Eagles' Vic Fangio recalls fearing the worst during Super Bowl blackout in 2013

Vic Fangio was the San Francisco 49ers’ antiaircraft coordinator erstwhile the squad played the Baltimore Ravens astatine the Superdome successful Super Bowl XLVII.

The Ravens topped the 49ers for the team’s 2nd Super Bowl title, but the crippled was marred by a blackout owed to a partial powerfulness outage that struck the stadium. The Super Bowl was enactment connected intermission for 34 minutes. The 49ers went connected a 17-0 tally to get backmost into the game. Ultimately, the Ravens held disconnected their opponents for the 34-31 win.

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A scoreboard motion displays a connection regarding an electrical blackout successful Super Bowl XLVII betwixt the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens astatine the Mercedes-Benz Superdome successful New Orleans connected Feb. 3, 2013. (Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports)

Fangio is present the antiaircraft coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles and, much than a decennary later, is backmost astatine the Superdome to pb the defence against a high-octane Kansas City Chiefs team. He remarked astir the Blackout Bowl during Super Bowl LIX’s opening nighttime connected Monday.

"I thought it was a violent attack," helium said.

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Philadelphia Eagles antiaircraft coordinator Vic Fangio connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore connected Dec. 1, 2024. (Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images)

Luckily, it turned retired to beryllium conscionable an electrical issue. The New Orleans Fire Department rescued radical from an elevator during the chaotic situation.

Then-Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was upset with the situation, portion 49ers CEO Jed York joked that helium was the 1 who "pulled the plug."

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This time, Fangio volition beryllium tasked with stopping Patrick Mahomes and company. The Eagles were capable to get to Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels 3 times and forced 4 turnovers successful the win.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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