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Denver Broncos WIN third Super Bowl by upstaging Carolina Panthers
Posted On Feb 07 2016
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If it was the final game of his magnificent career, what a super way for Peyton Manning to go out.
It’s a third Super Bowl title for the Broncos, while for the Panthers, the wait for their first goes on.
This was Manning’s fourth trip to the Super Bowl, and it was his second time winning.
Manning completed 13 of 23 passes for 141 yards with an interception.
Miller had five tackles, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles (one which was returned for a touchdown) in the Broncos’ 24-10 win, standing out individually on a defensive unit that totally shut down one of the NFL’s most dominant offensives and the league’s recently crowned MVP.
Denver’s first touchdown came when Miller blew past Remmers and ripped the ball out of Newton’s grasp. Graham Gano’s 39-yard field goal trimmed Denver’s advantage to 16-10 with 10:21 remaining.
It was a far cry from two years ago, when the Broncos were routed by Seattle 43-8.
Denver capitalized on Carolina’s disastrous turnovers and ugly penalties to claim its third Lombardi Trophy in franchise history as the most potent offense in the league crumbled under the league’s top defense. And, showing his versatility, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound Miller even made plays in pass coverage, dropping back to force an incompletion from Newton to Jerricho Cotchery at one point.
Manning opened the game with an 18-yard completion to Owen Daniels, later hit Andre Caldwell for 22, and C.J. Anderson had a 13-yard run.
Norwood set a Super Bowl record with a 61-yard punt return during the first half of Super Bowl 50. Jonathan Stewart then leaped in from the 1 for the score. Malik Jackson recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown to put the Panthers in an early 10-0 hole they could never dig out of. The 50th Super Bowl came down to the last quarter – and as it had all day, Denver’s defense dominated.
But the strip-sack was just the beginning for Newton and the Panthers. “Some of that you have to give credit to Denver’s defense forcing people into bad games”.
