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From Riggins to Allen to Elway, the Best Super Bowl Runs

Last year's Super Bowl is best remembered for a team's unsuccessful decision to throw on what appeared to be an obvious running down near the goal line, the sort of thing that maybe shouldn't surprise anyone, given the emphasis on passing in today's NFL.

Instead of handing the football to Marshawn Lynch, the Seattle Seahawks told Russell Wilson to toss it toward the end zone, and Malcolm Butler's interception sealed the New England Patriots' victory.

There was a time when relying on a rushing game was not as unheard-of as it is now, and a few of the most memorable Super Bowl plays over the past half-century really did come on the ground.