Super Bowl LI

Super Bowl LI

1 2 3 4th OT total Falcons 0 21st 7th 0 0 28 Patriots 0 3 6th 19th 6th 34
date	5th February 2017
Stadion	NRG Stadium
city	Houston
MVP	Tom Brady
favourite	Patriots at 3
National anthem	Luke Bryan
coin toss	George HW Bush
Referee	Carl Cheffers
Halftime show	Lady Gaga
Television broadcast
Network	FOX
Germany	Sat.1 , ran.de, DAZN
Switzerland	Sat.1 , ran.de, DAZN , W9 Suisse
Austria	Pulse 4 , DAZN
Commercial price	> 5 million US dollars per 30 seconds
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The Super Bowl LI was the 51st  Super Bowl , the final of the 2016 season of the National Football League (NFL) in American football . The game was played between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots on February 5, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. local time at NRG Stadium in Houston , home of the Houston Texans . After a 28:28 in regular time, the Patriots won overtime with 34:28. For the first time in the history of the Super Bowl and for the second time in NFL history after 1958, a final was not decided after regular time.

The winning team's quarterback , Tom Brady , has been named Super Bowl MVP .

In the half-time break, which regularly receives high media attention in addition to the actual final, Lady Gaga appeared.

Way to the Super Bowl

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons under head coach Dan Quinn won the National Football Conference after the regular season picked up with a record of 11-5 No. 2 in the NFC Seedings and the NFC playoffs after a bye out the Seattle Seahawks with 36:20, then defeated the Green Bay Packers 44:21. They convinced with a strong offense , which achieved the best league value of 540 points. The focus was on quarterback Matt Ryan , who scored career highs of 38 touchdowns and 4,944 yards of space in 7 interceptions and was voted into the Pro Bowl , the  all-star game of  the National Football League . He was mainly supported by wide receiver Julio Jones (1,409 yards of space gained , 6 touchdowns), running back Devonta Freeman (1,079 yards of space gained, 11 touchdowns) and center Alex Mack , who were also all elected to the Pro Bowl. In defense , Pro Bowl defensive end Vic Beasley triumphed with the best league score of 15.5 quarterback sacks , but the team with 406 opposing points (27th place out of 32 teams) was considered vulnerable in defense. For the Falcons it was the second Super Bowl participation since Super Bowl XXXIII , which they lost with 19:34 against the Denver Broncos .

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots under head coach Bill Belichick came for the American Football Conference after they finished the regular season with a record of 14-2 at No. 1 AFC seedings and in the AFC playoffs after a bye, the Houston Texans with 34:16, then defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 36:17. They had the strongest defense in the league in terms of points (only 250 opponent points), led by Pro Bowl defenders Dont'a Hightower ( linebacker ) and Devin McCourty ( free safety ), and were also in the offense with 441 points (league-wide 3rd place) dangerous. Her attack was led by quarterback Tom Brady , who despite four games suspension ( Deflategate affair ) scored 3,554 yards of space and 28 touchdowns with only 2 interceptions and was elected to the Pro Bowl, and in the special teams carried Pro Bowl gunner Matthew Slater contributed to the fact that opposing kick returner or punt returner were neutralized. For the Patriots it was the ninth Super Bowl participation (NFL record), of which they previously won four, most recently the Super Bowl XLIX . Belichick and Brady achieved their fifth Super Bowl victory, which is a new record for starting quarterbacks and head coaches.

Play-offs

The play-offs began on January 7, 2017.

Play-off seeding list
position	AFC	NFC
1	New England Patriots ( East Winner)	Dallas Cowboys ( East Winner)
2	Kansas City Chiefs ( West Winner)	Atlanta Falcons ( South Winner)
3	Pittsburgh Steelers ( North Winner)	Seattle Seahawks ( West Winner)
4th	Houston Texans ( South Winner)	Green Bay Packers ( North Winner)
5	Oakland Raiders	New York Giants
6th	Miami Dolphins	Detroit Lions

Wild Card Round

Divisional Round

Conference Championships

Super bowl

Jan. 8 - Lambeau Field

Jan 15 - AT&T Stadium

1

Dallas

31

4th

Green Bay

38

January 22nd - Georgia Dome

4th

Green Bay

34

5

New York Giants

13

Jan. 14 - Georgia Dome

2

Atlanta

44

NFC

4th

Green Bay

21st

Jan. 7 - CenturyLink Field

NFC Championship

2

Atlanta

36

3

Seattle

26th

February 5th - NRG Stadium

3

Seattle

20th

6th

Detroit

6th

Jan. 14 - Gillette Stadium

Jan 7 - NRG Stadium

N2

Atlanta

28

A1

New England

34 *

Super Bowl LI

1

New England

34

4th

Houston

27

January 22nd - Gillette Stadium

4th

Houston

16

5

Oakland

14th

Jan 15 - Arrowhead Stadium

1

New England

36

AFC

3

Pittsburgh

17th

Jan. 8 - Heinz Field

AFC Championship

2

Kansas City

16

3

Pittsburgh

30th

3

Pittsburgh

18th

6th

Miami

12

• The team with the lower seeding number had home rights.
• (*) after extension

Course of the game

1st half

After a scoring first quarter, the Falcons scored three touchdowns in quick succession in the second quarter . First, running back Devonta Freeman ran into the end zone for the first time from five yards . Matt Bryant was successful with the point after touchdown (PAT) and it was ATL 7, NE 0. After the Falcons defense had forced a fumble from Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount , Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan completed a touchdown throw from 19 yards on tight end Austin Hooper . Matt Bryant was successful with PAT. Falcons cornerback Robert Alford managed an 82-yard touchdown after an interception from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady , and after another successful PAT from Matt Bryant it was 21-0 for Atlanta. Seconds before half-time, Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski scored a field goal to make it 3:21 from the Patriots' point of view.

2nd half

At the beginning of the third quarter, Falcons running back Tevin Coleman extended the lead with another touchdown. Matt Bryant again scored a PAT for the ATL 28, NE 3. Apparently a preliminary decision, because a Super Bowl team had never won after being more than ten points behind. The Patriots struck back shortly afterwards with their first touchdown by running back James White , NE 9, ATL 28. Stephen Gostkowski's PAT attempt was unsuccessful. To stay in possession of the ball, the Patriots attempted an onside kick , but it was captured by the Falcons.

After Atlanta had to punt after the next attack series for lack of space , Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team to the 7-yard line at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but only one more field goal from Gostkowski (NE 12, ATL 28) jumped out. Shortly afterwards, Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower managed a quarterback sack against Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who fumbled the football, so that Patriots lineman Alan Branch took him. A little later Brady threw his first touchdown on wide receiver Danny Amendola . A two-point conversion by James White was then successful, NE 20; ATL 28. In the following Falcons attack series the preliminary decision seemed to be made when wide receiver Julio Jones caught the ball at the 22-yard line four minutes from time - a successful field goal from this short distance would have increased the lead to eleven points , more than the eight points that can be awarded for a successful series of attacks (six from touchdown plus two from two-point conversion). However, the Falcons lost a total of 23 yards of space in the next three moves after a failed run, a quarterback sack from Patriots lineman Trey Flowers and a penalty for illegal holding , so that a field goal was impossible and they punted the ball back to the Patriots had to. In the following series of attacks, a throw from Brady was touched and almost intercepted by cornerback Robert Alford, but Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman managed, despite triple coverage, to catch the football millimeters above the sward and complete an important 23-yard catch. 57 seconds before the end, the Patriots equalized the eight-point deficit with another touchdown from White and a successful two-point conversion (Brady litter on Amendola, NE 28, ATL 28).

OT

In the overtime , the Patriots won the coin toss and only reached the end zone of the Falcons with 1st and 2nd downs, so that running back James White could run the touchdown to victory from two yards (NE 34, ATL 28).

Résumé

The game has been named one of the best Super Bowls because of the Patriots' historic comeback and the first Overtime Super Bowl. On the Patriots side, Tom Brady was praised for having led “the best comeback in the history of the Super Bowl”, supported by Julian Edelman's “incredible” 23-yard catch despite the triple coverage that the Patriots made shortly before the end Near the end zone of the Falcons. The blame for the fall of the Falcons was mainly given to Kyle Shanahan , the offensive coordinator of the Falcons, as he preferred aggressive passing plays over the quarterback in the fourth quarter instead of safe running plays over the running backs . This helped quarterback Matt Ryan first suffer a sack of fumble that cut the Patriots down to 28:20, and the Falcons just before the end instead of a short field goal (which would have increased the lead to a barely recoverable 11 points) gave the Patriots the chance to drive the Falcons away with another sack for a field goal - which they promptly did. Shanahan defended that the Falcons had won many games with their aggressive offense, but the Falcons felt they had risked too much. Another factor was the fact that the Patriots had much longer attacking streaks, so the Falcons' offense was only on the pitch for 46 plays and their defense was on for 93 plays (i.e. the equivalent of one and a half normal football games) and therefore in the closing stages physically waned.

Points overview

• 1st quarter
  • 0-0
• 2nd quarter
  • ATL - Devonta Freeman 5 Yards TD Run (Kick Matt Bryant ), 12:15. Falcons 7-0. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:53 minutes.
  • ATL - Austin Hooper 19 yards TD pass by Matt Ryan (kick Matt Bryant), 8:48. Falcons 14: 0. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 1:49 minutes.
  • ATL - Robert Alford 82 yards INT return (kick Matt Bryant), 2:21. Falcons 21: 0.
  • NE - Stephen Gostkowski 41-yards FG, 0:02. Falcons 21: 3. Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 2:19 minutes.
• 3rd Quarter
  • ATL - Tevin Coleman 6 yards TD pass by Matt Ryan (kick Matt Bryant), 8:31. Falcons 28: 3. Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards, 4:14 minutes.
  • NE - James White 5-yard TD pass from Tom Brady (kick Stephen Gostkowski, right past), 2:06. Falcons 28: 9. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 6:25 minutes.
• 4th Quarter
  • NE - Stephen Gostkowski 33-yards FG, 9:44. Falcons 28:12. Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards, 5:07 minutes.
  • NE - Danny Amendola 6-yard TD pass by Tom Brady (Two-Point Conversion James White), 5:56. Falcons 28:20. Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, 2:28 minutes.
  • NE - James White 1-yard TD run (Two-Point Conversion Danny Amendola, Pass Tom Brady), 0:57. 28:28. Drive: 10 plays, 91 yards, 2:33 minutes.
• Overtime
  • NE - James White 2-yard TD run (no kick, no two-point conversion, game out), 11:02. Patriots 34:28. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:58 minutes.

Awards and records

A total of 31 Super Bowl records were broken or set in this game. Patriots starting quarterback Tom Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick each won their fifth Super Bowl, which was a record for starting quarterbacks and head coaches. Brady became the second player to win five Super Bowl after Charles Haley and became the first player to win the Super Bowl MVP for the fourth time . In the game itself he threw 466 yards of space gain by successfully completing 43 of his 62 throws (all Super Bowl records), supported by James White with the Super Bowl high of 14 catches. Brady and White helped the Patriots convert a record 25 point deficit into a win (previous record: win after 10 points behind). The Patriots are now also the first team to win the Super Bowl in extra time, and won, although they had not been in the lead for a second until the last play.

Matt Ryan achieved the best quarterback rating of an inferior quarterback with 144.1 and the fourth best ever in the history of the Superbowl.

Starting lineups

New England	position	position	Atlanta
Offense
Chris Hogan	WR		Julio Jones
Nate Solder	LT		Jake Matthews
Joe Thuney	LG		Andy Levitre
David Andrews	C.		Alex Mack
Shaq Mason	RG		Chris Chester
Marcus Cannon	RT		Ryan Schraeder
Martellus Bennett	TE		Levine Toilolo
Julian Edelman	WR		Mohamed Sanu
Tom Brady	QB		Matt Ryan
Malcolm Mitchell	WR	RB	Devonta Freeman
Dion Lewis	RB	FB	Patrick DiMarco
Defense
Duron Harmon	DB	DE	Dwight Freeney
Alan Branch	DT		Ra'Shede Hageman
Malcom Brown	DT	DB	Brian Poole
Trey Flowers	RE	DE	Grady Jarrett
Shea McClellin	LB		Vic Beasley
Dont'a Hightower	LB		Deion Jones
Rob Ninkovich	LB		De'Vondre Campbell
Logan Ryan	RCB		Robert Alford
Malcolm Butler	LCB		Jalen Collins
Patrick Chung	S.		Ricardo Allen
Devin McCourty	S.		Keanu Neal

transmission

In Germany, the Super Bowl was broadcast on Sat.1 from 10:45 p.m., before that, ProSieben Maxx broadcast a countdown program from 8:15 p.m. Frank Buschmann , Patrick Esume and Icke Dommisch reported as commentators . As in the previous year, ex-NFL player Markus Kuhn also reported .

In Austria, pulse transmitted 4 from 10:40 p.m. The commentators were the Roma Prize winners Walter Reiterer  and  Michael Eschlböck .

In addition, the streaming service DAZN broadcast the game in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with either German or US original commentary. The game was commented on by Franz Büchner and Volker Schenk.

In the United States, the game was broadcast by Fox .

controversy

Several Patriots player declared the traditional reception of the Super Bowl winning team at the White House by the President of the United States to boycott because they are not with the policy of the incumbent Donald Trump agree.

Web links

Commons : Super Bowl LI  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brian Steinberg: Fox Readies Final Push Behind Super Bowl Ads That Cost More Than $ 5 Million . In: Variety , December 8, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2017. 
2. ↑ Lady Gaga to Headline Super Bowl 2017 Halftime Show. In: Us Weekly. September 29, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ 2016 Atlanta Falcons Statistics & Players. In: Pro Football Reference .
4. ↑ 2016 New England Patriots Statistics & Players. In: Pro Football Reference .
5. ↑ Simply, the best Super Bowl ever. In: The Guardian
6. ^ ^{A b} Anatomy of an All-Time Super Bowl Collapse. In: Sports Illustrated
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Tom Brady, Kyle Shanahan among men shaped by Super Bowl LI. In: nfl.com
8. ↑ The Falcons' Super Bowl collapse is one of the biggest choke jobs in sports history. In: cbssports.com
9. ↑ Super Bowl LI shatters records. In: detroitnews.com
10. ↑ Super Bowl Stats
11. ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/sonstige-sportarten/Super-Bowl-2017-im-Live-Stream-und-TV-id40298307.html
12. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Chris Long will skip White House visit, but not because a New York writer told him to. In: USA Today