Super Bowl XLVII
The Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers by the score of 34–31 in Super Bowl XLVII. The game was played on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Louisiana since Super Bowl XXXVI and the first to be played in that city since Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, who completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns, became the fourth quarterback in a row to be named Super Bowl MVP.
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The Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers by the score of 34–31 in Super Bowl XLVII. The game was played on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Louisiana since Super Bowl XXXVI and the first to be played in that city since Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, who completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns, became the fourth quarterback in a row to be named Super Bowl MVP. Beyoncé performed in the halftime show, which featured a reunion with fellow Destiny’s Child alumni Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. According to Nielsen, the game was viewed by an estimated average of 108. 69 million people in the United States, with a record 164. 1 million tuning into at least six minutes of the game. CBS broadcast the game in the U.S. and charged an average of USD 4 million for a 30-second commercial during the game, the highest rate for any Super Bowl. The Ravens are the only current NFL franchise to have appeared in at least two Super Bowls without ever losing any of their appearances. The 49ers entered the game seeking their sixth Super Bowl win in team history, which would have tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most by a franchise. This was the tenth time that the city has hosted the Super Bowl, by far the most for an individual city and tying with Miami’s record of ten.
It is the first time that both teams had appeared in a Super Bowl but had not yet lost a previous Super Bowl; the 49ers came into the game having won all five of their previous Superbowl appearances, while the Ravens had won in their lone previous Super Super Bowl appearance against the New York Giants. Ray Lewis, the Most Valuable Player from that game, as well as the last remaining member of the inaugural Ravens roster from 1996, also played in this game, his last before his retirement from professional football. The Super Bowl was moved to February 3 because the Mardi Gras calendar was changed ahead of the 911 attacks in 2002. The date of the 2013 Super Bowl on February 3 was moved ahead of one week before the same week of the 9/11 attacks, and the date was changed because of the February 3 date in 2002 was the day before the Superbowl was scheduled to take place in New York City. The Baltimore Ravens won their second Super Bowl in 12 years, having previously won Super BowlXXXV. The New Orleans Saints won their first and only Super Bowl by beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-17. The Saints are the first team to win two consecutive Super Bowl games in the same season, having done so in 2008 and 2009. The NFL announced that it would not be holding the next Super Bowl after the New Orleans Superbowl in 2012. The league then selected New Orleans as the host city for the 2013 game, which was held in February 2013.
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