{"id":731795,"date":"2026-02-05T19:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/731795\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:32:23","slug":"what-are-the-biggest-comebacks-in-super-bowl-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/731795\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the biggest comebacks in Super Bowl history?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the third quarter of Super Bowl LI<\/a>, the New England Patriots<\/a> weren’t in high spirits. The Atlanta Falcons<\/a> had a dominant 23-3 lead. Many Patriots fans had left the stadium, convinced that their team’s good fortune had run out. With 21 minutes to go, the Falcons had a 99.8% shot of claiming their first Super Bowl. New England quarterback Tom Brady<\/a> refused to quit, ultimately rallying the Patriots to a historic 34-28 victory<\/a> in overtime.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 8, 2026, the New England Patriots<\/a> will return to the big stage, taking on the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in Super Bowl LX<\/a>. Ahead of the big game, check out the biggest comebacks in Super Bowl history<\/a> below:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

SB LI (2017) – Patriots vs. Falcons – down 25 points <\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 28-3 in the 3rd quarter, won 34-28<\/a> in OT<\/p>\n

SB LVIII (2024) – Chiefs vs. 49ers – down 10 points<\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 10-0 in 2nd quarter, won 25-22<\/a> in OT<\/p>\n

SB LVII (2023) – Chiefs vs. Eagles – down 10 points <\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 24-14 in 3rd quarter, won 38-35<\/p>\n

SB LIV (2020) – Chiefs vs. 49ers – down 10 points<\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 20-10 in 4th quarter, won 31-20<\/a><\/p>\n

SB XLIX (2015) – Patriots vs. Seahawks – down 10 points <\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 24-14 in 4th quarter, won 28-24<\/a><\/p>\n

SB XLIV (2010) – Saints vs. Colts – down 10 points <\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 10-0 in 2nd quarter, won 31-17<\/a><\/p>\n

SB XXII (1988) – Washington vs. Broncos – down 10 points <\/p>\n

\u2022 Trailed 10-0 in the 2nd quarter, won 42-10<\/a><\/p>\n

For more NFL updates, check out the ESPN hub page<\/a> with scores<\/a>, standings<\/a>, stats<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the third quarter of Super Bowl LI, the New England Patriots weren’t in high spirits. The Atlanta…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-731795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116019697194711783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}