{"id":17179,"date":"2025-02-03T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=17179"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T23:07:10","slug":"weird-and-wacky-super-bowl-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2025\/02\/weird-and-wacky-super-bowl-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird and Wacky Super Bowl Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>David Tyree\u2019s helmet catch? Malcolm Butler\u2019s interception? The Philly Special?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>They say heroes are created on Super Bowl Sunday, but for every game-winning moment, there\u2019s an even weirder or wackier one that steals the headlines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ahead of the 59th annual &#8216;big dance&#8217;, we took a quick trip through the archives to relive all the infamous Super Bowl moments that have made the greatest date on the sporting calendar what it is today.<\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>r\/BoysWhoCry <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the emotion of Super Bowl Sunday.<\/p>\r\n<p>Just ask Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, who became a worldwide meme before kickoff last year when he unleashed the waterworks during the national anthem.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni cries during national anthem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcnc6AZ6Ui8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brady Receives an Offer He Can Refuse<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Brady Gets Marriage Proposal From Ines Gomez Mont\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvTzGQnSlRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Tom Brady was popped a rather serious question in the lead-up to his fourth Super Bowl appearance with the Patriots.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Rather than opting for the usual pre-game chit-chat, TV Azteca reporter Ines Gomez Mont got straight to business by asking the GOAT to marry her.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Not surprisingly, Brady&#8217;s response was equally as blunt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nipplegate<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl - Nipplegate | HD (01\/02\/2004)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNWrKTjuM-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The term \u2018wardrobe malfunction\u2019 became famous during Super Bowl XXXVIII when Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson\u2019s bare nipple to a worldwide audience of 100 million people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Timberlake pulled at Jackson\u2019s leather bustier during his song \u201cRock Your Body\u201d, but whether he intended to expose some skin is still debatable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Either way, this was a massive deal at the time, and it remains one of the most memorable Super Bowl moments for a number of reasons.<\/p>\r\n<p>Not only did it fast-track Timberlake\u2019s career (he later performed at the halftime show in 2018), it also led to the creation of a little-known video platform called YouTube.<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Everything About the 1991 Half-Time Show <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never forget the time this legendary bowl cut put on a clinic in respecting the troops at the Super Bowl halftime show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kdb73DcoYL\">pic.twitter.com\/Kdb73DcoYL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteBlackburn\/status\/1090289578798399490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Krusty Comeback Special has nothing on this kid.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Instead of high-profile musicians, Disney took over the 1991 Half-Time Show, paying tribute to the Super Bowl\u2019s 25th anniversary by having over 3,500 local children perform. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New Kids on the Block made a brief appearance, but ABC still chose to air a special news program, meaning most viewers missed out on this special piece of television history. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u2026 And Everything About 1995<br \/><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl 1995 Halftime Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wjXSqaSmhh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Disney was again in charge in 1995, delivering this (iconic?) Indiana Jones scene that is impossible to try and describe. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To make it even weirder, the performance ended with everyone singing \u201cCan You Feel the Love Tonight\u201d, a song that featured in <i>The Lion King <\/i>a year earlier. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>P!nk Coughs It Up<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pink had to spit out her gum (or cough drop) a second before performing the national anthem at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperBowl<\/a>, and it&#39;s already iconic \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCb7WBzeuD\">https:\/\/t.co\/zCb7WBzeuD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/544uAXpSZ4\">pic.twitter.com\/544uAXpSZ4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeedNews\/status\/960308168713629696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Forget Michael Jordan&#8217;s flu game, Pink performing the anthem sick as a dog at Super Bowl LII was a true act of heroism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The unfortunate cough lollie gaff though, not so much&#8230;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Blackout Bowl<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<div>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl Outage Traced to Faulty Device\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9PaCrKxIC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Don\u2019t let the final score fool you, Super Bowl XLVII was a bit of a fizzer before the lights went out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Ravens led the 49ers 28-6 midway through the third quarter before someone flicked the switch at the Superdome.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The blackout came after Jacoby Jones returned a kickoff to the house for a 108-yard touchdown, leaving fans, coaches, members of the media and millions watching at home completely lost.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Wisely, San Francisco chose to use the break as a chance to get their minds right for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Niners went on to score 17 points in the third quarter, only to lose 34-31.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wide Right<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack Buck Calls Scott Norwood&#039;s Missed FG in Super Bowl XXV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVRNJnJt6hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The term \u201cwide right\u201d has become synonymous with the Buffalo Bills and Super Bowl XXV.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In 1991, Bills kicker Scott Norwood lined up for a 47-yard field goal attempt to win the game with eight seconds remaining, only to shank the kick right.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Norwood\u2019s range was considered to be only 47 yards having converted on only one of his five previous attempts beyond 40.<\/p>\r\n<p>To add insult to injury, Norwood was immediately waived in the offseason, ending his NFL career at 108 games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark Roberts<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Streaker\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBnCuzzf5JI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Janet Jackson wasn\u2019t the only one to get her kit off at Super Bowl XXXVIII.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mark Roberts went one better right after halftime, jumping the fence during a break in play to fulfill a lifelong dream.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Roberts is a serial streaker known for exposing himself at large-scale sporting events.<\/p>\r\n<p>His resume compiles of EPL games right down to the World Series of Snooker, but he says his stunt at the Super Bowl was largely an effort to bring some laughter to America following the events of 9\/11.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elvis Presto<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl 23 Half Time Show Magic Trick - 1\/22\/89\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0Mz_TkBvLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Elvis Presto, a magician hired by the NFL to perform magic tricks dressed as Elvis Presley, was the halftime act during Super Bowl XXIII.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A thrilling game between the 49ers and the Bengals (which San Francisco won 20-16, by the way) was overshadowed by Presto\u2019s embarrassingly weird halftime show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Presto started out by asking the fans to choose a card, which they could select by clapping for. Presto then revealed that the card they chose was <em>miraculously <\/em>under their seat!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Left Shark<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Left shark. <br>Right shark. <br>All awesome. \ud83e\udd88\ud83e\udd88<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katyperry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@katyperry<\/a>&#39;s iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperBowl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SuperBowl<\/a> XLIX Halftime Show! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fqOMy2sPHF\">pic.twitter.com\/fqOMy2sPHF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1222323473307127811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Malcolm Butler\u2019s game-ending interception? Please, Super Bowl XLIX was all about Left Shark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Katy Perry\u2019s halftime performance turned into an instant meme when a stage prop dressed as a shark to her left had a little trouble keeping up with the shark on the right.<\/p>\r\n<p>To be honest, this isn\u2019t as funny as most people made it out to be, but Left Shark\u2019s performance still deserves a spot on this list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Balloon Bowl<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl 4 - Vikings hot air balloon crash before the game\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOrY23eZQ38?start=18&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Super Bowl IV got off to a bang in 1970 with a pre-game hot air balloon race that went south very quickly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Things looked okay initially before the Vikings\u2019 balloon somehow failed to take off properly, winding up in the stands among hundreds of spectators.<\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>The Cardboard Crowd<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Bowl 55 Cardboard Cutouts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qu37rIHSKiE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, a ticket to this year&#8217;s Super Bowl in Vegas will cost you upwards of $12k, but it was only a few years ago that half the crowd in attendance in Tampa Bay was made up of&#8230; cardboard.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Generously, the NFL gave up 7,500 of 22,000 available seats to healthcare workers amid the pandemic, while the other 30,000 odd seats were made up of recycled material.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,598,344],"tags":[2079,237,239,47,273,6143,2209,397,2452,6140,6141,6142,9902,7286,7291,7956,7957,7958,8585,2533,2117,4249],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-17179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-football","category-special-interest","category-sports","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pink","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-betting","tag-super-bowl-li","tag-super-bowl-li-betting","tag-super-bowl-li-odds","tag-super-bowl-lix","tag-super-bowl-lvi","tag-super-bowl-lvi-betting","tag-super-bowl-lvii","tag-super-bowl-lvii-betting","tag-super-bowl-lvii-odds","tag-super-bowl-lviii","tag-super-bowl-odds","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tom-brady"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":null,"md_tip_date_end":null,"md_market_url":"","tip_date":"03\/02\/2025","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17179"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=17179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}