1 Super Bowl Records Are Shattered by Tom Brady In 2017 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady worked overtime in Super Bowl LI Brady led the Patriots to win in dramatic fashion He smashed three Super Bowl passing records in one game Brady passed for 466 yards in the 34-28 victory over the Atlanta Falcons His passing yardage broke the old record by 52 yards Only Kurt Warner of the St Louis Rams had passed for more than 400 yards in a Super Bowl game Brady put the ball up 62 times He completed 43 of the passes Both were Super Bowl firsts Brady won the Super Bowl MVP award for the fourth time He was the first to set that record And he became the first quarterback to win five Super Bowls The Patriots were the first to win a Super Bowl game in overtime
THE FIRST OVERTIME There had not been an overtime in fifty Super Bowl games The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons ended that in 2017 Patriots running back James White scored a touchdown with 57 seconds left The Patriots tied the score at 28-28 on a two-point conversion pass from Tom Brady to Danny Amendola The Patriots won the game in overtime White scored the game-winner on a two-yard touchdown run 24 Number of records set in Super Bowl LI by the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passed for a Super Bowl record of 466 yards Brady was the first to win four Super Bowl MVP awards Brady became the first quarterback to win five Super Bowl games The Patriots won the first overtime game in Super Bowl history
2 Adam Vinatieri Makes Super Bowl History with Seven Field Goals Adam Vinatieri of the Patriots began his Super Bowl run in Super Bowl XXXVI The New England Patriots met the St Louis Rams in 2002 The Rams were a 14-point favorite The Patriots were trying to win their first Super Bowl The game was tied 17-17 in the final minute Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team down the field Vinatieri lined up for a 48-yard field goal with seven seconds left He drilled the ball through the uprights The Patriots won their first Super Bowl Vinatieri was the hero It would not be the last time he won a Super Bowl game with a field goal Vinatieri did it again two years later He kicked a 41-yard field goal with four seconds left in Super Bowl XXXVIII The Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers by a score of 32 to 29
That was just the beginning Vinatieri became the first in Super Bowl history to kick seven field goals He did so over five Super Bowl games with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts He is one of many to kick three field goals in one Super Bowl game Don Chandler was the first to kick four field goals in one Super Bowl game He did it for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II 3 Field Goals Vinatieri kicked for the winning points in his first three Super Bowls Vinatieri kicked a 48-yard field goal on the game’s final play He became the first kicker in Super Bowl history to kick seven field goals in Super Bowl games in his career Vinatieri played in Super Bowl games with both the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts
