If it is anything like the three previous Super Bowls played in Arizona, Super Bowl LVII will be on the short list of the greatest Super Bowls ever played.
While it promises to be a classic, Sunday’s Eagles-Chiefs showdown has its work cut out for it if it is to best the three previous Super Bowls played in the desert. Each of the previous Arizona Super Bowls were highly competitive games that came down to the wire. The first Arizona Super Bowl was the final chapter for one of the NFL‘s great dynasties. The second one was the second greatest upset in NFL history. The most recent big game played in Arizona had the most shocking ending to any Super Bowl before or since.
Here’s a look at the competition this year’s Super Bowl is facing regarding the greatest Super Bowls played in Arizona. We’ve ranked each of the previous three Super Bowls, starting at No. 3 with the first big game played in “The Grand Canyon State.”
3. Super Bowl XXX
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Arizona’s first Super Bowl was the only Super Bowl played at Sun Devils Stadium, Arizona State’s home stadium and the longtime site of the Fiesta Bowl.
The heavily-favored Cowboys raced out to a 13-0 lead before needing two second half interceptions by MVP Larry Brown to hold off the Steelers. Brown’s interceptions set up both of the Cowboys’ second half touchdowns as Dallas became the first team to win three Super Bowls in four years.
Pittsburgh lost, but it left the game with much to be proud of. Nicknamed Blitzburgh, the Steelers’ defense held Emmitt Smith to just 49 yards rushing as the Cowboys gained just 64 yards in the second half. Pittsburgh’s defense did its part, but Brown’s two picks proved to be too much to overcome.
“If we don’t turn the ball over, I think we win that game by at least two possessions,” then-Steelers linebacker Levon Kirkland recently told CBS Sports. “They took us a little lightly, until we were in the game, then it was like, ‘Whoa, these guys can play with us.'”
2. Super Bowl XLIX
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