1. Super Bowl XXIV-San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10
These two teams were regulars in the Super Bowl by this point. The 49ers were making their second straight appearance in the game, and fourth appearance in the last eight, while the Broncos were the AFC Super Bowl representative for the third time in four years.
The 49ers started quickly, with a 20-yard touchdown from Joe Montana to Jerry Rice to end their first possession. Denver answered with a field goal, but trading field goals for touchdowns proved to be an unsustainable formula. To say nothing of four turnovers in the game by the Broncos, which helped put them further behind the eight-ball.
Montana set a single-game Super Bowl record with five touchdown passes, on his way to winning MVP honors for the third time in four Super Bowl victories. The 49ers’ 55 points is also a Super Bowl record, along with their 45-point margin of victory.
This blowout Super Bowl loss looked like the end of any real chance Broncos’ quarterback John Elway had to win a ring in his career. But as was proven later, he elevated a lackluster team to three Super Bowls in four years and with better talent around him he ended his career with back-to-back Super Bowl wins.
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The 1989 San Francisco 49ers were arguably the peak of a dynasty, and their offense was too much for the Broncos to handle in Super Bowl XXIV. The biggest point total and widest margin of victory in Super Bowl history come together to put the game atop this list.