"1999 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 1999 season, see Super Bowl XXXIV.
Super Bowl XXXIII
Denver Broncos (1) (AFC) (14–2)
Atlanta Falcons (2) (NFC) (14–2)
34
19
Head coach: Mike Shanahan
Head coach: Dan Reeves
1
2
3
4
Total
DEN
7
10
0
17
34
ATL
3
3
0
13
19
Date
January 31, 1999 (1999-01-31)
Stadium
Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida
MVP
John Elway, quarterback
Favorite
Broncos by 7.5[1][2]
Referee
Bernie Kukar
Attendance
74,803[3]
Hall of Famers
Broncos: Pat Bowlen (owner), Steve Atwater, Terrell Davis, John Elway, Shannon Sharpe Falcons: Morten Andersen
Ceremonies
National anthem
Cher[4]
Coin toss
Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Frank Gifford, Roosevelt Brown, Don Maynard, Sam Huff and Tom Landry
Halftime show
Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
TV in the United States
Network
Fox
Announcers
Pat Summerall, John Madden, Ron Pitts and Bill Maas
Nielsen ratings
40.2 (est. 83.7 million viewers)[5]
Market share
61
Cost of 30-second commercial
$1.6 million
Radio in the United States
Network
Westwood One
Announcers
Howard David, Matt Millen and John Dockery
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Super Bowl
XXXIV →
Super Bowl XXXIII was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and defending Super Bowl XXXII champion Denver Broncos and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1998 season. The Broncos defeated the Falcons by the score of 34–19, winning their second consecutive Super Bowl, and becoming the first franchise to record consecutive Super Bowl victories & defeats. The game was played on January 31, 1999, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida (now part of the suburb of Miami Gardens, which became a separate city in 2003).
The defending Super Bowl champion Broncos entered the game with an AFC-best 14–2 regular season record. The Falcons, under former Denver head coach Dan Reeves, were making their first Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 14–2 regular season record.
Aided by quarterback John Elway's 80-yard touchdown pass to receiver Rod Smith, Denver scored 17 consecutive points to build a 17–3 lead in the second quarter from which Atlanta could not recover. In the final game of his career before his announced retirement on May 2, 1999, Elway completed 18 of 29 passes for 336 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and also scored a 3-yard rushing touchdown. At 38 years old, Elway became the oldest player to be named Super Bowl MVP, a record that stood until Tom Brady surpassed it in 2017 at the age of 39, coincidentally also against Atlanta.
^DiNitto, Marcus (January 25, 2015). "Super Bowl Betting History – Underdogs on Recent Roll". 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 XXXIII Box Score: Denver 34, Atlanta 19". SuperBowl.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. February 1, 1999. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^"History of Super Bowl Entertainment" (PDF). 2019 NFL Postsesason Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. January 3, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^"Historical Super Bowl Nielsen TV Ratings, 1967–2009 – Ratings". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
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