The Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated events of the year, and with the big game comes the end of the NFL season, in a game where the champions of the National and American Conferences give their all in four quarters.
In the regular season, when two teams are tied at the end of regulation time, they play an extra 10-minute period, where the first team to reach the end zones wins.
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However, Rule 16 of the NFL states that, in the regular season, if overtime ends without a winner, the game will end in a tie.
What happens if there is a tie in the Super Bowl?
In the postseason, as well as in the Super Bowl, things are different, as playoff games must determine a winner.
In the event of a tie in regulation time, a 15-minute overtime period will be played, with the first team to score in the diagonals, commit a safety or score a field goal (as long as there has been an offensive opportunity) winning.
If there is no obvious winner in these extra 15 minutes, a second overtime period will be played, where the team in possession of the ball will start its attack at the yard of the field where the first overtime period ended.
The game cannot end until a winner is determined.
Have there been ties in the Super Bowl?
In Super Bowl history, overtime has been needed twice to determine the NFL champion.
In Super Bowl LI, between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, the National Football Conference representatives blew a 25-point lead, going from 28-3 to a 28-point tie, forcing the first overtime in the history of the big game, where Tom Brady led the Pats to a dramatic 33-38 victory.
While in the LVIII edition, played at the Alliegant Stadium in Las Vegas, the Kansas City Chiefs won the championship when Mahomes passed the ball to Mecole Hardman to seal the 25-22 victory over San Francisco, and unleash madness in Kansas City
