wdm1219inpenna Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 It seems there have been many safeties scored in Super Bowls, disproportionate to the number of safeties logged during the course of a regular season. Also, there seems to have been a propensity for many PAT's to be missed, or blocked, which seems unusual. You would think something almost as automatic as a P.A.T. wouldn't be such a difficulty. If memory serves, PATs that were missed or blocked....Super Bowl V : Baltimore Colts Super Bowl IX: Minnesota VikingsSuper Bowl X: Pittsburgh SteelersSuper Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders (2 PATs not converted)Super Bowl XIV: Los Angeles RamsSuper Bowl XVIII: Washington RedskinsSuper Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ersSuper Bowl XLI: Indianapolis ColtsJust seems like a lot of PATs missed (9 by my count, I may have missed 1 or 2)....Is it possibly because of nerves?Safeties logged:Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh SteelersSuper Bowl X: Pittsburgh SteelersSuper Bowl XX: Chicago BearsSuper Bowl XXI: New York GiantsSuper Bowl XXV: Buffalo Bills (I believe the first, and only team to log a safety in a Super Bowl and lose)Super Bowl XLIII: Arizona Cardinals (I stand corrected, they were the 2nd team to log a safety & lose a Super Bowl)I think that's it for missed PATs and safeties in Super Bowls, but I'm only going on memory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 well we have to remember that the super bowl is one game out of a 16 game regular season and a 2 or 3 game playoff run. its going to happen. i'm not sure why it happens at a rate proportionate to the regular season, but it does happen. i just thing with a game with so much on the line, mental errors become a factor where they wouldn't in the regular season. i think alot of times players overthink situations so you end up with a missed PAT, or a safety or what have. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Safeties aren't that abnormal an occurance. In addition to a tackled player in the end zone, you can also get safeties through blocked punts and through a penalty (whether it be holding, intentional grounding, etc.).I think the only reason Indianapolis missed a PAT was due to the game being played in a downpour. But 9 missed PAT's in 43 games isn't too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Safeties aren't that abnormal an occurance. In addition to a tackled player in the end zone, you can also get safeties through blocked punts and through a penalty (whether it be holding, intentional grounding, etc.).I think the only reason Indianapolis missed a PAT was due to the game being played in a downpour. But 9 missed PAT's in 43 games isn't too high.I don't know but I would imagine that missing PATs was more common in the 60s and 70s? (I have no stats, its just a sense I have, certainly in my time watching the game the standard of kicking seems to have improved.) 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Up until the early 70s, teams didn't usually have a kicking specialist. The position player with the strongest leg became the default kicker/punter.But as far as the safeties... my theory is that teams just take more chances in the Super Bowl, which leads to more situations where safeties are possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 For those who don't recall, the halftime score of Super Bowl IX was somewhat unusual:Pittsburgh Steelers 2, Minnesota Vikings 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Personally I find it odd that no Superbowl has gone into Overtime. I don't know what the odds are, but it seems to me that roughly on average a game a week goes to overtime, so there should have been a couple of overtime games by now surely? 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdm1219inpenna Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Good point Saintsfan. Never been any overtime Super Bowl, and never a shutout either. Three times we were close to a shutout, with Miami scoring only 3, the Giants getting a runback for a score in Super Bowl 35, and Super Bowl 7, the Dolphins were about to go up 17-0 in a 17-0 season, and Garo's gaff happened. How incredibly and TRULY perfect would it have been had the Dolphins won 17-0 in that game?? Kind of a shame it didn't happen that way Still, it seems the number of missed PATs seems rather high, especially when you can argue that these are supposed to be the 2 BEST teams remaining. It has to be nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Good point Saintsfan. Never been any overtime Super Bowl, and never a shutout either. Three times we were close to a shutout, with Miami scoring only 3, the Giants getting a runback for a score in Super Bowl 35, and Super Bowl 7, the Dolphins were about to go up 17-0 in a 17-0 season, and Garo's gaff happened. How incredibly and TRULY perfect would it have been had the Dolphins won 17-0 in that game?? Kind of a shame it didn't happen that way Still, it seems the number of missed PATs seems rather high, especially when you can argue that these are supposed to be the 2 BEST teams remaining. It has to be nerves.The best teams don't necessarily have the best kickers. 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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