Who's calling Super Bowl 60? Cris Collinsworth back for another Patriots Super Bowl
Super Bowl 60 is going to be like deja vu all over again for one of its announcers.
NBC owns the broadcast rights to this year's Super Bowl, which means game analyst Cris Collinsworth will be on the call. The former NFL wide receiver has called five Super Bowls in his career as a broadcaster so far, and all but one of them have featured the New England Patriots competing for the Lombardi Trophy.
Not only that, but this will be Collinsworth's second time in his last four Super Bowl broadcasts featuring the Seattle Seahawks playing the Patriots. NBC's leading game analyst was also on the call for Super Bowl 49 alongside Al Michaels, when New England took the victory over Seattle after cornerback Malcolm Butler's goal-line interception.
Here's everything to know about Super Bowl 60's team of announcers.
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Super Bowl 60 announcersNBC owns the broadcast rights to Super Bowl 60, which means their team of announcers - most often featured on "Sunday Night Football" during the regular season - will be on the call in Santa Clara.
That means Mike Tirico will handle the play-by-play duties, and Cris Collinsworth will be with him in the booth as a game analyst. Melissa Stark and Kaylee Hartung will report from the sidelines. Former NFL referee Terry McAulay will serve as NBC's rules analyst as well to help add clarity to any potentially confusing calls by the game's officials.
Super Bowl 60 will be Collinsworth's sixth time calling a Super Bowl. It will also be his fifth time calling a Super Bowl featuring the Patriots. The lone exception is Super Bowl 56, when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals. New England is 2-2 in Super Bowls that Collinsworth has called, with wins in Super Bowls 39 and 49 and losses in Super Bowls 46 and 52.
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Super Bowl 60 pregame showIn addition to the broadcast team calling the game, NBC's coverage of Super Bowl 60 will also include a pregame show starting five hours before kickoff.
Maria Taylor will host the program with co-hosts Jac Collinsworth and Noah Eagle. The pregame show will feature analysis from Tony Dungy, Jason Garrett, Rodney Harrison, Devin McCourty, Chris Simms, Matthew Berry, Mike Florio and Steve Kornacki.
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