The 10 Most UNLIKELIEST Matchups in Super Bowl HISTORY

There's usually a general consensus at the beginning of each NFL season as to who will play in the Super Bowl. Often times that consensus is blown up. Here are the ten biggest instances of when that happened.
Sadly, due to a copyright claim from the fair-use-challenged NFL, I had to remove a short segment at the 2:35 mark following the #9 entry where I quickly discuss the 2018 Chiefs, particularly Dee Ford's inability to line up correctly. It jumps straight to the 49ers portion. Hopefully it's not too jarring. Long live our mighty overlords and our god-creator himself, Roger Goodell!
Explanation of C-Score:
C-Score is a metric created by this channel to assign an overall value to a football team. It takes a team's:
-Results, including standard and Pythagorean W-L record
-Performance, including game control and play-by-play production
-Quality of opponents, specifically performance level against opponents
and distills all of that into one cumulative and comparative score reflecting the context of the season in question. When applicable, a team's playoff performance is also included.
A C-Score of 0 represents an average football team, whereas anything above 0 represents an above average team and anything below 0 represents a below average team.
A team's record is important, but not always indicative of C-Score. An 11-5 team can rate higher than a 13-3 team or lower than a 9-7 team. Not all records are created equally.
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[@cccproductions2019]

Sadly, due to a copyright claim from the fair-use-challenged NFL, I had to remove a short segment at the 2:35 mark following the #9 entry where I quickly discuss the 2018 Chiefs, particularly Dee Ford's inability to line up correctly. It jumps straight to the 49ers portion. Hopefully it's not too jarring. Long live our mighty overlords and our god-creator himself, Roger Goodell!

[@reidboggs4344]

People do not properly understand how out of nowhere the St. Louis Rams got good. In the season before they won it all, you could park your car in downtown, and come out to find season tickets put under your windshield. They were that bad.

[@kodielicious]

Watching you play the primetime music, using the helmets to represent the teams while dialoguing like Chris Berman gives me huge NFL 2k5 memories in anniversary mode

[@Joemama..]

You should do the worst seasons ever following a superbowl appearance (regardless of SB win or loss)

[@jpmnky]

The 2003 Raiders and Bucs were brutally awful.

[@XBC3-4GOTY]

My Favorite Unlikely SuperBowl Matchup is: SuperBowl 45 The Green Bay Packers; My Favorite Team vs The Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium; Home of the Dallas Cowboys and the Packers are Still Undefeated There

[@anthony_rivera4735]

Super bowls 29, 33, 37 and 45 deserve to be here.

[@dobe46]

Yep, if the Bears are healthy in that NFC title game, they beat the Steelers in Super Bowl 45. Urlacher should had a ring!!!

[@TheChallenger1000]

​@@dobe46Get real. That Bears team stood no chance against the Steelers. The only reason the Steelers even lost was because they didn't have Maurkice Pouncey to protect Big Ben.

[@KWCline91]

Green Bay was a talented team and better than the sixth seed. They just had injuries and underperformed at times. Besides, that game was a historical matchup between arguably the two most franchises in NFL history.

[@kylegross1081]

@dobe46 what are you smoking? GB was littered with injuries. I don’t even want to hear how Chicago had a 3rd string QB, he literally played better than the first string and the Bears have never had a good QB to begin with

[@TheChallenger1000]

@@kylegross1081 Billy Wade was okay.

[@nmstranger]

The fact that some of the games was close just shows how close the teams usually are. More so in modern times with the salary cap. Any given sunday and in this case any given Super Bowl.

[@corey2232]

Wouldn't using C-Score differential be better than using combined C-Score between the 2 teams? Like instead of the Chiefs & 49ers having a combined C-Score of 7.793, they'd have a C-Score differential of 37.061 which is a huge gap. Really good video, just thought that middle number stood out a bit when comparing the gap between teams. Or maybe that's just an idea for a different video, and not necessarily "unlikely" by comparing 2 really different opponents 😅

[@tylerjohnson3195]

What in the fuck is a C score

[@jstrahan2]

Please expand the description. An explanation is there.

[@ClassicStreetIron]

Here I thought this was going to be unlikeliest matchups based upon how bad each team has been in the Super Bowl Era. You know.. Browns, Jags, Texans etc actually making it.

[@jpmnky]

Would love to see one of those three against Detroit. It’ll be our only chance to see two new teams in it. Well, those of us who weren’t alive or watching in 1981 during Super Bowl XVI.

[@Yogidemo10]

Superbowl 46 where the 9-7 Giants beat the 13-3 patriots better be on here. Or Superbowl 42 where the 10-6 giants beat the 16-0 patriots.

[@KuroiRenge]

The problem is it's based on an actual scoring metric, and the Patriot's score in 2006 would have been too high.

[@Liamiccy]

Super Bowl 56 was kind of crazy bengals make the superbowl for the first time in 30+ years

[@xZOOMORPHICx]

ATL and the NYJ , barring major injuries to key players, can absolutely make this list this year.

[@krohn7master]

Would it really be that "unlikely" for NYJ to make it though? Based on C score yeah but if Rodgers plays like Rodgers it wouldn't be too "unlikely" for NYJ to make the superbowl this year even though their C score last year was low

[@coplandrose524]

Now imagine if the 49ers had made it 2 years ago. The top two most unexpected Super Bowls would have been 49ers Bengals

[@048et012]

I think Dallas vs Denver in SB XII was an unlikely matchup

[@JonyRotten]

'77 both 12-2 '78: Cowboys 12-4, Broncos 10-6...the match up seemed likely to me, the outcome wasn't.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

9:00 -- YES!! The Ravens ARE the former Cleveland Browns, with the current Cleveland team being an expansion team in 1999... NO MATTER WHAT THE NFL TRIES TO TELL YOU!!!

[@tygrkhat4087]

No, what the NFL tells you is the truth. After all, it's their history. The Ravens are NOT the old Browns.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

@@tygrkhat4087 .. Haha! You're joking. Right? 😁 The Browns moved intact to Baltimore in 1996. History isn't arbitrary; history is based on FACT, not emotion. You're obviously an Obama, Hillary, & Biden voter! I can tell, because Dems like to change history.

[@dbzfan667]

By this logic Peyton Manning is the best Baltimore Colt of all time

[@jsivco3sivco785]

@@dbzfan667 .. No, Unitas was! 😀 But the Balt./Indy Colts are the very same team. BYW - The Tennessee Titans' history goes back to 1960 as the Houston Oilers. SAME team but moved to another city, changing the name.

[@bobspot6534]

I like this video, very unique. My one problem is I think you could’ve done a little better and more in depth explaining how many of the teams who did bad the previous season turned it around. I understand that brevity is important but I think that’s make my problem more of a compliment l. I wanted to see more

[@Joemama..]

I didn’t watch the end yet but my guess for #1 is the titans vs rams in superbowl 34

[@michaelvega4053]

Close

[@JonyRotten]

Greatest ending ever!

[@macofalltrades6396]

#10: I maintain that the Payriots were using hackers in that game and that Brady told Tampa about it when he went there. Remember when the Bucs damn near did the same thing to the Rams in the playoffs? Fortunately, LA rumbled to what was up and carved them up on the last drive... probably changed signals. We all know Brady was nailed for cheating before. I have no doubt Belichick came up with it and Brady knew of it. I have zero respect for anything connected with NE between 2000 and 2016. They're all Aaron Hernandez to me.

[@kay_sou]

I don't know that I agree with this method of determining unlikeliness. I think looking at the previous year is a bit arbitrary, and instead it would make more sense to look at what the expectations for the team were at the start of the season.

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

It's 2008 Steelers vs Cardinals 3:26

[@robertmartin1254]

Atlanta should've won that game. Coaches screwed it up.

[@carsonc29]

trust me, everyone outside the NE area was rooting for ATL to win that game

[@SSobotkaJr]

I'm honestly surprised you didn't include SB 55, with the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs were coming off a banner year, making their first SB win in 50 years, while the Bucs were suffering the previous season, with not even making the playoffs with a 7-9 record. Now, coming into the 2020 season, the Chiefs were looking to become the 1st team in 16 years to win back-to-back championships, but the Bucs were coming in with a coup-de-tat in signing former Patriot's QB Tom Brady and TE Rob Gronkowski. During the course of the regular season, the Chiefs proved they were going to end up in the top of the AFC Post Season, and after defeating the Buffalo Bills they would advance to the Superbowl. The surprise for the NFC? The Bucs had been on a winning streak since losing to the Chiefs before their Bye Week, and were entering the Post Season as the #5 seed. Statistically they shouldn't have done well, but under Coach Arians and Brady's leadership, the Bucs became only one of a few teams who won three consecutive road Playoff Games (vs. Washington in hte Wild Card, New Orleans in the Divisional, and against Green Bay in the Conference Rounds) on their way to becoming the FIRST ever Home Team to host the Super Bowl in their home stadium. In Super Bowl 55, the odds makers were giving the Chiefs all the confidence to become Repeat Champs. Stating that the Chiefs with QB Patrick Mahomes, WR Tyreek Hill, TE Travis Kelce and their dominant offense would put the Buccaneers young Defense to the test, even while having Brady, Gronkowski, and other stars like WR Mike Evans and RB Lennard Fornette, which were proving just as good in the lead up before the championship game. What happened was a shocker, as the Chiefs could barely get any offense or scores throughout the game -- only managing 9 points off of K Harrison Butker's 3 FGs -- and Mahomes was harassed by the Bucs Defense for the majority of the game. The Bucs on the other hand, scored 31 points off of TDs scored by Gronkowski, WR Antonio Brown, and RB Leonard Fornette, with FGs by K Ryan Succup. With this victory, the Buccaneers became not only the 1st NFL Team to Win the Super Bowl in their own home stadium, but they joined the Baltimore Ravens in holding a perfect W record in multiple Super Bowls played.

[@THEREDHOTWRECK]

The more you start to realize the math didn't add up with Patriots success when Brady was there kinda tells you all that there is to know

[@jasonp724]

The patriots and Atlanta was the first Superbowl that came to mind lol smfh

[@AldoSantomauro]

The Giants fooling everyone and being underestimated by alot of people, and beating pats twice....

[@ahoneybee823]

Calling it now: Falcons vs Jets

[@robertjones9595]

9:37 12:21 see the bengals don't suck the bungle years were just a anomaly

[@nicholasweaver2374]

Will you ever tell us how to calculate C-score or is it a trade secret?

[@cccproductions2019]

Little bit of a trade secret. Maybe puts a touch of value on the brand or keeps the mystery a little alive.

[@nicholasweaver2374]

@@cccproductions2019 Understandable.

[@rodharper6112]

Joe Burrow tore his acl in 2020, that contributed to their terrible record that year

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

It's 2016 Falcons vs Patriots 1:55

[@Chelseagrinkittycat]

SB 59: Falcons vs Jets lol

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Its was 2019 Chiefs vs 49ers 2:11

[@BigFatCripINAWHIP]

2018 as in 2018 season not the 2019 season. Yes it was played in 2019 but the NFL look at the current season as the 2018 season not 2019

[@jeffm9770]

As an Eagles fan, the 2008 season still irritates me. Not as much as the 2002 season, though.

[@pp3k3jamail]

2002 Eagles is so overrated, like looking back at it Tampa was just the better team. They currently got 4 Hall of famers on that defense for a reason and possibly 5 hall of famers all if Simeon rice gets in. Also after the 2001 season Tampa Bay realize they needed more help on the offense to take pressure off keyshawn Johnson they went out and got Keenan McCardell Jo jeravicus. The eagles stayed pat thinking they could win a Super bowl with James trash and Todd pinkston as starting receivers. Looking back at it they were naive and foolish to think so. I remember after the 2001 season ended and the Eagles lost in the NFC championship Game to the Rams. During Free agency when the Jacksonville released Keenan McCardell. I remember saying the Eagles should go after him and Jo jeravicus to bolster the receiving core. About time the NFC championship game came against Tampa Bay came, I was not confident that they was going to win that game. Especially the way Tampa Bay's defense was playing in the playoffs. I also watched a Tampa Bay NFL's America's game about the 2002 buccaneers. Warren Sapp said something he said after the regular season loss to the Eagles during the 2002 season he was mad on the bus leaving veterans stadium. John saw that Sapp was mad. John gruden told him on the bus hey they're not going to get us again, and warren sapp said they better not and jon gruden said they're not. I know what they're doing i got all their blitzes such and such if we see they them again were going to stick a fork in the middle of veterans stadium and that's exactly what he did.

[@robertmartin1254]

Did anyone wven watch the rams vs pats? It has the lowest rating pf all rime

[@davidalexander8996]

I know the Bengals came from a horrible 1987 season to reach Super Bowl 23 before losing in heartbreaking fashion to the 49ers, though the latter team was still playing at a high level the season before, upset loss to the Vikings notwithstanding. The Commanders went from missing the playoffs multiple years running to win Super Bowl 17, though the "Woodstrock" Dolphins maintained a high level of play and nearly rallied to beat the Chargers in Miami the season before. Carolina also went from a losing season to reach Super Bowl 50 only to fall to the Von Miller led Broncos defense. The Eagles came from a post Andy Reid drought to upset the Patriots in Super Bowl 52. Finally, the Jets have a chance if Aaron Rodgers stays healthy and the Falcons would need Kirk Cousins to shed his postseason woes for the unlikely Super Bowl 59 matchup.

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

*Redskins played in SB17. The name has changed, but revisionist history is not required or desired

[@TheNostalgiaFiend]

Wrong

[@Rockhound6165]

You know, you could have used the correct Cardinals logo instead of using the one they hadn't used since 2004.

[@gregsmith230]

What is the point of this? AFC Champ vs NFC Champ. Enough said.

[@JonyRotten]

When I saw the starting clips of Bills/Cowboys (just a clip, not on list), I almost shat myself to insult your 'semi-mysterious' C-score. But yet again it proved out. He didn't say the teams didn't deserve or didn't earn the right to be in the big game he said UNLIKELIST match up. Example (I think): (Last year's/This year's) Panthers vs. (Last year's/This year's) Patriots playing in the next SB witch would be highly unlikely. CCC just figured out how to seemingly quantify and qualify.