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The Super Bowl MVP, or Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, is an award given at the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game, to the player deemed to have made the most significant positive impact on the outcome of the game. Currently, the winner is chosen by a panel of members of the media, and the fans. The media panel's ballots count for 80% of the votes while the fans' ballots count for 20%. The fans may vote online during the game.[1] Prior to Super Bowl XXXV, only the media panel selected the MVP.[2]

Unsurprisingly, the MVP has traditionally come from the winning team. Chuck Howley (Super Bowl V MVP) is the only MVP from the losing team. Most MVPs are offensive players playing at positions that score touchdowns: quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. Of the 42 Super Bowl MVPs, only 8 defensive players (2 of them co-MVPs) have won the recognition. Only once has a special teams player (kick returner Desmond Howard) won the honor. Joe Montana holds the record for earning this honor the most times with three MVPs.

Since Super Bowl XXV, the Super Bowl MVP is awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy,[3] named after the former commissioner of the NFL who served from 1960 to 1989. Currently, the award is sponsored by Cadillac. The winner is presented with a brand new Cadillac automobile of his choice.[1] In previous years, the Super Bowl MVP was awarded a brand new Buick automobile, or a watch.[citation needed]

Only four colleges can claim to have produced three Super Bowl MVPs. They are the Universities of Georgia (Jake Scott (VII), Terrell Davis (XXXII), and Hines Ward (XL)), Alabama (Bart Starr (I, II) and Joe Namath (III)), Michigan (Desmond Howard (XXXI) and Tom Brady(XXXVI, XXXVIII)), and Notre Dame (Joe Montana (XVI, XIX, XXIV)).

[edit] List of Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl Year Position MVP Winner[4] Team Hall of Fame[5] College
I 1967 Quarterback Bart Starr Green Bay Packers 1977 Alabama
II 1968 Quarterback (2) Bart Starr (2) Green Bay Packers (2) 1977 Alabama (2)
III 1969 Quarterback (3) Joe Namath New York Jets 1985 Alabama (3)
IV 1970 Quarterback (4) Len Dawson Kansas City Chiefs 1987 Purdue
V 1971 Linebacker Chuck Howley Dallas Cowboys* - West Virginia
VI 1972 Quarterback (5) Roger Staubach Dallas Cowboys (2) 1985 Navy
VII 1973 Safety Jake Scott Miami Dolphins - Georgia
VIII 1974 Running back Larry Csonka Miami Dolphins (2) 1987 Syracuse
IX 1975 Running back (2) Franco Harris Pittsburgh Steelers 1990 Penn State
X 1976 Wide receiver Lynn Swann Pittsburgh Steelers (2) 2001 USC
XI 1977 Wide receiver (2) Fred Biletnikoff Oakland Raiders 1988 Florida State
XII (Co-MVP) 1978 Defensive tackle Randy White Dallas Cowboys (3 & 4) 1994 Maryland
XII (Co-MVP) 1978 Defensive end Harvey Martin Dallas Cowboys (3 & 4) - East Texas State
XIII 1979 Quarterback (6) Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh Steelers (3) 1989 Louisiana Tech
XIV 1980 Quarterback (7) Terry Bradshaw (2) Pittsburgh Steelers (4) 1989 Louisiana Tech (2)
XV 1981 Quarterback (8) Jim Plunkett Oakland Raiders (2) - Stanford
XVI 1982 Quarterback (9) Joe Montana San Francisco 49ers 2000 Notre Dame
XVII 1983 Running back (3) John Riggins Washington Redskins 1992 Kansas
XVIII 1984 Running back (4) Marcus Allen Los Angeles Raiders (3) 2003 USC (2)
XIX 1985 Quarterback (10) Joe Montana (2) San Francisco 49ers (2) 2000 Notre Dame (2)
XX 1986 Defensive end (2) Richard Dent Chicago Bears - Tennessee State
XXI 1987 Quarterback (11) Phil Simms New York Giants - Morehead State
XXII 1988 Quarterback (12) Doug Williams Washington Redskins (2) - Grambling State
XXIII 1989 Wide receiver (3) Jerry Rice San Francisco 49ers (3) (Eligible in 2011) Mississippi Valley State
XXIV 1990 Quarterback (13) Joe Montana (3) San Francisco 49ers (4) 2000 Notre Dame (3)
XXV 1991 Running back (5) Ottis Anderson New York Giants (2) - Miami
XXVI 1992 Quarterback (14) Mark Rypien Washington Redskins (3) - Washington State
XXVII 1993 Quarterback (15) Troy Aikman Dallas Cowboys (5) 2006 UCLA
XXVIII 1994 Running back (6) Emmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys (6) (Eligible in 2010) Florida
XXIX 1995 Quarterback (16) Steve Young San Francisco 49ers (5) 2005 BYU
XXX 1996 Cornerback Larry Brown Dallas Cowboys (7) - TCU
XXXI 1997 Kick returner Desmond Howard Green Bay Packers (3) - Michigan
XXXII 1998 Running back (7) Terrell Davis Denver Broncos - Georgia (2)
XXXIII 1999 Quarterback (17) John Elway Denver Broncos (2) 2004 Stanford (2)
XXXIV 2000 Quarterback (18) Kurt Warner St. Louis Rams (Still Active) Northern Iowa
XXXV 2001 Linebacker (2) Ray Lewis Baltimore Ravens (Still Active) Miami (2)
XXXVI 2002 Quarterback (19) Tom Brady New England Patriots (Still Active) Michigan (2)
XXXVII 2003 Safety (2) Dexter Jackson Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Still Active) Florida State (2)
XXXVIII 2004 Quarterback (20) Tom Brady (2) New England Patriots (2) (Still Active) Michigan (3)
XXXIX 2005 Wide receiver (4) Deion Branch New England Patriots (3) (Still Active) Louisville
XL 2006 Wide receiver (5) Hines Ward Pittsburgh Steelers (5) (Still Active) Georgia (3)
XLI 2007 Quarterback (21) Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts (Still Active) Tennessee

* Note: The Baltimore Colts won Super Bowl V, but the MVP was awarded to Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys because the voting was finished before Baltimore's Jim O'Brien kicked the winning field goal.[citation needed]

[edit] Super Bowl MVP breakdown

  • 16 Hall of Fame players
  • 12 players who are eligible for the Hall of Fame, but have not been elected
  • 7 currently active players
  • 2 players who are not yet eligible for the Hall of Fame
  • 3 two-time (exactly) winners
  • 1 three-time winner
  • 1 instance of co-MVPs
  • 1 MVP from the losing team

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Super Bowl MVP. NFL. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
  2. ^ "MVP Voting Takes Interaction to a New Level", San Francisco Chronicle, 2001-01-04. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
  3. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; The Rozelle Trophy", The New York Times, 1990-10-10. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
  4. ^ http://www.superbowl.com/history/mvps
  5. ^ http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/years.html

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