Carolina Panthers vs Denver Broncos in the fiftieth Super Bowl

It will be the NFC champion Carolina Panthers vs the Denver Broncos in the fiftieth Super Bowl to be played on February 7th in Santa Clara, California.

The Panthers lost in their only previous Supe appearance while the Broncos now in a four way tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots with 8 Super Bowl appearances, have a (2-5) record in previous such games.

The teams meet a season after John Fox, who coached the Panthers to their previous Supe appearance and but one year removed from coaching Denver to the final/Supe, was replaced by Gary Kubiak as Denver Broncos coach.

For the second time in three seasons, the Broncos beat the New England Patriots in the AFC title game. “N.E.” is the franchise that beat the Panthers, in the Carolina team’s lone Super Bowl to date.

The Panthers, who had a (15-1) regular season record, dismantled the Arizona Cardinals in Carolina, the first time that the Panthers hosted the NFC title tilt.

Current Chicago Bears’ coach John Fox, pictured above, guided both the Panthers and Broncos to Super Bowl appearances. Fox’ Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks, whom the Panthers beat in this season’s divisional round. The lone Super Bowl win for current Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Manning, in three previous tries, was vs the Chicago Bears.