Celebrate Independence Day with America's Game.
Starting at 6 a.m. ET on July 4 (Complete listings), NFL Network will be airing 48 consecutive hours of the Emmy award-winning series America's Game, including America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions and America's Game: The Missing Rings.
In addition to the America's Game marathon, NFL Network will also air a "viewer's choice" episode on Monday, July 6, at 8 p.m. ET (and re-airing at 12 a.m. ET). Please select an episode from the list below by voting in the poll on the bottom right hand side of the page.
Voted the greatest
Super Bowl-winning team of all-time by a panel of NFL football experts, the 1972
Dolphins stand alone as the only undefeated team in NFL history. Re-live Miami's perfect season through the eyes of defensive lineman
Manny Fernandez, head coach
Don Shula and
Pro Bowl fullback
Larry Csonka. Narrated by
Alec Baldwin.
What did
Raiders head coach
John Madden think of quarterback
Ken Stabler's attention span at different moments of the game? What caused an "avalanche" while Madden was being carried off the field after
Super Bowl XI? How did the
Raiders use their arm pads to gain a competitive advantage? Madden, Stabler and
Pro Bowl linebacker
Phil Villapiano tell the story of the first
Raiders team to bring an NFL championship to Oakland. Narrated by
Laurence Fishburne.
How did
Joe Theismann earn the respect of his teammates during the players' strike? What was defensive tackle
Dave Butz's game-day superstition while driving to the stadium? How did Theismann and coach
Joe Gibbs finally see eye-to-eye prior to the 1982 season? The story of the 1982
Redskins is told through the eyes of Theismann, guard
Russ Grimm and tight end
Rick Walker, who provide an intimate portrait of how these players became
Super Bowl champions. Narrated by
Alec Baldwin.
Why did
Giants head coach
Bill Parcells throw garbage on his players during halftime of the final regular-season game in 1986? What did the relationship between Parcells and quarterback
Phil Simms look like from the inside? Travel back to 1986 through the eyes of Parcells, Simms and NFL MVP
Lawrence Taylor. Narrated by
Laurence Fishburne.
From
America's Game: The Missing Rings comes the greatest teams never to win a
Super Bowl. From the "Ickey Shuffle" to a crushing defeat in
Super Bowl XXIII, re-live the story of the 1988
Bengals with NFL MVP
Boomer Esiason, All-Pro defensive tackle
Tim Krumrie and head coach
Sam Wyche. Narrated by
Ed Harris.
Why did coach
Jimmy Johnson have the team's transportation leave two of his star players behind? What was on Hall of Fame wide receiver
Michael Irvin's list when Johnson took over as head coach?
Hall of Fame quarterback
Troy Aikman, linebacker
Ken Norton Jr. and Irvin tell the story of the 1992
Cowboys. Narrated by
Alec Baldwin.
Hall of Fame quarterback
Steve Young explains the regret he has for the classic
Super Bowl sound bite, "Somebody take the monkey off my back." He also states that his benching by coach
George Seifert in Week 5 was the season's turning point. Young,
Pro Bowl tight end
Brent Jones and
Pro Bowl safety
Merton Hanks chronicle the
49ers' run to victory in
Super Bowl XXIX, the franchise's then-NFL record fifth championship. Narrated by
Bruce Willis.
Why did running back
Terrell Davis think the
Broncos' coaches got "tight" late in the 1998 season? How did tight end
Shannon Sharpe's trash talking get his teammates in trouble? Why did winning
Super Bowl XXXIII bring relief to the
Broncos? Davis, Sharpe and Pro Bowl guard
Mark Schlereth explain how the 1998
Broncos became
Super Bowl champions. Narrated by
Kevin Bacon.
What did
Adam Vinatieri say to the
Patriots' trainer prior to kicking the game-winning field goal in
Super Bowl XXXVI? How did
Bill Belichick motivate the underdog
Patriots throughout the 2001 season? Quarterback
Tom Brady,
Pro Bowl safety
Lawyer Milloy and Vinatieri re-live the story of the 2001
Patriots. Narrated by
Martin Sheen.
How did
Bill Cowher use Christopher Columbus to motivate his team? What did quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger promise
Jerome Bettis after the 2004 AFC Championship Game loss to the
Patriots? The story of the 2005
Steelers is told through the eyes of Cowher, Bettis and linebacker
Joey Porter, who provide an inside look at how the
Steelers became
Super Bowl champions. Narrated by
Tom Selleck.
