2011 Super Bowl XLV

About Arlington, Texas: First Super Bowl ever held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The Cowboys Stadium was the hosting site with the largest domed stadium in the world.

Ticket Sales / Attendance: There were 103,219 people in attendance and 111 million viewers.

Team Pre-Season Stats: The Green Bay Packers finished the season with a 10-6 record. Aaron Rodgers led the offense, who took over fro Brett Favre. A triple digit passer rating of 101.2, he only had eleven interceptions, with 3,912 passing yards and 28 touchdowns. He also ran 4 touchdowns with a total of another 356 yards. Greg Jennings, James Jones, Donald Drive and Jordy Nelson were receivers of those passes. Jennings had 76 passes for 1,265 yards and 12 touchdowns, James Jones had 50 passes for 676 yards and 5 touchdowns, Donald Drive had 51 passes for 565 yards and 4 touchdowns, Jordy Nelson had 45 passes for 582 yards. On the defense side, Cullen Jenkins had 7 sacks in 11 games. Linebacker Clay Matthews had another 13.5 sacks.

The Pittsburgh Steelers finished the season with a 12-4 record. Ben Roethlisberger led the offense. He finished the season with 3,200 yards and 17 touchdowns, with 5 interceptions. Mike Wallace, Hines Ward, Heath Miller and Rashard Mendenhall were receivers for those passes. Mike Wallace, the teams top receiver, caught 60 passes for 1,257 yards and 10 touchdowns, Hines Ward had 59 passes for 755 yards and 5 touchdowns, Heath Miller had 42 passes for 512 yards and Rashard Mendenhall had 23 passes and 13 touchdowns. Rashard was the team's leading rusher for 1,273 yards. Brett Keisel lead the Steelers defense with most sacks in the NFL and the fewest points and russing yards allowed per game.

Game Highlights: In the first appearance in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Packers quarterback scored with a 29-yard pass to Jordy Nelson who literally fell into the end zone. And on the very next play, the ball was intercepted by Nick Collins and returned 37 yards for a touchdown. 14-0. The Steelers then had a 33 yard field goal. 14-3. Again the Packers score with a 21 yard pass to Greg Jennings. 21-3.

Time for the Steelers to come through, with 37 seconds left in the half, Hines Ward catches the pass for an 8 yard touchdown. 21-10 The next score came from Ben Roethlisberger throwing a 25 yard pass to Mike Wallace for a touchdown. 21-17 The Packers took the ball at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and after a few plays including a sack, were able to make a touchdown. 28-17 But Roethlisberger led the Steelers right back with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Mike Wallace. 28-25 With ony 7 minutes left in the game, the Packers were kept out of the end zone by the Steelers, but Mason Crosby's 23 yard field goal brought it to the final score of 31-25.

Game MVP:Aaron Rogers.

Half Time Show: Featured The Black Eyed Peas

Commercials: At a price 3 million dollars per 30 seconds, every commercial slot was full...Amazing. PepsiCola, Frito Lay, of course, Anheuser-Busch, GoDaddy.com, Coca-Cola, CareerBuilder.com, E*Trade, Hundai, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, GM and Chrysler had slots.

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