Super Bowl Heisman Highlights: Desmond Howard takes one to the house

Four Heisman Trophy winners have won the Super Bowl’s MVP award. The most recent recipient was 1991 Heisman winner Desmond Howard, who helped Green Bay defeat New England, 35-21, in Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans.

Howard won the Heisman mostly due to his receiving skills, but he didn’t catch a pass in the Super Bowl. Instead, he did his damage as a return man. Of course, that didn’t come as a surprise to those who follow college football. Remember this?

Against the Patriots, Howard was just as electrifying. When New England made the score 28-21 early in the third quarter, it appeared momentum had swung away from the Packers. But Howard quickly squashed that notion:

That was the last score of the game as Green Bay won the 1997 Super Bowl, 35-21.  Howard finished with 90 yards on six punt returns (including a 34 yard return) and 154 yards on four kickoff returns, bringing his all-purpose yardage total for the game to a Super Bowl record-tying 244 yards. He is the only player to be named Super Bowl MVP based solely on his special teams performance.