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furious second half comeback attempt to win 31–24, avenging their elimination from a year earlier. The Panthers then blew
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out the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game, 49–15, racking up 487 yards and forcing seven turnovers.
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The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round, 23–16, by scoring 11 points in the final three minutes
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of the game. They then beat the defending Super Bowl XLIX champion New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, 20–18,
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by intercepting a pass on New England's 2-point conversion attempt with 17 seconds left on the clock. Despite Manning's
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problems with interceptions during the season, he didn't throw any in their two playoff games.
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Carolina suffered a major setback when Thomas Davis, an 11-year veteran who had already overcome three ACL tears in his
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career, went down with a broken arm in the NFC Championship Game. Despite this, he insisted he would still find a way to
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play in the Super Bowl. His prediction turned out to be accurate.
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Peyton Manning became the first quarterback ever to lead two different teams to multiple Super Bowls. He is also the oldest
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quarterback ever to play in a Super Bowl at age 39. The past record was held by John Elway, who led the Broncos to victory
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in Super Bowl XXXIII at age 38 and is currently Denver's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General
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Manager.
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This was the first Super Bowl to feature a quarterback on both teams who was the #1 pick in their draft classes. Manning was
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the #1 selection of the 1998 NFL draft, while Newton was picked first in 2011. The matchup also pits the top two picks of
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the 2011 draft against each other: Newton for Carolina and Von Miller for Denver. Manning and Newton also set the record for
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the largest age difference between opposing Super Bowl quarterbacks at 13 years and 48 days (Manning was 39, Newton was 26).
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With Rivera having been a linebacker with the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX, and Kubiak replacing Elway at the end of the
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Broncos' defeats in Super Bowls XXI and XXIV, this will be the first Super Bowl in which both head coaches played in the
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game themselves.
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Concerns were raised over whether Levi's Stadium's field was of a high enough quality to host a Super Bowl; during the
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inaugural season, the field had to be re-sodded multiple times due to various issues, and during a week 6 game earlier in
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the 2015 season, a portion of the turf collapsed under Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, causing him to slip and miss a
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field goal, although the field has not had any major issues since. As is customary for Super Bowl games played at natural
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grass stadiums, the NFL re-sodded the field with a new playing surface; a hybrid Bermuda 419 turf. NFL and Atlanta Braves
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field director Ed Mangan stated that the field was in "great shape" for gameday. However, the turf showed problem throughout
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the game, with a number of players needing to change their cleats during the game and player slipping during plays all
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throughout the game.
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As the designated home team in the annual rotation between AFC and NFC teams, the Broncos elected to wear their road white
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jerseys with matching white pants. Elway stated, "We've had Super Bowl success in our white uniforms." The Broncos last wore
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matching white jerseys and pants in the Super Bowl in Super Bowl XXXIII, Elway's last game as Denver QB, when they defeated
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the Atlanta Falcons 34–19. In their only other Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XXXII, Denver wore blue jerseys, which was their
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primary color at the time. They also lost Super Bowl XXI when they wore white jerseys, but they are 0-4 in Super Bowls when
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wearing orange jerseys, losing in Super Bowl XII, XXII, XXIV, and XLVIII. The only other AFC champion team to have worn
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white as the designated home team in the Super Bowl was the Pittsburgh Steelers; they defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 in
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Super Bowl XL 10 seasons prior. The Broncos' decision to wear white meant the Panthers would wear their standard home
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uniform: black jerseys with silver pants.
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The Panthers used the San Jose State practice facility and stayed at the San Jose Marriott. The Broncos practiced at Stanford
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University and stayed at the Santa Clara Marriott.
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On June 4, 2014, the NFL announced that the practice of branding Super Bowl games with Roman numerals, a practice established
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at Super Bowl V, would be temporarily suspended, and that the game would be named using Arabic numerals as Super Bowl 50 as
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opposed to Super Bowl L. The use of Roman numerals will be reinstated for Super Bowl LI. Jaime Weston, the league's vice
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president of brand and creative, explained that a primary reason for the change was the difficulty of designing an
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aesthetically pleasing logo with the letter "L" using the standardized logo template introduced at Super Bowl XLV. The logo
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also deviates from the template by featuring large numerals, colored in gold, behind the Vince Lombardi Trophy, instead of
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underneath and in silver as in the standard logo.
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Various gold-themed promotions and initiatives were held throughout the 2015 NFL season to tie into the "Golden Super Bowl";
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gold-tinted logos were implemented across the NFL's properties and painted on fields, the numbering of the 50-yard line on
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fields was colored gold, and beginning on week 7, all sideline jackets and hats featured gold-trimmed logos. Gold footballs
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were given to each high school that has had a player or coach appear in the Super Bowl, and "homecoming" events were also
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held by Super Bowl-winning teams at games.
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The annual NFL Experience was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. In addition, "Super Bowl City" opened on January
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30 at Justin Herman Plaza on The Embarcadero, featuring games and activities that will highlight the Bay Area's technology,
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culinary creations, and cultural diversity. More than 1 million people are expected to attend the festivities in San
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Francisco during Super Bowl Week. San Francisco mayor Ed Lee said of the highly visible homeless presence in this area "they
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are going to have to leave". San Francisco city supervisor Jane Kim unsuccessfully lobbied for the NFL to reimburse San
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Francisco for city services in the amount of $5 million.
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In addition, there are $2 million worth of other ancillary events, including a week-long event at the Santa Clara Convention
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Center, a beer, wine and food festival at Bellomy Field at Santa Clara University, and a pep rally. A professional
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fundraiser will aid in finding business sponsors and individual donors, but still may need the city council to help fund the
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event. Additional funding will be provided by the city council, which has announced plans to set aside seed funding for the
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event.
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The game's media day, which was typically held on the Tuesday afternoon prior to the game, was moved to the Monday evening
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and re-branded as Super Bowl Opening Night. The event was held on February 1, 2016 at SAP Center in San Jose. Alongside the
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traditional media availabilities, the event featured an opening ceremony with player introductions on a replica of the
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Golden Gate Bridge.
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For the first time, the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee and the NFL have openly sought disabled veteran and lesbian, gay,
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bisexual and transgender-owned businesses in Business Connect, the Super Bowl program that provides local companies with
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contracting opportunities in and around the Super Bowl. The host committee has already raised over $40 million through
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sponsors including Apple, Google, Yahoo!, Intel, Gap, Chevron, and Dignity Health.
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The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee has vowed to be "the most giving Super Bowl ever", and will dedicate 25 percent of all money
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it raises for philanthropic causes in the Bay Area. The committee created the 50 fund as its philanthropic initiative and
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focuses on providing grants to aid with youth development, community investment and sustainable environments.
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In addition to the Vince Lombardi Trophy that all Super Bowl champions receive, the winner of Super Bowl 50 will also receive
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a large, 18-karat gold-plated "50". Each digit will weigh 33 lb (15 kg) for a total of 66 lb (30 kg). Like the Lombardi
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Trophy, the "50" will be designed by Tiffany & Co.
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In the United States, the game was televised by CBS, as part of a cycle between the three main broadcast television partners
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of the NFL. The network's lead broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms called the contest, with Tracy Wolfson and Evan
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Washburn on the sidelines. CBS introduced new features during the telecast, including pylon cameras and microphones along
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with EyeVision 360—an array of 36 cameras along the upper deck that can be used to provide a 360-degree view of plays and
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"bullet time" effects. (An earlier version of EyeVision was last used in Super Bowl XXXV; for Super Bowl 50, the cameras
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were upgraded to 5K resolution.)
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On December 28, 2015, ESPN Deportes announced that they had reached an agreement with CBS and the NFL to be the exclusive
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Spanish-language broadcaster of the game, marking the third dedicated Spanish-language broadcast of the Super Bowl. Unlike
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NBC and Fox, CBS does not have a Spanish-language outlet of its own that could broadcast the game (though per league policy,
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a separate Spanish play-by-play call was carried on CBS's second audio program channel for over-the-air viewers). The game
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was called by ESPN Deportes' Monday Night Football commentary crew of Alvaro Martin and Raul Allegre, and sideline reporter
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John Sutcliffe. ESPN Deportes broadcast pre-game and post-game coverage, while Martin, Allegre, and Sutcliffe contributed
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English-language reports for ESPN's SportsCenter and Mike & Mike.
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CBS provided digital streams of the game via CBSSports.com, and the CBS Sports apps on tablets, Windows 10, Xbox One and
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other digital media players (such as Chromecast and Roku). Due to Verizon Communications exclusivity, streaming on
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smartphones was only provided to Verizon Wireless customers via the NFL Mobile service. The ESPN Deportes Spanish broadcast
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was made available through WatchESPN.
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As opposed to broadcasts of primetime series, CBS broadcast special episodes of its late night talk shows as its lead-out
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programs for Super Bowl 50, beginning with a special episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert following the game.
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Following a break for late local programming, CBS also aired a special episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden.
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CBS set the base rate for a 30-second advertisement at $5,000,000, a record high price for a Super Bowl ad. As of January 26,
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the advertisements had not yet sold out. CBS mandated that all advertisers purchase a package covering time on both the
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television and digital broadcasts of the game, meaning that for the first time, digital streams of the game would carry all
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national advertising in pattern with the television broadcast. This would be the final year in a multi-year contract with
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