February 10, 2016
Black History Month
S PORTS
Carolina Panthers Cam Newton (left) congratulates Denver Broncos Peyton Manning after
Denver scored a 24-10 victory in Super Bowl 50.
Denver Defense Shines in Super Bowl
(AP) -- A reborn Orange
Crush might have sent Peyton
Manning into retirement with
a Super ending to his career.
Von Miller and the impen-
etrable Denver defense ha-
rassed Panthers quarterback
Cam Newtonall game Sunday,
and the Broncos made enough
big plays for a 24-10 victory,
Manning’s 200th and perhaps
his last before retirement.
He wasn’t the star of Super
Bowl 50 — game MVP Mill-
er seemingly was everywhere
on every Carolina play, Den-
ver’s suffocating defense kept
Newton jittery all day. De-
spite wearing gold shoes be-
fore the golden Super Bowl,
Newton couldn’t inish off a
dynamic season in which he
was the league’s MVP. Mill-
er twice stripped him, once
for a touchdown, the second
time setting up a clinching
TD. Denver’s top-ranked de-
fense, the one that ran rough-
shod over Tom Brady in the
AFC championship, simply
wouldn’t let Newton get com-
fortable.
“There was a certain point
where it was like guys on the
sideline were saying, ‘Cam
is very stressed,’” Broncos
cornerback Bradley Roby
said. “For two weeks straight
that’s all we heard was Cam
this, Cam that, dab this, dab
that. They were dabbing in
their team photos. It was
very disrespectful. We want-
ed to come out and prove that
we’re the best.”
Newton was sacked six
times — receiver Ted Ginn
Jr., went down once on an
aborted trick play — and if
Miller wasn’t torturing him,
DeMarcus Ware was. Ware
had two of the seven sacks,
equaling the most by one
team in the Super Bowl.
Carolina led the league with
500 points but was held to its
fewest of the year, and Denver
set an ignominious mark with
194 yards gained, the fewest
for a Super Bowl winner.
So what: The Broncos (15-
4) are champions and Manning
is the irst quarterback to win
Super Bowls with two fran-
chises, Indianapolis in 2007
was the other. Gary Kubiak is
the irst to win a Super Bowl
as player and coach for the
same team.
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