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Jet, Jan 26, 1998
The defending champion Green Bay Packers are hoping to be repeat champions when they face the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII on Jan. 25 in San Diego, CA.
The Packers (15-3) dominated the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football Conference (NFC) championship game 23-10 to earn its spot in the big showdown.
The Denver Broncos (15-4) hailed a three-point victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21 in the American Football Conference (AFC) title game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Denver, which is going to its fourth Super Bowl since quarterback John Elway hit town in 1983, scored all of its 24 points in the first half.
Pittsburgh was leading 14-10 with a little over four minutes left in the first half when the momentum swung to Denver's favor with Ray Crockett's end zone interception. The Broncos marched 80 yards, capped by a 15-yard touchdown catch by Howard Griffith. The team upped the lead to 24-14 when Elway threw a one-yard scoring pass to Ed McCaffrey.
Denver was led in the air by Elway and on the ground by running back Terrell Davis, who had a game-high 139 yards on 26 carries.
The victory made Denver the fifth wild card team to earn a Super Bowl berth.
In San Francisco at 3Com Park, the Packers romped over the top-seeded 49ers. The team was led by three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre, and a devastating defense that held the 49ers to only 33 yards rushing. Running back Dorsey Levens set a club playoff record with 114 yards rushing, including a 5-yard touchdown for the Packers with about three minutes left in the game.
A 58-yard interception return by Packers safety Eugene Robinson set up a 10-0 Green Bay lead with Favre hitting Antonio Freeman two players later for the score. The 49ers could only muster three points in the first half, and the Packers' dominance did not let up at all in the second half.
The defending champs are heavily favored to walk away with another Super Bowl victory.
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