NOW YOU KNOW

How the 10 Super Bowl winners before 2004 fared. Only Denver repeated:

*--* YEAR CHAMPION NEXT SEASON 1994 DALLAS Lost to San Francisco, 38-28, in NFC championship. 1995 SAN FRANCISCO Lost to Green Bay, 27-17, in NFC divisional playoff. 1996 DALLAS Lost to Carolina, 26-17, in NFC divisional playoff. 1997 GREEN BAY Lost to Denver, 31-24, in Super Bowl. 1998 DENVER Repeated by beating Atlanta, 34-19, in Super Bowl. 1999 DENVER Finished last in the AFC West Division with 6-10 record. 2000 ST. LOUIS Lost to New Orleans, 31-28, in NFC wild-card game. 2001 BALTIMORE Lost to Pittsburgh, 27-10, in AFC divisional playoff. 2002 NEW ENGLAND Finished second in the AFC East with 9-7 record. 2003 TAMPA BAY Finished third in NFC South with 7-9 record.

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