Biggest Super Bowl Plays

Biggest Super Bowl Plays — page 1 — Super Bowl X Swann Makes a Leaping Catch It was 1976 Lynn Swann jumped high for the ball Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw had launched a long pass from the Steelers goal line The ball came down at about mid field A Dallas Cowboys defender also jumped He got his hand on the ball But somehow Swann caught it He juggled it after the ball was tipped He was able to hold on to the ball as he fell to the ground 1

Biggest Super Bowl Plays — page 2 — 364 Receiving yards by Lynn Swann in four Super Bowl games for the Pittsburgh Steelers The juggling catch by Swann in Super Bowl X is considered to be one of the best catches in Super Bowl history Swann caught four passes for 161 yards and one touchdown He was named MVP Swann was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001 The catch by Swann in just the tenth Super Bowl game became known as a classic play It did not score a touchdown Lynn Swann later said he wished he had caught the ball cleanly and run for a touchdown Swann had four catches for 161 yards and one touchdown He was named Super Bowl MVP ALMOST MISSED OUT Lynn Swann almost didn’t play in Super Bowl X for the Pittsburgh Steelers He was knocked out and sustained a concussion in the American Football Conference championship game He was hit by George Atkinson of the Oakland Raiders He spent two days in a hospital Swann was able to recover in time to play in the Super Bowl

Biggest Super Bowl Plays — page 3 — 2 Super Bowl XIII Stallworth Is a Catching Machine John Stallworth already had scored one touchdown in Super Bowl XIII in 1979 He was not finished Stallworth was a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers He ran deep on a pass route in the second quarter of Super Bowl XIII He caught the pass from Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw A defender for the Dallas Cowboys tried to make a play He fell to the ground Stallworth kept running Stallworth scored on the play that covered 75 yards It was

Biggest Super Bowl Plays — page 4 — 268 Receiving yards in four Super Bowl games by Pittsburgh Steelers John Stallworth Stallworth tied a Super Bowl record in Super Bowl XIII with a touchdown catch covering 75 yards He caught three passes for 115 yards in the first half of Super Bowl XIII The Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys Stallworth helped the Steelers win the Super Bowl four times He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002 tied for the longest touchdown pass in Super Bowl history Stallworth had three catches in the first half alone for the Steelers They totaled 115 yards The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by a score of 35 to 31 Stallworth and teammate Lynn Swann helped the Steelers win their third Super Bowl in five years Stallworth came through again for the Steelers one year later in Super Bowl XIV He combined with Bradshaw on a touchdown pass covering 73 yards He had another catch for 45 yards that set up another touchdown Steelers won their fourth Super Bowl

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