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Delaware's Joe Flacco becomes the 10th Super Bowl Most Valuable Player to come out of a non-BCS college:
| SUPER BOWL MVPs from NON-BCS SCHOOLS | ||||
| Year(s) | MVP | Pos. | Team | College |
| 1972 | Roger Staubach | QB | Cowboys | Navy |
| 1978 | Harvey Martin | DE | Cowboys | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 1979-80 | Terry Bradshaw | QB | Steelers | Louisiana Tech |
| 1986 | Richard Dent | DE | Bears | Tennessee St. |
| 1987 | Phil Simms | QB | Giants | Morehead St. |
| 1988 | Doug Williams | QB | Redskins | Grambling St. |
| 1989 | Jerry Rice | WR | 49ers | Mississippi Valley St. |
| 1995 | Steve Young | QB | 49ers | Brigham Young |
| 2000 | Kurt Warner | QB | Rams | Northern Iowa |
| 2013 | Joe Flacco | QB | Ravens | Delaware |
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Are you ready for just one more Andy Reid/Eagles stat ... Well, we'll give it to you anyway ...
In five of his 14 seasons as head coach here, his team managed to beat the team that would go on to win the Super Bowl five times.
The Eagles as a franchise have done that 13 times, all in the last 34 seasons.
| EAGLES WINS vs. EVENTUAL SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS | ||||
| Season | Wk. | Opponent | Score | Super Bowl Result |
| 1979 | 5 | Steelers | 17-14 | Steelers 31, Rams 19 |
| 1980 | 12 | Raiders | 10- 7 | Raiders 27, Eagles 10 |
| 1987 | 8 | Redskins | 31-27 | Redskins 42, Broncos 10 |
| 1990 | 12 | Giants | 31-13 | Giants 20, Bills 19 |
| 1991 | 17 | Redskins | 24-22 | Redskins 37, Bills 24 |
| 1992 | 5 | Cowboys | 31- 7 | Cowboys 52, Bills 17 |
| 1994 | 5 | at 49ers | 40- 8 | 49ers 49, Chargers 26 |
| 1995 | 15 | Cowboys | 20-17 | Cowboys 27, Steelers 17 |
| 1999 | 17 | Rams | 38-31 | Rams 23, Titans 16 |
| 2002 | 7 | Buccaneers | 20-10 | Bucs 48, Raiders 21 |
| 2008 | 3 | Steelers | 15- 6 | Steelers 27, Cardinals 23 |
| 2011 | 11 | at Giants | 17-10 | Giants 21, Patriots 17 |
| 2012 | 2 | Ravens | 24-23 | Ravens 34, 49ers 31 |
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The object of the game is to get the ball into the endzone, and no one has done it in the Big Game moreso than these six players:
| PLAYERS WITH MOST CAREER SUPER BOWL TDs | ||||||
| TD | Player | Pos. | Team(s) | GP | Run | Rec. |
| 8 | Jerry Rice | WR | 49ers-Raiders | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Emmitt Smith | RB | Cowboys | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Franco Harris | RB | Steelers | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Roger Craig | RB | 49ers | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Thurman Thomas | RB | Bills | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | John Elway | QB | Broncos | 5 | 4 | 0 |
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Sure, the Eagles' two appearances in the Super Bowl can best be described as forgettable (XV) and frustrating (XXXIX), but they did manage to ring up 31 points in those games. Here are their scorers:
| Player | Pts. | SB | How |
| Keith Krepfle | 6 | XV | 8-yard pass from Ron Jaworski |
| L.J. Smith | 6 | XXXIX | 6-yard pass from Donovan McNabb |
| Brian Westbrook | 6 | XXXIX | 10-yard pass from Donovan McNabb |
| Greg Lewis | 6 | XXXIX | 30-yard pass from Donovan McNabb |
| Tony Franklin | 4 | XV | 30-yard field goal + PAT |
| David Akers | 3 | XXXIX | Three PATs |
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Here's a look at the contestents, and the odds, for SportsRadio WIP's Wing Bowl 21:
Click here for a full version of the Wing Bowl 21 Contestants list.
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In more than half (25) of the 46 previous Super Bowls, a quarterback was named the Most Valuable Player. Throw in seven running backs and six wide receivers and a kick returner (Desmond Howard, Packers, SB 31), and that leaves seven times that a defensive player (or players) was named the SB MVP:
| SB No. |
Player(s) |
Team |
Pos. |
Statistics |
| 5 | Chuck Howley | Cowboys | LB | 3 tackles, 1 assist, 2 interceptions |
| 7 | Jake Scott | Dolphins | S | 2 tackles, 2 interceptions |
| 12 |
Randy White Harvey Martin |
Cowboys Cowboys |
DT DE |
5 tackles, 1 sack 2 sacks, 1 pass defensed |
| 20 | Richard Dent | Bears | DE | 2 tackles, 1 assist, 1.5 sack, 1 PD |
| 30 | Larry Brown | Cowboys | CB | 5 tackles, 2 assists, 2 interceptions |
| 35 | Ray Lewis | Ravens | LB | 3 tackles, 2 assists, 4 passes defensed |
| 37 | Dexter Jackson | Buccaneers | S | 1 tackle, 2 interceptions |
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Either the Ravens' Joe Flacco or the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick will become the 30th different starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl. But the victor will have to wait at least another 12 months to join the exclusive list of QBs to start and win multiple Super Bowls (11).
Here is the complete roll call of Super Bowl-winning starting quarterbacks:
| QBs WITH MULTIPLE SB WINS AS STARTER | ||
| Starting Quarterback |
SB Wins |
Super Bowls Won |
| Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 9-10-13-14 |
| Joe Montana | 4 | 16-19-23-24 |
| Troy Aikman | 3 | 27-28-30 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 36-38-39 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 1-2 |
| Bob Griese | 2 | 7-8 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 6-12 |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 15-18 |
| John Elway | 2 | 32-33 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 40-43 |
| Eli Manning | 2 | 42-46 |
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| QBs WITH ONE SB WIN AS STARTER | ||||
| Quarterback | SB | Quarterback | SB | |
| Joe Namath | 3 | Mark Rypien | 26 | |
| Len Dawson | 4 | Steve Young | 29 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 5 | Brett Favre | 31 | |
| Ken Stabler | 11 | Kurt Warner | 34 | |
| Joe Theismann | 17 | Trent Dilfer | 35 | |
| Jim McMahon | 20 | Brad Johnson | 37 | |
| Phil Simms | 21 | Peyton Manning | 41 | |
| Doug Williams | 22 | Drew Brees | 44 | |
| Jeff Hostetler | 25 | Aaron Rodgers | 45 | |
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Daily News Flyers beat writer Frank Seravalli points out that the Flyers have ranked as one of the two most-penalized NHL teams in four of the last five seasons ... and they are right back in that area this year.
Here is where they have stood in every season since the 2004-05 lockout:
| Season |
Minor Pens. |
Pens./ Game |
NHL Rank |
Head Coach(es) |
| 2012-13 | 39 | 6.5 | 30th | Laviolette |
| 2011-12 | 382 | 4.7 | 30th | Laviolette |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 4.2 | 22nd | Laviolette |
| 2009-10 | 402 | 4.9 | 30th | Stevens/Laviolette |
| 2008-09 | 446 | 5.4 | 30th | Stevens |
| 2007-08 | 461 | 5.6 | 29th | Stevens |
| 2006-07 | 465 | 5.7 | 19th | Hitchcock/Stevens |
| 2005-06 | 496 | 6.0 | 8th | Hitchcock |
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(We post a baseball trivia question every Saturday, just for fun. On Sunday, we publish the answer with charts and commentary. Pass along your questions, thoughts and ideas to boopstats@phillynews.com.)
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION
Who was the last pitcher to throw 300 or more innings in a season?
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(We post a baseball trivia question every Saturday, just for fun. On Sunday, we publish the answer with charts and commentary. Pass along your questions, thoughts and ideas to boopstats@phillynews.com.)
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION
Who was the last pitcher to throw 300 or more innings in a season?
