Super Bowl XLI
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| Date | February 4, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Dolphin Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Peyton Manning, quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Colts by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tony Corrente | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,512 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Billy Joel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | Dan Marino and Norma Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Prince and the Florida A&M University Marching 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Steve Tasker, Solomon Wilcots, Sam Ryan, and Lesley Visser | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 42.6 (national) (est. 93.2 million viewers) 50.2 (Chicago) 55.5 (Indianapolis) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 64 (national) 77 (Chicago) 83 (Indianapolis) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | US$2.6 million | ||||||||||||||||||
| Radio in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | Westwood One | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery, and Bonnie Bernstein | ||||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2006 season. The Colts defeated the Bears by the score of 29–17, winning their first championship since Super Bowl V in 1971 and fourth NFL championship overall. The game was played on February 4, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. This was the first, and to date only, Super Bowl win for an AFC South team. This was also the first major professional sports championship ever won by an Indianapolis-based team.
This was the first Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXX in which neither team was seeking its first title; however, it featured two teams ending long Super Bowl appearance droughts. The Colts, who finished with a 12–4 regular season record, were making their first Super Bowl appearance since winning Super Bowl V in the 1970 season during the team's tenure in Baltimore; they had moved to Indianapolis in 1984. Meanwhile, the Bears, who posted an NFC-best 13–3 regular season record, were making their first appearance since winning Super Bowl XX in the 1985 season.
In the first Super Bowl played in rainy conditions, the Colts overcame a 14–6 first-quarter deficit to outscore the Bears 23–3 in the last three quarters. The Bears posted the then-earliest lead in Super Bowl history when returner Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown after 14 seconds had elapsed (a record later broken in Super Bowl XLVIII when the Seattle Seahawks scored a safety 12 seconds into the game). The Colts forced five turnovers, including cornerback Kelvin Hayden's 56-yard interception return for a touchdown. Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri also scored three field goals. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP), completing 25 of 38 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown, with one interception for a passer rating of 81.8.
CBS's broadcast of the game was watched by an estimated average of 93.2 million viewers, making it at the time the fifth most watched program in U.S. television history. The halftime show, headlined by the musician Prince, peaked at 140 million viewers, and was widely acclaimed by music critics.