"The Charbor Chronicles": Super Bowl XXVII Memories

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Super Bowl XXVII Memories

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Super Bowl XXVII Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17. Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Alvin Harper. Rose Bowl Stadium, MVP Troy Aikman, Favorite Cowboys by 6.5, National anthem Garth Brooks, Coin toss O.J. Simpson, Halftime show Michael Jackson, Attendance 98,374. Network NBC, Announcers Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy, Nielsen ratings 45.1, est. 90.99 million viewers, Market share 66, Cost of 30-second commercial US$ 850,000

Personal Memories: I had just begun going to school again, this time at an institution of higher education at Bergen Community College. Still very young, and really almost still a high school student, it felt kind of good to be the youngest, or near the youngest, bloke around. I joined the Environmental Club, and was starting to enrich my social life quite a bit. Things were really looking up for me at that point, and I recall that spring semester very fondly, perhaps even as one of the most pleasant times of my life.

This was a cool Super Bowl, with a bit of history. The Dallas Cowboys had been one of the teams that had always seemed to make the Super Bowl before I was a fan, but just like the Pittsburgh Steelers, I had just missed all of that with the first season of being a fan of the NFL in 1981. So, to see them in the Super Bowl, and to see the immediate reaction of so many people, was something to see. Also, I was very pleased that they beat the hated San Francisco 49ers when those two franchises renewed their rivalry. On the AFC side, it was awesome to watch the Buffalo Bills overcome a deficit of 32 points to mount the greatest comeback in NFL history to date, and then to qualify for a record tying third straight Super Bowl. That said, I felt bad for the Bills when they completely fell apart, particularly in the final quarter, when they went from down 31-17, with some slim hopes of still winning it, to a humiliating 52-17 route that, ironically, could actually have been worse, had Leon Lett not infamously celebrated before actually scoring what should have been an easy touchdown.

http://www.infoplease.com/year/1993.html

Here are some of the major events that took place in 1993, the year this Super Bowl was played. The world's population was 5.522 billion people. The Maastrict Treaty effectively created the European Union. Vaclav Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic. South Africa adopted a constitution that gave the majority the rule over the country. An Israeli-Palestinian Accord was reached. The British House of Commons passed the European Unity pact. In Somalia, 22 United Nations troops were killed. China broke the nuclear weapons test moratorium. Russian President Boris Yeltsin crushed a revolt in the Russian Parliament. Just days before Super Bowl XXVII, Bill Clinton took the oath of office to become the 42nd President of the United States.

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