Top 10 WORST Super Bowl Moments of All Time

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From epic fails to heartbreaking mistakes, we're diving into the most cringe-worthy moments in Super Bowl history. These blunders will make football fans squirm as we count down the most embarrassing plays that changed the course of championship games forever!

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00:00I cannot believe the call.

00:01You've got Marshawn Lynch in the backfield."

00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most painful or embarrassing

00:08moments in Super Bowl history.

00:10We'll only be looking at game-related moments, so sorry, Christina Aguilera, your national

00:14anthem fumble belongs on a different list.

00:16He's being chased by Beebe!

00:18Watch out!

00:19Did he get across?

00:20No, they are not.

00:22That's going to be a touchback!

00:25Number 10.

00:26Garrow's gaffe, Super Bowl VII

00:28This contest between Miami and Washington was shaping up to be pretty uneventful.

00:32We have a team coming in here undefeated, untied, the Miami Dolphins.

00:36No team has ever come into the Super Bowl with an unblemished record.

00:39No team has ever won 17 games in a row in a professional football season.

00:44Miami's shooting for that record today.

00:46Miami held their opponents scoreless until the final few minutes of the game, when Dolphins

00:50kicker Garrow Yipremian lined up for a field goal to make the score 17-0.

00:54Unfortunately, the kick was blocked, instead of scooping up the loose ball and running

00:58out of bounds or even just taking a sack, Yipremian attempted a, let's call it, a pass.

01:03Here's Yipremian.

01:04He lost the ball out of his hands, and it flops into the hands of Mike Bass, who made

01:10a good run here down the sideline.

01:12It was tipped, and Washington defensive back Mike Bass snagged it and ran it back for a

01:16touchdown.

01:17The Dolphins still won, but Yipremian's foolish mistake came to be known as Garrow's gaffe.

01:21Imagine going down in NFL history for that.

01:23I feel great that we won the game, but I feel very bad that I tried to be a pass throw.

01:279.

01:28Cam Newton's fumble

01:29Super Bowl 50.

01:30With four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Carolina Panthers had the ball down 10-16

01:35against the Denver Broncos.

01:36Second and nine, and Newton's passed wide of the mark.

01:40Quarterback Cam Newton had recently been named MVP, and the setup seemed perfect for him

01:44to lead his team down the field for a touchdown and the victory.

01:47But Broncos legend Vaughn Miller had other ideas.

01:50He stripped the ball from Newton for the second time in the game.

01:53Instead of diving on it immediately, Newton backed away from the pile of men trying to

02:05recover the ball.

02:06Denver's T.J.

02:07Ward finally managed to gain possession at Carolina's four-yard line.

02:11Just a few plays later, the Broncos scored, sealing their win and earning a second Lombardi

02:15trophy for Peyton Manning.

02:178.

02:18Wide right

02:19Super Bowl 25.

02:25The Buffalo Bills had a string of bad Super Bowl luck in the early 90s, losing four in

02:29a row and started in 1991 with what had to be the most heartbreaking loss of them all

02:41against the New York Giants.

02:43With just eight seconds to go and down one point, the Bills lined up for a 47-yard field

02:47goal.

02:53At that point in his career, kicker Scott Norwood was one for five on kicks over 40

02:57yards.

02:58Unsurprisingly, he shanked it wide right and the Bills lost 20-19.

03:01Game analysts later noticed the holder, Frank Reich, had lined the laces up incorrectly,

03:05possibly causing the miss.

03:07Either way, Norwood's name is the one that went down in infamy.

03:127.

03:14Safety on the first play

03:15Super Bowl 48.

03:17This game was painful to watch from the very beginning, unless of course you're a Seahawks

03:20fan.

03:21The Seahawks won the toss but put their defense out on the field.

03:25That set the tone right there to let you know, we come to play and we come to play defense

03:30first.

03:31On the first play from scrimmage, Peyton Manning appeared to call it for the snap, then stepped

03:34forward to call an audible.

03:36Center Manny Ramirez didn't realize the quarterback had moved and snapped the ball anyway.

03:40Twelve seconds into the game leads to two points right off the bat, the quickest score

03:46in the history of the Super Bowl.

03:48It sailed past Manning's head and into the end zone, where Bronco Noshon Moreno recovered

03:53it.

03:54He was taken down, resulting in a safety at only 12 seconds into the game.

03:57It set a record for the fastest score to start a Super Bowl, and the Seahawks went on to

04:01rout the Broncos 43-8.

04:02Pete Carroll is a Super Bowl-winning head coach, getting a hug from Russell Wilson,

04:08who he drafted in the third round.

04:106.

04:11Jackie Smith's drop touchdown

04:13Super Bowl XIII.

04:14Smith was a star tight end in the league for 16 years, but this is probably the play he's

04:18most famous for.

04:19When the Cowboys faced the Steelers in 1979, they were down 21-14 at the half.

04:24The end of the first half, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Super Bowl XIII with a score of

04:29Pittsburgh 21, the Dallas Cowboys 14.

04:33Near the end of the third quarter, the Cowboys had a third down on the 10-yard line.

04:36Quarterback Roger Staubach took the snap and found Smith wide open in the end zone.

04:40He fired the ball for what should have been an easy TD, but it bounced off Smith's chest

04:44instead.

04:45The tight end appeared to lose his footing as he bent down to make the play, though he

04:55later acknowledged that he should have made the catch.

04:58The Cowboys would lose that game by just four points.

05:005.

05:01John Casey's kickoff goes out of bounds

05:14Super Bowl XXXVIII.

05:16The fourth quarter of this game was electric, with the Panthers and Patriots scoring a combined

05:2037 points in 15 minutes of play.

05:28The Panthers completed a touchdown pass to tie the game at 29 with a minute 8 to go.

05:32If they could hold off the Pats, this game would be the first Super Bowl ever to go to

05:35overtime.

05:36However, John Casey's kickoff went way out of bounds, giving the Patriots the ball at

05:43their own 40-yard line.

05:45With Tom Brady under center and the legendary Adam Vinatieri kicking, the go-ahead field

05:49goal was a cinch.

05:50The Patriots won 32-29.

05:534.

05:57Tim Crumrye's horrifying leg break

05:59Super Bowl XXIII.

06:00After two gruesome injuries in the first eight minutes of this game, both the 49ers and the

06:05Bengals must have thought they were cursed.

06:06The Bengals' chances of winning took another big hit early in the first quarter, when a

06:11routine play changed the course of the game and Tim Crumrye's career.

06:1549ers tackle Steve Wallace broke his ankle on just the third play, but that was nothing

06:20compared to what happened to Bengals defender Tim Crumrye during the Niners' second possession.

06:24While tackling runner Roger Craig, Crumrye horrifically shattered his tibia and fibula

06:29in his left leg.

06:30I knew it was pretty bad because Tim didn't get up.

06:32Come on, Timmy.

06:33Get up, baby.

06:34I'm trying to get up, thinking to myself, you dumbass, you broke your leg.

06:39He was carted off the field but insisted on staying in the locker room to watch the game

06:42instead of going to the hospital.

06:44That was until the medics insisted he could go into shock.

06:46Crumrye had a 15-inch steel rod implanted in his leg and, amazingly, made a full recovery.

06:51I just think it was an adrenaline thing that I was excited to be in the deal and it was

06:57a self-inflicted injury.

06:58It was nobody's fault.

06:59It was my own fault.

07:00I got too damn excited.

07:01I was just too much into the game and I probably wanted it too much.

07:053.

07:06Barrett Robbins goes missing

07:07Super Bowl 37

07:09When Marissa Robbins got a phone call early in the morning the day before the Super Bowl,

07:13she knew something was wrong.

07:14You know, any time the phone rings, not normal hours before 8 o'clock, it's not good.

07:20Her husband, Raiders center Barrett Robbins, had mental health issues and had suddenly

07:24disappeared.

07:25It turned out that he had undiagnosed bipolar disorder and was experiencing a manic episode.

07:28I was out of my mind, out of control.

07:30My life was unmanageable.

07:32I was completely living in a fantasy world.

07:34Believing that the game had already been played and the Raiders had won, he'd taken a cab

07:37to Tijuana and partied all night.

07:39Although he returned to San Diego in time, coach Bill Callahan decided to keep him out

07:43of the game.

07:44The once-unstoppable Raiders O-line broke down without their leader, and the Buccaneers

07:48sacked QB Rich Gannon five times.

07:51The final score was a 48-21 blowout.

07:54I want champs, baby!

07:562.

07:57Leon's letdown

07:58Super Bowl 27

07:59When will players learn?

08:00Showboating before you've crossed the goal line is a bad idea.

08:03It's a teaching lesson for me to always finish, but also to never give up.

08:08During the fourth quarter, the Cowboys sacked Bill's quarterback Frank Reich and stripped

08:11the ball.

08:12The Cowboys' defensive lineman Leon Lett scooped up the ball and ran it 64 yards for what should

08:17have been an easy touchdown.

08:18However, before he reached the end zone, he slowed down and held the ball out in a premature

08:22celebration.

08:23Leon Lett would have scored, but he slowed down to celebrate at the five-yard line, and

08:29when he did, Don Beebe, hustling, stripped it away.

08:33Bill's wide receiver Don Beebe came flying up from behind and popped the ball out of

08:37Lett's hand.

08:38It went out of the end zone for a touchback.

08:40Lucky for Lett, the Cowboys were already up 35 points by then.

08:43The fumble was embarrassing, but at least it didn't cost them the game.

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09:041.

09:06The Seahawks throw the game away

09:08Super Bowl 49

09:09You're the Seattle Seahawks, and you're down 28-24 against the Patriots in the Super

09:13Bowl.

09:14It's second and goal on the one-yard line with 27 seconds left.

09:21You give the ball to all-pro running back Marshawn Lynch for an easy touchdown, right?

09:25Apparently not.

09:26Pete Carroll called a pass play, which was picked off by Malcolm Butler.

09:3120 seconds and one massive brawl later, it was over.

09:37The loss was shocking, but no one was more surprised than Seattle cornerback Jeremy Lane.

09:42He had broken his wrist and tore his ACL earlier.

09:45He woke up from surgery to see his team on the one-yard line, then fell back asleep thinking

09:50he'd be bringing home a ring.

09:51He found out the reality the next day.

09:52There's a lot of bright sunshine right now in Foxboro and all over New England.

09:57Which of these Super Bowl moments made you cringe?

09:59Let us know in the comments below.

10:01Half the power in New Orleans Stadium, the Superdome here, is out.

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