Super Bowl XXXVII
Super Bowl XXXVII was the thirty-seventh Super Bowl game. It featured a match up between the NFC Champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the AFC Champions, the Oakland Raiders. Tampa Bay won the game 48-21. The halftime show featured Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting.
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| Date | January 26, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dexter Jackson, Safety | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Raiders by 4[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Carollo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 67,603[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Buccaneers: Derrick Brooks, Warren Sapp Raiders: Al Davis (owner/general manager), Tim Brown, Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Dixie Chicks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coin toss | 1972 Miami Dolphins: Don Shula, Bob Griese, Larry Csonka, Larry Little, Jim Langer, Nick Buoniconti, Paul Warfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Shania Twain, No Doubt, and Sting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels, John Madden, Melissa Stark and Lynn Swann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 40.7 (est. 88.6 million viewers)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Market share | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of 30-second commercial | US$2.1 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This game was especially notable as it pitted first year head coach of the Buccaneers Jon Gruden against the team he had coached just the season before. Gruden was traded to the Buccaneers in exchange for multiple draft picks and 8 million dollars in cash in the off-season.[5]
Super Bowl XXXVII Media
Sailors watching Super Bowl XXXVII in the hangar bay of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
References
- ↑ DiNitto, Marcus (January 25, 2015). "Super Bowl Betting History – Underdogs on Recent Roll". The Linemakers. Sporting News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Super Bowl History". Vegas Insider. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Super Bowl Winners". NFL.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ↑ Farmer, Sam (February 19, 2002). "Gruden Gets Big Bucs, Raiders Get Draft Picks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
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