"In compiling the facts
and details for this book, Randy and I have had the pleasure of hearing stories
from players, coaches, executives, and broadcasters, spanning six decades of
great football. I learned more than I ever thought I would about the game I
love."-Jerry Rice As a three-time Super Bowl winner and Super Bowl MVP,
Jerry Rice has firsthand knowledge of what it takes to win championships. In
this celebration of the biggest game in professional sports, Rice counts down
the fifty greatest moments from the grand, fifty-year history of the Super
Bowl. Through scores of first-person accounts from the players and coaches
themselves, readers get new and intimate perspectives on unforgettable plays
such as James Harrison's 100-yard interception return for the Pittsburgh
Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII, Butch Johnson's diving touchdown catch for the
Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway's
"helicopter" dive in Super Bowl XXXII, and how the author himself
served as a decoy on the game-winning touchdown that would cement the San
Francisco 49ers as the team of the 1980s. Together with coauthor and veteran
sportswriter Randy O. Williams, Rice also recounts the improbable moments when
role players rose to heroic heights: When the Green Bay Packers' Max McGee came
off the bench to catch the first touchdown in Super Bowl history; when a
special teams player who almost didn't make the Super Bowl roster helped the
New Orleans Saints change the tide of Super Bowl XLIV, and when a New England
defensive back with one career start made a game-saving interception at the
goal line in the final minute of Super Bowl XLIX. 50 Years, 50 Moments presents
an intimate chronicle of the plays and players that won championships, forged
dynasties, and changed the history of the NFL itself.