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Tre, Sly Carry Tar Heel Banner Into Super Bowl

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          Tar Heel football will be well-represented in Super Bowl 50 Sunday in Santa Clara when defensive tackle Sly Williams (Carolina Letterman 2011-12) of the Denver Broncos makes his second Super Bowl appearance and safety Tre Boston (2010-13) makes his first with the Carolina Panthers.

            “It’s still a little surreal for a lot of us,” says Boston, a fourth-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. “I even said today in practice, ‘Ya’ll know we’re preparing for the Super Bowl?’ This is the biggest stage of them all.”

            Boston has had a high profile in recent weeks as he nailed a sack against Seattle QB Russell Wilson in the NFC first-round playoff game and then had a fumble recovery and an interception in the end zone against the Arizona Cardinals of the NFC championship game.

            “This is a dream,” he says. “As a kid you play in the yard and dream about the Super Bowl. Now a dream’s coming true.”

            Williams, a third-year nose tackle for the Broncos, started 15 regular season games and two in the playoffs. He has three sacks, 25 tackles (18 of them solo). He’ll be part of a stout Broncos defense that will try to corral Carolina QB Cam Newton under a scheme devised by coordinator Wade Phillips.

            “The thing about Wade is he gives us the ability to just go play,” Williams says. “We played the 2-gap scheme last year, where as this year we’re more of a penetrating one-gap defense. And, I think that helps us a lot more because it gives us the ability to get up field and make plays.”

            Following is a list of Tar Heels who’ve played in the Super Bowl over its half century of existence:

 

No.            Year        Result                                                                Tar Heels

I                 1967        Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10

II                1968        Green Bay 33, Oakland 14

III              1969        New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7                    

IV              1970        Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7

V                1971        Baltimore 16, Dallas 13

VI              1972        Dallas 24, Miami 3

VII             1973        Miami 14, Washington 7                               Chris Hanburger, Washington

VIII           1974        Miami 24, Minnesota 7                                  Frank Gallagher, Minnesota

IX               1975        Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6

X                1976        Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17

XI               1977        Oakland 32, Minnesota 14

XII             1978        Dallas 27, Denver 10

XIII            1979        Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31

XIV            1980        Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19

XV             1981        Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10                        John Bunting, Philadephia

XVI            1982        San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21                  Amos Lawrence, San Francisco

XVII          1983        Washington 27, Miami 17                            Jeff Hayes, Washington

XVIII         1984        Los Angeles 38, Washington 9                     Jeff Hayes, Ken Huff, Washington

XIX            1985        San Francisco 38, Miami 16

XX             1986        Chicago 46, New England 10                       Ron Wooten, New England

XXI            1987        New York Giants 39, Denver 20                 Lawrence Taylor, Brian Johnston, New York

XXII          1988        Washington 42, Denver 10                           Kelvin Bryant, Washington

XXIII         1989        San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16                  Harris Barton, San Francisco

XXIV         1990        San Francisco 55, Denver 10                        Harris Barton, San Francisco

XXV          1991        New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19                  Lawrence Taylor, New York

                                                                                                                 Carlton Bailey, Buffalo

XXVI         1992        Washington 37, Buffalo 24                           Carlton Bailey, Buffalo

XXVII       1993        Dallas 52, Buffalo 17                                      Carlton Bailey, Buffalo

XXVIII      1994        Dallas 30, Buffalo 13                                      Thomas Smith, Buffalo
XXIX         1995        San Francisco 49, San Diego 26                   Harris Barton, Antonio Goss, SF

                                                                                                                 Natrone Means, Deems May, SD

XXX           1996        Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17                                Corey Holliday, Pittsburgh

XXXI         1997        Green Bay 35, New England 21                   William Henderson, Bernardo Harris, GB

                                                                                                                 Jimmy Hitchcock, New England

XXXII        1998        Denver 31, Green Bay 24                              William Henderson, Bernardo Harris, GB

XXXIII      1999        Denver 34, Atlanta 19                                  

XXXIV      2000        St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16                             Dre Bly, Nate Hobgood-Chittick, Mike Morton

                                                                                                                 St. Louis

XXXV        2001        Baltimore 34, New York Giants 7

XXXVI      2002        New England 20, St. Louis 17                      Dre Bly, St. Louis

                                                                                                                 Riddick Parker, New England

XXXVII     2003        Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21                          Ronald Curry, Oakland

XXXVIII   2004        New England 32, Carolina 29                      Julius Peppers, Kevin Donnalley, Carolina

XXXIX      2005        New England 24, Philadelphia 21              Dexter Reid, New England

XL              2006        Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10                               Willie Parker, Jeff Reed, Greg Warren, Pittsburgh

XLI            2007        Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17                         Jeff Saturday, Dexter Reid, Indianapolis

XLII           2008        New York Giants 17, New England 14      Madison Hedgecock, New York

XLIII         2009        Pittsburgh 27, Arizona 23                             Willie Parker, Jeff Reed, Greg Warren, Pittsburgh

XLIV         2010        New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17               Jeff Saturday, Indianapolis

XLV           2011        Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25                         Jeff Reed, Greg Warren, Pittsburgh

XLVI         2012        New York Giants 21, New England 17      Hakeem Nicks, New York

XLVII        2013        Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31                  

XLVIII      2014        Seattle 43, Denver 8                                       Sylvester Williams, Denver

XLIX         2015        New England 28, Seattle 24

50              2016        Carolina vs. Denver                                       Tre Boston, Carolina; Sylvester Williams, Denver

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