Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award

The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player or Super Bowl MVP, is an award given at the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game, to the player deemed to have made the most significant impact on the outcome of the game. The winner is chosen by a panel of members of the media, and the fans. The media panel's ballots count for 80 percent of the votes while the fans' ballots count for 20 percent. The fans may vote online during the game.cite web|url=http://www.superbowl.com/mvp/|title=Super Bowl MVP|publisher=NFL|accessdate=2007-02-25] Prior to Super Bowl XXXV, only the media panel selected the MVP. [cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/24/SP140947.DTL|title=MVP Voting Takes Interaction to a New Level|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2001-01-04|accessdate=2007-02-25]

The MVP has all but once played for the winning team. Chuck Howley (Super Bowl V MVP) is the only MVP from the losing team. Most MVPs are offensive players playing at positions that score touchdowns: quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. Of the 42 Super Bowl MVPs, only 8 defensive players (2 of them co-MVPs) have won the recognition. Only once has a special teams player (kick returner Desmond Howard) won the honor. Joe Montana holds the record for earning the most Super Bowl MVPs with three.

Since Super Bowl XXV, the Super Bowl MVP is awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy, [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DC103DF933A25753C1A966958260|title=SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; The Rozelle Trophy|publisher=The New York Times|date=1990-10-10|accessdate=2007-02-25] named after the former commissioner of the NFL who served from 1960 to 1989. The award is sponsored by Cadillac and the winner is presented with a new Cadillac automobile of his choice. In previous years, the Super Bowl MVP was awarded a brand new Buick automobile and a watch.fact|date=February 2007

List of Super Bowl MVPs

uper Bowl MVP breakdown

By position

*22 quarterbacks
*7 running backs
*5 wide receivers
*2 defensive ends
*2 linebackers
*2 safeties
*1 cornerback
*1 defensive tackle
*1 kick returner/punt returner

By team

*6 Dallas CowboysCref|*
*5 Pittsburgh Steelers
*5 San Francisco 49ers
*3 New England Patriots
*3 Oakland-L.A. Raiders
*3 Washington Redskins
*3 Green Bay Packers
*3 New York Giants
*2 Denver Broncos
*2 Miami Dolphins
*1 Baltimore Ravens
*1 Chicago Bears
*1 Indianapolis Colts
*1 Kansas City Chiefs
*1 New York Jets
*1 St. Louis Rams
*1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Hall of Fame

*16 Hall of Fame players
*12 players who are eligible for the Hall of Fame, but have not been elected
*7 currently active players
*2 players who are retired, but not yet eligible for the Hall of Fame

Colleges producing 3 MVPs

*Georgia
**Jake Scott (VII)
**Terrell Davis (XXXII)
**Hines Ward (XL)
*Alabama
**Bart Starr (I, II)
**Joe Namath (III)
*Michigan
**Desmond Howard (XXXI)
**Tom Brady (XXXVI, XXXVIII)
*Notre Dame
**Joe Montana (XVI, XIX, XXIV)

Heisman Trophy winners

*Roger Staubach (VI) - 1963 Heisman Trophy Winner
*Jim Plunkett (XV) - 1970 Heisman Trophy Winner
*Marcus Allen (XVIII) - 1981 Heisman Trophy Winner
*Desmond Howard (XXXI) - 1991 Heisman Trophy Winner

ee also

*Super Bowl
*List of Super Bowl champions
*List of Super Bowl records

References

External links

*http://www.superbowl.com/mvp
*http://www.superbowl.com/history/mvps