The Worst Super Bowl loss was so famously bad that all we have to say is 28-3 

2015 Panthers: We had the most disappointing Super Bowl 2016 Falcons: Hold my Coke

2016 season in sports will always be known as the season: - OKC blew a 3-1 lead - Golden state blew a 3-1 lead - Indians blew a 3-1 lead - Falcons blew a 28-3 (28+3=31) lead

I still have a message on my machine from my dad gloating that this might be the biggest SB blow out ever around the time it was 28-3. I've saved that message for years.

Who else is back here after Matt Ryan blew a 33-0 lead?

That's cruel making a Falcon's fan narrate this video.

The patriots led for a total 0 seconds... and still won the game

I stopped 20 seconds in cause I’m a huge falcons fan I imagine it was a great video though

"You don't want to run the ball. You will have aerial glory." Bill Belichick is a Sith Lord.

I'm a Indian guy who is a total noob at following NFL and riding Seattle Seahawks bandwagon from "Legion of Boom" era. This Atlanta loss was so bad that it made sports headlines in Mumbai newspapers lol.

ME, A BILLS FAN: *phew*

2015 SB 49: Seahawks lose to patriots 2017 SB 51: Falcons lose to patriots 2018 eagles: Fine I’ll do it myself

“Largest L imaginable” 1985 Patriots: *sweats*

The game was over when the coin flip landed New England

I respect this dude for actually being from ATL and having to rewind on this game.

I’ll never forget dozing off with a scoreline of 28-3 and waking up late in the fourth surrounded by chaos at a Super Bowl party...

So no one gonna talk abt the fact that the broncos let the redskins score 35 in one quarter... in the super bowl 😂

"Running up the score is unsportsmanlike." "28-3."

Me: Man, he held it together pretty well Joe: -to fkin 3

2020: Shanahan chokes again. Andy Reid earns himself a celebratory cheeseburger.

If the Patriots weren't the supervillains of the 2010's, this would've been seen as a phenomenal clutch

As a falcons diehard, I’d rather put a gun in my mouth than watch this video.

ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS RUN IT......just like Seattle

you'll never forget 28-3. even if Atlanta does eventually bring home a Lombardy trophy, the taste of that super bowl will remain. how do I know? the pats have their own dreaded number, 18-1. they have won 3 since that season and have been to 5 super bowls and that game haunts me.

I still remember hanging out with an Atlanta fan after the game and all I heard was how the patriots cheated for a solid hour XD

You know it's serious when the narrator calls Julio Jones by his first name, "Quintorris."

And on that day all the strippers in Atlanta put their clothes back on

Salt in the wound was the Patriots ring that year has 283 diamonds on it. Lol. That's just classic.

The 2019 San Francisco have entered the chat, Kyle Chokahan strikes again 28-3, 20-10

aww Joe, i forgot you were a ATL native, you're a real man for doing this, respect.

In typical Falcons fan fashion: when I go to watch this video it has 28k views and was posted 3 hours ago....

It sounds like he lost all his emotions after this game.

As a Seahawks fan, I can only thank Atlanta for pushing us to #2.

Me, a Seahawks fan: *phew!* The Seahawks made one mistake. One. The Falcons couldn't stop making mistakes.

This video makes me so angry and I’m not even a falcons fan

That pretty much gave the patriots the gas to have a whole second dynasty

Broncos: 24 point lead XDXDXDXD Hey Manning What I thought of something funnier than blowing a 24 point lead Lemme hear it Falcons: 25!!!!

As further salt in the wounds the Pats beat LA in Atlanta for their sixth title. Ouch.

There's something in the water in Georgia, the whole state is a choking hotbed.

Wow! Loved this! You guys went in depth with the game instead of wasting talking about “current events” that were going on at the same time.

2016 Warriors: we blew the biggest lead of all time 2016 Falcons: *hold my beer*

The craziest part about Eugene Robinson being arrested on sex soliciting charges was that he only offered 40$ dollars for some super dome.

Worst Super Bowl loss? Simple numbers triggering a city? I have two words for you: Wide Right

Being a Boston native and a huge pats fan, the BEST part of the night was when Rodger Goodell was forced to award us the trophy thru massive boos was and forever will be the GOAT moment

I wonder if Secret Base will ever revisit this Super Bowl. Nah, I don't think this needs a full _ninety minute retrospective_ or anything.

Why are you doing this to Falcons fan SB Nation? Do we not suffer enough?

I remember watching this game and honestly knowing, even when we were up that big, that we were somehow going to blow it. Been a fan of Atlanta sports for too long.

"Hey, man. What time is it?" "It's 2:32." "Don't you mean...28 to 3?" 😆😆😆

I feel you were the only one to tell not only the story, but making us understand what it really meant. Good job.

“You blew it!!!!” - Billy Madison

I always knew this video would come eventually. I dreaded the notification when it popped up. I told my self I wouldn’t watch it. I did it anyway. I relived all the negative emotions of that night. Never again, SB Nation. Never again.

As a Pats fan, I can honestly say I thought for sure we were gonna lose that game. That comeback was NEVER supposed to happen. We just happened to have the GOAT on our team.

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that a team could fall apart this catastrophically so quickly.

Thank you for putting a smile on my my face. As a Patriots fans it's been a tough few months. We haven't won a superbowl since February. This drought is killing me.

I can never escape my past..it hurts being a falcons fan

3:58 The Patriots in SB49 (vs the Seahawks) also overcame a 10pt deficit, coming out of the 3rd quarter. Unlike the other two games mentioned, it was a very tight kind of game, that was decided by the last 30 seconds or so.

Just watched the vid (cuz who from NE can’t get enough?), and I am compelled to compliment you on its top quality professional style and your exquisite articulation in the narration. But I see the channel has nearly a million followers, so I guess it’s already been recognized.😀

At least they didn’t lose 55-10

Brady also had a 10 point 4th quarter comeback vs the Seahawks in SBXLIX

That Brady throw from own red zone was the most clutch pass of all game.

San Fran's blown lead to KC last year wasn't nearly as monumental or devastating. But it was done in a very similar manner, and Kyle Shanahan was behind both meltdowns.

Do they only hire guys and gals who’s team collapsed so they have to do a vid? Then can I come do the 2002 Giants?

The only other set of numbers this powerful is probably 18-1

As a lifelong panthers fan, this was music to my ears, especially since the panthers lost the year before!

5 yrs later and this still haunts me and this franchise.

2016: the year when probability went out the window.

28-3, the second most triggering set of sports numbers after 7-1

Even I have to admit that this was probably more painful, but as a Seahawks fan I can tell you the eerie silence of disbelief on that goal line interception was really hard to bear.

Hey Joe. Long time fan of SB Nation. I have a story you might like? I'll try to keep this short. During Xmas of 2016 my dad learned that he had Cancer, and while we fought hard prior to this he had never been as beat down. And that was tough. I'm the youngest of 4 and my dad was a giant, especially when it comes to sports... or at least MY sports. Like many kids, my dad was my first, and best coach. Decades after this as I grew up I would find such an enormous depth to every lesson he taught me, and long before his mortality ever occurred to me, I had credited to him the learning of the three P's. Poise Prevents Panic. It was the second most import thing he ever taught me. You don't stop playing when all seems lost. Never. But no matter what the outcome, you are a good sport and shake hands. THAT was the MOST important thing. :) Now I am gonna lose you a little. My dad grew up south of Boston, in Plymouth, and our family were dyed in the wool Boston Homers. Red Sox. Celtics. Bruins (my grandma from Quebec loved hockey), and even the Patriots, who in my youth were always just... meh. I mean, my uncle was buried with his red sox hat. But it wasn't roses, because *I* grew up in the 70's and 80's... when being a Red Sox fan meant pain. Lots and lots of pain. A pain handed from father to son for generations... as my grandfather handed it to my dad. Looking back now - it is an alien world. This new world was VERY different since 2001 (with the Celtics as a bright side note). The Boston Sports "era" since 2001 was a strange world to us, but it felt nice... having pushed through so many "close but yankees" years. BUT Here we were now... in 2017... with both our work ethics for not quitting, me with my own kids, and it was a great time to be a fan. But cancer. My brother and sisters had been heroes, but even they did not want to head home and watch the game with him... and one of us NEEDED to... it is a lot of emotion and drama, and leaving it all to my mom was not fair. So it was me, and my brother and sisters were relieved... because victory is never assured, and well, they needed a break. As I said, my dad had been pretty beat down. And then I watched 3 quarters of Atlanta absolutely balling! But for my dad... At 28-3, he was done. Screw the patriots, screw cancer, screw life... this was just another thing happening this year... another loss... nothing going right... And hey... when you are sick - you sometimes have selfish moments, and even with the last 17 years of sports fandom and the success of all of his favorite teams... he was sick of losing. This year... he was sick of it. All. But I didn't let him. Poise, prevents, panic. I reminded him that he was my coach. That he was MY teacher. And he sat back down, and together with my dad I got to watch the greatest comeback in sports history. So, I am really and TRULY sorry. I love Atlanta (the city) and her people. Truly. And you have some of the most passionate sports fans I have ever met. I really do root for y'all every chance I get (and your Atlanta Braves in the 90's were... amazing.) And for the record - when 28-3 comes up around here in New England... it is ALWAYS a lesson. Play 60. Shake hands. It doesn't give your fans a title, but I do truly appreciate the gift of convincing my dad that he was a good dad... by having him not miss one of the greatest games of all time. The "falcons' part never comes up, and I'll never hear a cruel word said about y'all. You made a Fantastic video. Oh, and my dad won... well, for a little while. In Feb of 2019, almost 2 years later the clock ran out. Two amazing and hard years. He fought the whole time, but was lucky enough to have had brief moments of golf in between... and he got 2 more years of 'one last times', and he enjoyed them. And when the L came he was graceful, and poised, and we all agreed that he played a good game. :)

"The Worst Super Bowl loss" *1989 Broncos have entered the chat*

4:00 the Patriots overcame a 10 point deficit on Super Bowl XLIX against the Seahawks. It was 24-14 Seahawks but the Patriots won 28-24.

Great job of narrating this horrible loss by The Falcons. I died a thousand times until the forth quarter and I could see Brady and Co. come alive and put the hurt on The Falcons. To be a Falcon Fan was like dying a thousand times~!!!

To me the most impactful scene was watching the owner of the Atlanta’s falcons teams smile slowly turn into shock, and his wife at the time looking up st him comforting him. Dude went from celebrating, ready to win, to complete and utter shock.. it was so amazing as a Pats fan

Bills: We have the most heartbreaking super bowl loss Chokelanta: Hold my beer so I don't choke on it

Phew titans fans only suffer 5 seconds of grief this vid

“Thanks for watching my pain in video form” 😂😆🤣

As a Falcons fan this hits me to my core. 28-3 with 2 mins left in the 3rd Quarter. All they have to do was run the ball.

3:19 Sounds like the Dolphin's gameplan for every game.

3:50 I think you forgot SB49 (Pats were down 24-14 vs SEA in the fourth quarter)

I want more by Joe Ali. This was so well done.

I remember watching this game with my grandpa and he went to sleep after the half time show . man if only he stayed😂😂

Went almost a week without remembering fml

“Breath of fresh air for Falcons fans” you mean everybody that’s not a Pats fan

As a falcons fan, this is like the 9/11 of our sports franchises. Everyone remembers where they were when 28-3 happened.

the shanahan curse lives on

Someone should do "the creation of SB nation deserves a deep rewind"

“thanks for watching my pain in video form” 🤣🤣🤣

Watched this whole Super Bowl from beginning to end with my buds including the halftime show, honestly the biggest shock we had since the Cubs winning the World Series 3 months earlier.

Awesome commentary. You can feel the disappointment, the angst. I mean, you didn't exactly "enlighten" me on anything. But I feel the tone, man. I feel it.

"The Worst Super Bowl Loss..." The Seahawks have also entered the chat...

The most memed Super Bowl ever. Still is today, I think. And I think this does deserve some infamy for how badly this was blown. But seriously. How you blow a 25-point lead is pretty much inconceivable. Then again, WSU blew a 30+ point lead to UCLA earlier this NCAA season...

I remember watching this game. Im a raiders fan and it was really sad to see them absolutely fail at winning this super bowl. Hopefully they could go back soon.

Great video bruh as a pats fam my condolences lol. Few things I wanted to point out- Pats were the last team to overcome a 10 point deficit against the Seahawks 24-14 and that was 2nd half (2014). They also had the number one scoring defense but not the number one overall defense they were 8. Last thing pats offense wasnt that good they didnt have a legit rb that could consistently get carries though james white was a nasty recieving back. Gronk was put on ir late in the season and they were left with edelman, hogan, and bennet. Plus the goat of course.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl ...... Wait

as a pats fan this is my new favorite SB nation video

This was the saddest day of my life.

Man....I’m gonna follow you just because you’re an ATL native and had to narrate the most devastating thing ever in franchise history. God bless you

As a Falcons fan, thank you so much for reopening this wound. Screw you Pats!! 😢😡

I gotta give the Falcons fans some credit: you own it. No excuses, no finger pointing, you just own it. Good for you. Thanks for the video, I enjoyed your pain. Love the passion. Love the accountability.

Falcons fan here and can relate. Great video

I wish I could read for you guys, it'd love to do something like this. Keep up the great work