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Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the most painful or embarrassing moments in super bowl history.

We'll only be looking at game related moments.

Christina Aguilera, your national Anthem Fumble belongs on a different list.

Number 20 Thurman Thomas can't find his helmet Super Bowl 26.

Before the Buffalo Bills could even start losing their second straight super bowl, they lost their gear.

In a moment that serves as the ultimate bad omen, league MVP Thurman Thomas went missing for the Bills opening drive.

Because his helmet had vanished during a chaotic pre game sideline shuffle.

Thomas helmet was moved to the defensive bench, leaving the star running back frantically searching while his offense took the field without him.

Thomas missed the first two plays, forcing Kenneth Davis to step in while the Bills eventually got crushed by Washington.

Regardless, this mishap remains the definitive symbol of Buffalo's super bowl disorganization.

You can't win the big game if you aren't even dressed for it.

What a show Thurman Thomas is Putting on tonight.

Tony Eason's 06 meltdown Super Bowl XX what a hitter he is.

Eason, dragged down by Steve McMichael, fumbles.

The number 99 Dan Hampton has it for the Bears.

Facing the legendary 85 Bears defense is terrifying, but

Patriots quarterback Tony Eason looked like you wanted to be literally anywhere else.

Eason holds the unfortunate distinction of being the first and only starting quarterback in super bowl history to fail to complete a single pass.

His stat line for Super Bowl XX is a masterclass in futility.

06 passing, three sacks and a lost fumble.

He looked completely shell shocked by the 46 defense, leading to his merciful benching in the second quarter.

While the Patriots were heavy underdogs, Eason's total inability to function remains the gold standard for melting down under the bright lights.

It wasn't just a bad game, it was a non performance.

He said he felt that Eason would still have scars from the earlier game when he was confused.

He didn't even know where to run on that play.

The Blunder Bowl Super Bowl 5 second down and many, many yards to go, Morton rolls out to the Right.

Gets the pass away down the sideline, intercepted by Mike Curtis.

Highlights usually feature acrobatic catches and laser focused passing.

Super Bowl V gave us the complete opposite.

Appropriately nicknamed the Blunder bowl, this matchup between the Colts and Cowboys was a comedy of errors that seemingly set the sport back decades.

The two teams combined for a staggering 11 turnovers, with the winning Colts committing seven of them.

The game was defined by tip passes, goal line fumbles and confused effects.

Officiating, it was so ugly that Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley was named MVP despite being on the losing team, mostly because nobody on the winning roster played well enough to take the trophy.

It remains the messiest, most disjointed display of professional football in championship history.

And just flat whip them physically, we thought we could do that.

We didn't whip them physically, we didn't take good care of the football.

Number 17, Rich Gannon's five interception nightmare.

Gannon chased by spiders and it's intercepted by Dexter Jackson.

It's one thing to have a rough day, it's another to single handedly score points for the opposition.

In Super Bowl 37, Raiders MVP Rich Gannon walked into a tactical ambush.

He was playing against his former coach John Gruden, who knew the Raiders offense better than Gannon did.

Gannon threw his super bowl record five interceptions against the Buccaneers.

Even worse, three of those picks were returned for touchdowns.

Two by Dwight Smith and one by Derrick Brooks.

The Raiders high flying offense was completely dismantled as defenders jumped routes before the ball was even thrown.

When your quarterback is the opposing team's best offensive weapon, you know it's over.

And wouldn't you know it, he still completes that one.

To a buccaneer, that's Jermaine Phillips with an out of bounds interception.

Yeah, and just complete frustration has come in now.

Situational awareness is key in the NFL and Washington failed the test miserably here.

With just 12 seconds left in the first half and trailing 14:3, the smart move was to kneel and regroup.

Instead, Joe Theisman attempted a play called the Rocket Screen from his own 12 yard line.

Raiders linebacker Jack Squirek wasn't fooled.

For a second, he anticipated the throw, intercepted the ball at the five and casually jogged into the end zone.

That play turned a manageable 11 point deficit into a blowout right before halftime.

Widely cited by coaches and pundits as the worst play call in super bowl history, it essentially gifted the Raiders the title on a silver platter, picked off by Jack Squire, number 15.

Super Bowl 39 they are letting a lot of time click away here.

Unbelievable how much time they're spending in the huddle.

Not getting into a no huddle offense and trying to keep as much time on the clock as possible.

When you're down by 10 points late in the fourth quarter of the super bowl, you hurry.

Unless, apparently, you're Donovan McNabb.

In one of the most baffling displays of clock mismanagement in NFL history, McNabb led the Eagles on an excruciatingly slow drive against the Patriots.

Despite the ticking clock, the offense huddled up between plays and slowly walked to the line, wasting precious minutes.

Teammates like Terrell owens later alleged McNabb was too winded to call plays.

With rumors swirling that he even vomited in the huddle.

Whether he was sick or simply choking under pressure, his lack of urgency infuriated fans and effectively suffocated his own team's comeback chances.

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