Congrats to the Patriots!! What an exciting game!! I really was shocked by the start and thought Atlanta might actually pull it off.
Wow!! So many new records were set!! Such as, this was
the first time a Super Bowl has gone into Overtime; Tom Brady is the first
quarterback in NFL history to win five Super Bowls and to be named MVP four
times, and so many more!
Check out this more extensive list
of these other exciting new records set and new tied records below:
New Super Bowl Records Set:
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
New 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
Wow!!
Those are some very impressive new records from The New England
Patriots!! It definitely proves why the
Patriots played in and won Super Bowl 51!!
Did you watch the Super Bowl? Were you rooting for the Patriots? Or the Falcons?
