- Joe Flacco completed his run of spotless play in this year's playoffs throwing for 287 yards and 3 touchdowns, while completing two-thirds of his throws. Flacco was aided by wide receiver Jacoby Jones who caught a 56-yard touchdown pass and then opened the third quarter with a 108-yard kick-off reception.
- Perhaps the biggest story of the game was a 34-minute partial power outage at the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome in New Orleans. Early in the third quarter, with the 49ers facing a tough situation (down 28-6, with 3rd and 13), more than half the lights in the indoor stadium went out. After the outage, the 49ers tried to do what they did against Atlanta in the NFC championship game, come back from a large deficit. 17 straight points very quickly in the third quarter put the 49ers within 5.
- The Ravens kicked a field goal early in the fourth quarter to go up 8 points, 31-23. With about 10 minutes to go in the game 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick scored on a 15-yard touchdown run. However, a heavy blitz on the 2-point conversion attempt forced Kaepernick to overthrow Randy Moss, keeping it a 2-point game. With 12 seconds left and a 5 point lead, Baltimore faced a 4th down from deep in their territory but instead of punting, they told their punter to waste time before taking a safety. He was able to waste 8 seconds before they 49ers realized what was going on and with only enough time for a kickoff return left, Super Bowl XLVII went to Baltimore. *Note* There's an NFL rule that states that a team can call for a fair catch on a kicked ball and then attempt a field goal with no defenders, even if there's no time left on the clock. Unfortunately for the 49ers, they were much too far away to use that rule to their advantage.
- Flacco (who finished the playoffs with 11 TD passes and 0 interceptions) won the MVP award, though many believed Jones deserved it just as much. The 49ers were led by running back Frank Gore who had 119 yards on 19 carries, and the combo of Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis who combined for 11 catches and 213 yards receiving.
- The game marked the final game of Ray Lewis's career, and possibly Randy Moss's, both of which are amongst the greatest players in NFL history. Despite being on the two best offenses of all-time, Moss has still never won a Super Bowl.
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