Show ’ B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 1 2004 SUPER BOWL XXXVIII Elway ini Sanders elected V RELIANT STADIUM HOUSTON 4 SUNDAY FEB expect the Patriots and Panthers to light up the Super Bowl scoreboard Not with defenses like this Don’t ' i A IN Patrio C5 1M Record: Regular season Playoffs 0 Record: 14-- 2-- Trvumi OriNido Carolina 29 St Louie 23 2OT CoroSna 14 Phtadatphia 3 Defense stirring comeback and spectacular escape were unnecessary ' this time around John Elway " and Bany Sanders were elect- ed into the Pro Football Hall of Fame without a sweat As expected two of the NFL’s most dominating and exciting players made it in Saturday on their first attempt Elway the kingof the comeback and Sanders the master of escape cemented their status among the greats and were joinedby Bob Brown and Carl Eller “Until you said no way or I was in the locker room taking my uniform off 1 was going to try to find a way to win it” said Elway the winningest quarterback in NFL history with 148 victories “1 wait to tell every guy I played with ‘Thanks’” he said Passing Sacks 41 Patriot! 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pent-- ' boose pretty quickly” Fox saitL “You juk have to make sure you slam the outhouse door behind you” ningthetitieThrit final loss of thatseasoninfiactwasa38-6 thumping by New England’ 'The contrast starts at QB Brady doesn’t scramble like Elway or gamble like Brett Favre- - By NFL standards his ' arm is just average and he Hie question - ' whether they- RefiantStaifiiim - - f will get to the penthouse or simplystop at a hixuysuite in where the gme will be played to be considered a edebrily “He’s a star who doesn’t want to be 8 stat” Patriots owner Robert Kraft' said' Bin he fink and dunks the opposition to death— quick outs on first down that set up second down and short It’s New Enand’s version of the limning game it lacked until Antowain South started ing on brie in the season Then with the defense creeping up hegoes over thekip as he did in the playoff win over iw1 C com- -: Tennessee hitting Bethel Johnson in stride for a TD Lacay lu 41-ya- rd Ddhomine had thrown just 86 passes in six seasons when v: he joined the Panthers Buthehasbeenextreinay efficieat rince takifig over ftoin Rodney Feele in ti second half V- Jacksonville Pantfm aid tallying the 16 a24-2- 3 vidoy 1M |