Super Bowl Rematches Ranked

10. Eagles vs Chiefs; Super Bowl LIX

There isn’t much to say about this game.

The Chiefs were already a dynasty with three championships in five years and were looking for an unprecedented three-peat. The Eagles were the best team the whole season and potentially the best since the turn of the century.

The ingredients were there for an all-time classic, but only Philadelphia showed up.

Before you knew it, the Eagles were up 34-0 despite the fact that Saquon Barkley only ran for 57 yards all game.

Three second-half touchdown throws by Patrick Mahomes could not rescue a lopsided 40-22 Eagles romp.

9. Cowboys vs Bills; Super Bowl XXVIII

Excluding Wide Right, the second Bills-Cowboys Super Bowl was the closest Buffalo came to its first championship.

" Except" should be considered miles off. One year after Dallas won the first matchup between the pair 52-17, the Cowboys settled for a tamer 30-13 final score.

Buffalo would hold a 13-6 lead at the half, but the Cowboys' defense shut out Jim Kelly and company the rest of the way while Super Bowl MVP Emmitt Smith found the endzone twice to hand the Bills their fourth consecutive loss in the Super Bowl.

They have not been back to the big game since.

8. Rams vs Patriots; Super Bowl LIII

This game rebelled against the concepts of modern offense and took us all back to the fledgling years of the big game.

In the lowest-scoring Super Bowl of all time, there was no better man to orchestrate it than Bill Belichick.

The Patriots held an explosive Rams offense to just 3 points while MVP Julian Edelman and Soney Michelle did just enough to win the franchise’s sixth Lombardi trophy.

Tom Brady would throw for 262 yards in the winning effort in what would be the last Super Bowl with him and Belichick together in New England.

7. Cowboys vs Steelers; Super Bowl XXX

Dallas was going for their third Super Bowl in the 90’s and entered as massive favorites against a scrappy Steelers squad who lacked much of the star power the Cowboys had.

Pittsburgh nearly erased two 13-point Cowboy leads and had pulled within a field goal with under 10 minutes left, and had an opportunity to take the lead, too.

But Neil O’Donnell threw his third interception of the game and the second of which was to Cowboy cornerback Larry Brown, which turned into an Emmitt Smith score to put the game out of reach.

The Cowboys would win their first Super Bowl against Pittsburgh and cement their dynasty, but have not been back to this stage since.

6. Redskins vs Dolphins; Super Bowl XVII

The strike-shortened season brought about a Super Bowl rematch of a decade prior, where the 1972 Dolphins completed their perfect season with a win over the Washington Redskins.

This time, it was the Redskins having their fun as John Riggins would carry the ball 38 times for 166 yards. The cherry on top was a 43-yard run to give Washington the lead in the fourth quarter.

The defense shut out Miami in the second half as the franchise would secure its first of the three Lombardi’s they already possesses.

5. Cowboys vs Steelers; Super Bowl XIII

While the 1996 game determined if the Cowboys were a true dynasty or not, the 1979 game was the battle for the first dynasty in the Super Bowl era.

Of the 44 starters from this game, 16 are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the game lived up to its billing.

The first half went back and forth with the Steelers holding a 21-14 edge at halftime. A Dallas field goal was the only scoring in the third before Franco Harris and Lynn Swann scored to put the game away in the fourth.

Dallas would cut the lead to four late, but ran out of time in one of the best Super Bowls played to that point.

4. Eagles vs Patriots; Super Bowl LII

This was a track meet disguised as a football game.

The Eagles had been perennial underdogs with backup quarterback Nick Foles in the postseason, going up against the greatest quarterback of this generation in Tom Brady, and the birds still found a way.

The two teams would set a plethora of offensive records on the night, but Philadelphia kept the Patriots down for all but seven minutes to secure their first Super Bowl in franchise history.

3. Giants vs Patriots; Super Bowl XLVI

While not as iconic as the first matchup between these two, there was still plenty of magic left over from the 2007 iteration.

A 9-7 Giants squad went up against a Patriots team that was the best in the AFC and it once again was a low-scoring affair.

Down by eight in the third, New York would rally thanks to another game-winning drive by Eli Manning to win 21-17 and deny New England another Super Bowl.

2. 49ers vs Bengals; Super Bowl XXIII

During their initial run in the 1980’s and 90’s, there is no team that gave the 49ers more fits than the Cincinnati Bengals.

Their second game was their best one, too.

The Bengals did not have a single offensive touchdown but were still ahead in the fourth until Jerry Rice’s catch tied the score, and John Taylor’s snag with 34 seconds left secured the win for the team of the 80’s.

1. 49ers vs Chiefs; Super Bowl LVIII

The Chiefs came back from a 10-point deficit in their previous meeting just four seasons prior, and they did it again in this game, too.

Although they trailed 10-3 at halftime, the second half would go back and forth eventually winding up in the second overtime in Super Bowl history.

After San Francisco kicked a field goal on their possession, Mahomes would find Mecole Hardman in the final seconds to win the fourth championship in team history and go back-to-back.

Chase Fisher is a second-year student majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact him, please email ctf5198@psu.edu.