Super Bowl 50
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Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers, 24–10. The game was played on February 7, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As this was the 50th Super Bowl game, the league emphasized the "golden anniversary" with various gold-themed initiatives during the 2015 season, as well as suspending the tradition of naming each Super Bowl game with Roman numerals (under which the game would have been known as "Super Bowl L") for this Super Bowl, so the logo could prominently feature the number 50 in more familiar Arabic numerals. The NFL went back to Roman numerals the next year for Super Bowl LI. This was also the last Super Bowl logo to include the stadium in the background. The Panthers finished the regular season with a 15–1 record, racking up the league's top offense, and quarterback Cam Newton was named the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP). They defeated the Arizona Cardinals 49–15 in the NFC Championship Game and advanced to their second Super Bowl appearance since the franchise began playing in 1995. The Broncos finished the regular season with a 12–4 record, bolstered by having the league's top defense. The Broncos defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 20–18 in the AFC Championship Game, joining the Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of four teams that have made eight appearances in the Super Bowl. This record would later be broken the next season, in 2017, when the Patriots advanced to their ninth Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl LI. This marked the fourth time in history that the Super Bowl pitted the top defense against the top offense, after Super Bowls XXV, XXXVII and XLVIII. In one of the most defensive matchups in Super Bowl history, the Broncos took an early lead that they never lost. The Broncos recorded seven sacks and forced four turnovers. The Panthers kept pace by recording five sacks and forcing two turnovers. Broncos linebacker Von Miller was named Super Bowl MVP. This game was the final game of Peyton Manning's career; the Broncos quarterback, who also won Super Bowl XLI, announced his retirement in March 2016. CBS' broadcast of the game was the fifth most-watched program in American television history with an average of 111.9 million viewers. The network charged an average of $5 million for a 30-second commercial during the game. The Super Bowl 50 halftime show was headlined by Coldplay, with special guest performers Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.
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| Rights holder(s) | |
| Austria | The event was aired live on Puls 4, Sat.1 and on live stream. Commentary of Puls 4 and Sat.1, who are owned by the same company, is different, but both are German speaking. |
| Australia | The event aired live on the Seven Network and 7mate, alongside subscription channel ESPN |
| Brazil | In Brazil the event aired live on Free-to-air television at Esporte Interativo and on paid television at ESPN Brasil at 9:00 PM. |
| Canada | CTV continues to hold rights to the Super Bowl under a long-term contract. CTV aired a new episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, "White Knights", as a lead-out program, prior to its premiere on The CW in the United States the following Thursday. CTV Go offered digital streaming of the game to authenticated pay television subscribers on participating providers. |
| Czech Republic | The event aired live on paid television station, Sport 2. |
| Denmark | In Denmark the event aired live on paid television station TV3+. The rights to the event is owned by Viasat until 2017. |
| France Switzerland | France and Switzerland (French speaking), aired the event live on W9. |
| Germany Switzerland | Germany, Switzerland (German speaking) aired the event live on Sat.1 and on live stream. |
| Japan | The event aired live on NHK BS1 and Nittele G+. |
| Netherlands | The event aired live on the pay television station Fox Sports 2. and also broadcast live on national television by FOX HD. |
| New Zealand | ESPN was broadcast live on Sky Channel 60 (CBS feed), TVNZ aired the event live on TV One, TVNZ Pop-Up (Freeview 13), and streamed it live on TVNZ OnDemand (international feed). |
| Philippines | The event aired live on TV5 and Hyper (Channel 53 (SD)/Channel 130 (HD) on Cignal) via live feed from All Sports Network at 7:00 am Philippine Standard Time, with same day rebroadcast at 7:00 pm only on Hyper. TV5 programming aired during the morning hours have been pre-empted due to the live telecast and aired the following day. |
| Poland | The event aired live on Eleven Sports (Channel 128 (HD) on NC+) via the international feed with local commentary at midnight local time. |
| Romania | The event aired live on Dolce Sport at 1:00 AM Eastern European Time, with same day rebroadcast at 6:30 PM. |
| Thailand | TrueVisions aired it live on True4U Channel 24 and Truesport HD at 6:00 AM Time in Thailand. |
| United Kingdom Ireland | The event aired live in the UK and Ireland on BBC Two (International feed) and on Sky Sports (CBS feed). The BBC secured a two-year deal to broadcast the Super Bowl as well as all three International Series games being held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, having previously lost the rights to public-service broadcaster Channel 4 in 2013. |
| Quarter | mw- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers (NFC) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Broncos (AFC) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| Scoring summary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP CAR DEN 1 10:43 10 64 4:17 DEN 34-yard field goal by Brandon McManus 0 3 1 6:27 — — — DEN Fumble recovery returned 0 yards for touchdown by Malik Jackson, McManus kick good 0 10 2 11:25 9 73 4:50 CAR Jonathan Stewart 1-yard touchdown run, Graham Gano kick good 7 10 2 6:58 4 −1 2:13 DEN 33-yard field goal by McManus 7 13 3 8:18 7 54 2:30 DEN 30-yard field goal by McManus 7 16 4 10:21 6 29 2:56 CAR 39-yard field goal by Gano 10 16 4 3:08 3 4 0:56 DEN C. J. Anderson 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good (Peyton Manning to Bennie Fowler) 10 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 10 24
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| Quarter | Time | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | |||
| Plays | Yards | TOP | CAR | DEN | ||||
| 1 | 10:43 | 10 | 64 | 4:17 | DEN | 34-yard field goal by Brandon McManus | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 6:27 | — | — | — | DEN | Fumble recovery returned 0 yards for touchdown by Malik Jackson, McManus kick good | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 11:25 | 9 | 73 | 4:50 | CAR | Jonathan Stewart 1-yard touchdown run, Graham Gano kick good | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 6:58 | 4 | −1 | 2:13 | DEN | 33-yard field goal by McManus | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 8:18 | 7 | 54 | 2:30 | DEN | 30-yard field goal by McManus | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 10:21 | 6 | 29 | 2:56 | CAR | 39-yard field goal by Gano | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 3:08 | 3 | 4 | 0:56 | DEN | C. J. Anderson 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good (Peyton Manning to Bennie Fowler) | 10 | 24 |
| "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 10 | 24 | ||||||
| Statistic | Carolina Panthers | Denver Broncos |
| First downs | 21 | 11 |
| First downs rushing | 8 | 4 |
| First downs passing | 10 | 5 |
| First downs penalty | 3 | 2 |
| Third down efficiency | 3/15 | 1/14 |
| Fourth down efficiency | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Total net yards | 315 | 194 |
| Net yards rushing | 118 | 90 |
| Rushing attempts | 27 | 28 |
| Yards per rush | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Net yards passing | 197 | 104 |
| Passing – completions/attempts | 18/41 | 13/23 |
| Times sacked-total yards | 7–68 | 5–37 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Punt returns-total yards | 3–2 | 1–61 |
| Kickoff returns-total yards | 2–42 | 2–42 |
| Interceptions-total return yards | 1–19 | 1–(−3) |
| Punts-average yardage | 7–45.0 | 8–45.9 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Penalties-yards | 12–102 | 6–51 |
| Time of possession | 32:47 | 27:13 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Records set | ||
| Oldest quarterback to start game | 39 years, 320 days | Peyton Manning (Denver) |
| Oldest quarterback to win game | 39 years, 320 days | |
| Longest punt return | 61 yards | Jordan Norwood (Denver) |
| Most times sacked, both teams | 12 | Carolina 7, Denver 5 |
| Fewest total yards, winning team | 194 | Denver |
| Records tied | ||
| Most sacks, player, game | 3 | Kony Ealy (Carolina) |
| Most fumble recoveries, player, game | 2 | Danny Trevathan (Denver) |
| Most touchdowns, fumble recoveries, player, game | 1 | Malik Jackson (Denver) |
| Most 2-point conversions, player | 1 | Bennie Fowler (Denver) |
| Most games played, team | 8 | Denver |
| Fewest (1-pt.) points after touchdown, both teams | 2 | Carolina 1, Denver 1 |
| Panthers passing | |||||
| C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
| Cam Newton | 18/41 | 265 | 0 | 1 | 55.4 |
| Panthers rushing | |||||
| Car2 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Yds/Car | |
| Cam Newton | 6 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 7.4 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 12 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 2.4 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 4 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 6.5 |
| Mike Tolbert | 5 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Panthers receiving | |||||
| Rec4 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Target5 | |
| Corey Brown | 4 | 80 | 0 | 42 | 7 |
| Ted Ginn Jr. | 4 | 74 | 0 | 45 | 10 |
| Greg Olsen | 4 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 9 |
| Devin Funchess | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 1 | −1 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Mike Tolbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Broncos passing | |||||
| C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
| Peyton Manning | 13/23 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 56.6 |
| Broncos rushing | |||||
| Car2 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Yds/Car | |
| C. J. Anderson | 23 | 90 | 1 | 34 | 3.9 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Broncos receiving | |||||
| Rec4 | Yds | TD | LG3 | Target5 | |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 6 | 83 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
| C. J. Anderson | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Andre Caldwell | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Owen Daniels | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Demaryius Thomas | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Ronnie Hillman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Norwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carolina | Position | Denver | |
| Offense | |||
| Ted Ginn Jr. | WR | Demaryius Thomas | |
| Michael Oher | LT | Ryan Harris | |
| Andrew Norwell | LG | Evan Mathis | |
| Ryan Kalil | C | Matt Paradis | |
| Trai Turner | RG | Louis Vasquez | |
| Mike Remmers | RT | Michael Schofield | |
| Greg Olsen | TE | Owen Daniels | |
| Corey Brown | WR | Emmanuel Sanders | |
| Cam Newton | QB | Peyton Manning‡ | |
| Jonathan Stewart | RB | C. J. Anderson | |
| Ed Dickson | TE | Vernon Davis | |
| Defense | |||
| Charles Johnson | LDE | DE | Derek Wolfe |
| Star Lotulelei | LDT | NT | Sylvester Williams |
| Kawann Short | RDT | DE | Malik Jackson |
| Jared Allen‡ | RDE | SLB | Von Miller |
| Shaq Thompson | SLB | WLB | DeMarcus Ware‡ |
| Luke Kuechly | MLB | ILB | Brandon Marshall |
| Thomas Davis | WLB | ILB | Danny Trevathan |
| Robert McClain | LCB | Aqib Talib | |
| Josh Norman | RCB | Chris Harris Jr. | |
| Roman Harper | SS | T. J. Ward | |
| Kurt Coleman | FS | Darian Stewart | |
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