This marks just the fourth Super Bowl featuring two head coaches in their first or second year. Cincinnati lost the Super Bowl following four-win seasons in 1988 and 2021, while San Francisco fell short in 2019. That made the NFC title game the second conference title game ever with both quarterbacks throwing for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns. It also happened in 1987 when Washington lost to Atlanta in Week 2 before winning the Super Bowl that season. The other time occurred in 1968 when Joe Namath’s New York Jets lost to Buffalo in Week 4 before beating Baltimore in the Super Bowl.