Jan. 24, 2010

Blog: Super Bowl connections extend to coaches, too

Super Bowl XLIV will be played on Sunday, February 7, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla. It will be broadcast on CBS at 6:25 p.m. ET.

Manning, who was MVP of the 2007 Super Bowl, threw for 4,500 yards and 33 touchdowns while completing 68.8 percent of his passes this season. He is fourth all-time with 50,128 passing yards and third with 366 touchdowns. He led the Colts to playoff wins over Baltimore and the New York Jets in the AFC Championship, 30-17.

Greer along with Meachem and Mitchell helped lead New Orleans to a pair of playoff victories over Arizona and Minnesota in the NFC Championship, 31-28 in overtime. Meachem tied for the team lead with nine touchdown receptions to go along with 45 catches for 722 yards and a 16.0 average per catch. In nine games, Greer made 44 tackles with two interceptions while Mitchell added 27 tackles in 14 games.

It is the fourth time at least four former Vols have appeared in a Super Bowl. The first time was in 1986 when New England Patriots DB Roland James, WR Stanley Morgan, DE Brian Ingram and WR Willie Gault of the Chicago Bears played. The second came in 1999 with LB's Chuck Smith and Ben Talley of Atlanta joined WR Marcus Nash and C Trey Teague (injured) of Denver. The third was in 2008 when the Patriots had DT Rashad Moore, WR Donte' Stallworth and WR Kelley Washington along with DB Gibril Wilson from the New York Giants.

Below is a complete list of former Vols in the Super Bowl.