The Super Bowl is home to some of football’s greatest moments in history, but this Super Bowl has breached many records in the NFL. As the game progressed to be one of the greatest football games aired in T.V. history, it became home to many records. With a final score of New England Patriots 38-24 Atlanta Falcons, the Patriots very own Quarterback had received his 5th Super Bowl Ring. Overall it was an amazing game for both teams, as 1st half obviously went to the Falcons with a halftime score of 28-3, and the 2nd half goes to the Patriots for tieing the game to go into overtime at 28-28 just to win in OT! These are the records set for Super Bowl 51:
Super Bowl appearances by a player: 7 – Tom Brady
Super Bowl appearances by a head coach: 7 – Bill Belichick
Wins by a head coach: 5 – Bill Belichick
Wins by a starting quarterback: 5 – Tom Brady
Super Bowl MVP awards: 4 – Tom Brady
Points in a game: 20 – James White
Career passes: 309 – Tom Brady
Pass attempts in a game: 62 – Tom Brady Career completions: 207 – Tom Brady
Completions in a game: 43 – Tom Brady
Career passing yards: 2,071 – Tom Brady
Single-game passing yards: 466 – Tom Brady
Career touchdown passes: 15 – Tom Brady
Receptions in a game: 14 – James White
Team Super Bowl appearances: 9 – New England
Largest deficit overcome by the winning team: 25 points – New England
Games taken to overtime: 1 – New England vs. Atlanta
Points by a team in overtime: 6 – New England
Team first downs in a game: 37 – New England
Total first downs in a game: 54 – New England vs. Atlanta
Team passing first downs in a game: 26 – New England
Total passing first downs in a game: 39 – New England vs. Atlanta
Offensive plays by a team in a game: 93 – New England
Passes by a team in a game: 63 – New England
Completions by a team in a game: 43 – New England
Passing yards by a team in a game: 442 – New England
Total passing yards in a game: 682 – New England vs. Atlanta
Super Bowl Records Tied:
Wins by a player: 5 – Tom Brady
Touchdowns in a game: 3 – James White
Single-game two-point conversions: 1 – James White, Danny Amendola
Sacks in a game (since 1982): 3 – Grady Jarrett
Single-game two-point conversions by a team: 2 – New England
Total two-point conversions in a game: 2 – New England vs. Atlanta
First downs by penalty in a game: 4 – New England