What 2 Brothers coached against each other in the 2013 Super Bowl?

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The Harbaugh brothers, John and Jim Harbaugh, coached against each other in the 2013 Super Bowl.

John Harbaugh was the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, while his younger brother Jim Harbaugh led the San Francisco 49ers. They met in Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, in New Orleans, in a matchup widely nicknamed the “Harbaugh Bowl.”

The game was historic because it was the first Super Bowl in which the opposing head coaches were brothers. Baltimore built a large early lead, San Francisco mounted a second-half comeback, and the Ravens ultimately won 34–31. A power outage at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome briefly interrupted play during the third quarter.

The answer is sometimes confused with the Kelce brothers, Jason and Travis, who later faced each other as players in Super Bowl LVII. The Harbaughs were coaches, not opposing players, in the 2013 game.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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