1998 Super Bowl XXXII

About San Diego, California: San Diego also known as "The Place Where California Began" would be the site of Super Bowl 32 at their Qualcomm Stadium. Residents of the city had been busy preparing for the big game and would host thousands of visitors from around the world and a TV audience of millions. Fans would tune into San Diego to see the Denver Broncos and John Elway play the defending champion Green Bay Packers and quarterback Brett Favre in Super Bowl XXXII.

Ticket Sales / Attendance: There were 68912 people in attendance at the 32nd Super Bowl game and it is estimated that 90 million more football fanatics watched from home or other parties while tuning into NBC who covered the biggest sporting event of the year and had ratings of 44.5.

Team Pre-Season Stats: The Green Bay Packers came into the 1997-98 season with the same team that lead them to their championship the previous year. With Brett Favre back as QB and a one-two punch of Dorsey Levens and Edgar Bennet in the backfield the Packers offence looked stronger than ever and ready to repeat.

The Denver Broncos and John Elway agreed to restructure his contract so that they could sign former Chiefs DE Neil Smith and bring immediate help to the defence. Terrell Davis would also be back and hope to capture a rushing title as he missed it in the previous year by 10 yards.

Team Roster / Salaries: The Packers roster for the thrity-second Super Bowl was similar to the previous season with QB Brett Favre ($4.1 million), Dorsey Levens ($0.7 million), Edgar Bennet ($1.4 million) and Leroy Butler ($2.59 million).

The Broncos roster included QB Elway ($2.1 million), Steve Atwater ($2.2 million), Ray Crockett ($2.15 million), and Bill Romanowski ($1.6 million).

Game Highlights: The defending champion Packers started the scoring in the game as they carried the ball 76 yards down field and Antonio Freeman caught a 22 yard pass from Favre in the end zone. Denver responded though with a drive finished by Terrell Davis and a 1 yard TD run. John Elway later scored on 3rd down after Tyrone Braxton intercepted a pass from Brett Favre. Denver added another field goal and another TD by Green Bay to enter halftime with a 17-14 Denver lead.

Ryan Longwell opened the scoring for Green Bay in the 2nd half with a 27 yard field goal to tie the game at 17. Terrell Davis later added his 2nd touchdown of the game with another 1 yard run into the end zone. Antonio Freeman also scored his second TD of the game for Green Bay to tie to game at 24. However, Terrell Davis was too much for the Broncos as he added his 3rd TD of the game leading Denver to a 31-24 victory.

Game MVP: After a three touchdown performance Terrell Davis was named the MVP of the 32nd Super Bowl. Davis ran for 157 yards to end the NFC's streak of 13 straight victories in the big game. After rushing for 1500 yards and 15 TD's in the regular season Davis proved that he was among the elite in NFL running backs.

Half Time Show: This year's halftime show was a salute to Motown's 40th Anniversary with performances by Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, the Temptations, and Queen Latifah.

Commercials: A 30 second spot during the Superbowl 32 game cost $1.3 million and featured a number of funny and different commercials. Such commercials included orang-utans playing football, the Budweiser frogs and lizard, Visa's elephant commercial, and Bud Light with a chicken playing pool.

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