Wouldn't it be nice (and extremely rare) if there were no injuries to or mistakes by either team or the refs (except blatantly obvious penalties) - what a great game it "might" turn out to be then. I can't recall ever seeing such a game as I've just described, but then the better team/players/coaches would have prevailed.
So can any of you veterans out there recall a "perfect Super Bowl", or a Conference Playoff game, or any significant tilt that you would classify as a fair evaluation of talent/coaching?
I think there have been plenty of great Super Bowls in recent years (not sure what you're exactly seeking with "perfect")
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NYG-NE
NE-PHI
NE-CAR
NE-StL
StL-TEN
DEN-GB
DAL-PIT
Before that it seems we had many years of lopsided contests through the 80s and 90s and a few good ones in the 70s.
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my topic. Most of the Super Bowls you listed fall under the subject of enjoyable to watch due to the excitement a number of plays generated, but I don't believe that they were clean of injuries, significant turnovers, semi-blown calls by refs and/or coaches, and similar events - which while part of the game as we know it today - would/could be classified as "
mistakes or abnormal outcome influencing plays". Even the year that the Dolphins won the title and were undefeated, there was the infamous Gary "The Tiemaker" Yepremian attempted imitation of Bob Griese (I believe), which single-handedly cut the score in half and caused many Dolphin fans to hyperventilate.