NEW ORLEANS — From blowout to blackout to shootout, Joe Flacco and
the Baltimore Ravens had just enough power to survive one of the most
electric Super Bowls ever.
The outage flipped the momentum to the San Francisco 49ers, but the
Ravens used a last-gasp defensive stand to hold on Sunday night, 34-31.
America’s biggest sporting event came to a half-hour standstill in
the third quarter when most of the Superdome lights and the scoreboards
went dark. By then, the Ravens had a 22-point lead.
Everything changed after that, though, and the 49ers staged a
sensational rally before Ray Lewis and Co. shut it down. But there were
plenty of white-knuckle moments and the Ravens (14-6) had to make four
stops inside their 7 at the end.
For a Super Bowl with so many subplots, it almost had to end this way.
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