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DateFebruary 3, 2013 (2013-02-03)
StadiumMercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
MVPJoe Flacco
Favorite49ers by 4[1]
RefereeJerome Boger[2]
Attendance71,024[3]
Ceremonies
National anthemAlicia Keys
Coin tossLarry Allen, Cris Carter, Curley Culp, Warren Sapp, Bill Parcells, Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson
Halftime showBeyoncé featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams
TV in the United States
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersJim Nantz (play-by-play)
Phil Simms (analyst)
Steve Tasker, Solomon Wilcots (reporters)
Cost of 30-second commercial$4 million[4]

Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2012 season. Baltimore beat San Francisco 34–31. It was played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 3, 2013.[5][6]

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was named Super Bowl MVP, completing 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns.

Nicknamed the Harbaugh Bowl,[7][8] HarBowl,[9] Super Baugh,[10] Brother Bowl,[11] Superbro,[12] and later the "Blackout Bowl" after an power outage affecting half the stadium during the third quarter,[13] this was the first Super Bowl featuring brothers as opposing head coaches, Baltimore's John Harbaugh and San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh, whose clubs previously met in a 2011 Thanksgiving Classic, a game which John's Ravens won 16–6[14] – the first time brothers had met as rival coaches in the NFL. The Ravens, after finishing the 2012 regular season with a 10–6 record, made their second Super Bowl appearance, having previously won Super Bowl XXXV. Ray Lewis, the MVP from that game, returned for this game; it was the last before his announced retirement from professional football at the end of the 2012 season.[15] The 49ers entered the game seeking their sixth Super Bowl win in team history (and first since Super Bowl XXIX), which would have tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most by a franchise. San Francisco finished the regular season at 11–4–1. This was the first time that a team with a tie in their regular season record played in a Super Bowl since the Denver Broncos played in Super Bowl XXII with a 10–4–1 record. This was the first Super Bowl featuring two teams who had winning yet unbeaten records in previous championship games; the Ravens were 1–0 and the 49ers 5–0 in previous Super Bowls.

This was the tenth Super Bowl to be played in the city of New Orleans, equaling Miami's record of ten in an individual city.[16] Beyoncé performed in the halftime show that featured a reunion with her fellow members from Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and US broadcaster CBS charged an average of $4 million for a 30-second commercial during the game, the highest rate in any Super Bowl.[17]

Background

This marked the first Super Bowl in which both of the teams had appeared in, but not yet lost, a previous Super Bowl: the 49ers had won all five of their previous Super Bowls while the Ravens won in their only previous Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants. On winning, Baltimore became the only team in the NFL to have appeared in multiple Super Bowls without losing one. This was also the first Super Bowl in which both teams could trace their lineage to the All-America Football Conference, as the Ravens are descended from the Cleveland Browns franchise, which joined the NFL along with the 49ers when the AAFC disbanded in 1949.

Host-selection process

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome was selected as the host site for Super Bowl XLVII

Three cities presented bids for the game:[18]

The league then selected the New Orleans bid during the NFL's Spring Ownership Meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 19, 2009.[18] This was the tenth time that the city has hosted the Super Bowl, by far the most by an individual city and once again tying with the Miami area for the most Super Bowls hosted by a metropolitan area.[18] It was the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans since the Superdome sustained damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as well as since the naming rights of the Superdome were sold to Mercedes-Benz while it was undergoing a major renovation in 2011, including the addition of Champions Square.

Because of the February 3 date of Super Bowl XLVII, the 2013 Mardi Gras calendar in Orleans Parish was changed. Parades scheduled for February 3 and before were moved ahead one week. The same situation occurred in 2002 when the 9/11 attacks caused a one-week delay in the 2001 NFL season, causing Super Bowl XXXVI to fall within the Mardi Gras parade calendar.

This was the 49ers' second Super Bowl played at the Superdome, the first being Super Bowl XXIV when they beat the Denver Broncos 55–10. The 49ers, Broncos and New England Patriots are the only teams to play two or more Super Bowls at the Superdome. The 49ers also joined the Broncos and the Colts to play two Super Bowls in two different stadiums. The 49ers won Super Bowls XXIII and XXIX in Miami at what is now known as Sun Life Stadium.

Teams

Baltimore Ravens

Main article: 2012 Baltimore Ravens season

After going 12–4 and reaching the AFC Championship Game in 2011, only to lose to the New England Patriots when Billy Cundiff missed a potential game-tying 32-yard field goal, the Ravens advanced further in 2012 to the Super Bowl after recording a 10–6 regular season record. Under head coach John Harbaugh, who was in his fifth season with the team, Baltimore upgraded their roster with players such as defensive backs Sean Considine and Corey Graham, and wide receiver Jacoby Jones. In December 2012, the Ravens fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and promoted quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell, who was previously the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2009 to 2011, as the successor.[19] With new weapons and leaders on both sides of the ball, they finished the season ranked 10th in points per game (24.9), and 12th in fewest points allowed (21.5)

In command of the offense was five year veteran Joe Flacco, who finished the season with a career high 3,817 passing yards and 22 touchdowns, with just 10 interceptions. His top targets were receivers Anquan Boldin (65 receptions, 921 yards, 4 touchdowns) and Torrey Smith (49 receptions, 855 yards, 8 touchdowns), along with tight end Dennis Pitta (61 receptions, 669 yards, 7 touchdowns). Their backfield featured two pro bowl selections, halfback Ray Rice and fullback Vonta Leach. Rice rushed for 1,143 yards and 9 touchdowns, while also hauling in 61 receptions for 478 yards and another score. Leach served effectively as his lead blocker and a receiver out of the backfield, catching 21 passes. The Ravens offensive line was led by pro bowl guard Marshal Yanda.

On special teams, Jones returned 38 kickoffs for 1,116 yards and two touchdowns, giving him a whopping 30.7 yards per return average. He also gained 341 yards and another touchdown returning punts, and caught 30 passes for 406 yards and a score. Rookie kicker Justin Tucker ranked 7th in the NFL in field goal percentage (90.9), kicking 30/33 field goals and making all 42 of his extra point attempts.

Baltimore's defensive line was anchored by pro bowl defensive end Haloti Ngata, who compiled 51 tackles and 5 sacks, along with defensive tackle Arthur Jones (47 tackles, 4.5 sacks). The Ravens also had an excellent set of linebackers, such as Paul Kruger, Dannell Ellerbe, Jameel McClain, Terrell Suggs, and Ray Lewis. Kruger led the team in sacks with 9, while Ellerbe added 92 tackles and 4.5 sacks. McClain had 79 tackles. Suggs, a ten-year veteran and five-time pro bowl selection, who had missed the first half of the regular season with a partially torn achilles tendon, made a speedy recovery and was key in the Ravens win over the Broncos in the divisional round of the playoffs with 2 sacks on Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Lewis, a 17-year veteran and 13-time pro bowl selection, had missed most of the season with an arm injury, but still managed to rack up 57 tackles in just 6 games. Then shortly before returning for the playoffs, he announced his plans to retire after the postseason, and promptly went on to amass a staggering 44 tackles in Baltimore's three playoff games.

The Ravens secondary featured pro bowl safety Ed Reed, the NFL's all time leader in interception return yardage. Reed had another statistically successful season in 2012, recording 58 tackles and 4 interceptions. Cornerback Cary Williams was also a big contributor with 4 interceptions and 75 tackles.

The team dedicated their 2012 season to former owner and founder Art Modell, who died on September 6, 2012, four days before the first regular season game.[20]

San Francisco 49ers

Main article: 2012 San Francisco 49ers season

The 49ers had recently emerged as a dominant team after nearly a decade of ineptitude. During the 80's and 90's, they had been one of the NFL top contenders, playing in nine conference championship games and winning five Super Bowls. But after a strong 2002 season, San Francisco went into a dismal slump in which they failed to make the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons. Following the end of the 2010 season, the 49ers hired Jim Harbaugh as their head coach. Harbaugh, who played 14 years in the NFL, joined the team after an impressive 12–1 season as the coach of Stanford, and in his first season with San Francisco he managed to turn their fortunes around. Aided by breakout seasons from quarterback Alex Smith and receiver Michael Crabtree, high 49ers draft picks who had taken years to emerge, San Francisco improved from a 6–10 record in 2010 to a 13–3 record in 2011 and an appearance in the NFC title game.

Smith entered the 2012 season as the starting quarterback, but missed two starts mid-season after suffering a concussion, and second-year backup Colin Kaepernick successfully filled in. A quarterback controversy then began because Smith was ranked third in the NFL in passer rating (104.1), led the league in completion percentage (70%), and had been 19–5–1 as a starter under Harbaugh, while Kaepernick was considered more dynamic with his scrambling ability and arm strength.[21][22] After Smith was fully recovered, Harbaugh chose Kaepernick as the starter for the 8–2–1 49ers, but also stated that the assignment was week-to-week and not necessarily permanent.[23] Kaepernick ended up being the starter for the rest of the season and led the team to an 11–4–1 record, throwing for 1,814 yards and 10 touchdowns, with just 3 interceptions and a 98.4 passer rating, while also rushing for 415 yards and 5 touchdowns.

San Francisco's top receiver was Crabtree, who caught 85 passes for a career high 1,105 yards and 9 touchdowns. Other key contributors to the passing game included tight end Vernon Davis (41 receptions for 538 yards and 5 touchdowns) along with offseason acquired receivers Mario Manningham and Randy Moss. Manningham had been signed away from the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, while Moss, the NFL's second all time leader in receiving yards, had been signed out of retirement after missing the previous season. The 49ers backfield featured Pro Bowl running back Frank Gore, who rushed for 1,214 yards and 8 touchdowns, while also catching 28 passes for 234 yards and another score. The team also had a strong offensive line with two Pro Bowl linemen, left tackle Joe Staley and left guard Mike Iupati.

On special teams, punter Andy Lee led the NFL in net yards per punt (43.2) and ranked 5th in gross yards per punt (48.1). He planted 36 punts inside the 20 yard line with just 5 touchbacks. Kicker David Akers had a relatively bad year overall, converting only 69% of his field goal attempts, but in the week 1 contest against the Green Bay Packers tied the NFL record for the longest field goal with a successful 63-yard attempt.

The 49ers strongest unit was their defense, which ranked 2nd in fewest points allowed per game (17.1) and sent 6 of their 11 starters to the pro bowl. Pro Bowl defensive end Justin Smith led the line with 66 tackles and 3 sacks. Behind him, all four of the team's starting linebackers—Aldon Smith, NaVorro Bowman, Patrick Willis and Ahmad Brooks—were named to the 2012 All-Pro Team, and all but Brooks made the pro bowl. Aldon Smith set a franchise record with 19.5 sacks, more than the rest of the team had combined. Willis ranked second on the team with 120 tackles and picked off two passes, while Bowman's 149 tackles were second most in the NFL. The 49ers secondary featured Pro Bowl safeties Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner.

Playoffs

Main article: 2012–13 NFL playoffs

Baltimore finished the season as the AFC North champion and the No. 4 seed in the conference. The Ravens began their playoff run at home against the #5 Indianapolis Colts in the Wild Card round in what would turn out to be Ray Lewis's final career home game. They defeated the Colts 24–9, with Flacco throwing for 288 yards and two touchdowns, while their defense held the Colts to just 9 points, 13 below their regular season average.

In the divisional round, the Ravens would face the top-seeded Denver Broncos, who came into the game with an 11-game winning streak. Baltimore fell behind late in the game, but with less then a minute left on the clock, Flacco's 70-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones sent it into overtime. Then near the end of the first overtime period, Corey Graham's interception from Peyton Manning set up Tucker's 47-yard field goal to win the game 1:42 into double overtime.

Finally, Baltimore advanced to the Super Bowl by beating the second-seeded New England Patriots 28–13 in the AFC Championship Game, avenging their previous year's lost against them, forcing three turovers, intercepting two passes from Tom Brady, and shutting them out in the second half.

As the NFC West champion and No. 2 seed in the NFC, San Francisco earned a first-round bye. The 49ers started their playoff run against the #3 Green Bay Packers in the divisional round. Jim Harbuagh's decision to start Kaepernick for the playoffs came into immediate question when he threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Sam Shields on their opening drive, but this turned out to be the only miscue he would make for the rest of the game, as well as the only interception he would throw in the playoffs. By the end of the game, Kaepernick racked up 444 total yards (more than the entire Packers team), including 181 rushing yards, the NFL single game record for rushing yards by a quarterback, as the 49ers went on to win easily, 45–31.

They then faced the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game, where they quickly fell behind 17–0 in the first half. No team in NFC championship history had ever overcome a deficit that big, but the 49ers proved up to the challenge, cutting the score to 24–21 going into the final quarter. Late in the game, their comeback hopes suffered a setback when Crabtree lost a fumble on the 1-yard line as he was going in for the leading score. However, their defense forced a punt, and Ted Ginn Jr.'s 20-yard return set up a touchdown run by Gore. The defense then held firm, forcing a turnover on downs at their 10-yard line to secure the victory.

Pregame notes

As the 49ers were the designated home team in the annual rotation between AFC and NFC teams, San Francisco elected to wear their red jerseys, which they wore in Super Bowls XIX, XXIII and XXIX.[24] The Ravens wore white jerseys as they did in Super Bowl XXXV, but with black pants this time instead of white.[25]

Much of the pregame media hype centered around the Harbaugh brothers, and how their father Jack, a former college football head coach, raised them. On January 24, Jack, along with his wife Jackie and daughter Joani, conducted a media conference call, answering questions about John and Jim. Jackie jokingly asked if the game could end in a tie, before stating that the family was staying neutral but remain excited that both John and Jim brought their respective teams to the Super Bowl.[26] The Harbaugh brothers then conducted a joint press conference on the Friday before the game, which is unusual for opposing Super Bowl coaches, but was done because of the historic nature of the game.[27]

Broadcasting

Television

United States

The game was carried by CBS in the United States, with Jim Nantz calling play-by-play and Phil Simms as color analyst. For the second consecutive year, the game was broadcast for free on Internet television on the host network's website, in this case CBSSports.com. CBS introduced a modified graphics package for the game, replacing the font that had been in use since 2006 with the font the network uses for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (the same font Turner Sports uses for TNT's National Basketball Association coverage).

On November 5, 2012, CBS announced that a special episode of Elementary would be the lead-out program of this Super Bowl.[28]

Commercials

According to CBS, the price of a 30-second advertisement hit a record high US $4,000,000.[29] General Motors announced it would not advertise on the game, citing the advertising costs.[30]

Adbowl had a special theme this year for the Super Bowl, called "Catbowl 2013," which pitted the best commercials by votes with cat videos to see which one is more popular.[31]

The advertisers for Super Bowl XLVII included Mercedes-Benz, Gildan, Samsung, BlackBerry, Kraft Foods, Subway, Taco Bell, Procter & Gamble, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Sodastream, PepsiCo (including entries in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest), Axe, Audi, Kia Motors, Ford Motor Company, Wonderful Pistachios, GoDaddy, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios and perpetual Super Bowl advertiser Anheuser-Busch.[32][33][34][35][36] Dodge ran a two-minute commercial based on the Paul Harvey speech So God Made a Farmer.

International broadcasters

Radio

In the United States, the game was carried nationwide on radio over the Dial Global radio network, with Kevin Harlan as play-by-play announcer, Boomer Esiason as color analyst, and James Lofton and Mark Malone as sideline reporters. Univision Radio broadcasted the game in Spanish.

Each team's flagship station also carried the game: WIYY and WBAL carried the game in Baltimore, with Gerry Sandusky on play-by-play and Stan White and Qadry Ismail on color commentary. In San Francisco, the game was broadcasted on KSAN-FM and KNBR, with Ted Robinson on play-by-play, Eric Davis on color commentary, and Rod Brooks reporting from the sidelines. Both WBAL and KNBR were clear-channel stations, which allowed the local commentaries to be heard throughout the Eastern and Western United States, respectively.

Internationally, the game was carried on radio as follows:

Sirius XM Radio and NFL Audio Pass carried the local, Dial Global, and select international audio feeds.[41]

Entertainment

Pregame

On January 18, 2013, the league announced that Alicia Keys would sing the national anthem.[62] Keys stated that she would not perform the song traditionally and instead would perform it as if it were "a brand new song."[63]

Jennifer Hudson and a chorus of several students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the shooting on December 14, 2012, performed "America the Beautiful".[64][65]

Halftime

On October 16, 2012, Beyoncé was chosen as the headline performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, with a reunited Destiny's Child also appearing as part of the show. Despite initial reports that mentioned that he was a potential collaborator on the show, Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z, did not make an appearance.[66][67]

Contest

Myles Wilkinson was the winner of the Fantasy Football contest, beating more than 4 million other entrants winning him a free trip to the Super Bowl by the sponsor. However, attempting to board his connecting flight in Toronto, he was denied entry into the United States because of a pot conviction for having 2 grams in 1981. Instead, he was offered admittance to a company party in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada. [68]

Game summary

San Francisco was hurt by penalties and turnovers early in the game as the Ravens built a 21-6 first half lead. On their first play of the opening drive, tight end Vernon Davis' 20-yard reception was called back by an illegal formation penalty. The team ended up punting after three plays, and Jacoby Jones returned the ball 17 yards to the Ravens 49-yard line. Baltimore then drove 51 yards and scored on Joe Flacco's 13-yard touchdown pass to receiver Anquan Boldin. On the previous play, Flacco had thrown an incompletion on third down, but an offsides penalty against linebacker Ahmed Brooks gave him a second chance, and he took full advantage of it.

San Francisco responded on their next possession, moving the ball 62 yards in 12 plays, with quarterback Colin Kaepernick completing a 19-yard pass to Michael Crabtree and a 24-yarder to Davis. David Akers finished the drive with a 36-yard field goal to cut the score to 7-3. Baltimore responded with a drive to the 49ers 37-yard line, featuring a 30-yard catch by Boldin. But on the last play of the first quarter, Flacco was sacked for a 5-yard loss by defensive tackle Ray McDonald, pushing the Ravens out of field goal range and forcing a punt.

Three plays into the 49ers next drive, linebacker Courtney Upshaw forced a fumble from running back LaMichael James, and Baltimore's Aurther Jones recovered it on the Ravens 25-yard line. Flacco then completed two key passes to tight end Ed Dickson for 37 yards, with a facemask penalty against Donte Whitner on the second one adding another 15, as the team drove 75 yards and scored on Dennis Pitta's 1-yard touchdown catch. On the first play of the next drive, Kaepernick was intercepted by Ed Reed, the first interception ever thrown by San Francisco in their six Super Bowls, who returned the ball 6 yards to the 49ers 38-yard line. Baltimore subsequently drove to the 14, but came up empty when rookie kicker Justin Tucker was tackled 1-yard short while trying to run for a first down on a fake field goal play.

San Francisco was forced to a three-and-out on the drive, and Jones returned their punt 11 yards to the Ravens 44. Two plays later, Jones made a falling catch deep down the field, then got back up and eluded two 49ers defensive backs en route to a 56-yard touchdown reception, making the score 21-3 with less then two minutes to go in the first half. But this time San Francisco managed to respond, aided by a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty against Haloti Ngata and two receptions by tight end Delanie Walker for 42 yards. On the last play of the half, Akers kicked his second field goal to cut their deficit to 21-6.

On the second half kickoff, Jones received the ball in the back of the end zone and raced down the field untouched for a 108-yard touchdown return, increasing the Ravens lead to 28-6. It was the longest kickoff return in NFL history, and tied the record for the longest play of any kind ever in the NFL.

Shortly into the 49ers next drive,a blown transformer[69] outside the venue caused a stadium power outage, causing play to be suspended for 34 minutes.[70]

After play resumed, both teams punted once. Then San Francisco drove 80 yards, with Kaepernick rushing for 15 and completing an 18-yard pass to Davis before finishing the drive with a pass to Crabtree, who broke through two potential Ravens tacklers on the way to a 31-yard touchdown reception. Then Baltimore was forced to punt from their own 9 following Brooks' 8-yard sack of Flacco on third down, and Ted Ginn, Jr. returned the ball 32 yards to the 20 before being shoved out of bounds by punter Sam Koch. Kaepernick completed a 14-yard pass to Davis on the next play, and Gore followed it up with a 6-yard touchdown run, cutting the score to 28-20.

On the second play of the fourth quarter, Baltimore lost their first turnover when defensive back Tarell Brown forced and recovered a fumble from Ray Rice on the Ravens 25-yard line. Three plays later, Akers missed a 39-yard field goal attempt, but Baltimore's Chykie Brown was penalized for running into the kicker, and Akers' second attempt was good from 34 yards, trimming the lead to 28-23.

The Ravens responded on their ensuing possession, moving the ball 77 yards and scoring to the San Francisco 1-yard line, with Boldin catching two passes for 39 yards. But they were unable to get into the end zone and settled for Tucker's 19-yard field goal to put them back up by 8 points, 31-23. San Francisco stormed back, scoring in just five plays. Following a 32-yard reception by Randy Moss and a 21-yard burst by Gore, Kaepernick took the ball across the goal line on a 15-yard run, the longest touchdown run by a quarterback in Super Bowl history. However, the two-point conversion failed, so the 49ers were unable to break the deficit, still trailing at 31-29.

On the Ravens ensuing drive, Boldin caught two passes for 22 yards and Rice rushed for 11 as the team moved the ball 55 yards and scored on Tucker's 38-yard field goal, making the score 34-29 with 4:19 left in Regulation. San Francisco used up two timeouts on their next drive, but managed to move the ball to a first and goal on the Ravens 7-yard with with a 24-yard catch by Crabtree and a 33-yard run by Gore.

With four chances to take the lead, San Francisco started out with a 2-yard run by James to the 5-yard line. Then Keapernick threw two incompletions, bringing up fourth down. On their last chance, Kaepernick tried to throw the ball to Crabtree in the end zone, but it was too far ahead and the pass fell incomplete. Defensive back Jimmy Smith had made contact with Crabtree prior to the ball arriving, but no penalty was called and the 49ers turned the ball over on downs with 1:46 left in the game.

San Francisco managed to force a three and out on the Ravens next drive, but by the team they reached fourth down, only 11 seconds remained. Then Koch ran the clock down to 4 seconds before giving up an intentional safety by running out of the end zone. On the final play of the game, Ginn returned the free kick 31 yards, but was tackled at midfield as time expired.

Boldin was the Ravens leading receiver with 6 receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown. Jones returned 5 kickoffs for 208 yards and a touchdown, two punts for 28 yards, and caught a 56-yard touchdown pass. He was the first player ever to score a touchdown on offense and special teams in the Super Bowl, and his 292 all-purpose yards were also a Super Bowl record. Paul Kruger had three tackles and two sacks, while Reed had five tackles and an interception. Reed's interception gave him 9 career postseason picks, tying the NFL record. Dannell Ellerbe had nine tackles, while Ray Lewis had seven tackles in the final game of his 17-season career.

For San Francisco, Kaepernick finished 16/28 for 302 yards and a touchdown, with 1 interception, while also rushing for 62 yards and another score. His 62 rushing yards were the second highest total by a quarterback in the Super Bowl, behind Steve McNair's record of 64. Gore rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown. Crabtree caught 5 passes for 109 yards and a score, while Davis caught 6 for 104. His 104 receiving yards tied Dan Ross' record for most the ever by a tight end in a Super Bowl. Patrick Willis was the top tackler of the game with 10, while Brooks had five tackles and a sack.

Box score

Final Ravens 34 - 49ers 31

Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Ravens 7 14 7634
49ers 3 3 17831

at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: February 3, 2013
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium)
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
  • Ravens: Flacco 1 yard TD pass to Pitta 7:15 (Tucker kick good)
  • Ravens: Flacco 56 yard TD pass to J. Jones 1:58 (Tucker kick good)
  • 49ers: Akers 27 yard FG 0:03
Third quarter
  • Ravens: J. Jones 108 yard kickoff return 15:00 (Tucker kick good)
  • 49ers: Kaepernick 31 yard TD pass to Crabtree 7:28 (Akers kick good)
  • 49ers: Gore 6 yard TD run 5:05 (Akers kick good)
  • 49ers: Akers 21 yard FG 3:14
Fourth quarter
  • Ravens: Tucker 19 yard FG 12:57
  • 49ers: Kaepernick 15 yard TD run 10:04 (2 point conversion attempt failed - Kaepernick incomplete pass)
  • Ravens: Tucker 38 yard FG 4:23
  • 49ers: Koch -8 yard run, tackled in own end zone for a safety 0:12

Statistics and records

  • Jacoby Jones tied an NFL league record and set a Super Bowl record for longest kickoff return in a Super Bowl with a 108-yard return to open up the second half.[71][72]
  • The Ravens scored the same amount of points (34) in both of their Super Bowl appearances. Meanwhile, the 49ers became just the second team to lose the Super Bowl and score more than 30 points after the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII; in both cases, the losing team scored 31 points

Statistical comparison

Individual leaders

Starting lineups

Baltimore Position Position San Francisco
OFFENSE
Torrey Smith WR Michael Crabtree
Anquan Boldin WR LT Joe Staley
Bryant McKinnie LT LG Mike Iupati
Kelechi Osemele LG C Jonathan Goodwin
Matt Birk C RG Alex Boone
Marshal Yanda RG RT Anthony Davis
Michael Oher RT TE Vernon Davis
Jacoby Jones WR Randy Moss
Joe Flacco QB TE Delanie Walker
Vonta Leach FB RB Frank Gore
Ray Rice RB QB Colin Kaepernick
DEFENSE
Haloti Ngata DT LDT Ray McDonald
Ma'ake Kemoeatu NT Isaac Sopoaga
Arthur Jones DE RDT Justin Smith
Terrell Suggs OLB Ahmad Brooks
Dannell Ellerbe ILB NaVorro Bowman
Ray Lewis ILB Patrick Willis
Courtney Upshaw OLB Aldon Smith
Corey Graham LCB Carlos Rogers
Bernard Pollard SS RCB Tarrell Brown
Ed Reed FS Dashon Goldson
Cary Williams RCB SS Donte Whitner

Officials

  • Referee – Jerome Boger[73]
  • Umpire – Darrell Jenkins
  • Head Linesman – Steve Stelljes
  • Line Judge – Byron Boston
  • Field Judge – Craig Wrolstad
  • Side Judge – Joe Larrew
  • Back Judge – Dino Paganelli

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