Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award

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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. Prior to Super Bowl XXXV, only the media panel selected the MVP.

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, 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.

List of Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl	Year	Position	Winner	Team
	1967			Green Bay Packers
	1968			Green Bay Packers (2)
	1969			New York Jets
	1970			Kansas City Chiefs
	1971			Dallas Cowboys
	1972			Dallas Cowboys (2)
	1973			Miami Dolphins
	1974			Miami Dolphins (2)
	1975			Pittsburgh Steelers
	1976			Pittsburgh Steelers (2)
	1977			Oakland Raiders
	1978			Dallas Cowboys (3, 4)
	1979			Pittsburgh Steelers (3)
	1980			Pittsburgh Steelers (4)
	1981			Oakland Raiders (2)
	1982			San Francisco 49ers
	1983			Washington Redskins
	1984			Los Angeles Raiders (3)
	1985			San Francisco 49ers (2)
	1986			Chicago Bears
	1987			New York Giants
	1988			Washington Redskins (2)
	1989			San Francisco 49ers (3)
	1990			San Francisco 49ers (4)
	1991			New York Giants (2)
	1992			Washington Redskins (3)
	1993			Dallas Cowboys (5)
	1994			Dallas Cowboys (6)
	1995			San Francisco 49ers (5)
	1996			Dallas Cowboys (7)
	1997			Green Bay Packers (3)
	1998			Denver Broncos
	1999			Denver Broncos (2)
	2000			St. Louis Rams
	2001			Baltimore Ravens
	2002			New England Patriots
	2003			Tampa Bay Buccaneers
	2004			New England Patriots (2)
	2005			New England Patriots (3)
	2006			Pittsburgh Steelers (5)
	2007			Indianapolis Colts
	2008			New York Giants (3)