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Presented is a purple variation full ticket to Super Bowl XXXI, played January 26, 1997 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots 35–21, earning their third overall Super Bowl victory, and their first since Super Bowl II. The Packers also extended their league record for the most overall NFL championships to 12. The game began with the teams combining for 24 first-quarter points, the most in Super Bowl history. The Packers then scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter, including QB Brett Favre's then-Super Bowl record 81-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antonio Freeman. In the third quarter, the Patriots cut the lead to 27–21 off running back Curtis Martin's 18-yard rushing touchdown. But on the ensuing kickoff, Desmond Howard returned the ball a then-Super Bowl record 99 yards for a touchdown. The score proved to be the last one, as both teams' defenses took over the rest of the game. Howard became the first special teams’ player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP. He gained a total of 154 kickoff return yards and recorded a then-Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards, thus tying the then-Super Bowl records of total return yards (244) and combined net yards gained (244). This ticket has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (11623935) and has been graded MINT 9.