Super Bowl XLIX
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| date | February 1, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadion | University of Phoenix Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Glendale , Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Tom Brady | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Idina Menzel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Vinovich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show |
Katy Perry Lenny Kravitz Missy Elliott |
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| Number of visitors | 70,288 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Television broadcast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | Sat 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | Pulse 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commentators (Germany) |
Sport1 US : Florian Berrenberg and Franz Büchner Sat.1 : Frank Buschmann , Jan Stecker and Björn Werner |
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| Commercial price | 4.5 million US dollars / 30 seconds | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ‹ Super Bowl XLVIII | Super Bowl 50 › | ||||||||||||||||||
The Super Bowl XLIX was the 49th Super Bowl , the final game of the 2014 season of the National Football League (NFL) in American football . The game was 16:30 local time (February 2 0:30 am on Feb. 1, 2015 GMT ) in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale ( Arizona ), the home ground of the Arizona Cardinals held. The champions of the American Football Conference (AFC), the New England Patriots , won 28:24 against the champions of the National Football Conference (NFC), the Seattle Seahawks . For Super Bowl MVP was quarterback of the New England Patriots, Tom Brady , selected.
The way to the Super Bowl
With the Seattle Seahawks (champions of the NFC) and the New England Patriots (champions of the AFC), those teams prevailed that were number 1 in their conferences after the regular season with 12: 4 wins in the play-offs . For the Seahawks, who won last year's Super Bowl XLVIII , moving into Super Bowl XLIX meant their third participation in the final. The New England Patriots are taking part in the Super Bowl for the eighth time, the last time they lost the Super Bowl XLVI in 2011 . The German right tackle Sebastian Vollmer of the Patriots became, after Markus Koch (who won the title with the Redskins in 1988), the first German Super Bowl winner to start playing in Germany.
Seattle Seahawks
The defending champion from Seattle initially struggled with injury problems, which contributed to the moderate start of three wins and three losses. After head coach Pete Carroll's team won nine of their last ten games, they ended the regular season with 12: 4 wins as number 1 on the NFC seeding list. In the Divisional Play-off the Carolina Panthers were defeated 31:17 and then in the NFC Championship Game the Green Bay Packers 28:22 after extra time, with the Seahawks trailing 7:19 after a weak game with five ball losses shortly before the end, then Scored 15 points in just 44 seconds and won in extra time .
The heart of the Seahawks were their strong defensive backs around cornerback Richard Sherman and the two safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas , who are known as Legion of Boom . Together with linebacker Bobby Wagner , they helped Seattle to collect only 254 points in the regular season and allow the opponent to gain only 2,970 yards of space after throws (both first place in the NFL). In the rather moderate offense (394 points, 14th place), running back Marshawn Lynch (1,306 yards gain, 13 touchdowns ) carried the brunt, supported by quarterback Russell Wilson (3,475 yards gain, 20 touchdowns, 7 interceptions ). Sherman, Chancellor, Thomas, Wagner and Lynch were voted into both the Pro Bowl and All-Pro .
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots caused a sensation in the transfer market when they signed the two Pro Bowl cornerbacks Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner and gave up their long-time Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins . After a slow start of two wins and two losses, Head Coach Bill Belichick's team won ten of their last twelve games and took first place on the AFC's seeding list. In the divisional play-off, the Baltimore Ravens were defeated 35:31 after the Patriots twice made up a deficit of 14 points (0:14 and 14:28) before the Indianapolis Colts were eliminated 45: 7 in the AFC Championship Game . The showpiece of the team from New England was the strong offense (468 points, 4th place) around quarterback Tom Brady (4,109 yards of space gained, 30 touchdowns, 9 interceptions) and tight end Rob Gronkowski (1,124 yards of space gained, 12 touchdowns), supported by wide receivers Julian Edelman (92 passports captured). As a returner, Edelman was also an important part of the strong special teams unit around kicker Stephen Gostkowski and Gunner Matthew Slater . The defense (313 points approved, 8th place) around the newly signed Revis and Browner was also remarkable. Gronkowski, Gostkowski, Slater and Revis were voted into both the Pro Bowl and All-Pro, Brady made it to the Pro Bowl. For Brady and Belichick, entering the Super Bowl XLIX meant their sixth finals.
After the AFC Finals, it was reported that 11 of the 12 footballs the Patriots used against the Colts were inflated to low pressure (at least 12.5 psi ). A soft football makes it easier for the quarterback to throw because the grip is more secure. This as " Deflategate (let escape ger .:" deflate "= air)" designated offense loaded the preparations of New England, even if the investigations to the Super Bowl brought no clear results.
Regular season
| Play-off seeding list | ||
| position | AFC | NFC |
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| 1 | New England Patriots ( East Winner) | Seattle Seahawks ( West Winner) |
| 2 | Denver Broncos ( West Winner) | Green Bay Packers ( North Winner) |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers ( North Winner) | Dallas Cowboys ( East Winner) |
| 4th | Indianapolis Colts ( South Winner) | Carolina Panthers ( South Winner) |
| 5 | Cincinnati Bengals | Arizona Cardinals |
| 6th | Baltimore Ravens | Detroit Lions |
Play-offs
The play-offs took place from January 3rd to February 1st, 2015.
| Wild Card Round | Divisional Round | Conference Championships | Super bowl | |||||||||||||||
| January 3 - Bank of America Stadium | January 10 - CenturyLink Field | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Seattle | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Carolina | 27 | January 18 - CenturyLink Field | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | Carolina | 17th | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| January 11th - Lambeau Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Seattle | 28 * | ||||||||||||||||
| NFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | 22nd | ||||||||||||||||
| January 4th - AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| NFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | 26th | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dallas | 24 | February 1 - University of Phoenix Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dallas | 21st | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Detroit | 20th | ||||||||||||||||
| January 10 - Gillette Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| January 3 - Heinz Field | N1 | Seattle | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | New England | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Super Bowl XLIX | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New England | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 17th | January 18 - Gillette Stadium | |||||||||||||||
| 6th | Baltimore | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Baltimore | 30th | ||||||||||||||||
| January 11th - Sports Authority Field at Mile High | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New England | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| AFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Indianapolis | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| January 4th - Lucas Oil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| AFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Indianapolis | 26th | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Indianapolis | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cincinnati | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
- The team with the lower seeding number had home rights.
- (*) after extension
Match report
1st half
After a sluggish start by both teams, the Patriots made it deep into the Seahawks' half before Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw an interception on Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane . In doing so, Lane was tackled so hard that he broke his wrist and was eliminated. In the second quarter Brady completed a touchdown pass from 11 yards to wide receiver Brandon LaFell ( Point after Touchdown (PAT) Stephen Gostkowski , NE 7: SEA 0). After a big play by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (44- yard pass to wide receiver Chris Matthews ), Seattle struck back when running back Marshawn Lynch ran from 3 yards into the end zone (PAT Steven Hauschka , NE 7: SEA 7 ). Half-time ended spectacularly when Brady completed his second touchdown pass 31 seconds before the end, this time to tight end Rob Gronkowski (PAT Gostkowski, NE 14: SEA 7), but Seattle gained 80 yards in just 29 seconds and Wilson with only 2 seconds remaining completed a touchdown pass to Chris Matthews (PAT Hauschka, NE 14: SEA 14).
2nd half
Seattle got deep into New England's half early, so kicker Steven Hauschka scored a field goal from 27 yards and Seattle led for the first time (NE 14: SEA 17). The Seahawks quickly expanded their lead when their linebacker Bobby Wagner intercepted another pass from Brady . Wilson soon threw his second touchdown pass, this time from 3 yards to wide receiver Doug Baldwin (PAT Hauschka, NE 14: SEA 24). Baldwin inadvertently got help from a referee standing in the path of his opponent Darrelle Revis . In the last quarter, the Patriots started their race to catch up with Brady first placing a “3. Down and 14 yards ”situation with a 21-yard pass to wide receiver Julian Edelman solved and then played a touchdown pass to wide receiver Danny Amendola from 4 yards with almost eight minutes remaining on the clock (PAT Gostkowski, NE 21: SEA 24 ). With 2:02 minutes left, Brady completed his fourth touchdown pass from 3 yards to Edelman (PAT Gostkowski, NE 28: SEA 24). After an acrobatic catch from wide receiver Jermaine Kearse , Seattle was a yard from New England's end zone with 20 seconds to go before the Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler intercepted a pass from Wilson and decided the game. The Seahawks missed the chance to tackle the Patriots standing on the 1-yard line in their own end zone and get two points and possession through a safety , as their defensive end , Michael Bennett , started before the start of the play. This violation of the rules brought New England five yards of space and significantly reduced the risk of a safety. Then the Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin started a fight and was sent off. Finally, Brady knelt down the game ( quarterback Kneel ) and let the clock run down.
Butler's interception was instantly portrayed as one of the greatest moments in recent Super Bowl history. But Seattle's decision to play a pass with just one yard distance to the end zone and 20 seconds remaining before the game-winning interception was sharply criticized in the media from Seattle, New England, and many players. It was unanimously noted that a run by Seattle's running back Marshawn Lynch would have made more sense, as he had already run 102 yards, a touchdown, and four yards in the previous play alone. A run over Lynch would have had a better chance, at least on paper, of conquering the last yard for a touchdown or minimizing the risk of losing the ball. The Seahawks coaching team commented that the Patriots blocked the path with eight heavy defenders and that the defense consisted of only three defensive backs . Therefore, the decision was made for a quick throw, which was "not optimal" in this situation.
Points overview
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1st quarter
- No points
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2nd quarter
- NE - Brandon LaFell 11-yard TD pass by Tom Brady (kick Stephen Gostkowski ), 9:47. Patriots 7-0. Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 4:10 minutes.
- SEA - Marshawn Lynch 3-yard TD run (Kick Steven Hauschka ), 2:16. 7: 7. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 4:51 minutes.
- NE - Rob Gronkowski 22 yard TD pass by Tom Brady (kick Stephen Gostkowski), 0:31. Patriots 14: 7. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 1:45 minutes.
- SEA - Chris Matthews (American football player) 11 yard TD pass by Russell Wilson (kick Steven Hauschka), 0:02. 14:14 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 0:29 minutes.
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3rd Quarter
- SEA - Steven Hauschka 27-yard FG, 11:09. Seahawks 17:14. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:51 minutes.
- SEA - Doug Baldwin 3-yard TD pass by Russell Wilson (kick Steven Hauschka), 4:54 minutes. Seahawks 24:14. Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards, 3:13 minutes.
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4th Quarter
- NE - Danny Amendola 4-yard TD pass by Tom Brady (kick Stephen Gostkowski), 7:55. Seahawks 24:21. Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 4:15 minutes.
- NE - Julian Edelman 3-yard TD pass by Tom Brady (kick Stephen Gostkowski), 2:02. Patriots 28:24. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards, 4:50 minutes.
Starting grid
| New England | position | Seattle | |
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| Offense | |||
| Brandon LaFell | WR | Doug Baldwin | |
| Nate Solder | LT | Russell Okung | |
| Dan Connolly | LG | James Carpenter | |
| Bryan Stork | C. | Max Unger | |
| Ryan Wendell | RG | JR Sweezy | |
| Sebastian Vollmer | RT | Justin Britt | |
| Rob Gronkowski | TE | Luke Willson | |
| Julian Edelman | WR | Jermaine Kearse | |
| Tom Brady | QB | Russell Wilson | |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | TE | WR | Ricardo Lockette |
| Shane Vereen | RB | Marshawn Lynch | |
| Defense | |||
| Rob Ninkovich | LE | LDE | Michael Bennett |
| Sealver Siliga | DT | LDT | Tony McDaniel |
| Vince Wilfork | DT | RDT | Kevin Williams |
| Chandler Jones | RE | RDE | Cliff Avril |
| Jamie Collins | LB | OLB | Bruce Irvin |
| Dont'a Hightower | LB | MLB | Bobby Wagner |
| Kyle Arrington | LCB | OLB | KJ Wright |
| Darrelle Revis | LCB | Richard Sherman | |
| Brandon Browner | RCB | Byron Maxwell | |
| Patrick Chung | S. | SS | Came Chancellor |
| Devin McCourty | S. | FS | Earl Thomas |
Awards and records
The quarterback of the New England Patriots , Tom Brady , has been named Super Bowl MVP , selected after four touchdowns with two interceptions recorded and completed 37 of his 50 throws. Brady set several records in this game. With his fourth Super Bowl victory, Brady equalized the record for starting quarterbacks and caught up with Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw , previously he had broken another record for starting quarterbacks with his sixth Super Bowl participation. With his third Super Bowl MVP he caught up with Joe Montana, and his 12th Super Bowl touchdown broke Montana's record (11) - in the end he had 13 touchdowns. His 37 successful litters exceeded the previous mark by Peyton Manning (34). With his 22nd play-off victory, Brady further expanded his own record (Montana is in second place with 16). The Patriots' head coach , Bill Belichick , who also celebrated his fourth Super Bowl victory in his sixth Super Bowl participation (all with Brady as starting quarterback), set Chuck Noll's record with his fourth title .
Cornerback Brandon Browner became only the third player to win the US Super Bowl twice and the Canadian Gray Cup once . Defensive end Chandler Jones won the Super Bowl two years after his older brother Arthur Jones ( Super Bowl XLVII ), while his eldest brother Jon "Bones" Jones was the reigning world champion in mixed martial arts ( UFC ) at that time . For defensive all-rounder Rob Ninkovich , the Super Bowl win was doubly gratifying as it happened on his 31st birthday.
transmission
In the United States, the Super Bowl was broadcast on NBC , with commentators being Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth . With 114.4 million viewers, the broadcast set a new audience record in the USA, the previous record had been set a year earlier at Super Bowl XLVIII (111.5 million). The Super Bowl thus ranks 1 to 6 of the all-time ratings hits in the USA. The halftime show reached a peak of 118.5 million viewers, which also broke the old halftime show record (115.3 million by Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers , also Super Bowl XLVIII). In terms of social media, the Super Bowl generated a total of 28.4 million tweets.
The Super Bowl was broadcast on German free TV by Sat.1 Ran , with the game being commented on by Jan Stecker and Frank Buschmann with studio guest Björn Werner .
Audience ratings for the transmission on German free TV:
| Preliminary report | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Award ceremony | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| spectator | total | 1.4 million | 1.64 million | 1.5 million | 1.08 million | 1.09 million | 0.72 million |
| 14 to 49 years | 0.97 million | 1.24 million | 1.21 million | 0.87 million | 0.86 million | 0.57 million | |
| Market share | total | 9.6% | 19.5% | 25.5% | 29.1% | 33.1% | 25.5% |
| 14 to 49 years | 15.7% | 30.1% | 39.6% | 41.7% | 45.1% | 37.8% |
Halftime show
Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott performed at half-time .
In Germany, 1.27 million (28.6%) of all viewers aged three and over and 1.06 million (42.7%) of the 14–49 year olds saw the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show.
Before the announcement of the performing artists, the NFL announced that future applicants who want to perform as musicians in the halftime show have to pay a certain amount of money to the NFL. For example, it was said that the rock band Coldplay could perform at the halftime show if they paid $ 2 million to the NFL.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Super Bowl until 2015 in Sat.1" , quotemeter.de , December 5, 2013
- ↑ "New contract fixed: The NFL live on SPORT1 + for the next three years too" ( Memento from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), sport1.de
- ↑ New pay TV channel: SPORT1 US - press release. In: sport1.de. July 30, 2013, archived from the original on August 2, 2013 ; Retrieved January 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Super Bowl ticket list prices blowing out records. In: CNBC online. January 26, 2015, accessed January 27, 2015 .
- ↑ "NFL also for the next few years at Puls 4 - press release" , August 22, 2013
- ↑ Patriots Deflation Controversy , ESPN.com
- ↑ Jeremy Lane woke up from arm surgery during Super Bowl with Seahawks at the 1-yard line; "Say no more." In: thenewstribune . ( thenewstribune.com [accessed September 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Little-known Malcolm Butler to an unlikely hero for Patriots , ESPN
- ^ Seahawks lost because of the worst call in Super Bowl history , Seattle Times
- ↑ Patriots' defense writes alternate ending for Super Bowl , Boston Globe
- ↑ Twitter reaction to Seahawks' 4th-quarter play call , ESPN.com
- ↑ Seattle O-boss: 'Conscious' of clock , ESPN.com
- ↑ Super Bowl breaks again all time. dwdl.de, February 3, 2015, accessed on February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Super Bowl on the way to new records? Quotemeter GmbH, February 2, 2015, accessed on February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ The Super Bowl breaks all records in Germany too. Quotemeter GmbH, February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ "Freddy dances" for 10.49 million, Super Bowl gets 40% in the young audience. meedia.de, February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ "Scorpion" starts cautiously, SuperBowl strong again. dwdl.de, February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Super Bowl a mega hit until late at night. Quotemeter GmbH, February 3, 2015, accessed on February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Audience ratings on Teletext page 882/01 on Sat.1. Sat.1 and GfK, February 3, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Katy Perry appears on the 2015 Superbowl halftime show , Rolling Stone, October 10, 2014
- ↑ Super Bowl: Lenny Kravitz and Katy Perry play at halftime , Spiegel online, January 12, 2015
- ↑ Katy Perry's Outrageous Super Bowl Halftime Show Includes Missy Elliott Throwback, Lenny Kravitz , huffingtonpost.com, February 2, 2015
- ↑ Sat.1 Teletext page 882/02 from 02.02.2015. Sat.1 and GfK, February 2, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2015 (The Halftime Show started at 02:01 a.m. CET).
- ^ Hanna Karp: The Wall Street Journal : NFL to Coldplay: Pay to Play the Super Bowl
- ^ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : NFL now wants to charge artists to play Super Bowl Halftime Show
