Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
1. THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
The Super Bowl turned into Blackout Sunday. The biggest game of the year was halted for 34 minutes because of a power outage, plunging parts of the Superdome into darkness and leaving TV viewers with no football and no explanation why.
The Baltimore Ravens were leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6 when most of the lights in the 73,000-seat building went out with 13:22 left in the third quarter Sunday night.
About two hours after the game, won by the Ravens in a 34-31 thriller, officials revealed that an "abnormality" in the power system triggered an automatic shutdown, forcing backup systems to kick in. But they weren't sure what caused the initial problem.
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
2. BEYONCE
Lights out? Blame Beyonce's performance.
If naysayers still doubted Beyonce's singing talents - even after her national anthem performance this week at a press conference - the singer proved she is an exceptional performer at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Beyonce opened and closed her set belting songs, and in between she danced hard and heavy - and better than most contemporary pop stars.
Her confidence - and voice - grew as she worked the stage with and without her Destiny's Child band mates during her 13-minute set, which comes days after she admitted she sang to a pre-recorded track at President Barack Obama's inauguration less than two weeks ago.
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
3. PLAY OF THE GAME
Jacoby Jones ran 108 yards untouched for a Baltimore touchdown on the second-half kickoff, falling just shy of the longest scoring play in history in Super Bowl history.
As CBSSports.com reports, the 49ers had not allowed a kickoff return for a score in Jim Harbaugh's two years as coach. Jones also became the second player in NFL history to score on a kick return and reception in the playoffs, joining Kansas City's Dante Hall.
"It's a great feeling man. It's what you work for through the offseason," said Jones. "Through the camp, many camps, through grind and sweat, the cold tub and the hot tubs - all of that has paid off right here."
Jones was so excited that after the game he did his best Ray Lewis dance impression.
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
4. BEST ADS
Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a Super Bowl spot for the Milk Processor Education Program. Anheuser-Busch's commercial told the story of a baby Clydesdale growing up and returning to his owner for a heartfelt hug years later. And a Jeep ad portrayed the trials and triumphs of families waiting for their return of family members.
Godaddy.com's extended kiss and Coke's desert chase were among the commercials that caused a stir. In an informal CBSNews.com poll, Budweiser's "The Brotherhood" was the most popular ad, while Taco Bell's "Viva Young" and Doritos "Goat 4 Sale" were also well received.
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
5. BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
Baltimore coach John Harbaugh on meeting his brother Jim, the 49ers coach, at the end of the game: "I told him I loved him. He said congratulations."
The short embrace between the Baltimore and San Francisco coaches on the floor of the Superdome, in which Jim briefly touched John's face, "was probably the most difficult thing I've ever done, ever been associated with in my life," John said.
"Jim is a great competitor," John Harbaugh added. "I just love him, obviously. I think anybody out there who has a brother can understand. I just believe in him and I have so much respect for him. I admire him. I look up to him in so many ways and I am hurting for him in that sense."
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
6. FLACCO IS MONEY ON BIG STAGE
Quarterback Joe Flacco put off contract talks with the Baltimore Ravens until after the season was done. Seems like a pretty good decision at the moment, huh?
Capping a perfect postseason, the unassuming and unheralded Flacco completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three first-half touchdowns Sunday, earning Super Bowl MVP honors for leading the Ravens to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Writes CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco: "The beam of validation, the shine of Super Bowl greatness, seemed to be emanating from a quarterback who needed it, a quarterback who until Sunday was considered part of the second-tier group of passers in the league."
Super Bowl XLVII: 7 moments to remember
7. RAY LEWIS CAPS CAREER WITH TITLE
Before he could bask in a shower of confetti, before he could put his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy and before he could head into retirement as a champion, Ray Lewis had one final task: stop the San Francisco 49ers on three plays 5 yards from the end zone. After two passes went awry, Lewis charged up the middle on a blitz. The Ravens stellar linebacker never made it to Colin Kaepernick, but after the quarterback's pass flew out of bounds, Lewis and Baltimore could begin to celebrate.
CBSSports.com's Gregg Doyel says love him or hate him, football fans will miss Ray Lewis.
"If you hate him, you're going to miss hating him. The world needs a bad guy, and if you decided Ray Lewis was a bad guy, he was the most perfect bad guy God ever created," Doyel writes. "If you love him, you're going to miss him even more. NFL locker rooms are full of charismatic leaders, but we've never seen one like Ray Lewis."