Broncos D shuts down Cam Newton, Denver wins Super Bowl 50
By Dan Wetzel
6 hours ago
Yahoo Sports
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Across a season where his team won 17 times and he was named the league's Most Valuable Player, Cam Newton appeared invincible.
Then along came Von Miller, DeMarcus Ware, Malik Jackson, Wade Phillips and the entire Denver Broncos defense that bruised, battered and eventually beat him in the biggest game of them all.
Denver 24, Carolina 10 in a defense-delivered upset in Super Bowl 50.
View photo . Von Miller strips the ball from Cam Newton during the second half. (AP)
Von Miller strips the ball from Cam Newton during the second half. (AP) It was the Broncos' defense, not the Peyton Manning offense that was most responsible for Denver's points. A Miller sack and strip of Newton in the first quarter was recovered in the end zone by Jackson to give Denver a 10-0 lead and set the tone that this was a different level than Carolina had seen.
The game was capped by another Miller strip of Newton that set the Broncos up on Carolina's 4-yard line. C.J. Anderson scored a few plays later to put it out of reach. Newton was sacked six times, tossed around like rag doll.
Miller was named Super Bowl 50 MVP.
"This game was much like this season has been, testing our toughness, our resiliency, our unselfishness," Manning said. "It's only fitting that it turned out that way."
The Panthers arrived as the betting favorite, fueled by confidence from a season in which they steamrolled their way here behind their exciting, game-changing quarterback.
Denver, though, was a classic immoveable force, with a blitzkrieg rush that had found ways to win games despite lacking effective quarterback play from the aged Manning.
In the end, defense won the championship.
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