Chart: No. 1 offense vs. No. 1 defense in Super Bowl

February 3, 2014 at 6:58AM

In the six times the NFL's No. 1 scoring offense and No. 1 scoring defense have met in the Super Bowl, defense has won out five times:

YearNo. 1 offenseNo. 1 defenseWinner

1967: Kansas City (32.0 ppg)Green Bay (11.6)Green Bay, 35-10

1979: Dallas (24.0)Pittsburgh (12.2)Pittsburgh, 35-31

1985: Miami (32.1)San Francisco (14.2)San Francisco, 38-16

1990: San Francisco (27.6)Denver (14.1)San Francisco, 55-10

1991: Buffalo (26.8)N.Y. Giants (13.2)New York, 20-19

2014:Denver (37.9)Seattle (14.4)Seattle, 43-8

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