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The 'Super Bowl Most Valuable Player' or 'Super Bowl MVP', 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. In previous years, the Super Bowl MVP was awarded a brand new Buick automobile, or a watch.
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)).

Contents

List of Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl MVP breakdown

References

External links

List of Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl	Year	Position	MVP Winner[4]	Team
I	1967	Quarterback	'Bart Starr'	Green Bay Packers
II	1968	Quarterback	'Bart Starr'	Green Bay Packers
III	1969	Quarterback	'Joe Namath'	New York Jets
IV	1970	Quarterback	'Len Dawson'	Kansas City Chiefs
V	1971	Linebacker	'Chuck Howley'	Dallas Cowboys
VI	1972	Quarterback	'Roger Staubach'	Dallas Cowboys
VII	1973	Safety	'Jake Scott'	Miami Dolphins
VIII	1974	Running back	'Larry Csonka'	Miami Dolphins
IX	1975	Running back	'Franco Harris'	Pittsburgh Steelers
X	1976	Wide receiver	'Lynn Swann'	Pittsburgh Steelers
XI	1977	Wide receiver	'Fred Biletnikoff'	Oakland Raiders
XII (Co-MVP)	1978	Defensive end	'Harvey Martin'	Dallas Cowboys
XII (Co-MVP)	1978	Defensive tackle	'Randy White'	Dallas Cowboys
XIII	1979	Quarterback	'Terry Bradshaw'	Pittsburgh Steelers
XIV	1980	Quarterback	'Terry Bradshaw'	Pittsburgh Steelers
XV	1981	Quarterback	'Jim Plunkett'	Oakland Raiders
XVI	1982	Quarterback	'Joe Montana'	San Francisco 49ers
XVII	1983	Running back	'John Riggins'	Washington Redskins
XVIII	1984	Running back	'Marcus Allen'	Los Angeles Raiders
XIX	1985	Quarterback	'Joe Montana'	San Francisco 49ers
XX	1986	Defensive end	'Richard Dent'	Chicago Bears
XXI	1987	Quarterback	'Phil Simms'	New York Giants
XXII	1988	Quarterback	'Doug Williams'	Washington Redskins
XXIII	1989	Wide receiver	'Jerry Rice'	San Francisco 49ers
XXIV	1990	Quarterback	'Joe Montana'	San Francisco 49ers
XXV	1991	Running back	'Ottis Anderson'	New York Giants
XXVI	1992	Quarterback	'Mark Rypien'	Washington Redskins
XXVII	1993	Quarterback	'Troy Aikman'	Dallas Cowboys
XXVIII	1994	Running back	'Emmitt Smith'	Dallas Cowboys
XXIX	1995	Quarterback	'Steve Young'	San Francisco 49ers
XXX	1996	Cornerback	'Larry Brown'	Dallas Cowboys
XXXI	1997	Kick returner	'Desmond Howard'	Green Bay Packers
XXXII	1998	Running back	'Terrell Davis'	Denver Broncos
XXXIII	1999	Quarterback	'John Elway'	Denver Broncos
XXXIV	2000	Quarterback	'Kurt Warner'	St. Louis Rams
XXXV	2001	Linebacker	'Ray Lewis'	Baltimore Ravens
XXXVI	2002	Quarterback	'Tom Brady'	New England Patriots
XXXVII	2003	Safety	'Dexter Jackson'	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
XXXVIII	2004	Quarterback	'Tom Brady'	New England Patriots
XXXIX	2005	Wide receiver	'Deion Branch'	New England Patriots
XL	2006	Wide receiver	'Hines Ward'	Pittsburgh Steelers
XLI	2007	Quarterback	'Peyton Manning'	Indianapolis Colts

Super Bowl MVP breakdown

★ 21 quarterbacks

★ 7 running backs

★ 5 wide receivers

★ 2 defensive ends

★ 2 linebackers

★ 2 safeties

★ 1 cornerback

★ 1 defensive tackle

★ 1 kick returner/punt returner
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★ 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
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★ 3 two-time (exactly) winners

★ 2 foreign born players winning MVP honors

★ 1 three-time winner

★ 1 instance of co-MVPs

★ 1 MVP from the losing team (Dallas, Super Bowl V)
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★ 7 Dallas Cowboys (Co-MVP in SB XII and loss in SB V)

★ 5 Pittsburgh Steelers
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★ 5 San Francisco 49ers
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★ 3 Green Bay Packers
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★ 3 New England Patriots
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★ 3 Oakland-L.A. Raiders

★ 3 Washington Redskins

★ 2 Denver Broncos

★ 2 Miami Dolphins

★ 2 New York Giants

★ 1 Baltimore Raven

★ 1 Chicago Bear

★ 1 Indianapolis Colt

★ 1 Kansas City Chief

★ 1 New York Jet

★ 1 St. Louis Ram

★ 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneer

★ includes a two-time winner

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★ includes a three-time winner

References

1. Super Bowl MVP
2. MVP Voting Takes Interaction to a New Level
3. SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; The Rozelle Trophy
4. http://www.superbowl.com/history/mvps

External links

★ http://www.superbowl.com/mvp

★ http://www.superbowl.com/history/mvps