AT LAST!; BRONCOS WIN IN A REAL SUPER BOWL.Byline: Eric Noland Daily News Staff Writer The Super Bowl finally lived up to its name. In perhaps the most thrilling game in the 32-year history of the event, the Denver Broncos overcame the Green Bay Packers 31-24 Sunday afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers • • [ , securing a long-awaited National Football League title for the franchise and its quarterback, John Elway John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Elway holds many college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is the only . ``To finally come out and show them, it's unbelievable,'' said Elway, the former Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. star who had made three previous trips to the Super Bowl, all unsuccessful. ``That was the ultimate win, there's no question.'' Denver scored the winning touchdown with 1 minute 45 seconds remaining, as running back Terrell Davis bulled into the end zone from 1 yard out. Davis, a San Diego native who was sidelined at the end of the first half with a concussion and the onset of a migraine headache Migraine Headache Definition Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more. Description Migraine is an intense and often debilitating type of headache. , was named the game's Most Valuable Player after rushing for 157 yards and a Super Bowl-record three touchdowns. The Broncos defense denied the defending-champion Packers a bid for a tying touchdown, thwarting quarterback Brett Favre's fourth-down pass from the Denver 31-yard line with 32 seconds remaining. The finish was as gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. for the American Football Conference The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The AFC was created after the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL) in early 1970. as it was for the Broncos and Elway. The victory broke a streak of 13 straight Super Bowl losses by the AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. . The average margin of defeat in those games was 21 points. This game, by contrast, was exciting from beginning to end. Twice the score was tied - 17-17 in the third quarter and 24-24 in the fourth - and the outcome was decided in the final minutes. ``I'm assuming it was a pretty fun game to watch,'' Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren said. Denver's Davis finished with three touchdown runs of 1 yard. It was probably even more remarkable that he finished the game at all. Davis was suffering from blurred vision after taking a jolt to the head in the first quarter. ``I took some medication and the long halftime helped,'' said Davis, who was still feeling the ill effects of his injury long after the game - he had to cut short his postgame interview session after feeling faint. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Denver quarterback John Elway raises the Lombardi Trophy in triumph following the Broncos' win. Associated Press |
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