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Super Bowl 50 was the championship game of the 2015–16 National Football League (NFL) season. It was played on February 7, 2016, between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. The Broncos defeated the Panthers 24–10, marking their third Super Bowl victory and the first for quarterback Peyton Manning with the team. The game was the 50th iteration of the Super Bowl, considered the pinnacle of American football. The Super Bowl has grown into a significant cultural event in the United States, often celebrated as an unofficial holiday.1234

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Carolina Panthers
…to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. The following year the Panthers suffered from a “Super Bowl hangover” and won just six games, finishing with the worst record in their division. The Panthers bounced back in 2017, winning 11 games to qualify for the playoffs, which resulted in a…
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…to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. The following year the Panthers suffered from a “Super Bowl hangover” and won just six games, finishing with the worst record in their division. The Panthers bounced back in 2017, winning 11 games to qualify for the playoffs, which resulted in a…
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Denver Broncos
…down the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 to capture the third title in franchise history. Manning retired in the offseason, and the Broncos struggled to find a sound replacement in 2016, resulting in a 9–7 record and an end to the team’s five-year postseason streak.
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…down the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 to capture the third title in franchise history. Manning retired in the offseason, and the Broncos struggled to find a sound replacement in 2016, resulting in a 9–7 record and an end to the team’s five-year postseason streak.
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Gustavo Dudamel
At the 2016 Super Bowl half-time show Dudamel conducted members of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles as they performed with the band Coldplay and musicians Beyoncé and Bruno Mars. With the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dudamel later recorded Andrew Norman’s Sustain (2019) and Charles Ives’s complete symphonies (2020), both…
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At the 2016 Super Bowl half-time show Dudamel conducted members of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles as they performed with the band Coldplay and musicians Beyoncé and Bruno Mars. With the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dudamel later recorded Andrew Norman’s Sustain (2019) and Charles Ives’s complete symphonies (2020), both…
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Peyton Manning
…and another trip to the Super Bowl, where the team defeated the Carolina Panthers to capture the franchise’s first title in 17 years. He retired from professional football in March 2016, with career totals of 71,940 passing yards and 539 touchdowns. Manning was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of…
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…and another trip to the Super Bowl, where the team defeated the Carolina Panthers to capture the franchise’s first title in 17 years. He retired from professional football in March 2016, with career totals of 71,940 passing yards and 539 touchdowns. Manning was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of…
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Von Miller
At the 2016 Super Bowl, Miller produced one of the greatest individual defensive efforts in the event’s history, recording two and a half sacks, forcing two fumbles (the first of which was recovered in the end zone for Denver’s opening touchdown), and continuously harassing the opposing Carolina…
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At the 2016 Super Bowl, Miller produced one of the greatest individual defensive efforts in the event’s history, recording two and a half sacks, forcing two fumbles (the first of which was recovered in the end zone for Denver’s opening touchdown), and continuously harassing the opposing Carolina…
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Super Bowl Sunday
An Unofficial Holiday
…however, because it marks the 50th time it has been played since its inception in 1967.
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…however, because it marks the 50th time it has been played since its inception in 1967.
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