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As soon as the lights went out in the Superdome during Super Bowl XLVII, newspaper headline writers across the country began doing what they do best – brainstorming snappy puns and phrases to incorporate the 35-minute power outage into coverage of the event. Here is a sample of front-page headlines from around the country that memorialized one of the most-watched power outages in the history of sports:
Lights Out for 49ers – Los Angeles Times
49ers Comeback not Enough: A Blackout to a Shootout - Palo Alto Daily Post
Lights Out – Power Surge: Comeback Dims in the Final Minutes – Oakland Tribue
Ravens Soar in the Dark – The (San Luis Obispo) Tribune
Electric Finish – San Diegeo Union Tribune
Lights Out: Niners get Power Surge after Outage, but Ravens Hold on for Win – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Super Bowl: The Night the Lights Went out in New Orleans – Santa Maria Times
Lights Out: Niners Can’t Finish Super Comeback – The (Stockton, Calif.) Record
From Blowout to Blackout to Shootout – Fort Collins Coloradoan
Super Bowl XLVII: Power Surge – Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.)
Ravens Cap Power Surge – The Denver Post
Shining Bright: Ravens Win Thanks to Stars of the Past and the Future – The Washington Post
Ravens Hold Off Surge – The Daytona Beach News Journal
Into the Light – The Miami Herald
Baltimore Shines After the Darkness – Orlando Sentinel
Ravens Flip the Switch – Pensacola News Journal
Power Play – Chicago Tribune
Ravens See the Light – The (Baton Rouge) Advocate
Electrifying: Baltimore Survives San Francisco’s Second-Half Surge – The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
In the End, Ravens See the Light – The Kansas City Star
Just Enough Power – Omaha World-Herald
Ravens Shine Through – The Buffalo News
Ravens Hold Off 49ers to Win “Blackout Bowl” – USA Today
And even though this one is not power-related, multiple newspapers couldn’t resist the obvious: Purple Reign
