the last time tom brady lost a super bowl was in 2017.
when was the last time tom brady lost a super bowl?
2017
brady and the patriots faced the nfc champion atlanta falcons—who boasted the league's highest scoring offense—in super bowl li at nrg stadium in houston, texas on sunday, february 5, 2017. brady threw for 43 completions on 62 attempts for 466 passing yards—all super bowl records at the time. brady also threw for two touchdowns and an interception, which was returned for a touchdown by robert alford in the second quarter. after trailing 28–3 midway through the third quarter, brady and the patriots scored 25 unanswered points to tie the game at the end of regulation. this resulted in the first overtime in super bowl history. after winning the overtime coin toss, brady led the patriots down the field to score a touchdown and win the game by a score of 34–28, completing the largest comeback win in both team history and super bowl history. with the victory, brady won his fifth super bowl, which set a record for most super bowl victories of any quarterback in history and tied defensive player charles haley for the most super bowl victories for any player. in addition, brady set another record by winning his fourth super bowl mvp award for his clutch performance.
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the panthers reached the super bowl for the first time in franchise history and matched up against the new england patriots, the game would be an instant classic as both teams went back and forth throughout the game. peppers would record 2 tackles and pressure new england qb tom brady all throughout the game. on the first defensive snap of the game for the panthers, peppers stormed into the patriots backfield with a speed rush from his left defensive end spot pressuring and hitting tom brady right as brady released the ball for a completion to wr deion branch. two plays later on the pats opening drive peppers was cut blocked by patriots offensive tackle tom ashworth, but peppers recovered quickly and nearly deflected the pass as it whizzed by. on the very next play peppers again ripped into the patriots backfield along with blitzing panthers linebacker dan morgan hurrying tom brady into a rushed throw for an incompletion, and then again on the following play peppers man handled tom ashworth with a hump move made famous by former great defensive end reggie white, as peppers tossed ashworth to the side like a rag doll, leaped into the air with both arms up and hit tom brady altering his hurried throw for an incompletion.the patriots missed a field goal on their opening drive. on the next patriots possession peppers helped force a three and out by pushing pats running back kevin faulk to the ground, who was assigned to block him on the third down play, and then leaped into the air to alter brady's pass as it was completed short of the first down marker. on a play towards the end of the first half with 32 seconds remaining on the clock, peppers exploded off the line of scrimmage exhibiting great speed and power, rushing against a double team, and drove both the tackle and guard back towards brady narrowly missing out on a sack, as brady just did side step him. on the panthers first defensive snap of the second half, peppers shrugged aside the new england tight end christian fauria to tackle running back antowain smith after a gain of just one yard. on the patriots second possession of the second half, on third down and 5, peppers bull rushed ashworth right at brady and nicked brady on the helmet with his left hand just after brady released the ball, the pass was completed for a first down. after the play sports commentator phil simms commented that peppers "was a star waiting to happen." on the same drive, second down and 6, on a running play by the patriots peppers tossed ashworth to the ground as he was in good position defending against the run, the tackle was made by the panthers defense for a short gain. in a play early in the fourth quarter, peppers dropped into coverage and made a tackle on receiver troy brown. on a third and goal play in the fourth quarter with 7:48 remaining on the clock, patriots leading 21-16, peppers bull rushed ashworth and pushed him to the ground, as peppers was closing in on brady fellow defensive end al wallace got to brady sooner and forced brady into a hurried throw that was intercepted by cornerback reggie howard. on the first play of the next patriots possession, peppers dominated ashworth yet again, bull rushing him back into tom brady nearly getting a sack on the play, as he and fellow panthers defensive end mike rucker hurried brady into a quick throw which he completed for a 1 yard gain. on the patriots final drive of the game near the end of the fourth quarter, on the pats first snap peppers used an outside speed rush to get around ashworth and hit tom brady knocking him to the ground just as he released the hurried throw for an incompletion. peppers was double team blocked for the remainder of the patriots final possession. peppers was a highly disruptive force all throughout super bowl xxxviii.
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