has ranked the 10 most memorable trick plays in Super Bowl history, putting the Philadelphia Eagles' Philly Special at No. 1 as part of its promotional countdown to Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027. The list centers on moments that flipped championship games in one snap, one kick or one throw.
Doug Pederson's call in Super Bowl LII came with the Philadelphia Eagles ahead of the New England Patriots 15–12 and facing a fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard line. The touchdown attempt helped lift Philadelphia to a 41–33 win and its first Super Bowl title, which is why put the play at the top of a ranking built around high-risk decisions that paid off under pressure.
The timing matters because is using the countdown to push its Super Bowl Top 10 series, which runs every other Sunday leading to Super Bowl LXI. The trick-play list fits that format cleanly: it rewards the kind of snap judgment that can swing a title game and leave a single play attached to a championship forever.
's No. 2 selection was the Ambush onside kick from Super Bowl XLIV, when the New Orleans Saints trailed the Indianapolis Colts 10–6 at halftime before winning 31–17 for their first Super Bowl victory. No. 3 was Antwaan Randle El's 43-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward in Super Bowl XL, with the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the Seattle Seahawks 14–10 late in the fourth quarter.
After that, the ranking still points to some of the best-known gadget plays in Super Bowl history, including Robert Newhouse's 35-yard touchdown pass to Golden Richards in Super Bowl XII, Phil Simms' flea-flicker to Phil McConkey in Super Bowl XXI, Deon Figures' onside kick recovery in Super Bowl XXX, Tom Brady's pass to Mike Vrabel in Super Bowl XXXVIII, Jauan Jennings' 21-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey in Super Bowl LVIII and William Perry's touchdown run in Super Bowl XX. has made clear that the series is about more than one list, but it did not spell out exactly how it separated one memorable trick play from another once the top three were set.
That leaves the ranking with a sharp edge of its own: the top names are fixed, but the final ordering beyond them is left to the same sort of judgment that made these plays famous in the first place. For readers, that is the unresolved question worth following as moves on to the next stop in its Super Bowl Top 10 run.
