2011 Super Bowl
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| Date | February 6, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Aaron Rodgers, Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Packers by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Walt Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||
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Packers: Kevin Greene‡ (assistant coach) Steelers: none ‡ elected as a player |
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| National anthem | Christina Aguilera | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Deion Sanders, representing the Pro Football Hall of Fame class in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver and Chris Myers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 46.0 (national) 59.7 (Pittsburgh) 59.7 (Milwaukee) US viewership: 111 million est. avg., 162.9 million est. total |
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| Market share | 69 (national) 87 (Pittsburgh) 85 (Milwaukee) |
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| Cost of 30-second commercial | $3 million | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2010 season. The Packers defeated the Steelers by the score of 31–25. The game was played on February 6, 2011, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Unlike other matchups, this game featured two title-abundant franchises: coming into the game, the Packers held the most NFL championships with 12 (9 league championships prior to the Super Bowl era and 3 Super Bowl championships), while the Steelers held the most Super Bowl championships with 6. The Packers entered their fifth Super Bowl in team history, and became the first number 6-seeded team in the NFC to compete in the Super Bowl, after posting a 10–6 regular season record. The Steelers finished the regular season with a 12–4 record, and advanced to a league-tying 8th Super Bowl appearance.
Green Bay dominated most of the first half of Super Bowl XLV, jumping to a 21–3 lead before Pittsburgh cut it down to 21–10 just before halftime. Then after the teams exchanged touchdowns, the Steelers pulled within 28–25 midway through the fourth quarter with wide receiver Mike Wallace's 25-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and a two-point conversion. But the Packers answered with Mason Crosby's 23-yard field goal with 2:07 remaining, and then prevented the Steelers from scoring on their final drive of the game. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP, completing 24 of 39 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns.
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