Editing Super Bowl XXV (section)

===Pregame ceremonies===
{{See also|The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)#The Super Bowl XXV performance}}
[[Whitney Houston]] [[List of national anthem performers at the Super Bowl|performed]] "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" for Super Bowl XXV, backed by the [[Florida Orchestra]] under the direction of [[Maestro]] [[Jahja Ling]]. With America involved in the [[Gulf War]],<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/arts/pop-view-caution-now-entering-the-war-zone.html|title=Pop View; Caution: Now Entering The War Zone |last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=February 24, 1991|access-date=October 5, 2008 | work=The New York Times}}</ref> the positive response to the rousing performance was overwhelming; it would later see a release as a [[Single (music)|single]] and a [[music video|video]]. It reached number 20 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] – making her the only act to turn the national anthem into a pop hit of that magnitude.<ref name="Company1991r">{{cite journal|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|journal=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31|date=February 18, 1991|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|page=31|issn=0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="Otfinoski2010">{{cite book|author=Steven Otfinoski|author-link=Steven Otfinoski|title=African Americans in the performing arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gnXQSqTx2h0C&pg=PT116|access-date=February 12, 2012|date=April 1, 2010|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7838-7|pages=116–}}</ref>

[[The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)|Houston's rendition]] was critically acclaimed and is considered among the best performances of the U.S. national anthem in history.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/02/jennifer-hudson-delivers-super-bowl-stage/?page=1 | title = Jennifer Hudson delivers on Super Bowl stage | publisher = [[News World Media Development]] |work=The Washington Times | date = February 2, 2009 | access-date =March 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/63773/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/shows/dynamic/includes/wildcards/the_greatest/rocked_tvmoments/complete_list_20.jhtml&event_id=63773|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529034954/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/63773/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/shows/dynamic/includes/wildcards/the_greatest/rocked_tvmoments/complete_list_20.jhtml&event_id=63773|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2008|title=100 Greatest Moments That Rocked TV (20–1)|publisher=[[VH1]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bill-clinton-michael-jackson-and-the-beatles-hit-the-top-slots-on-vh1-and-tv-guides-100-moments-that-rocked-tv-countdown-73759482.html | title = Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and The Beatles Hit the Top Slots on VH1 and TV Guide's '100 Moments That Rocked TV' Countdown | publisher = VH1 | date = January 9, 2003 | access-date = March 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308232044/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bill-clinton-michael-jackson-and-the-beatles-hit-the-top-slots-on-vh1-and-tv-guides-100-moments-that-rocked-tv-countdown-73759482.html | archive-date = March 8, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]'' album includes this music track. Following [[September 11 attacks|9/11]], the single was re-released by [[Arista Records]], peaking at number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] and was certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="thestarspangledbannnerriaa">{{cite web | url = https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=star%20spangled%20banner&artist=whitney%20houston&format=SINGLE&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2011&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | title = Gold & Platinum Search Results for "The Star Spangled Banner" single and its video single | publisher = [[Recording Industry Association of America]] | date = April 11, 1991 – October 3, 2001 | access-date = March 17, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130725045044/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=star%20spangled%20banner&artist=whitney%20houston&format=SINGLE&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2011&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | archive-date = July 25, 2013 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

Former NFL commissioner [[Pete Rozelle]] joined the [[coin flipping|coin toss]] ceremony.