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That's entertainment? You decide
By Rico Longoria


There have been few Super Bowls which needed the obligatory pregame hype as much as this year's meeting between the Giants and Ravens. New York and Baltimore feature two of the lowest-scoring offenses ever to reach the Super Bowl, and both teams are built around stingy defenses. This figures to add up to one of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl games in history.

But does that mean the game will lack excitement? The table below lists the yards per game, yards allowed per game, points per game and points per game allowed for each Super Bowl team, and the final score and television rating for each game. You decide what the numbers say about determining an exciting Super Bowl.

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What makes a Super Bowl entertaining?
Super Bowl Teams Yds./Allowed Pts./Allowed Score TV Rating
XXXV N.Y. Giants vs.
Baltimore
351.2-301.6
331.3-259.1
20.5-15.4
20.8-10.3
   
XXXIV St.Louis vs.
Tennessee
400.8-293.6
330.6-327.8
32.8-15.1
24.5-20.5
23
16
43.3
XXXII Denver vs.
Atlanta
380.8-308.4
342.9-295.9
31.3-19.3
27.6-18.0
34
19
40.2
XXXII Denver vs.
Green Bay
367.0-291.9
350.9-301.7
29.5-17.9
26.3-17.6
31
24
44.5
XXXI Green Bay vs.
New England
361.0-275.1
335.6-331.6
28.5-13.1
26.1-19.5
35
21
43.3
XXX Dallas vs.
Pittsburgh
371.3-328.9
371.5-302.0
27.1-18.1
25.4-20.4
27
17
46.0
XXIX San Francisco
vs. San Diego
391.1-318.3
341.9-332.1
31.5-18.5
23.8-19.1
49
26
41.3
XXVIII Dallas vs.
Buffalo
361.1-312.3
342.3-363.1
23.5-14.3
20.5-15.1
30
13
45.5
XXVII Dallas vs.
Buffalo
357.3-267.3
382.1-309.6
25.5-15.1
23.8-17.6
52
17
45.1
XXVI Washington vs.
Buffalo
358.8-268.3
407.356.5
30.3-14.0
28.6-19.8
37
24
40.3
XXV N.Y. Giants vs.
Buffalo
300.3-262.9
342.7-308.3
20.9-13.1
26.7-16.4
20
19
41.8
XXIV San Francisco
vs. Denver
409.3-309.4
318.3-275.4
27.6-15.8
22.6-14.1
55
10
39.0
XXIII San Francisco
vs. Cincinnati
387.3-304.5
378.6-323.9
23.0-18.3
28.0-20.5
20
16
43.5
XXII Washington vs.
Denver
373.1-334.8
374.9-320.9
23.6-17.8
23.6-18.0
42
10
41.9
XXI N.Y. Giants vs.
Denver
336.1-297.3
326.0-309.2
23.1-14.7
23.6-20.4
39
10
45.8
XX Chicago vs.
New England
364.8-258.4
343.7-294.6
28.5-12.3
22.6-18.1
46
10
48.3
XIX San Francisco
vs. Miami
409.0-346.1
433.5-338.8
29.6-14.1
35.8-18.6
38
16
46.4
XVIII L.A. Raiders vs.
Washington
384.3-327.0
383.7-329.0
27.6-21.1
33.8-20.7
38
9
46.4
XVII Washington vs.
Miami
331.7-284.4
295.3-256.8
21.1-14.2
22.0-14.5
27
17
48.6
XVI San Francisco
vs. Cincinnati
356.6-315.8
373.0-330.6
22.3-15.6
26.3-19.0
26
21
49.1
XV Oakland vs.
Philadelphia
340.0-341.0
344.9-276.8
22.7-19.1
24.0-13.8
27
10
44.4
XIV Pittsburgh vs.
L.A. Rams
405.0-288.8
320.8-284.6
26.0-16.3
20.1-19.3
31
19
46.3
XIII Pittsburgh vs.
Dallas
328.6-283.0
386.7-278.1
22.5-12.1
24.0-13.0
35
31
47.1
XI Oakland vs.
Minnesota
391.4-339.3
347.0-262.2
25.0-16.9
21.7-12.5
32
14
44.4
X Pittsburgh vs.
Dallas
369.7-287.0
376.2-287.6
26.6-11.5
25.0-19.1
21
17
42.3
IX Pittsburgh vs.
Minnesota
326.5-248.5
329.4-279.1
21.7-13.5
22.1-13.9
16
6
42.4
VIII Miami vs.
Minnesota
293.1-234.4
302.8-275.9
24.5-10.7
21.1-12.0
24
7
41.6
VII Miami vs.
Washington
359.1-235.5
305.0-264.0
27.5-12.2
24.0-15.5
14
7
42.7
VI Dallas vs.
Miami
377.5-271.7
315.1-261.5
29.0-15.8
22.5-12.4
24
3
44.2
V Baltimore vs.
Dallas
295.3-274.6
338.9-291.5
22.9-16.7
21.3-15.7
16
13
39.9
IV Kansas City vs.
Minnesota
329.0-225.9
292.6-194.3
25.6-12.6
27.0-9.5
23
7
36.4
III N.Y. Jets vs.
Baltimore
360.5-240.2
334.4-241.2
29.9-20.0
28.7-10.2
16
7
36.0
II Green Bay vs.
Oakland
333.7-254.7
391.3-282.8
23.7-14.9
33.4-16.4
33
14
36.8
I Green Bay vs.
Kansas City
321.7-282.8
365.2-283.5
23.9-11.6
32.0-19.7
35
10
CBS-22.6
NBC-18.5



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