Every Interception Return for a Touchdown (Pick-Six) in Super Bowl History
Dwight Smith with One of His Two Interceptions Returned for a Touchdown in Super Bowl XXXVII
Twelve different players have returned an interception for a touchdown in the Super Bowl. Only one – the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ Dwight Smith – has two pick-sixes, both in Super Bowl XXXVII.
Smith is joined by teammate Derrick Brooks, who also converted an interception for a TD in the same Super Bowl, making it three pick-sixes for the Bucs in the same big game.
Here’s an odd note: eight of those listed below made their pick in 2000 or later. What does that mean? Are defenses getting better? Do teams have greater defensive intelligence (scouting, tapes, diagrams, etc)? That probably has a little to do with it.
More likely, though, the sport itself has become more and more one of passing, thus increasing interception opportunities.
Follow @VinGetz| PLAYER | TD | TEAM | SB | SEASON | |
| 1. | Dwight Smith | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | XXXVII | 2002 |
| 2. | Herb Adderley | 1 | Green Bay Packers | II | 1967 |
| 3. | Derrick Brooks | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | XXXVII | 2002 |
| 4. | Willie Brown | 1 | Oakland Raiders | XI | 1976 |
| 5. | Nick Collins | 1 | Green Bay Packers | XLV | 2010 |
| 6. | James Harrison | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | XLIII | 2008 |
| 7. | Kelvin Hayden | 1 | Indianapolis Colts | XLI | 2006 |
| 8. | Ty Law | 1 | New England Patriots | XXXVI | 2001 |
| 9. | Reggie Phillips | 1 | Chicago Bears | XX | 1985 |
| 10. | Tracy Porter | 1 | New Orleans Saints | XLIV | 2009 |
| 11. | Jack Squirek | 1 | Los Angeles Raiders | XVIII | 1983 |
| 12. | Duane Starks | 1 | Baltimore Ravens | XXXV | 2000 |
Thanks to pro-football-reference‘s play index, where I punched in this query.
Photo: tbo.com
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