Super Bowl XXXIX
2005 National Football League championship game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2004 season. The Patriots defeated the Eagles by the score of 24–21.[5] The game was played on February 6, 2005, at Alltel Stadium (now EverBank Stadium) in Jacksonville, Florida, the first time the Super Bowl was played in that city.
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| Date | February 6, 2005 (2005-02-06) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Deion Branch, wide receiver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Patriots by 7[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Terry McAulay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 78,125[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Patriots: Ty Law, Richard Seymour Eagles: Brian Dawkins, Terrell Owens | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | The combined choirs of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and U.S. Army Herald Trumpets. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Youth football players from Jacksonville: Tyler Callahan, Tyler Deal, Lawrence McCauley, and Jacob Santana; New Orleans NFL Junior Player Development coach Tomaris Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Paul McCartney | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth, Pam Oliver and Chris Myers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 41.1 (est. 86 million viewers)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | $2.3 million | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Westwood One | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery and Bonnie Bernstein | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Patriots, who entered the Super Bowl after compiling a 14–2 regular season record, became the then-most recent team to win consecutive Super Bowls (until the Kansas City Chiefs did in 2023).[6] New England also became the second team after the Dallas Cowboys[7] to win three Super Bowls in four years, cementing their status as the NFL dynasty of the 2000s.[8][9][10][11] The Eagles were making their second Super Bowl appearance since 1981 after posting a 13–3 regular season record.[12] Thirteen years later, the two teams would meet again in Super Bowl LII with the Eagles defeating the favored Patriots.[13][14][15][16][17]
The game was close throughout, with the teams battling to a 14–14 tie by the end of the third quarter. The Patriots then scored 10 points in the 4th quarter with Corey Dillon's 2-yard touchdown run and Adam Vinatieri's 22-yard field goal. The Eagles then cut their deficit to 24–21, with quarterback Donovan McNabb's 30-yard touchdown pass to receiver Greg Lewis, with 1:48 remaining in the game but could not sustain the comeback. Overall, New England forced four turnovers, while Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch was named Super Bowl MVP for recording 133 receiving yards and tied the Super Bowl record with 11 catches.[18]
To avoid the possibility of an incident similar to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show the previous year, the league selected Paul McCartney as a "safe" choice to perform during Super Bowl XXXIX's halftime. The broadcast of the game on Fox was watched by an estimated 86 million viewers.[4]