Super Bowl XXIV Highlights (2024)

FAQs

Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXIV? ›

It is the third Super Bowl, the first two being VI (which also happened to be played in New Orleans) and XVIII where the winning team outscored the losing team in all four quarters. San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana was named the Super Bowl MVP, his third award in his fourth Super Bowl victory.

Topping the list is Super Bowl XXIV, where the San Francisco 49ers annihilated the Denver Broncos with a staggering 45-point margin, securing their second consecutive championship. Led by quarterback Joe Montana, the 49ers set records with their high-octane offense, cementing their place in football history.

January 28, 1990

Super Bowl XXIV was billed as a showdown between hot shot quarterbacks Joe Montana and John Elway. Singer Aaron Neville had barely finished the final note of the National Anthem when Montana stole the spotlight.

On January 28, 1990, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Denver Broncos, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV.

With his record 10th Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl LV, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will become the oldest player ever to appear in a Super Bowl. Brady, now 43, had previously been the oldest non-kicking player to play—and win—a Super Bowl when the Patriots knocked off the Rams in Super Bowl LIII.

Eleven players have won the Super Bowl and MVP in the same season: Bart Starr in 1966, Terry Bradshaw in 1978, Mark Moseley in 1982, Lawrence Taylor in 1986, Joe Montana in 1989, Emmitt Smith in 1993, Steve Young in 1994, Brett Favre in 1996, Terrell Davis in 1998, Kurt Warner in 1999, and Patrick Mahomes in 2022.

The Patriots and Broncos are tied for the most Super Bowl losses at five. The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars are the four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl, although the Browns and Lions both won NFL championships before the Super Bowl era.

Who is the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl? ›

It's been an amazing journey for me so far.” Tom Brady, who retired at age 45, was the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, so that's likely the blueprint Wilson is aiming to follow.

Despite the careers of Doug Williams, Randall Cunningham, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick, Warren Moon remains the only Black QB in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Only three Black quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl — Mahomes, Williams and Russell Wilson.

NFC champion San Francisco captured its third Super Bowl of the 1980s by defeating AFC-champion Cincinnati 20-16.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes -- already the first player to win league MVP and Super Bowl MVP before his 25th birthday -- joined a select group of players by winning MVP of Super Bowl LVIII, which Kansas City won 25-22 over the San Francisco 49ers to cap off the 2023 season.

Rypien finished the game 18-of-33 for 292 yards, two touchdowns and a Super Bowl MVP award.

22. Larry Csonka, RB, Miami Dolphins, Super Bowl VIII vs. Minnesota Vikings (1973) Csonka became the first running back to win Super Bowl MVP after rushing for 145 yards and two touchdowns on 33 attempts.