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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

MICHAELS & COLLINSWORTH AT THE SUPER BOWL

When NBC broadcasts the Super Bowl LII on February 4 in Minneapolis, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will call their third Super Bowl together. Their first Super Bowl call was Super Bowl XLVI on NBC in February 2012, which was the most viewed program in U.S. television history at the time. Then in February 2015, they called Super Bowl XLIX, the thrilling four-point New England Patriots victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the most-watched show in U.S. TV history (average of 114.4 million viewers).

 

For Michaels, who has been called “TV’s best play-by-play announcer” by the Associated Press, this marks his 10th Super Bowl and his fourth for NBC. With Super Bowl LII Michaels will become only the second television commentator to earn 10 Super Bowl play-by-play assignments – joining former CBS and FOX announcer Pat Summerall (11).

 

In addition, Michaels’ call of this year’s NFL title game will come nearly 30 years to the day since his first Super Bowl play-by-play assignment on ABC’s broadcast of the Washington Redskins’ historic 42-10 Super Bowl XXII victory over the Denver Broncos on Jan. 31, 1988. Michaels is the only TV commentator with a Super Bowl play-by-play run of three decades.

 

For Collinsworth, the most honored studio analyst in sports television, this is his fourth time calling a Super Bowl. He previously called Super Bowl XXXIX for Fox in a three-man booth with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Collinsworth also played in two Super Bowls as a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals (XVI, XXIII).

MICHAELS AND COLLINSWORTH SUPER BOWL HISTORY

Michaels

Super Bowl XXII – San Diego          Washington 42               Denver 10                  ABC

Super Bowl XXV – Tampa              N.Y. Giants 20               Buffalo 19                      ABC

Super Bowl XXIX – Miami                San Francisco 49            San Diego 26            ABC

Super Bowl XXXIV – Atlanta              St. Louis 23                   Tennessee 16             ABC

Super Bowl XXXVII – San Diego          Tampa Bay 48               Oakland 21              ABC

Super Bowl XL – Detroit              Pittsburgh 21                 Seattle 10                      ABC

Super Bowl XLIII – Tampa              Pittsburgh 27                 Arizona 23                     NBC

Super Bowl XLVI – Indianapolis       N.Y. Giants 21               New England 17          NBC

Super Bowl XLIX – Arizona             New England 28             Seattle 24                      NBC

 

Collinsworth – Broadcaster

Super Bowl XXXIX – Jacksonville       New England 24             Philadelphia 21        FOX

Super Bowl XLVI – Indianapolis       N.Y. Giants 21               New England 17             NBC

Super Bowl XLIX – Arizona             New England 28             Seattle 24                      NBC

Collinsworth – player with Cincinnati

Super Bowl XVI – Pontiac, MI        San Francisco 26            Cincinnati 21

Super Bowl XXIII – Miami                San Francisco 20            Cincinnati 16