<P> The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, or Super Bowl MVP, is presented annually to the most valuable player of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's (NFL) championship game . The winner is chosen by a fan vote during the game and by a panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters who vote after the game . The media panel's ballots count for 80 percent of the vote tally, while the viewers' ballots make up the other 20 percent . The game's viewing audience can vote on the Internet or by using cellular phones; Super Bowl XXXV, held in 2001, was the first Super Bowl with fan voting . </P> <P> The Super Bowl MVP has been awarded annually since the game's inception in 1967 . Through 1989, the award was presented by SPORT magazine . Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls . Since 1990, the award has been presented by the NFL . At Super Bowl XXV, the league first awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy, named after former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, to the Super Bowl MVP . Ottis Anderson was the first to win the trophy . Most award winners have received cars from various sponsors . The most recent Super Bowl MVP, from Super Bowl LII held on February 4, 2018, is Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles, who passed for 373 yards and three touchdowns and scored a fourth touchdown as a receiver, becoming the first player to both throw and catch a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl . </P> <P> Tom Brady is the only player to have won four Super Bowl MVP awards; Joe Montana has won three and three others--Starr, Terry Bradshaw, and Eli Manning--have won the award twice . Starr and Bradshaw are the only ones to have won it in back - to - back years . The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts . Harvey Martin and Randy White were named co-MVPs of Super Bowl XII, the only time co-MVPs have been chosen . Including the Super Bowl XII co-MVPs, seven Cowboys players have won Super Bowl MVP awards, the most of any NFL team . Quarterbacks have earned the honor 29 times in 52 games . </P> <Table> Table key <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Td> Denotes player who is still active in NFL </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> * </Th> <Td> Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> + </Th> <Td> Player was on losing team of the Super Bowl </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Player (#) </Th> <Td> Denotes the number of times the player has won the award . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Td> Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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