Hostetler reflects on 30-year anniversary of Super Bowl XXV By
January 31, 2021 - 11:00 am
Former WVU QB Jeff Hostetler led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV (Photo by USA Today)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Ottis Anderson rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries in Super Bowl XXV but the argument can be made, and certainly has been made in many corners of West Virginia, that former Mountaineer Jeff Hostetler should have the title ‘Super Bowl MVP’ by his name in addition to ‘Super Bowl Champion’.
This is the thirty-year anniversary of one of the most tightly-contested and dramatic of the 54 championship games. Hostetler, a WVU Sports Hall of Fame member, led the New York Giants to a 20-19 win over the Buffalo Bills in Tampa, Fla.
The New York Giants and Buffalo Bills played in Super Bowl XXV 30 years ago a game that would begin and end with legendary moments. It opened with Whitney Houston s awe-inspiring rendition of the national anthem and finished with Scott Norwood s 47-yard field goal attempt that drifted wide right as time expired.
Sandwiched between was 60 minutes of football that served as diversionary entertainment from the ongoing Gulf War.
In a venue filled with red, white and blue, representing the patriotism of the moment and the colors of teams involved, those in attendance at Tampa Stadium on Jan. 27, 1991, were treated to one of the NFL s most memorable championship games.
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