surprise that many of these records are keep back by the Patriots and/or their field general , Tom Brady ) .
10. Most Consecutive Super Bowl Appearances: The Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills go to four Super Bowls , four years in a row between 1991 and 1994 . That string of four consecutive Super Bowl appearance has not been fulfill before or since . alas for the Bills , the squad also lose all four – break the team another notorious record book that seems improbable to fall anytime soon . Despite the grief of Bills fan , the important thing to recollect here is that the fortune of one squad go to more than four Super Bowls in a row is extremely improbable – especially in the modern era of conference space-reflection symmetry . pay caps and scheduling make far too difficult for any one team to have the talent and work force take to reach multiple Super Bowls these day — even a back - to - back visual aspect in believe special . Also , the level of contender in the league is just too great now for a single squad to dominate a conference , as the Buffalo Bills did in the early 1990s . Even the New England Patriots , who have been the most dominant squad in the NFL since 2001 , have only managed to touch consecutive Super Bowls once – 2003 and 2004 .
9. Most Super Bowls Starts by a Quarterback: Tom Brady
At Super Bowl LI , Tom Brady will play in his seventh Super Bowl . If you deliberate that Brady did n’t get the Patriots starting line of work until 2001 , and that he overlook the full 2008 season with a human knee harm , then that means he has reached the Super Bowl seven times in 14 season as New England ’s start field general . That is an incredible feat . Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway is 2d in full term of starting in Super Bowls with five . After that , nobody is remotely confining to touching this phonograph recording concord by Tom Brady . What ’s scary is that Tom Brady ’s calling is not yet over , and he is play the quarterback position well at historic period 39 than he did at age 29 . If anyone is going to kick downstairs this record book , it will only be Tom Brady himself . But looking around the NFL and the struggles that even elect signal caller such as Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees have in getting back to football game ’s magnanimous plot , it seems highly unconvincing that any quarterback will get to more than seven Super Bowls . Unless , of course , it ’s Tom Brady , still bet well into his XL .
8. Most Touchdowns Scored in a Single Game: Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice nock three touchdown in a single Super Bowl – doubly . Widely regarded as the well wide recipient in NFL history , Rice notched three touchdown when his San Francisco 49ers play the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV , and again when the 49ers played the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX . This is an incredibly telling exploit when you consider that Rice was twofold or triple covered for most of both game . As the most strong offensive weapon of the 49ers , opposing team did n’t need to take any chance against Rice . These days , NFL squad that win Super Bowls have to trust on receptions and touchdown from a variety of receivers . It is more and more hard for one telephone receiver to plow the entire workload . Yet Rice was able to combust defenses with his superhuman speed and catch almost any pass with his soft hands . To break this record , one receiving system would have to score four touchdowns in a undivided Super Bowl plot . Highly unlikely .
7. Most Super Bowl Appearances by a Player or Coach: Bill Belichick
Super Bowl LI will be the tenth clock time that Bill Belichick has appeared in a Super Bowl , including the two appearances he made as an adjunct coach with the New York Giants , one show as an assistant coach with the Patriots , and the seven times he has now led the New England Patriots into the championship game as their head private instructor . Not only has Belichick come out in more Super Bowls than any football coach in NFL history , he ’s also appear in more Super Bowls than any player in NFL history . Belichick has appeared in 19.6 % ( snipe it up to 20 % ) of the Super Bowls played to date . And , just like Tom Brady , Belichick record no signs of slowing down or heading into retreat , even in his mid-60s . For any other coach-and-four to interrupt this record would necessitate an enormous amount of skill , stamina , and good fortune . It ’s too mind boggle to comprehend .
6. Most Passing Yards in Super Bowls: Tom Brady
Tom Brady has thrown for 1,605 yards in the six Super Bowls he has appear in so far . After his 7th outing on Sunday , Brady ’s return railway yard in Super Bowls will no doubt be a bit closer to the 2,000 grand mark . That will give Brady as many passing yards in Super Bowl games as many begin NFL quarterback achieve in a 16 secret plan regular season . No other quarterback in NFL story is even near to throwing for as many total yards as Brady in Super Bowls — the closest active QB is Ben Roethlisberger , with a bare 642 yard . It is a testament to Brady ’s glare under center , that he has been able to amass such telling passing yard in the most pressure packed biz in all of sport . And , just as no other quarterback is likely to ever play in seven Super Bowls again , no other quarterback is likely to rack up as many passing grand as Brady . plainly , he also defend the record for most laissez passer completions in Super Bowl history , as well . Every additional yard that Brady pass for in Sunday ’s Super Bowl will be a new record for TB12 . Think about that for a minute .
5. Most Rushing Touchdowns in Super Bowls: Emmitt Smith
In three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys , running back Emmitt Smith rushed for five touchdowns , a record that has stood for more than 20 years . Given the evolving nature of melt down backs in the NFL , it is unlikely that this phonograph record will ever be broken . Just as no squad can bank on one receiver to score all their touchdowns , teams also ca n’t bank on a unmarried running back to carry the entire load , especially in a championship secret plan . team today often use at least two strong running back , and many squad use as many as three backs . The punishment inflicted on running backs is just too great to put it all on one player ’s shoulders , as the Cowboys did with Emmitt Smith .
4. Most Interceptions Thrown in a Single Super Bowl: Rich Gannon
Remember former NFL quarterback Rich Gannon ? He ’s most noted for a record that no NFL signal caller wants – throwing the most interceptions in a Super Bowl game . In Super Bowl XXXVII , Gannon switch a ghastly five interception while under centre for the Oakland Raiders . unsound , three of those interception were returned for touchdown by the opponent Tampa Bay Buccaneers , who go bad on to get ahead by a score of 48 - 21 , making it one of the most skew-whiff final scores in Super Bowl history . So what are the chance of a begin quarterback shed six interception in a exclusive Super Bowl game and breaking this disc ? Not very high , render that any ego - respecting coach would certainly attract his start field general and replace him with a back - up if even three or four interceptions were thrust . Poor Rich Gannon .
3. Most Super Bowl Appearances (and wins) by a Kicker: Adam Vinatieri
Adam Vinatieri is widely considered to be the large kicker in NFL chronicle . He has appeared in five Super Bowls , and win four of them — three with the New England Patriots and one with the Indianapolis Colts . Vinatieri ’s substructure helped to extradite win in several close Super Bowls for the Patriots . And the chance of Adam Vinatieri ’s success being replicated are reasonably slim . As previously mentioned , there is just too much role player move around the NFL these days for one kicker to achieve Vinatieri ’s success with one or even two team . Also , it is unbelievable that any kicker will have Vinatieri ’s longevity . At years 44 and still going impregnable , Vinatieri is the oldest active musician in the NFL . How many kickers will want to play as long as Vinatieri has , let alone be physically able to do so ?
2. Most Touchdown Passes in Super Bowls: Tom Brady
To date , Tom Brady has thrown a record 13 touchdown passes in the six Super Bowls in which he ’s played . After his seventh Super Bowl , Brady is very likely to have amassed 15 touchdown fling , or more . That is a record that no other quarterback is close-fitting to stop ( again , for reference , the closest alive QB is Russell Wilson , with four ) . Remember that in Super Bowl 50 , Denver quarterback Peyton Manning did not bewilder a exclusive touchdown pass ( he did throw one interception ) , and the Broncos defense lawyers basically won them the plot . Brady is clutch in big moments , and never adept than when he ’s playing in a Super Bowl . His accuracy with the football and power to throw to open receivers has pass to him amass the most touchdown pass in Super Bowl account . And he is so far ahead of other quarterbacks with this phonograph recording that he ’s in all likelihood never going to be caught .
1. Longest Super Bowl Win Streak - San Francisco 49ers
In the eighties and 1990s , the San Francisco 49ers went to five Super Bowls and win them all . The team did n’t lose any championship secret plan in which they appear , until Super Bowl XLVIII when they played the Baltimore Ravens . That any team could appear in more than five Super Bowls and win every individual one of them seems extremely improbable today . For a squad to even get to five Super Bowls in a little more than 10 years would be unheard of . But to then win each championship seems almost impossible . It ’s almost as unlikely as another squad getting to four sequential Super Bowls , like the Buffalo Bills did in the early 1990s . There ’s just too much contest for one team to dominate in that way again . Even the New England Patriots have lost two out of the six Super Bowls they have played in since 2001 . These days , it seems no squad in invincible in the same way that the 49ers were .
