Super Bowl XXXVII

"Super Bowl XXXVII" featured a most interesting grudge match involving Tampa coach John Gruden against his former team the Oakland Radiers a team he had coached for four years. Tampa the NFC champ had the top ranked defense and Oakland the AFC champ had the NFL's top ranked offense so it should have been a game for the ages. Yet a good defense always beats a good offense right! From the start the Tampa D was swift and fast as it closed in and held Oakland to 21 total yards on the first 15 plays. On the other side Tampa would dominate with power football and running behind the power of the offensive line they would take a commanding 20-3 halftime lead. More of the same in the second half as Tampa would start with an 89 yard drive and score and Michael Pittman would add 100 yards rushing. Yet the defense would put the icing on the cake forcing 5 interceptions and scoring three defensive touchdowns in the 48-21 win making John Gruden the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl as Chucky got his revenge against old boss Al Davis!