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The night the Super Bowl lights went out in New Orleans

NFL players on the field during the Super Bowl blackout in New Orleans Superdome in 2013Getty Images

The infamous Super Bowl blackout in New Orleans almost changed the outcome of the game

Paul Higham
BBC Sport Journalist

The Superdome in New Orleans was rocking after the Baltimore Ravens had just scored the longest touchdown in Super Bowl history.

But just moments after Jacoby Jones had lit up Super Bowl 47, the lights went out.

And those 34 extraordinary minutes of darkness are largely what the last Super Bowl held in New Orleans on 3 February 2013 is known for.

Not John and Jim Harbaugh making history as brothers and head coaches contesting the Super Bowl, not the final game of NFL legend Ray Lewis and not the emergence of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Not even Beyonce and a Destiny's Child reunion during the half-time show could pinch the lead headline away from the night the lights went out at the Super Bowl.

On 9 February, the big game returns to the Big Easy for the first time since, as the Kansas City Chiefs aim to become the first team to win it three times in a row against the Philadelphia Eagles.

All steps have been taken to ensure there's no repeat of the incident - which almost changed the outcome of America's biggest sporting spectacle.

What happened when the lights went out?

San Francisco 49ers players bemused after the lights went out in the Super BowlGetty Images

San Francisco 49ers players bemused after the lights went out in the Super Bowl

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